The Regional Workforce Alliance (RWA) of Southeastern Wisconsin recently launched its WIRED Innovation Fund, a $2.5 million resource for the Milwaukee 7 region of southeastern Wisconsin. The fund will invest in innovative programs, projects and activities to transform key elements of the talent development system in the Milwaukee 7 region.
The WIRED Innovation Fund will hold an innovation forum on April 11, 2008 at the Pilot House at Pier Wisconsin from 8:30 a.m.-noon. The event is free. For more information or to register for the event, visit www.milwaukee7-rwa.com.
CEOs will share insight at Manufacturing Summit
The chief executive officers of five prominent southeastern Wisconsin manufacturing companies will be the featured panelists at the Small Business Times Manufacturing Summit Breakfast on Thursday, May 1.
The CEO panel will include:
- Mark Readinger, president of P&H Mining Equipment, Milwaukee.
- John Heppner, president and CEO of Fortune Brands Storage and Security, corporate parent of Master Lock Co. LLC, Oak Creek.
- Jerry Jendusa, president and CEO of Emteq, Waukesha.
- Jim Lindenberg, president of World Class Wire & Cable Inc., New Berlin.
- Carl Sheeley, president of Fontarome Chemical Inc., St. Francis.
The five CEOs will share their insights and their best strategies for how the region’s manufacturers can grow in 2008. The event is co-presented by The Paranet Group. The Manufacturing Summit will take place during the fourth annual Small Business Times BizTech Expo at Wisconsin State Fair Park and will be moderated by Small Business Times executive editor Steve Jagler. Topics will include globalization, recruiting and retaining talent, lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, distribution, outsourcing, branding, innovation and research and development. Small Business Times invites its readers to attend the BizTech Expo, which will be held at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds April 30-May 1. About 4,500 business people attended the two-day BizTech Expo last year. The BizTech Expo provides a two-day forum to reach the decision makers of hundreds of southeastern Wisconsin businesses. For more information, visit www.biztimes.com/expo or contact Sarah Wilson at (414) 336-7129.
The Lean Leadership Development Series is offered by the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) in cooperation with Fox Valley Technical College. WMEP experts will lead the sessions that meet from 8 a.m. until noon, Tuesdays, April 22 through May 20 at the D.J. Bordini Center, Fox Valley Technical College.
The first session, Culture Change in the Lean Environment, goes to the heart of the lean philosophy – creating a lean culture whereby employees are engaged in the process of innovation and improvement.
For more information on the series contact Don McDonald at 920-737-3631. To register, visit www.fvtc.edu/swreg (click on “find a class,” enter class # 96136.) Cost for the series is $575 per person or $500 for three or more people from the same organization.
Learn How to Market and Sell to the Federal Government Seminar, April 9, from 9 to 11 a.m., CATI Center, 2320 Renaissance Blvd., Sturtevant; presented by the U.S. Small Business Administration and UW-Parkside Small Business Development Center; to register call (262) 898-7442.
Godfrey & Kahn’s 19th annual Labor & Employment Law Update, April 24, Milwaukee Marriott West, Waukesha. Break-out sessions will include Investigation and Inspections: What to Do When the Government Comes Calling; Managing the Electronic Workplace: E-Discovery & Record Retention; Handling Agreements: Offer Letters, Severance Agreements, etc.; and 2007 Rulings in Wage-and-Hour Litigation. To register call Melanie Bloom at (414) 287-9455 or mbloom@gklaw.com. For more information, visit www.gklaw.com.
