"Wisconsin’s investment tax credits: What’s working and what happens next?" will be the topic of the next meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network in Madison, to be held today from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel on John Nolen Drive in Madison. Featured speakers will be John Neis, managing director of Venture Investors LLC; Cheryl Gain, director of biotechnology initiatives at Thrive; Bill McCoshen, executive director of Competitive Wisconsin Inc.; and Deven McGlenn, CEO of NeoClone, who credits the tax credits law for helping his company raise funding. Wisconsin Technology Council president Tom Still will moderate. Cost is $25 for WIN members and $35 for non-members. For more, visit http://www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com/win.
Greater Milwaukee Committee president to speak at Economic Trends Breakfast
Julia Taylor, president of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, has been added to the featured speaker panel of the 2009 Northern Trust Economic Trends Breakfast to be presented by BizTimes Milwaukee on Wednesday, Jan. 21.
The event, which will provide insights about the year ahead in business, will take place at the Italian Community Center in downtown Milwaukee.
Taylor will provide a sneak peak of 2009 from the perspective of some of the region’s largest employers. The GMC’s mission is to keep southeastern Wisconsin the best community to live, learn, work and play. The GMC’s membership includes 185 business, labor, academic, philanthropic, nonprofit and civic leaders.
In addition to Taylor, the speaker lineup for the conference will include:
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Michael Knetter, dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Business in Madison, will return to provide his macroeconomic outlook. Knetter, a former economic advisor to Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, will have some especially timely and critical insight at the 2009 event.
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Richard Meeusen, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based Badger Meter Inc., will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing Wisconsin’s manufacturers in 2009. Meeusen says Milwaukee’s proximity to Lake Michigan will provide economic opportunities for the region. Badger Meter has grown to become a global company. The firm’s stock is now traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Jane Cooper, founder, president and chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based Patient Care, the nation’s leading advocacy company that helps employees navigate the health care system and become better consumers, will discuss the future of health care. Patient Care’s clients include Assurant Health, Harley-Davidson Motor Co., MillerCoors LLC, Briggs & Stratton Corp., Regency Hospital Company and Midwest Airlines. Cooper founded her company in New Orleans in 2001. Cooper and her company fled to Milwaukee after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Previously, Cooper was the CEO of the Community Physicians Network in Madison, Wisconsin, where she led a financial turnaround of the regional Independent Physician’s Association (IPA). She also founded Advantage Health Plan, a regional preferred provider organization (PPO) and health maintenance organization, which grew to $280 million in annual revenues and 300 employees. Cooper also served as the chairman of the American Association of PPOs. She will discuss the future of health care in America.
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Jerry Shereshewsky, chief executive officer of Grandparents.com, will travel from New York City to Milwaukee to join the panel and speak about how Wisconsin businesses will have incredible opportunities to market their products and services to the growing population of baby boomer grandparents. This generation has wealth and is more vibrant, healthy and dynamic than any preceding generation of grandparents, according to Shereshewsky, who is a legend on New York’s Madison Avenue. Shereshewsky invented the Mellow Yellow brand of soda. After stints among the "Mad Men" with Wunderman, Burson Marsteller, the Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) and Yoyodyne, Shereshewsky became one of the driving forces in the growth of Yahoo!, where he spent almost nine years overseeing marketing for the Yahoo! Media Sales Group. Shereshewsky, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, served on the board of directors of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), as well as the Dean’s Advisory Board at the UW School of Business.
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To register to attend the event, visit www.biztimes.com/trends.
