2023 Recap
From every indication, the 2023 Wisconsin Economic Summit was a huge success! WEDC extends a heartfelt thank you to all attendees and presenters.
More than 400 business and industry leaders, economic development professionals, and academics from throughout our state gathered on Oct. 23-24 in Appleton for the second annual Wisconsin Economic Summit.
Missed the Great Career Try-Out?
Check out a few photos from the state-of-the-art learning technologies that our state’s education system is using to prepare our future workforce.
The Great Career Tryout stations, all presented by Workforce Innovation Grant recipients, covered welding, to advanced manufacturing and robotics, to forestry, to nursing and more.
Special thanks to:
- Mobile welding lab from Chippewa Valley Technical College
- Portable robotic and industrial mechanical trainers from Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
- Skill Boss-manufacturing and virtual reality trainers from Mid-State Technical College and the Boys & Girls Club of Portage County
- Forestry simulator, portable sawmill, and portable kiln from UW Stevens Point/Wisconsin Forestry Center
- High-fidelity patient simulation for nursing skills training from WisCAP (Wisconsin Community Action Program Association) with Bryant & Stratton College
![Missed the Great Career Try-Out? An image of a young girl with a robotics device](https://wedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Missed-the-Great-Career-Try-Out-.png)
2023 Summit Assets
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Role of child care
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Powering the economy
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Financial stability
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Neurodiverse workers
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Women entrepreneurs
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Smart advancements
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Reimagine the Future – Keynote Address
Jeff YabukiChairman, Motive Partners, and former CEO, Fiserv Download Slides
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Wisconsin’s Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050
Sam DunaiskiExecutive Director, Renew Wisconsin Download Slides
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