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Homegrown Horizons: Cultivating Partnerships in Southwest Wisconsin

Name: 19th Annual Business and Education Summit
Start: 2025-02-13T08:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-13T15:00:00-06:00
Location: UW-Platteville

Join CESA 3 in connecting education, industry, and economic development partners to share and gain perspectives, align goals, and contribute to the region’s outlook.

8:00 – 8:30 Registration

8:30 – 8:45 Welcome

8:45 – 9:30 Keynote speaker Matt Kirchner

9:45 – 10:30 Regional Economic Development Organization Panel featuring:

Ron Brisbois, Grant County Economic Development Corporation
Allison Taylor, Lafayette County Economic Development Corporation
Olivia Otte, Green County Economic Development Corporation
Mark Lee, Crawford County, Driftless Development, Inc

10:30 – 11:30 Craftsman with Character

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch

12:30 – 1:30 UW Platteville Tours

1:30 – 2:30 Focus groups by county to create actionable items

Meet the Keynote Speaker, Matt Kirchner

Matt Kirchner is an international speaker, author and podcast host on topics of interest to educators, public policy makers and private employers.

On a mission to secure the American Dream for the next generation of STEM and Workforce talent, Kirchner hosts the weekly TechEd PodcastTM and serves as President of ATS/LAB Midwest, the leading distributor of world-class curriculum, eLearning and training equipment.

Kirchner writes monthly leadership columns appearing in Products Finishing and Production Machining magazines and is the author of “Teaching the Industrial Internet of Things: Preparing Students and Learners for Industry 4.0.”

Previously Kirchner led three world class manufacturing companies during a 20+ career as an industrial CEO. He and his partners sold their last company, American Finishing Resources, to DuBois Chemicals in 2014.

Kirchner serves on the boards of directors of several American companies and among his many volunteer activities is currently the First-Past President of the Education Dealers Association and holds a seat on the board of the Smart Automation Certification Alliance. He is a graduate of the Marquette University School of Business.