Events
Upcoming Events
Discovery to Product (D2P) Open House
September 13th, 12:30pm–1:00pm
Have you ever wondered where to start with your innovation or research idea? How do you develop it into a viable product, service or company? Meet our expert mentors and learn about our free training—attend a 30-minute UW Discovery to Product (D2P) virtual open house.
Native by Design: Gardening for a Sustainable Future
Arboretum Native Gardening Conference
September 15th, 8:45am–4:30pm
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
The annual native gardening conference promotes the use of native plants in home landscapes for biodiversity, habitat, beauty, and sustainability. Expert-led workshops inspire and inform gardeners and landowners to create and maintain native gardens or small-scale restorations. Keynote: “Butterflies and Botany: Cultivating Connections in Native Gardens,” Skye Bruce, coordinator, Wisconsin Monarch Collaborative. Fee: $65 through July 21; $70 after. Students: $35 with ID. Register by September 5.
UW–Madison Innovate Week
For campus researchers, problem-solvers, inventors, makers, entrepreneurs, and social impact innovators
September 23rd
Are you looking to maximize impact for your research, turn your idea into a product or service, or start a company or organization? Discover inspiring stories, practical tools, training programs, and connections to advance your idea at talks, panels, and networking events for faculty, students, and staff. Coordinated by UW Discovery to Product (D2P) and the UW Innovate Network.
UW–Madison Innovate Week
For campus researchers, problem-solvers, inventors, makers, entrepreneurs, and social impact innovators
September 24th
Are you looking to maximize impact for your research, turn your idea into a product or service, or start a company or organization? Discover inspiring stories, practical tools, training programs, and connections to advance your idea at talks, panels, and networking events for faculty, students, and staff. Coordinated by UW Discovery to Product (D2P) and the UW Innovate Network.
Fusion Forward: Commercializing Fusion Technology in Wisconsin
Forward in Energy Forum / An Innovate Week event
September 24th, 4:30pm–6:00pm
1115 Wisconsin Energy Institute
As several startup companies aim to advance fusion from the research lab to commercial reality, Wisconsin is well positioned to become an economic hub for this groundbreaking technology. However, the journey to commercialization is complex and lengthy. Join us for an engaging discussion with Wisconsin-based fusion companies and researchers as they share both their visions for bringing fusion technology to market and the challenges they face.
UW–Madison Innovate Week
For campus researchers, problem-solvers, inventors, makers, entrepreneurs, and social impact innovators
September 25th
Are you looking to maximize impact for your research, turn your idea into a product or service, or start a company or organization? Discover inspiring stories, practical tools, training programs, and connections to advance your idea at talks, panels, and networking events for faculty, students, and staff. Coordinated by UW Discovery to Product (D2P) and the UW Innovate Network.
UW–Madison Innovate Week
For campus researchers, problem-solvers, inventors, makers, entrepreneurs, and social impact innovators
September 26th
Are you looking to maximize impact for your research, turn your idea into a product or service, or start a company or organization? Discover inspiring stories, practical tools, training programs, and connections to advance your idea at talks, panels, and networking events for faculty, students, and staff. Coordinated by UW Discovery to Product (D2P) and the UW Innovate Network.
UW–Madison Innovate Week
For campus researchers, problem-solvers, inventors, makers, entrepreneurs, and social impact innovators
September 27th
Are you looking to maximize impact for your research, turn your idea into a product or service, or start a company or organization? Discover inspiring stories, practical tools, training programs, and connections to advance your idea at talks, panels, and networking events for faculty, students, and staff. Coordinated by UW Discovery to Product (D2P) and the UW Innovate Network.
Innovation to Market
Applications Due Sep 27
September 27th, 12:00pm–12:00pm
Innovation to Market is for UW–Madison early-stage innovators to explore the market viability of a technology, device, software application, consumer product or social impact solution. You’ll use the Lean Launchpad approach to assess “problem-solution fit,” the foundation of any successful startup, technology commercialization or social impact enterprise. The eight-week course includes five live online classroom sessions (Oct 9, 16, 30, Nov 20, and Dec 5).
Igniter
Early Acceptance Applications due August 4, Final Applications Due Sept 27
September 27th, 12:00pm–12:00pm
For innovators committed to bringing a technology, device, app, consumer product or social impact solution to market and who have already taken their idea through a Lean LaunchPad program such as Innovation to Market. Igniter will take you on a deep dive through the Business Model Canvas, where you’ll develop and test hypotheses related to desirability, feasibility, and viability as you work to reduce risk and create a roadmap to impact or your idea, discovery or invention.