Summit Welcome:

Guy Gottschalk, President, UW System Board of Regents
President, Gottschalk Cranberry, Inc. and Biron Cranberry Company

Moderator: Tom Still, President, Wisconsin Technology Council

Summit Charge:

Jay L. Smith, Co-chair, Wisconsin Economic Summit,
Past President & Member, UW System Board of Regents, Chairman & CEO, JLS Investment Group
"Taking Steps to Move Wisconsin Forward"
Remarks [PDF]

Remarks:

The Honorable Scott McCallum
Presentation [PDF]
Governor, State of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Video -

"Connecting With the Future"
Produced by Advertising, Boelter & Lincoln

Summit Overview & Keynote Introduction

Katharine C. Lyall, Co-chair, Wisconsin Economic Summit
President, University of Wisconsin System
Presentation [PDF]
Presentation [PPT]
Remarks [PDF]

Keynote:

Paul Gigot, Editorial Page Editor, Wall Street Journal
The Political Economy After September 11th

Break

General Session

What's Ahead for the Economy? A State, Regional and National Perspective

Moderator: Don Nichols, Director, LaFollette School of Public Affairs, Professor of Economics, UW- Madison

Presenter: Gary Stern, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

General Session

Clusters: A New Growth Strategy for Wisconsin
Where will Wisconsin's competitive advantage be in the economy of the future? The Wisconsin Industry Cluster Initiative has been launched to recognize and grow the industries with an historical or emerging advantage. Six industry clusters are in the early stages of organizing and the "champions' from these industries will share highlights of their initial cluster organizing efforts.

PowerPoint Presentation [pdf]
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Moderator: Phil Albert, Secretary, Department of Commerce

Panelists:

• Ralph Kauten, President & CEO, Quintessence Biosciences, Inc. (Biotechnology)
• Paul Ericksen, Manager of Supplier Flexibility, John Deere Horicon Works (Manufacturing)
• William Hendee, Senior Associate Dean for Technology Research and Vice President for Technology, Medical College of Wisconsin (Medical Instruments Technology)
• Ken Thompson, President, Jeff Foster Trucking (Transportation)
• John Torinus, CEO, Serigraph, Inc. (Printing)
• Bill Ward, Manager of Government Relations, Procter & Gamble (Paper)

A New Public/Private Partnership
Business & Legislative Luncheon

Keynote Introduction:

Jay L. Smith, Co-chair, Wisconsin Economic Summit,
Past President & Member, UW System Board of Regents, Chairman & CEO, JLS Investment Group

Introductory Remarks [PDF]

Keynote:

William M. Daley, President, SBC Communications
Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce

Presentation [DOC]

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Concurrent sessions

I. The Entrepreneurial Effect in Wisconsin:
Many factors feed into an entrepreneurial effect: access to talent, access to capital, a variety of networks and a robust support infrastructure. Learn how developing an entrepreneurial development system can transform community / regional economies.

Moderator: Erica Kauten, State Director, Small Business Development Center, UW-Extension

Panelists:

• Adam Bock, Research Manager, Early Stage Research
• Debra Malewicki, Director, Wisconsin Innovation Service Center, UW-Whitewater
• Jeff Rafn, President, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
• Floyd Rose III - Student, Edgewood High School, Madison
• Penny Scheuerman, Community Development Manager, WE Energies

II. As Health Care Goes, so Goes the Health of the Economy. How Healthy Are We?
Leaders in Wisconsin's health care industry describe the challenges they face with a shortage of essential health care workers.

Moderator: Nino Amato, Vice President, Wisconsin Technical College System Board

Panelists:

• Daniel Manders, President/ CEO, Mile Bluff Medical Center
• Norma Tirado, Vice President of Employee Services, Agnesian HealthCare
• Gerald Worrick, President/CEO, Door County Memorial Hospital/Ministry Health Care

III. Vision 2020: A Model Wisconsin Economy
Wisconsin needs to foster the development of high-tech clusters. These experts will discuss the knowledge strategy at the core of the project….the creation of high-tech clusters.

Moderator: Tom Still, President, Wisconsin Technology Council

Panelists:

• John Byrnes, Chairman & CEO, Mason Wells
• David J. Ward, President, NorthStar Economics, Inc.

IV. Investing in Pre-College Scholarship Programs - Documented Success in Milwaukee
Our educational efforts must ensure that young Wisconsin residents are highly skilled, highly educated, and have access to opportunities. A number of innovative pre-college programs have pointed in the direction it takes to ensure these opportunities for students. We know what works and what it takes … let's find out what they have learned.

Moderator: Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent, Department of Public Instruction

Panelists:

• Andrea-Teresa "Tess" Arenas, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Senior Advisor to the President for Multicultural Affairs
• Paul Barrows, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, UW-Madison
• Stanley F. Battle, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, UW-Milwaukee
• Paul La Schiazza, President, SBC Ameritech Wisconsin
• Gerard Randall, CEO, Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County
• Tim Sheehy, President, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
• Keita Williams, Former Pre-College Academy participant

Concurrent sessions

I. Brain Gain: It's about Talent - Keeping, Attracting and Growing Our Own
Attracting, keeping and "growing our own" young talent is how we will show a "Brain Gain" in the future. This session will provide a look at some new information, share some creative solutions to making a community a place where young people want to live and highlight opportunities for Wisconsin students to complete college degrees.

Moderator: Jennifer Alexander, Secretary, Department of Workforce Development

Panelists:

• Dean Amhaus, President, Spirit of Milwaukee
• Kathleen Cullen, Bureau Director, Program Development & Operations, Wisconsin Technical College System
• Melissa Genich, Student, UW-Parkside
• Terry Ludeman, Economist, Department of Workforce Development
  • Mortarboards, Paychecks, and Crystal Balls: The Link Between Education and Wisconsin's Labor Force [PDF]
• Anne Stathum, Professor of Sociology, UW-Parkside

II. Health Care Industry Growth and Costs--Impact on Wisconsin's Competitiveness
Prominent leaders discuss the impact of health care costs and what can be done.

Moderator: Jim Nellen, President, Competitive Wisconsin; Partner, Michael, Best & Friedrich

Panelists:

• T. Michael Bolger, President and CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin
• Tom Hefty, Chairman and CEO, Cobalt Corporation
• David Newby, President, Wisconsin AFL-CIO
• John Torinus, CEO, Serigraph Inc.

III. The Role of the Media in Economic Development
These journalists will discuss the media and Wisconsin's economy - reporting what matters.

Moderator: Neil Heinen, Editorial Director, WISC-TV Channel 3

Panelists:

• Rich Kirchen, Managing Editor, The Business Journal
• Scott Klug, CEO, Wisconsin Trails Media, former US Congressman, former broadcast journalist
• Gary Miller, Senior Business Editor, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Tom Still, President, Wisconsin Technology Council, former Associate Editor, Wisconsin State Journal

IV. Technology Advances, Skilled Worker Competition…Manufacturing down-turn or turn-around?
Experts in labor and manufacturing discuss Wisconsin's economic future.

Moderator: Phil Neuenfeldt, Secretary-Treasurer, WI State AFL-CIO

Panelists:

• Kenneth Heins, President, KLH Industries, Inc.
• Robert Hollingsworth, Plant Manager, Kenosha Engine Plant, DaimlerChrysler
• Pete Ollmann, Plant Manager, Hutchinson Technology Inc.
• Mike Schmitt, Process Manager, Materials Management Group, Harley-Davidson Motor Company

Fiscal Policy Reform

A group of fiscal policy experts, former public officials and management consultants who have been analyzing Wisconsin's budget crisis will present their ideas at the Economic Summit for a comprehensive solution to the crisis including spending reductions, tax reforms and longer term spending restructuring in order to promote economic growth.

Presentation [PPT]
Presentation [PDF]

Co-Moderator: James R. Morgan, Sr.
Former Secretary, Department of Revenue, the Knowles Administration
Former President, Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
Chair, Wisconsin Ethics Board

Panelists:

Robert Campbell III, Public Sector Specialist, Global Partner, Deloitte Consulting

Natalie Ellertson, Public Sector Specialist, Virchow Krause

Tim Hanna, Mayor, City of Appleton

Terry Ludeman, Economist, Department of Workforce Development

Co-moderator: Carol Skornicka, Former Policy Advisor, the Lucey Administration, Former Secretary, Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations, the Thompson Administration

Panelists:

• Mark Bugher, Former Secretary, Departments of Administration and Revenue, the
  Thompson Administration
• Joe Leean, Former Republican State Senator
  Former Chair, Joint Committee on Finance
  Former Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services, the Thompson
  Administration
• Mike Ley, Former Secretary, Department of Revenue, the Earl Administration
  Former President, Madison City Council
• John Maurer, Former Democratic State Senator
  Former Chair, Joint Committee on Finance
  Former Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, the Earl Administration