Panel discussion includes prominent local business leaders
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin–The Milwaukee Jewish Federation expects another sell-out crowd at its Economic Forum 2016 on Thursday, Oct. 27, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the Pfister Hotel.
This year features Vivek Wadhwa as the keynote speaker, a futurist who is recognized as Silicon Valley’s most provocative voice for his ideas on technology trends, globalization and U.S. competitiveness.
From tech entrepreneur and business owner to accomplished academic and widely published writer, Wadhwa is an innovation agent who leads research at Singularity University, an institution that educates a select group of leaders about the exponentially growing technologies that are soon going to change the world. He also teaches on the impact of these technologies at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering and Stanford Law School.
Following the keynote speech will be a panel discussion with Milwaukee business leaders, including Tina Chang, CEO of SysLogic, Inc., and Mike Gousha, Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy at Marquette University Law School.
“The Milwaukee Jewish Federation organizes the Economic Forum to hold a community conversation about the economy,” said Hannah Rosenthal, CEO and president of MJF. “Having renowned futurist Vivek Wadhwa deliver the keynote speech is an excellent opportunity for this conversation. And our local panel of business leaders brings it all home.”
The lead sponsors of Economic Forum 2016 are BMO Harris Bank, PNC and Milwaukee Business Journal, along with nearly 50 additional sponsors. Limited sponsorships and individual tickets are still available; go to MilwaukeeJewish.org/
Event co-chairs are: Allan “Bud” Selig, commissioner emeritus of Major League Baseball; David Lubar, president of Lubar & Company; Greg Marcus, president and CEO of The Marcus Corporation; and Linda Gorens-Levey, partner of General Capital Group.
Economic Forum 2016 follows last year’s sell-out crowd of over 650, which featured Paul H. O’Neill, former secretary of the U.S. Treasury, along with a panel of prominent local business leaders.
Economic Forum 2016 will be live-tweeted by @JewishMilwaukee. Follow or join the conversation using #EF16MKE.
