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Contact: Tom Still at 608-695-7557 To learn more: http://www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com ATLANTA – The MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum, one of the nation’s largest regional platforms to showcase healthcare start-ups and emerging growth companies, will attract more than 200 private equity investors to Madison in November. Gov. Jim Doyle announced Wisconsin’s selection for the Nov. 10-12 forum during the 2009 BIO convention in Atlanta, where...

CONTACT: David Musolf, (608) 262-3956; musolf@bascom.wisc.edu MADISON - A 15-member search-and-screen committee has recommended to University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin three candidates for the university's next provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. They are: - Paul M. DeLuca Jr., vice dean and associate dean for research and graduate studies at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. - Irwin L....

Robert Stephens, who launched “The Geek Squad” in 1994 with $200, a peculiar but identifiable brand and a commitment to service, will help set the tone during the June 9-10, 2009 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Milwaukee. “Innovation through Starvation: The Geek Squad Story” is the title of Stephens’ speech to the seventh annual conference, which is designed to help entrepreneurs...

Students in the UW-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communications recently profiled nine state companies that are working on advancements the companies hope will net them sustained business success. The ideas range from a new travel coordination site to a solar charger for hybrid vehicles to a new TV technology that could make LED-ased displays cheaper to produce. The companies participated in...

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