SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
September 25-26, 2024
Madison, WI
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DETAILED AGENDA
Wednesday, Sept. 25
Food Business Tours
- 1pm: Meet and board chartered bus at Avid Hotel, Monona, WI
- 1:50-2:35pm – Potter’s Crackers
- 3:00-3:45pm – Forage Kombucha
- 4:05-4:50pm – Fortune Favors
- 5:05-6:30pm – Tribe 9 / RP Pasta (Happy Hour w/ light appetizers & talk, no tour)
- 6:30pm: Board chartered bus to Avid Hotel
Thursday, Sept. 26
Forum & Expo
- 9:00-11:00am – Coffee & Networking
- 10:00-10:15am – Welcome and Opening Remarks
- 10:15-10:30am – Keynote: Sam Rikkers, Deputy Secretary, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
- 10:30-11:00am – Keynote: Corinne Shindelar, Principal, All Natural Strategies & Board Chair, Naturally Minnesota
- 11:15am-12pm – FFI Fellows Panel: How We Built and Executed Plans Worthy of Investment
- Moderator: Brad Rostowfske – FFI Fellows Program Manager
- Nubian Simmons – The Pink Bakery
- Danielle Goss – KUL MOCKS
- Henry Aschauer – Forage Kombucha
- David Payne – Potters Crackers
- 12:00pm-6:00pm – EXPO
- 12:00pm-1:30pm – Lunch – Included In Registration
- 12:00pm-1:30pm – Buyer / Vendor Meetings
- 1:30-2:30pm – Panel: Trends and Innovations in Food & Farm Businesses
- Moderator: Sarah Larson – FFI Director
- Corinne Shindelar – All Natural Strategies & Naturally Minnesota
- Angela Bozo – INFRA
- Jamie Valenti-Jordan – FFI Food Brand Program Manager & Catapult Commercialization Services
- Tera Johnson – FFI Innovative Finance Expert
- 3:00-4:00pm – Panel: Developing a Comprehensive Ecommerce Plan
- Moderator: Brad Rostowfske – FFI Fellows Program Manager
- Steve Mehmert – T4 Solutions
- Michael Semmann – Wisconsin Grocers Association
- Adam Waldvogl – Dairyland Ginseng
- Trever Knoflick – P2R Group
- 4-6pm – Food & Beverage Happy Hour & Expo, Open to Public
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