Future Wisconsin Executive Retreat
Presented by WMC Foundation
2025 Future Wisconsin Executive Retreat
The 2nd Annual Future Wisconsin Executive Retreat will gather top executives from Wisconsin’s leading companies to develop resilient solutions for sustained economic success across the state. Over two days, intimate discussions among thought leaders and industry experts will focus on Wisconsin’s economic competitiveness, covering topics such as workforce, energy, education, taxation, and manufacturing trends.
Continuing our commitment to The Future Wisconsin Project, the retreat aims to unite business leaders to develop solutions for Wisconsin’s sustained prosperity. The Wisconsin 2035 report, released in 2020, outlined a 15-year economic blueprint, highlighting the need for talent attraction, retention, and expansion, along with tax and education reforms. Follow-up reports on demographics and education have since been released. We hope you can join us for this focused program on tackling the state’s long-term economic challenges.
Kohler, WI
EVENT AGENDA
2025 Program
Program subject to change
Session Sponsored By
12:30PM
Registration
1:30PM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
1:45PM
Wisconsin Competitiveness Report
Kurt Bauer
President & CEO, WMC
2:15PM
Break
2:30PM
2026 Economic Forecast
Tim Quinlan
Managing Director & Senior Economist, Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Bank
3:15PM
Small Group Table Economic Discussion
3:45PM
Break
4:00PM
Data Centers: Energy Demand & Business Opportunity
Rob Marchant
*moderator
Managing Principal & Director of Growth, HB Strategies
Jeff Green
Senior Manager, Economic Development, QTS Data Centers
Fred Mauermann
VP of Operations, Werner
Coleman Peiffer
Senior Manager, Data Center Services, Alliant Energy
5:00PM
Adjourn & Hotel Check-In
6:00PM
Cocktail Reception
7:00PM
Dinner
Program subject to change
TUESDAY
Session Sponsored By
7:30AM
Breakfast
8:30AM
Opening Remarks
8:45AM
Business, Technology & Supply Chain Trends
Laurie Harbour
Partner, Wipfli
9:30AM
Break
9:45AM
Manufacturing Trends Panel
Rob Kane
Tax Partner, WIPFLI
Kristine Groholski
Vice President of Brand, Strategy Deployment and Community Engagement, Plexus
Theodore “TJ” Perlick Molinari
CEO, Perlick Corporation
Dale Stange
Vice President of Manufacturing, InSinkErator
10:45AM
Closing Remarks
11:00AM
Adjourn
Future Wisconsin Summit 2022
Pricing
*Early Bird Pricing Ends November 19th
Individual Registration- Early Bird Rate: $125.00
Table of 8 People Registration- Early Bird Rate: $950.00
Cancellation & Substitution Policy:
Cancellations must be submitted in writing 7 business days prior to the event date for a full refund. Cancellation received less than 7 business days of the event date will receive a 50% refund. Cancellations received with less than a 24-hour notice will forfeit refund. No refunds will be made on uncancelled registrations or no-shows. Substitutions are accepted at any time. We reserve the right to cancel an event due to low enrollment, or other circumstances which would make the event nonviable. If we cancel an event, registrants will be given a full refund. Please contact us if you have any questions about the event at 608-258-3400.
FUTURE WISCONSIN
2025 Sponsors
PRESENTING SPONSORS
FUTURE WISCONSIN PROJECT SPONSORS
HOST SPONSORS
REGISTRATION SPONSOR
Special thanks to our WMC Foundation Sponsors for their commitment to our events and programs throughout the year!
