IceBreaker 2024
WELCOME
This is our moment. The moment we seek something greater for our region, our organizations and ourselves.
Today, we will explore the power of “IF” – a portal to the untapped and boundless.
We will turn the enigmatic make-believe into purposeful making and believing. We will not rest on the convention and simplicity of “Why?” but look to challenge ourselves to consider “What if?”
Join us in imagining a place where possibility is our reality. Where “no, because” is replaced with “yes, if.”
Welcome to our 10th annual IceBreaker.
SPONSORS
Arctic Circle Sponsor
Glacier Sponsor
Elevate Local Sponsor
Dessert Sponsor
Registration Sponsor
Design Sponsor
Ice Floe Sponsors
Student Sponsors
Small and Emerging Business Sponsors
6AM Marketing
Aberdean Consulting
Blueprint Events, LLC
Culver’s on Todd Drive – Madison
Vicki Wagener Agency – American Family Insurance
Table Sponsors
Adams Outdoor Advertising • Anesis Therapy • Associated Bank • Baker Tilly • Bank of Sun Prairie • Blain’s Farm & Fleet • Culver’s-Todd Drive Madison • Epic • ESPN Madison • Fleetworthy Solutions • Frank Productions • Godfrey & Kahn • HealthX Ventures • Ideal Builders • ImageMover • J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. • JP Cullen • KennedyC • Kollath CPA • Lake Ridge Bank • Morgan Murphy Media • The QTI Group • Sergenian’s Floor Coverings • SMART SPACES | BSI • Sprinkman Real Estate • SSM Health – Wisconsin • Stark Company Realtors • Strang, Inc. • Tandem HR • United Way of Dane County • Wisconsin Bank & Trust – A Division of HTLF Bank
SPEAKERS
Phil Lindemann
New Horizons Architect, Epic
Phil works with software teams to invent new ways for the healthcare community to work together using technology. He has launched and grown new products that are used around the world, including laboratory diagnostics, surgery management, artificial intelligence and, most recently, a system for multi-institutional research called Cosmos.
Justin Shaifer
Founder, Fascinate Media
Justin (aka “Mr. Fascinate”) is an award-winning science communicator, TV host, producer, and STEMbassador on a mission to make science cool. He is turbo-charging STEM education through immersive experiences and content using 3D effects, virtual production and generative AI at his studio space, Fascinate House.
Quinton Maddox
Senior, Sun Prairie West High School
Quinton’s passion for learning other cultures and exchanging ideas with social entrepreneurs led him to be a teen ambassador with the Global Excursions program with CEOs of Tomorrow. He has also taught financial literacy at several schools and organizations in Greater Madison and served as Lead Organizer/Executive Producer for a TEDx event.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bernie Witzack
Founder & Artist, bernie & zuzu
bernie & zuzu is a Madison art studio that creates hand-painted and hand-printed apparel, accessories, home goods and more in small batches. Bernie’s art is featured in this year’s thematic design, and she is capturing today’s event via live art produced on the floor of the Kohl Center. This commissioned work will be used for future Chamber brand projects including BeMadison.
PROGRAM
10:30 a.m. Registration Opens
11:00 a.m. Program Begins
11:10 a.m. Welcome Remarks
11:40 a.m. Chamber President Zach Brandon
11:55 p.m. Speakers
12:50 p.m. Chamber President Zach Brandon
1:00 p.m. Program Ends