Registration now open for New North Summit, June 8 at Lambeau Field
NEW NORTH, INC.
NEW NORTH – The largest regional economic-development event in Northeast Wisconsin – the New North Summit – will be held on Thursday, June 8, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay. Registration is now open
at www.newnorthsummit.com, with an early-bird entrance fee available through April 15.
New North Board Co-Chairs Michelle Schuler of Microsoft and Sachin Shivaram of Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry will welcome business and community leaders from across the region. Nicolet National Bank is the Platinum Sponsor of
the 2023 Summit.
Three national thought leaders with ties to the New North region – Sharon Glover of Thrivent, Corey Behnke of LiveX and Ben Kvalo of Netflix – will provide keynote addresses as a centerpiece of the event...
A Wisconsin company's AI tracked the Chinese spy balloon. Here's what to know about Synthetaic
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
ASHWAUBENON - A Wisconsin-based company used artificial intelligence and satellite imagery to independently track the Chinese spy balloon's path across the United States before it was shot down.
The New York Times and Wired have published stories about how Delafield-based Synthetaic took founder and CEO Corey Jaskolski's "incredibly crude hand drawing" of what the balloon would look like from space, daily satellite images, and artificial intelligence to quickly find the balloon and trace its path halfway around the globe before it was shot down Feb. 4 off the coast of South Carolina.
Jaskolski said the March 20 New York Times report in particular provided independent validation of Synthetaic's findings and of what the company's Rapid Automatic Image Categorization software can do. He said the work shows the company's technology can be effectively used at a global level...
Women-owned businesses are growing in Fond du Lac. Here are 30 to check out this Women's History Month and beyond
FOND DU LAC REPORTER
FOND DU LAC – Women-owned salons and businesses can empower women and other clients that use their services, which is what Sarah Sippel aimed to do with Stel&Shay Salon. Sippel opened the salon, 131 S. Main St., in 2019 with three other independent stylists: Danielle Rickmeyer, Sam McLaughlin and permanent makeup artist Lisa Head. The four of them soon grew to eight, each with their own business and functioning as one like-minded team, with more to come as Sippel said the salon works to expand by the end of the summer...
Packers recognize Mentor-Protégé Program participants
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
GREEN BAY PACKERS -- The Green Bay Packers Mentor-Protégé Program this week celebrated 12 years of business growth by recognizing the most recent session of program participants with a celebration event. The entrepreneurs gathered at Lambeau Field to honor the 12th year of pairing established mentor companies with growing protégé companies in the community. The program features pairs of companies throughout Wisconsin, particularly in northeastern Wisconsin, and has recently expanded into southeastern, southwestern and central Wisconsin.. ..
Renewable biofuel startup company produces renewable diesel, jet fuel with UW Oshkosh
THE BADGER HERALD
OSHKOSH -- UW Oshkosh has partnered with Agra Energy, a California-based renewable fuel production company, to produce carbon-neutral synthetic diesel. Years of sustainable fuel research allowed UWO to design a digester that converts cow manure into synthetic diesel identical to regular diesel. UWO students are directly involved in the research and production, with the commercial facility set to open in late April 2023 at Dairyland Farm in New Franken, Wisconsin. According to Agra President Mason Parker, the commercial digester will take raw biomatter, otherwise known as manure, and finish the chemical breakdown begun in the cow’s stomach. After purification and chemical conversion, the final product is diesel fuel...
Julie's Supper Club ready to open for business in Oconto
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
OCONTO - Wisconsin has long had a love affair with supper clubs, and now a new one is looking to win hearts in Oconto. Julie’s Supper Club will open Monday, March 20 at the site of the former Oconto Legion Golf Club, 532 Jefferson St. Its formal grand opening will run Friday, March 24 through Sunday, March 26. Owner Luis Morales said he shares the love of supper clubs, where the food, drinks and camaraderie make them beloved gathering places...
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