Wisconsin Digital Symposium

Program at a Glance – June 1, 2026
All times below are in Central Time.

8:00 am: Continental Breakfast, 4th Floor Lambeau Field Legends Club
Open networking with coffee and light breakfast.

8:30 am: Partner Talks, 4th Floor Lambeau Field Indoor Clubs
Concurrent 45-minute sessions in private Lambeau Indoor Clubs. Choose one of three intimate, interactive sessions hosted by our innovation partners — TCS, ThoughtFocus, and YASH Technologies — over continental breakfast. Limited seating so arrive early!

9:30 am: Opening Remarks, Lambeau Field Legends Club

9:40 am: Keynote: AI at the Helm of Marine Innovation
Áine Denari, EVP & President, Navico Group, and CTO, Brunswick Corporation
How Brunswick is applying AI and digital capabilities across its marine ecosystem — from intelligent product development to connected fleet operations — and what it takes to lead technology transformation across a diversified, multi-brand industrial company.

10:30 am: Keynote: Applying Transformation Principles to AI
Phil Gilbert, Author of Irresistible Change, Former Head of Design at IBM
The playbook that transformed IBM’s culture through design thinking — applied to the AI era. Phil argues that organizations stall on AI because they treat it as an individual tool rather than a team-level transformation. Expect a keynote grounded in hard-won experience about earning commitment, not compliance.

11:20 am: Break

11:35 am: Executive Panel: Leading Digital Transformation Across the Enterprise
Carrie Toth (Smart Care Solutions) • Chad Steighner (Clarios) • Mike Hoge (Exact Sciences) • ChaChi Gallo (Michels)
Four executives share how they’re operationalizing AI, scaling digital initiatives, and leading cross-functional change. Topics include: scaling transformation without burning out your people, moving AI from pilots to operational value, and leading horizontally when the org chart doesn’t fit the new problem.

12:45 pm: Lunch
Dedicated networking time — no competing content.

1:15 pm: UW–Madison Research Lightning Talks
Three faculty researchers present cutting-edge work at the intersection of AI, engineering, and the future of work:

• AI in the Workplace: Navigating Uncertainty Together — Leah Ujda, UX Professor of Practice
• What’s Possible when AI-driven Precision meets Advanced Materials Science — Hantang Qin, Industrial & Systems Engineering
• Industry Transformation with Connected, Intelligent Mobility — Shaw Li, Civil & Environmental Engineering

1:50 pm: Closing Remarks

2:00 pm: Networking and Transition to Innovation Showcase
Connect with speakers and peers before the Innovation Showcase (3:00–6:00 PM).

Experience Innovation in Action

Immediately following the Wisconsin Digital Symposium, attendees are invited to extend their day with the Innovation Showcase. Designed as an interactive, exploratory experience, the Showcase will highlight emerging ideas at the intersection of manufacturing innovation and workforce development, with opportunities to engage, ask questions, and connect with peers from across industry and academia.

Taking place from 3:00–6:00 pm, the Innovation Showcase is expected to feature multiple themed spaces focused on topics such as the future manufacturing workforce, applied innovation, and practical uses of AI in manufacturing. The afternoon transitions into an evening reception with music and networking, making it a natural way to continue conversations and maximize your time in Green Bay.

We are grateful for the organizations whose partnership and support help make our programs possible and strengthen the connections that define the UWEBC community.

Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is the technology partner of choice for industry-leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence and customer service. TCS  has set an aspiration to become the world’s largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence.

Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long-term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large. With a highly skilled workforce spread across 55 countries and 202 service delivery centers across the world, the company has been recognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long-term partnerships with its clients – helping them emerge as perpetually adaptive enterprises. Many of these relationships have endured into decades and navigated every technology cycle, from mainframes in the 1970s to artificial intelligence today.

TCS sponsors 14 of the world’s most prestigious marathons and endurance events, including the TCS New York City Marathon, TCS London Marathon and TCS Sydney Marathon with a focus on promoting health, sustainability, and community empowerment.

TCS generated consolidated revenues of over US $30 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025. For more information, visit www.tcs.com.

ThoughtFocus is a domain-led, engineering-driven technology and services partner that helps organizations modernize core applications, scale operations, and embed responsible AI. Headquartered in the U.S., with 3,000+ experts across five countries, we combine deep industry expertise with disciplined engineering to solve complex business challenges.

With over 20 years of experience, ThoughtFocus partners with global leaders across capital markets, payments, banking, insurance, healthcare, higher education, and manufacturing. Backed by H.I.G. Capital, we focus on delivering measurable outcomes – faster time to value, improved efficiency, and enhanced customer experiences.

Through a platform-agnostic approach and our AI Lab, we co-create practical, scalable solutions validated in real-world environments ensuring what we deliver is proven, impactful, and ready to scale. For more information, visit thoughtfocus.com.

 
YASH Technologies is a digital transformation specialist & systems integrator trusted by 100+ Fortune 500 companies. YASH merges top-tier advisory and consulting capabilities with in-depth technology expertise to architect end-to-end, impactful, and value-centric transformation for enterprises across diverse industries.

For more information, visit yash.com.