Events & Speaking Engagements

Explore all of the CTC’s events around the state for prospective and current innovators looking to expand their skill set, receive guidance, network, or connect to the Wisconsin entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Seeking a speaker for an upcoming event? Our featured consultants are happy to travel throughout Wisconsin to help businesses along their innovation journey.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) SBIR Program Overview

June 24, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Financing, Managing a Business, Government Contracting, Start-up Assistance

For basic research advancing beyond the academic realm, the NIH provides non-dilutive federal funding through the SBIR/STTR program.

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Ideas to Products & SBIR 101 - July (Virtual)

July 21, 2026 | 11:30AM | Online

Topic: Managing a Business, Start-up Assistance, Business Accounting and Budget, Business Basics, Government Contracting

Are you an Innovator? Do you have an idea that could become a product? Join us for an overview or how to get from here to there.

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NIH Pre-submission Review - August 2026

August 14, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance, Government Contracting

Are you a CTC client who plans to submit to NIH in October? Please register with us to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review.

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SBIR 101 Webinar (August)

August 18, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.

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SBIR 101 Webinar (September)

September 15, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Start-up Assistance, Business Basics

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.

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NSF Pre-submission Review - October 2026

October 14, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Government Contracting, Business Basics, Start-up Assistance

Are you a CTC client who plans to submit to NSF in November? Please register with us to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review.

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SBIR 101 Webinar (October)

October 20, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Start-up Assistance, Business Basics

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.

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NIH Pre-submission Review - December 2026

December 16, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance, Government Contracting

Are you a CTC client who plans to submit to NIH in January? Please register with us to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review.

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Featured Consultants

Wisconsin CTC’s expert business consultants are always willing to share their knowledge with current and prospective innovation entrepreneurs. These consultants speak regularly at Wisconsin entrepreneurship events around the state and at national conferences focused on entrepreneurship and technology. Consultants are always looking to help entrepreneurs along their journey in any part of Wisconsin, so tap us to speak at your event at no cost to your organization. (But we wouldn’t turn down a free meal.)

Todd Strother, Ph.D

Senior Technology Consultant

608-890-1015

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Rob Baranowski, MS, JD

Technology Consultant

608-262-2855

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