Register for the next RISE Summit on Nov. 17, 2025
Join us for the second-annual Wisconsin RISE Initiative summit to learn more about the initiative’s progress over the past year and what’s to come in the months ahead.
The event will include a plenary session featuring campus leaders followed by breakout sessions on each of the initiative’s three focus areas.
Submit your questions
The plenary session will include an opportunity for a brief Q&A with campus leadership. If you would like to submit a question for consideration, please submit via this form. We will address as many questions as we are able in the time allotted.
When
Monday, Nov. 17
10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Where
Memorial Union
800 Langdon St.
Madison, WI 53706
Registration
Event schedule
Plenary Session with Campus Leaders
10-11:00 a.m. | Memorial Union | Great Hall
Hear from Interim Provost John Zumbrunnen about the progress of RISE and the aim of making transformative discoveries and translating them into real-world impact. The plenary session will also include a Q&A.
Breakout sessions
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Memorial Union | Rooms to be shared day of the event
Learn more about one of the initiative’s current focus areas: artificial intelligence (RISE-AI), sustainability (RISE-EARTH) and immunology and healthspan (RISE-THRIVE)
Lunch and Closing
12:30–2 p.m. | Memorial Union | Great Hall
Vice Chancellor for Research Dorota Grejner-Brzezińska will provide closing remarks.
Additional RISE events
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