WiM Wisconsin Chapters | Igniting Innovation: A Women in Manufacturing Experience
* Registration open until 8/18/25 at 5:00 PM (CST)
Event Details
Join WiM Northern and Southern Wisconsin for
Igniting Innovation: A Women in Manufacturing Experience
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Time: Location: Varsity | Union South | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Join us at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for an inspiring afternoon of innovation, exploration, and professional development at the Women in Manufacturing Wisconsin Chapters Event. This event features a keynote from renowned industrial engineering expert Dr. Laura Albert who will provide a compelling overview of how industrial engineering is driving efficiency, resilience, and impact across industries. Attendees will have a choice of guided tours of state-of-the-art research labs, including the UW Nuclear Reactor, the Polymer Engineering Center, HSX fusion experiment, Manufacturing Innovation Network (MIN) Lab, and more. Participants will attend a training highlight session on AI, additive manufacturing, maintenance and reliability, and leadership strategies led by industry experts. The event will end with a casual networking reception of academic and industry leaders at Varsity in Union South.
As the manufacturing sector evolves in response to global challenges, industrial engineering stands at the forefront of innovation. In this keynote, Dr. Laura Albert will provide a compelling overview of how industrial engineering is driving efficiency, resilience, and impact across industries. Drawing from her extensive research in operations research, Dr. Albert will discuss practical strategies for applying analytics to real-world problems—from safeguarding infrastructure to enhancing public safety. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the tools, trends, and frameworks shaping the future of manufacturing and logistics.
About Laura Albert:
Laura Albert is a professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the 2023 President of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). She has been recognized with many honors, including the INFORMS Impact Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Fellow, and a Fulbright Award. She is the author of the engineering blogs “Punk Rock Operations Research” and “Badger Bracketology.”
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Agenda:
1:00 p.m. | Registration & Check-In
Welcome attendees and distribute event materials
Tour and training signup
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Welcome/Kick Off
Welcome address opening speaker: Dr. Laura Albert
In this keynote, Dr. Laura Albert will provide a compelling overview of how industrial engineering is driving efficiency, resilience, and impact across industries.
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Tours (Choose One)
*College of Engineering Lab Tours
*The Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX)
*UW Nuclear Reactor Tour
*Polymers Engineering Center
*Manufacturing Innovation Network -(MIN)Lab
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Training sessions (Choose One)
*Training Highlights from InterPro
*Using AI to Drive Business Results
*Managing Up and Across - Leadership Beyond your Team
*Maintenance and Reliability
*Additive Manufacturing
4:00 p.m. | Networking at Varsity | Union South
Connect with industry and academic professionals, share insights, and build relationships.
Cash bar and light snacks