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press release:  Registration is now open for our seventh annual IceBreaker on Thursday, March 11.

In preparing for this year's IceBreaker (coming March 11 and presented by our EMpower Sponsor, BMO Harris Bank), we approached some of Greater Madison's most inspiring and innovative business leaders to ask, When tackling your most significant challenges, who do you rely to help you solve them? And can we listen in on those conversations?

The pandemic has accelerated headwinds both within the four corners of our businesses and in the broader community. We can't solve one without solving the other – they are intertwined. And at IceBreaker, UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and American Family Insurance Chair and CEO Jack Salzwedel will open their networks to thought leaders they rely on... and you have a front-row seat.

Jack will speak with Rakesh Khurana, the Dean of Harvard College, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School and professor of sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Dean Khurana's research uses a sociological perspective to focus on the processes by which leaders are selected and developed. One of the world's leading experts on organizational behavior and leadership, he has written extensively about the CEO labor market and business education. He co-edited the seminal texts The Handbook for Leadership Theory and Practice and The Handbook for Teaching Leadership.

Chancellor Blank will speak with Sheldon Danziger, one of the nation's foremost experts on public policy strategies to drive inclusive economic growth. Danziger is the President of the Russell Sage Foundation, which supports social science research "for the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States." He was previously the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Research Professor at the Population Studies Center, and Director of the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan. He has special insight into Madison, having served as Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW–Madison. Three of his books have been selected as Noteworthy by Princeton University, including Working and Poor: How Economic Conditions and Policy Changes Affect Low-Wage Workers (co-edited with Chancellor Blank and Robert Schoeni). 

Also featured as a speaker is  Rosie Rios, 43rd Treasurer of the United States, who initiated and led the effort to place Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill and whose signature currently appears on a record $1.69 trillion out of the $1.71 trillion in circulation worldwide. 

Rely on us when we say this is an experience you do not want to miss. Register now.

Individual Tickets: $75 for Members; $100 for Non-Members

Table of Eight: $600 for Members

Member Sponsor tables are available for $750. To reserve a sponsor table, contact Nikki Javurek at 608-443-1944 or nikki@madisonbiz.com.

People can register for the program up until March 10, 2021; however, to receive their package delivery prior to the event, they will need to register by March 1, 2021.