Wisconsin Idea Conference

Building off of the success of last year’s inaugural Wisconsin Idea Conference, this year the Morgridge Center for Public Service is expanding their annual event to encompass a daylong conference, in addition to a variety of other events that showcase and build capacity for robust community-university partnerships. Wisconsin Idea Week is a celebration of the public purposes of education and seeks to seed innovation and social impact by fostering an engaged, collaborative university.

This year’s theme, Capacity Bridging: Community University Partnerships for Stronger Communities, seeks to emphasize the importance of bringing together community and campus expertise, knowledge, and people power to create stronger communities, resilient systems, and a more just and equitable world. Both communities and the university have assets to share and vital roles to play in ensuring we are developing and sustaining engaged citizens that in turn strengthen our networks and our democracy.