WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Noon – 5:00 p.m. Registration Open Grand Libelle Coatroom

Noon – 2:45 p.m. WCMA Board Meeting Palm Garden D

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Exhibitor set-up, Grand Libelle

3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Authentic Confidence Assessment by Ben Fauske Villa Gottfried Room

• confidence assessment_Fauske

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. WCMA Networking Event Open to All + First Time Attendee Meet & Greet Grand Libelle

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception/Dinner Buffet/Drinks with Exhibitors Grand Libelle

7:00 – 10:00 p.m. Trivia & Socialize Grand Libelle

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29

7:30 – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast Grand Libelle

8:50 – 10:00 a.m. Opening Keynote: Big Confident Energy by Ben Fauske Palm Garden A-C

• Big Confidence Energy

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break & Exhibit Hall Open Grand Libelle

10:30 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. Career Counseling Grand Libelle Parlor

10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions

Session 1: Debunking Common TID and TIF Myths Palm Garden A-C

• Debunking Common TID and TIF Myths

Session 2: Negotiating Employment Agreements Villa Gottfried Room

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch ICMA Update & Business Meeting Grand Libelle

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Unlocking the Potential of AI: How Local Governments Can Lead the Way by Alex Gorachev Grand Libelle

• Unlocking the Potential of AI

2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Break & Exhibit Hall Open Grand Libelle

2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

Session 1: Translating Strategic Plans into Action through Project Management Villa Gottfried Room

• Translating Strategic Plans into Action

Session 2: Recruiting Local Government’s Next Workforce Generation Palm Garden A-C

• THERE ARE NO SLIDES FOR THIS SESSION

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Break & Exhibit Hall Open Grand Libelle

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Newly Appointed Manager/Administrator Round Table Villa Gottfried Room

8:30 – 10:30 p.m. Casino Night Palm Garden D-F

FRIDAY, MARCH 1

7:45 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Grand Libelle D-F

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. A League of WI Municipalities & WI Counties Assoc. Legislative Update Grand Libelle D-F

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Break Palm Garden Foyer

9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions

Session 1: Workforce Housing – If You Build It They Will Come Palm Garden A-C

• Workforce Housing

Session 2: Becoming an Employer of Choice in the New World of Work Villa Gottfried Room

• Becoming an Employer of Choice

10:45 a.m. – Noon Closing Keynote: Leadership and Mental Health in a Troubled World by Desmond Lomax, NCC, LCMHC, CCMHC Palm Garden A-C

• Leadership and Mental Health_Lomax

Thank you WCMA Conference Committee!

• Matt Heiser (Chair), Village of Harrison
• Gabe Altenbernd, Village of Belleville
• Allyson Burnette, Allyson Burnette Consulting
• Travis Coenen, Village of Wrightstown
• Michael Duerkop, MSA Professionals
• David Erdman, Baker Tilly
• Kristin Korpela, Dunn County
• Benjamin Krumenauer, Village of Bellevue
• Theresa Loomer, Village of Fontana
• Andy Pederson, Village of Bayside
• Cory Poris Plasch, CP2 Consulting
• Mark Rohloff, City of Oshkosh
• Adam Ruechel, Baird,
• Jason Stine, Veregy
• Diane Wessel, MSA Professional Services

Thank you WCMA Sponsors!

Platinum Sponsors  

Baker Tilly

Cities and Village Mutual Insurance

Ehlers

League of Wisconsin Municipalities Mutual Insurance

Gold Sponsors   

Baird

Bauman Associates

Baxter & Woodman

Community Insurance Corporation

CTAccess     

Enterprise Fleet Management

FGM Architects     

GovHR USA     

Kapur

Municipal Property Insurance Company

Onshore Outsourcing

PMA Financial

POLCO

Polimorphic

Vierbicher

Silver Sponsors

Ansay & Associates

Civic Systems LLC

KerberRose  

Lakeshore Recycle Systems

Lauterbach & Amen LLP

McMAHON

Northern Illinois University Dept. of Public Administration* 

Ontech Systems, Inc.

Quarles 

raSmith

Ruekert & Mielke, Inc

UniverCity Year @ UW Madison

VC3

Veregy

Bronze Sponsors

MSA Professional Services

Public Administration Associates

Prescient Solutions

SAFEbuilt