Healthcare

Why Meet in Madison?

Madison isn’t just a great place for healthcare meetings—it’s where the future of medicine is being shaped. From the pioneering research at University of Wisconsin–Madison to nationally-ranked UW Health University Hospital and biotech breakthroughs at Exact Sciences, our city is a hub for scientific discovery. Whether you’re planning an intimate symposium or a large-scale healthcare conference, Madison provides the expertise, infrastructure and industry connections to make your meeting a success.

Peers Who Brought Their Meetings Here

World Stem Cell Summit
International Herpesvirus Conference
Health Physics Society
American Society for Virology
UW Health Public Affairs
International Short Break Association
Wisconsin Nurses Association
Narcotics Anonymous
National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics
Wisconsin Association of School Nurses
American Physiological Society
Wisconsin Medical Society
Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute
SPARTAN — Spondylarthritis Research and Treatment Network
Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Project

Number of Speakers

Save on speaker costs and tap into the talent at University of Wisconsin–Madison, a top ten research institution. UW–Madison's Badger Talks program features 138 expert speakers in the health, nutrition and biotechnology industries. For a full list, visit Badger Talks.

Notable Achievements

Frederick Mohs, UW–Madison emeritus professor of surgery, developed the Mohs Micrographic Surgery Technique to precisely remove external cancers
Harold Rusch, a UW–Madison oncology professor, was the first to identification of wavelength of ultraviolet light that causes skin cancer
The first bone marrow transplant in the US was performed at the UW Children’s Hospital using techniques developed at the university
Stool-based DNA test Cologuard, a revolutionary resource in cancer detection, was developed by Exact Sciences in Madison
Nobel Prize geneticist Joshua Lederberg founded the Department of Medical Genetics at UW–Madison and discovered sexual reproduction of bacteria
Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Har Gobind Khorana synthesized the first gene at UW–Madison
Dr. William Young performed the first open-heart procedure at UW Hospital in 1957
The world's first laboratory-derived human embryonic stem cells were successfully isolated at UW–Madison in 1998 by Dr. James Thomson, a professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine

Notable Numbers

UW Health University Hospital ranked #1 Hospital in Wisconsin — U.S. News & World Report
#7 Best Cities for STEM Jobs — WalletHub
Healthcare accounts for 12 percent of total regional employment — MadREP
63,000 in the healthcare workforce — MadREP
3,903 healthcare establishments — MadREP
#5 Fittest City in America — American College of Sports Medicine