Racine County, Foxconn Leaders Speak at Summit on Regional Competitiveness

On October 29, Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave, RCEDC Executive Director Jenny Trick, Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone spoke as part of a panel at the Alliance for Regional Development's sixth annual Summit on Regional Competitiveness.

The leaders shared insights gained throughout the Foxconn development process, plans for partnerships between higher education institutions and businesses, workforce training initiatives and intergovernmental cooperation.

Earlier that morning, Marquette University President Dr. Michael Lovell hosted a conversation with Foxconn's Dr. Louis Woo regarding the Company's future as a corporate neighbor in our Wisconsin community. Lovell and Woo discussed the extensive Foxconn supply chain, the new AI 8K+5G ecosystem Foxconn is establishing, and what this will mean for research, development and innovation.

Read more about Lovell and Woo's conversation in BizTimes.