SPEAKERS:

Tayo Sanders II

Principal, Etc Ventures

Mo Heidaran

Chief Scientist, Cellx Inc.

Roger Austin

Director, Risk and Security, Boston Consulting Group

Ernesto Chanona, PhD

Vice President, CSSi LifeSciences

David Tohn

CEO, BTS

Mindy Lehman

Chief Government Program Development, Affairs & Policy Officer, TEDCO

Patrick Hanley

Chief & Director, Cellular Therapy Program, Children's National Hospital

Barry Datlof

Chief, Business Development and Commercialization, Defense Health Agency

Tom Sadowski

Executive Director/CEO, Maryland Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO)

Alex Choi

Executive Director, Government Program Development, Affairs, & Research, TEDCO MD (Maryland Technology Development Corporation)

Lora Brown

State Director, Maryland Small Business Development Center (UMD)

Maurice X Boissiere

Partner, Chief Customer Officer, DataTribe

Jasmine A. Clemons

Board of Public Works Director, Comptroller of Maryland

Arion Long

CEO, Femly

Robbin Lee

Director of Partnerships & Mobilization, UpSurge Baltimore

Kobby Osei-Kusi

Founder & CEO, Pirl Technology

Rachel Rath

Head of JLABS, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS

Stephen Auvil

Chief Federal Engagement Officer, Maryland TEDCO

Mike Ravenscroft

Managing Director, University System of Maryland Momentum Fund

Derese Getnet

CEO, Chariot Biosciences

Joe Durham

Market President, Fulton Bank

Bill Collier

Principal, Noblis Ventures

Danette Nguyen

Managing Director, Maryland Women's Business Center

Dr. Tammira Lucas

Venture Growth Advisor/ Assistant Professor, TEDCO/Coppin State University

Henry Ahn

Program Director (SBIR/STTR) , National Science Foundation

Graham Dodge

VP, Venture Development, TEDCO

Lisa Friedlander

CRO, NEXT/My NEXT Raise

Kevin Anderson

Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce

Bob Ackerman

Founder & Managing Director, AllegisCyber Capital

Griffin St Louis

Senior Program Manager, Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)

Brock Reeve

CEO, Eos BioInnovation

LaToya C. Staten

Executive Director , Fearless Institute

Troy LeMaile-Stovall

Chief Executive Officer, TEDCO

Karen Zuccardi

Ecosystem Director , TEDCO

Winston Kirton

Partner, BakerHostetler

R. Andrew (“Andy”) Bauer

Vice President and Regional Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Geyssel Gonzalez

Controller, TEDCO

Ruchika Nijhara, PhD, MBA

Executive Director, Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund

Olessia Smotrova

Chief Strategy Officer, OST Global Solutions

Jack Miner

Chief Investment Officer, TEDCO

Jean-Luc Park

Senior Director, Social Impact Funds, TEDCO

Gregg Smith

Chief Executive Officer, Technology Advancement Center

Dr. Arti Santhanam

Executive Director, Emerging Technology Centers (ETC) Baltimore

Justin Ferguson

Program Manager, TEDCO

Amita Shukla

Founder & CEO, Vitamita

Maaike Everts

Executive Director, Critical Path Institute

Abishek (Abi) Kulshreshtha

Executive Director, Maryland Innovation Initiative, TEDCO

Isabel Wen

Senior Manager, Venture Development, TEDCO

Greg Rogers

State CISO, State of Maryland