SPEAKERS:

Roger Austin

Director, Risk and Security, Boston Consulting Group

Isabel Wen

Senior Manager, Venture Development, TEDCO

Kevin Anderson

Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce

Jack Miner

Chief Investment Officer, TEDCO

Arion Long

CEO, Femly

Barry Datlof

Chief, Business Development and Commercialization, Defense Health Agency

Ernesto Chanona, PhD

Vice President, CSSi LifeSciences

Bob Ackerman

Founder & Managing Director, AllegisCyber Capital

Karen Zuccardi

Ecosystem Director , TEDCO

David Tohn

CEO, BTS

Alex Choi

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

Lisa Friedlander

CRO, NEXT/My NEXT Raise

Ruchika Nijhara, PhD, MBA

Executive Director, Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund

Maurice X Boissiere

Partner, Chief Customer Officer, DataTribe

Dr. Arti Santhanam

Executive Director, Emerging Technology Centers (ETC) Baltimore

Jean-Luc Park

Senior Director, Social Impact Funds, TEDCO

Patrick Hanley

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

Mike Ravenscroft

Managing Director, University System of Maryland Momentum Fund

Abishek (Abi) Kulshreshtha

Executive Director, Maryland Innovation Initiative, TEDCO

Gregg Smith

Chief Executive Officer, Technology Advancement Center

Dr. Tammira Lucas

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

Rachel Rath

Head of JLABS, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS

Joe Durham

Market President, Fulton Bank

Jasmine A. Clemons

Board of Public Works Director, Comptroller of Maryland

Tayo Sanders II

Principal, Etc Ventures

Amita Shukla

Founder & CEO, Vitamita

LaToya C. Staten

Executive Director , Fearless Institute

Griffin St Louis

Senior Program Manager, Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)

Stephen Auvil

Chief Federal Engagement Officer, Maryland TEDCO

Derese Getnet

CEO, Chariot Biosciences

R. Andrew (“Andy”) Bauer

Vice President and Regional Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Tom Sadowski

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

Winston Kirton

Partner, BakerHostetler

Mo Heidaran

Chief Scientist, Cellx Inc.

Justin Ferguson

Program Manager, TEDCO

Lora Brown

State Director, Maryland Small Business Development Center (UMD)

Henry Ahn

Program Director (SBIR/STTR) , National Science Foundation

Kobby Osei-Kusi

Founder & CEO, Pirl Technology

Robbin Lee

Director of Partnerships & Mobilization, UpSurge Baltimore

Greg Rogers

State CISO, State of Maryland

Troy LeMaile-Stovall

Chief Executive Officer, TEDCO

Maaike Everts

Executive Director, Critical Path Institute

Graham Dodge

VP, Venture Development, TEDCO

Geyssel Gonzalez

Controller, TEDCO

Mindy Lehman

Chief Government Program Development, Affairs & Policy Officer, TEDCO

Bill Collier

Principal, Noblis Ventures

Olessia Smotrova

Chief Strategy Officer, OST Global Solutions

Brock Reeve

CEO, Eos BioInnovation

Danette Nguyen

Managing Director, Maryland Women's Business Center