SPEAKERS:

Dr. Tammira Lucas

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

Gregg Smith

Chief Executive Officer, Technology Advancement Center

Lora Brown

State Director, Maryland Small Business Development Center (UMD)

Bill Collier

Principal, Noblis Ventures

Maurice X Boissiere

Partner, Chief Customer Officer, DataTribe

Robbin Lee

Director of Partnerships & Mobilization, UpSurge Baltimore

Barry Datlof

Chief, Business Development and Commercialization, Defense Health Agency

Kevin Anderson

Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce

Greg Rogers

State CISO, State of Maryland

Alex Choi

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

Dr. Arti Santhanam

Executive Director, Emerging Technology Centers (ETC) Baltimore

Winston Kirton

Partner, BakerHostetler

Jasmine A. Clemons

Board of Public Works Director, Comptroller of Maryland

Olessia Smotrova

Chief Strategy Officer, OST Global Solutions

Brock Reeve

CEO, Eos BioInnovation

Tayo Sanders II

Principal, Etc Ventures

Mo Heidaran

Chief Scientist, Cellx Inc.

Henry Ahn

Program Director (SBIR/STTR) , National Science Foundation

Joe Durham

Market President, Fulton Bank

Rachel Rath

Head of JLABS, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS

Bob Ackerman

Founder & Managing Director, AllegisCyber Capital

Jean-Luc Park

Senior Director, Social Impact Funds, TEDCO

David Tohn

CEO, BTS

Isabel Wen

Senior Manager, Venture Development, TEDCO

Mindy Lehman

Chief Government Program Development, Affairs & Policy Officer, TEDCO

Jack Miner

Chief Investment Officer, TEDCO

Ruchika Nijhara, PhD, MBA

Executive Director, Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund

Abishek (Abi) Kulshreshtha

Executive Director, Maryland Innovation Initiative, TEDCO

Stephen Auvil

Chief Federal Engagement Officer, Maryland TEDCO

LaToya C. Staten

Executive Director , Fearless Institute

Mike Ravenscroft

Managing Director, University System of Maryland Momentum Fund

Amita Shukla

Founder & CEO, Vitamita

Graham Dodge

VP, Venture Development, TEDCO

Danette Nguyen

Managing Director, Maryland Women's Business Center

Troy LeMaile-Stovall

Chief Executive Officer, TEDCO

Roger Austin

Director, Risk and Security, Boston Consulting Group

Patrick Hanley

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

Kobby Osei-Kusi

Founder & CEO, Pirl Technology

Ernesto Chanona, PhD

Vice President, CSSi LifeSciences

Justin Ferguson

Program Manager, TEDCO

Karen Zuccardi

Ecosystem Director , TEDCO

Maaike Everts

Executive Director, Critical Path Institute

Tom Sadowski

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

Griffin St Louis

Senior Program Manager, Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)

Derese Getnet

CEO, Chariot Biosciences

Arion Long

CEO, Femly

Geyssel Gonzalez

Controller, TEDCO

R. Andrew (“Andy”) Bauer

Vice President and Regional Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Lisa Friedlander

CRO, NEXT/My NEXT Raise