Hosted by Spark Baltimore

In this panel discussion, local tech leaders will dive into their very different responses to the pandemic and how they continued to foster workplace culture within their organizations during the past year. They will also discuss the ways their companies pivoted in regards to workspace, including going fully remote, going hybrid, or building out a new space with a post-pandemic design.

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Hosted by Social Innovation Lab at Johns Hopkins University

Over the past few years, the Baltimore social innovation ecosystem has grown, attracting new funders, entrepreneurship support organizations, leadership initiatives, and other public, private, and social sector stakeholders. The ultimate vision has been to place Baltimore on the map as a leader to create, invest in, and scale effective solutions to challenging and often systemic social and environmental issues. Yet, there remains a lot of work to be done to see this vision come to fruition.

Throughout spring 2021, stakeholders from the Baltimore social innovation community have convened in various working groups to discuss how to best support our city’s existing and emerging social innovators to succeed.

This 60-minute panel discussion will feature insights from two of these working groups, with the ultimate aim to ignite a conversation around how we can engage more stakeholders towards our goal of building Baltimore better.

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Hosted by Tech Slice

These Female Founders have been innovating before, during, and after Covid. Want to learn about their journey so far and where innovative thinking is leading them in the future? Join us for a thoughtful discussion on 'then and now' by all Female Entrepreneurs.

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Hosted by Stewart Design Agency

Stewart Design Agency a full service digital agency based in Baltimore, Maryland is presenting a workshop on how to design a modern user friendly mobile application. Our owner and lead designer, Wayne S. Stewart will lead this is interactive workshop based on a fictious company that allows attendees to understand the process of designing effective user centric mobile applications. This workshop is open to anyone wanting to learn how to design a mobile application, businesses looking to create their own mobile application and people just curious about how a mobile app is designed.

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Hosted by M.A.P.S.(Minority Accessible Press Safeguard) Media

Podding for business? As a Business Owner have you ever wondered should I create a podcast to get more clients? If so, this event is for you. In this event, Lisa Wingfield, of MAPS Media is going to show you how to use other podcasts to do your promotion for you. This event will give new insight to businesses on how to maximize the very trendy Baltimore Podcast Hub. Let’s discuss the best way to partner with local podcasts to amplify your awesomeness! We will explore where to find local podcasts, how to contact podcasts without PR, basic guest prep to maximize your interview even with a novice Host, using local podcasts to maximize your exposure locally, and helping podcasters to better serve the business's bottom line.

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Hosted by Hutch

Hutch is an intensive 24-month program that gives entrepreneurs a blueprint for building successful digital service firms, by empowering them with the tools, mentorship, and peer support they need to have a lasting impact. Created in 2019 by Fearless, a full-stack digital services firm based in Baltimore, Hutch focuses on woman-owned and minority-owned businesses at the intersection of government, digital services, and community. Hutch graduates and current cohort entrepreneurs share their journey through the program and how they are finding success in the civic tech space. Join us for an in-depth discussion on how civic tech is transforming government and how to effectively build a business during COVID.

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Hosted by U.S. Commercial Service Maryland

Did you know that more than 95 percent of the world’s consumers are outside of the United States? Your competitors are increasing their global market share, and you can too. Exporting doesn’t have to be burdensome. The Internet, improved logistics channels, free trade agreements, eCommerce, and the array of available export assistance through the U.S. government and its partners has made exporting more achievable; that’s true for small businesses and those at the startup stage. Join the U.S. Commercial Service and the Global Innovation Forum for a panel discussion and workshop on “Finding the 95%,” during which you will hear from successful startup exporters, experts from the private sector, and government representatives dedicated to your success.

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Hosted by Brite.us

In this session startups and businesses will learn the fundamentals of how Founders are raising up to $5M under the new JOBS Act investment crowdfunding rules.

https://zoom.us/j/97783934868
Meeting ID: 977 8393 4868
If you have any questions about this session, please contact samson@axesandeggs.com

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Hosted by Visit Baltimore

The Baltimore tech industry is thriving. With the city’s newfound prominence as the East Coast hub of cyber, early-stage entrepreneurship, and MedTech innovation, it’s the perfect time to bring more tech industry events to Baltimore. In this session, you will hear about Visit Baltimore’s Tech Insiders Network (T.I.N.) and learn how we market and promote Baltimore’s tech ecosystem, and why your participation in our network will directly influence Baltimore’s visibility in the global tech event scene. You will also hear why Fearless has joined as an inaugural Ambassador in T.I.N and how they market Baltimore to attract top talent.

Live presentation taking place at Studio BCC located at the Baltimore Convention Center.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4106591904?pwd=RFEzOURaVzhGdnZLWG1zZTNWT2JhQT09

Passcode: hqDdY3 Meeting ID: 410 659 1904

If you have any questions about this session, please contact sharding@baltimore.org

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Hosted by Enradius

Baltimore has some brilliant kids, Connecting with the youth of today isn't easy for businesses to navigate or exploring the possibilities. Baltimore has several great organizations bring the leaders of tomorrow together with the leaders of the day. We will showcase and have conversations with a few of the organizations like Youth Works and Heart Smiles. We will have these organizations as panelists and including Baltimore City Gov, Student Youth as well as Bloomberg, all bridging the gap.

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Hosted by TruState

Please join Leah Del Percio (Trustate), Brian Simmons (Icon Trust), and Conrad Deitrick (DLA Piper, professor at Maryland Law), for a discussion on tax and estate planning considerations for startup entrepreneurs to take to minimize the income and estate tax impacts of owning a high-growth startup, especially if positioned for a possible or sale or acquisition. There are many simple things people can do to protect the ownership stake in their business, minimize their exposure certain to taxes and save a lot of money in the process.

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Hosted by Dundalk Renaissance Center and Tradepoint Atlantic

Revitalizing Dundalk Through Innovative Community Programming
(Presenter: Amy Menzer, Executive Director, Dundalk Renaissance Corporation)

• Help communities adapt and prosper through Senior Home Repair, free financial counseling, and home buyer grants that attract middle and upper-middle-income buyers to Dundalk.

• Support Main Street businesses with commercial improvement grants, COVID relief, and digital tech support.

• Help ensure quality housing stock through the Market boost Program.

Tradepoint Atlantic - A Modern Industrial Revival
(Presenter: Aaron Tomarchio, EVP Corporate Affairs, Tradepoint Atlantic)

• Green Energy Development - Offshore Wind

• Supply Chain Innovation

• Sustainable Urban Farming

• Supporting America’s Defense Readiness

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Hosted by Maryland Development Center

Dr. Deborah Hemingway, Chief Executive Officer of MDC, LLC, will lead a panel discussion on building health and medical technology startups by bringing together local researchers, clinicians, business leads, and funding sources. MDC is a startup studio in an Opportunity Zone in Baltimore, which works with inventors to remove hurdles and accelerate the development and commercialization of their technologies from the earliest stages. The audience will hear from panelists representing startup companies at various stages (Surgical Vision Systems, LLC; NeuroSonics Medical, Inc.; Sonosa Medical, Inc.; NextStep Robotics, Inc.), and how the technical development, business development, and fundraising are integrated by startup studios like MDC. Our goal is to harness the strengths of the Maryland ecosystem – the research talent, intellectual property, and industry leaders – to develop impactful technologies that can transform lives both here and abroad.

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Hosted by Venture for America, Johns Hopkins FastForward U, Social Innovation Lab

Are you a student or recent graduate looking to connect with other innovators in Baltimore? Are you eager to get involved within the startup community or looking for others to partner up with? Look no further than the “Start Here, Venture Forward” networking hour. Venture For America, Johns Hopkins’ FastForward U and Social Innovation Lab are co-hosting a networking session to help YOU engage more meaningfully with others in the Baltimore innovation ecosystem.

Meet people from diverse backgrounds, dialogue around topics of shared interest, and make genuine connections. Sign up in advance to share more about yourself and your area(s) of interest. We will do the matchmaking, placing you in small group sessions to get to know one another.

Our goal is for each attendee to come away with at least one person they will follow up with. This is not the end of the conversation though! We will be following up with attendees to hear their feedback and ask what they would like to see more of in the Baltimore ecosystem. Based on feedback, we look to hold more connecting opportunities in summer and fall 2021.

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Hosted by ETC (Emerging Technology Centers), Hutch, and Spark Baltimore

Bring your furbaby and favorite beverage and join us for a very Yappy Hour! We'll tell stories (funny, endearing, and maybe some embarrassing) of how our pets have supported us during the pandemic and welcome you to share yours and show off your pets!

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Hosted by Squadra Ventures

During this 60 minute session, we'll hear from Guy Filippelli — long time Baltimore entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Red Owl Analytics (acquired by Forcepoint 2018), former Army intel officer with a deep sense of patriotism and a firm believer in integrity, now Managing Partner at Squadra Ventures. While exploring the ins and outs of entrepreneurship, being a founder, and what investors are really looking for, you'll learn the absolute best method for baking Little Italy quality bread at home.

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Hosted by HR Geckos

Are you still sitting on the fence of indecision as HR technology and innovation overtakes you? Are you wondering how to start transforming your HR tasks, roles, and your department's efficiencies and effectiveness Are terms like Machine Learning, AI, and Digital Transformation making you anxious? If you answered yes to any of these, you are not alone. Don't suffer in silence. Join us as we share practical and actionable advice to help you move from inertia to action. In this practical webinar, discover how to: 👥Deal with internal stakeholders and processes. 💪Get support throughout the innovation journey. ⚗️Test propositions with a lean and experimentative approach. ➕Bring people on-board and build cross-functional teams. 📈Scale-up and institutionalize the change.

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Hosted by University of Baltimore, University of Maryland Graduate School Baltimore, and Loyola University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted “life as we know it” in Maryland in countless ways -- including the labor market, where many people suddenly found themselves facing temporary or permanent unemployment, while others rapidly adjusted to working from home or elsewhere as offices closed. Many workers were deemed “essential” and continued to work -- in hospitals, grocery stores, on garbage trucks, and in warehouses – while other, previously indispensable positions, like waiters and bartenders, flight attendants and travel agents, became irrelevant. As we begin to recover from the pandemic, a number of questions are emerging: What will the economy look like? Whose jobs will remain essential and whose will disappear completely? And how will the new workforce take shape? This panel discussion, featuring representatives from several local universities, will assess aspects of the postpandemic economy and its lasting impact on the mix of occupations, the workforce skills required, and the role that higher education plays in shaping the potential for economic recovery.

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Hosted by Kiinetics

For start-ups, getting the first customer isn't the challenge. It's winning your second, third, fifth and tenth client. This session will focus on how founders can be effective sales leaders, and why they have to. We will cover ideal customer criteria, sales calls, customer discovery and other critical aspects of the sales process. Expect an engaging, interactive conversation complete with lots of examples and audience involvement!

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Hosted by Ennoble Venture Partners

In this interactive workshop, participants will learn about THRIVE, a transformational intervention designed to positively impact the culture of teams through bottom-up alignment of an organization’s mission, vision, values, and key performance indicators. The result is a sustainable peak performance culture with outstanding employee engagement and outcomes. THRIVE was developed by a team of business leaders with extensive background in customer experience, corporate finance and employee engagement as a highly-interactive, in-person workshop to be delivered on-site to teams struggling with a range of challenges affecting performance. In the midst of the pandemic, we were able to successfully adapt the workshop and principles to help transform distributed teams working virtually. This workshop will share both an overview of how the THRIVE model can be implemented in virtual and in-person teams of all sizes and will also address lessons learned from delivering training online.

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Hosted by TruState and Method Data

How do you identify the key technologies and partners you need for your new business? Lessons we have learned from our start-up journeys and a deeper dive into the key technologies.

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Hosted by TruState and Method Data

Please join us for a discussion on how we built a supportive and inclusive environment for ourselves and our employees during the pandemic, and how we will ensure that this will continue post-pandemic.

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Hosted by Moms as Entrepreneurs

During this session, Moms As Entrepreneurs will interview 3 mom innovators to get their perspective of what it's like to innovate in Baltimore not just as a women but as a mom. We will focus on the barriers and the opportunities in Baltimore.

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HOSTED BY ALLOVUE

Join Baltimore City Comptroller Bill Henry, Maryland State Delegate and Comptroller candidate Brooke Lierman, and State Delegate Stephanie Smith for this panel moderated by Jess Gartner, CEO of education finance company Allovue to discuss how Maryland is an emerging leader in civic finance innovation. These city and state leaders will share their ideas for modernizing procurement and civic finance practices through a lens of equity and transparency in order to help local women-owned and minority-owned businesses thrive in Maryland. City Comptroller Bill Henry will share his plan for improving Baltimore City Board of Estimates and other Comptroller-managed city functions. Brooke Lierman will discuss her platform for MD Comptroller with a focus on supporting small businesses. Delegate Stephanie Smith will talk about her proposed legislation for the creation of a public state bank. All of the panelists will discuss how their work centers equity and serves as a national model for civic finance reform.

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Hosted by Towson University

Entrepreneurs and industry leaders will talk about the benefits of small businesses (restaurants) and startups working together, especially during a pandemic. We will also talk about their experiences fostering relationships with startups, small businesses, and the local community.

Register now for a chance to win a $35 gift card (good for 4 people), courtesy of Waffie Waffle in Hampden. Must attend the session to be selected. The winner will be contacted a few days after the event.

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Hosted by Infinite Biomedical Technologies LLC

This event shall go over IBT's innovative technology in the field of upper limb myoelectric prostheses. As a medical device company based out of Baltimore, with over 23 years of experience in medical technology development, this presentation shall cover IBT's journey through its various technology solutions which are at the intersection of cutting-edge electronics, hardware and advanced algorithm design.

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Hosted by Response Labs

Personal information provided by a customer to a business without requirement—think preference center or polls—is known as zero-party data. Customers, or even subscribers, who provide this information are typically doing so because of their comfort, trust and loyalty to a business, and to have their interactions with that business be personalized on their own terms. This panel discussion will touch on zero-party data compared to other forms of data collected and utilized for personalization in marketing;the role of customer loyalty in collecting zero-party data;customer expectations versus reality with personalization;and the real value to a business when using personalization in marketing. The session is presented by Response Labs, a digital marketing agency focused on improving and growing CRM and loyalty programs, and moderated by their Managing Director, Andy Locke.

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Hosted by B-Fit Lifestyle

Learn how we, the gym industry, and people adapted to the use of technology to keep fitness rolling through the Pandemic. How you, as a busy professional can make fitness fit into your lifestyle with the power of technology. Actionable advice for preventing/reducing pain and recovering from sitting and/or standing all day in front of your computer. How you can get a free week of classes for showing up to our presentation instead of the typical one free class! 5 lucky attendees will win a free week of classes, online or in-person!

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Hosted by The Greater Washington Partnership

The Greater Washington Partnership launched the Capital CoLAB (“Collaborative of Leaders in Academia and Business”) to build and scale educator-employer partnerships that would expand access to industry-validated, digital tech competencies for learners of all ages across the Capital Region. Together with its partners, the Capital CoLAB aims to build the most diverse digital tech workforce in the country and envisions engaging over 45,000 learners over the next 5 years, with 50% of those learners coming from underrepresented backgrounds

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Hosted by emocha Health

Pediatric asthma is a serious problem in Baltimore City, where 20% of children—more than twice the national average—have a diagnosis of asthma. Uncontrolled pediatric asthma is an immense burden for children and their families, leading to missed school days and expensive emergency department visits and hospitalizations. emocha Health’s CEO will present on how emocha is tackling the problem through their Digital Medication Adherence Program. Patients at health systems and health plans across the state are engaged in emocha’s program which combines daily video check-ins with clinical engagement and support. The program improves adherence and reduces inhaler technique errors, two things crucial to controlling asthma, improving outcomes, and reducing ED visits. emocha’s program is a model for how digital health can offer convenient, supportive, and impactful patient-centered care.

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