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August 2021
Biotech Connector: The Cryo-EM Boom
The Biotech Connector is an exclusive quarterly series that brings together the area biotech community for an inside look at local biotech advances. This event will focus on exciting innovations in cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM). In recent years, the cryo-EM method has undergone a “resolution revolution” that’s led to a flood of high-resolution structures of challenging samples and consequent surge in interest among structural biologists. Learn more from speakers working on the cutting-edge of research in this field.
Find out more »Cutting Edge Conversations: The Role of In Vivo Studies in Personalized Medicine
Our Fall 2021 Cutting Edge Conversations Series kicks off in just a few weeks, featuring lively discussions surrounding specific research challenges and the new innovative approaches used to solve them. Mark your calendars for our first event, “The Role of In Vivo Studies in Personalized Medicine”, on August 24th. This virtual event sheds a light on the skepticism surrounding personalized medicine, which allows healthcare to be tailored to an individual’s unique genetic profile, providing for a more precise and tailored…
Find out more »Getting to Know your Pi-Hole: Implementing advanced DNS security at home and small office
The powerful DNS Sinkhole technology has been used by corporations to help defend networks for years. Recently, this technology has been made available for home networks and small offices thanks to Pi-Hole. In this presentation, I'll share my sometimes comical journey implementing a DNS sinkhole and provide resources in case you would like to try for yourself. Jeremy Druin Principal Security Architect, Owner of Ellipsis Information Security OSCP, GISF, GSEC, GCIH-GOLD, GWAPT-GOLD, GPEN-GOLD, GMOB, GXPN-GOLD, Sec+ Jeremy works as the…
Find out more »Summer Social with the MD Innovation Center!
Join the Maryland Innovation Center for a summer get together! About this event The Maryland Innovation Center is excited to host a summer get together for professionals to mix and mingle and reconnect with the MIC community. Join us under the tents for food trucks, beer trucks, and a chance to check out the newly updated MIC. Registration will close on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 5 PM.
Find out more »September 2021
2021 Technology Showcase
Join inventors from the National Cancer Institute and Frederick National Laboratory for this free, half-day virtual event to learn about technologies primed for commercialization and/or collaboration. It's a great opportunity for biotech stakeholders and companies of all sizes including startups. Speakers and panel participants will discuss technology commercialization. The poster session will highlight additional NIH technologies available for licensing and collaborative development presented by the NCI Technology Transfer Ambassadors Program.
Find out more »Catalyst Loan Fund Information Session
Funding for a new project or outlets to expand and grow your business can be tough. Learn how the Catalyst Loan Fund can help. The Howard County Economic Development Authority is excited to host additional introduction sessions on the Catalyst Loan Fund. Managed by the HCEDA, the Catalyst Loan Fund is part of Maryland’s Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) Small, Minority and Woman-Owned Business Account initiative. The fund provides financing for businesses who are looking to expand and grow or work…
Find out more »Why Growing Tech Companies Need a Sales Tax Strategy Now
Tech companies may shoulder the most complex sets of rules for sales and use tax management. All states have now passed economic nexus laws which require tech companies to collect tax based on the level of sales made into the state. Compliance is more complicated and costly for licensing fees, software as a service income, and product sales revenues. Join the Cherry Bekaert Sales Tax Team as they walk through practical examples of sales tax issues our technology clients are facing and provide…
Find out more »Student Hackathon 2021
Interested in software development, design, and coding? Sign up today for the virtual Student Hackathon 2021 hosted by the Maryland Innovation Center, MAGIC (Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboration), and IOT (Internet of Things). As a 2 -day challenge, this hackathon will be a challenging and fun experience where you can learn how to design, build, and pitch an app in a short period of time. Students will be grouped into teams of 3-4 players and focus on one of the following…
Find out more »SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management 5.1 (LPM)
Live onlineSAFe® certification course, instructor-led Align strategy with execution using the Scaled Agile Framework A Certified SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM) understands how Strategy and Investment funding is established, how to apply Agile Portfolio operations and Lean governance, and how to build a plan for implementing the Lean Portfolio Management function. Participants in the course will have the opportunity to capture the current and future state of their portfolio with the Portfolio Canvas tool and identify important business initiatives for…
Find out more »The BWI Business Partnership Signature Breakfast Series
IN- PERSON SIGNATURE BREAKFAST AND TOURISM EXPO Fireside chat with David Marriott, Director, Marriott International Board
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