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December 2019
WIB-Capital Region: Perspective on Leadership in Biotech
Join Women In Bio as Dr. Kathy Terlesky, Chief Operating Officer of Leidos Biomedical Research shares her perspective and experience as a woman working in leadership positions at a large biotechnology firm. Andi Overton, Director of Business Development at Mount St. Mary’s University’s Frederick Campus will help lead the discussion with time for questions and answers. Come join us for an exciting evening of networking and discussing leadership in Biotech.
Find out more »Preparing an SBIR Commercialization Plan
If you are looking at non-dilutive funding sources for your start-up, you might be considering applying for an SBIR or STTR grant. In order to be competitive at the national level, all these grants require a rational, thoughtful and convincing commercialization plan. Furthermore, the same plan may be repurposed for many activities including: informing company employees, underpinning the pitch deck and becoming part of the business plan, requested from any diligence team interested in providing a loan, partnering or acquisition.…
Find out more »EAGB 2019 Annual Meeting
Join the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore in “Celebrating the Region” and networking with more than 400 of the Region’s leaders representing industry, education, non-profits and government at the EAGB 2019 Annual Meeting. Hosted at M&T Bank Stadium on Tuesday, December 10th, the 5:00pm-7:30pm event will feature a program, networking, hors d’oeuvres and beverages. This is a not-to-be-missed business event to be updated on the current status of the industries that drive our Region's economy. Guest Speaker: Michael Rosenbaum, Executive Chair of Catalyte,…
Find out more »Dartmouth – Durham Global Debate Series: Cybersecurity in Today’s Digital Society
The Dartmouth College - Durham University cybersecurity debate will highlight the importance of Cyber Security in today's digital society with a focus on developing robust systems for reducing the risk of cyberattacks. Join us for an event featuring top thought leaders and subject matter experts from across business and academia including: Dimitri Alperovitch - Co-founder and CTO of Crowdstrike Wayne Chung - FMR. CTO, FBI Alex Kott - US Army Research Lab Chief Scientist Ranjeev Mittu - Branch Head, Information…
Find out more »PitchMasters Workshop
Since PitchMasters creation, over 50 companies have presented their businesses to CEOs, advisors, business attorneys and investors to gain valuable feedback. At this workshop-style event, four new companies seeking to become “pitch-perfect” will present their investor decks to the group and receive feedback to help refine their pitch before they go in front of investors. This is a great opportunity for companies to get ready for that “ask.”
Find out more »Information Technology and Banking Recruitment Event
Join us for the opportunity to interview with various employers for multiple positions in the Banking and IT Industries Thursday, December 12, 2019 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Germantown American Job Center 12900 Middlebrook Road, Suite 1100, Germantown, MD 20874 Same-day pre-screening session is required to attend this event. 12/12/2019 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Germantown American Job Center Participants must register for this event in Maryland Workforce Exchange at https://mwejobs.maryland.gov/ For more information, contact Paul Haaland…
Find out more »MACH37 Launch Day
What's Launch Day? Most accelerators like to call it Demo Day. We did too. But here at MACH37 we aren't emphasizing demos anymore, we're focusing the culminating event of our accelerator cohort on the journey our startups have taken the last three months and the direction they're headed now. Join these companies as they launch on December 12th and identify ways to partner during their next stage of flight! Connect with the startups and the MACH37 community. Learn what differentiates these companies and makes them…
Find out more »WIB-Capital Region: HERstory Gala
HERstory: Honoring Outstanding Women in Biotech. The HERstory Gala is the premier event for our chapter and it’s supporters. This elegant event attracts men and women from industry, government, non-profits organizations, and academia from across the Capital Region Metro Area and provides unique opportunities to meet with some of the region’s most successful women. This event is focused on highlighting women trailblazers in the life sciences who have made significant impact in the region. Featured Speakers will be Dr. Carol A.…
Find out more »HBCU Eradicate Economic and Health Disparities (HEEHD) 2019 Conference
Attend HEEHD 2019 and join fellow HBCUs, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges, and minority businesses to cooperatively develop sustainable biomedical & information technology (IT) related innovations that create 1) intellectual property (IP) (i.e., copyright, patents, and trade-secret) for minority institutions; and with 2) capabilities to tech-transfer your IP to minority companies that, subsequently, translate IP licenses into commercial products. Together, we can directly address economic and health disparities while strengthening our minority colleges/universities and businesses.
Find out more »2019 Juxtopia HEEHD Conference
The HEEHD 2019 conference theme is Take Lead to Eradicate Economic and Health Disparities by Commercializing HBCU’s BioMedical Innovations. This theme addresses a tactical mission objective for training HBCUs to take the biomedical innovation lead to tech-transfer IP to minority companies that, consequently, achieve the measurable goal of commercializing HBCU’s biomedical innovations that eradicate health & economic disparities with NIH STTR funding.
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