INNOVATION CELEBRATION 2020
SESSION SCHEDULE
Welcome & Networking
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Reception
Grab a cup of coffee, set up your profile, and get acquainted with the Hopin platform! You can meet other attendees in the networking area or preview the expo booths and learn more about our sponsors. Happy Innovating!
CRM Marketing During COVID-19: Keeping Customers Engaged Throughout A Pandemic
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | RESPONSE LABS
Response Labs will discuss their consumer research, operational support, and data-driven marketing consultation in the grocery and casual dining industries during COVID-19. One was forced overnight to keep up with record-breaking demand, while the other needed to change course to succeed in our new reality.
Dan Dawes
CEO, Response Labs
Andy Locke
VP of Strategy, Response Labs
Startup Success Stories: Responding to COVID
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
The spread of COVID has turned the world into a new reality, that has forced us to adapt quickly and adjust to new ways to living, working, and socializing. ETC President Deb Tillett will interview 3 AccelerateBaltimore graduates about their journey to creating products that are making a real difference in the way people are navigating these trying times. Panelists include Aaron Hsu of ClearMask, Sebastian Seiguer of emocha Mobile Health, and Eric Hamrock of StoCastic.
Deborah Tillett
President & Executive Director
Aaron Hsu
Co-Founder and CEO
Eric Hamrock
Co-Founder
Sebastian Seiguer
Co-founder and CEO
The front lines of COVID response teams: Who really is impacted most in a pandemic
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
It's hard to fully understand the impact that COVID-19 has had on our communities with so much information circulating around. Dr. Lori Edwards will moderate a panel discussion with front line workers that are surrounded with the reality of a pandemic.
Dr. Lori Edwards
Assistant Professor,
UMD School of Nursing
(moderator)
Dr. Janaki Deepak
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore
Director of VA Lung Mass Clinic, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Marik Moen
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Maryland Baltimore
Lead Nurse for COVID Isolation Hotel Recovery Center
Dr. Alexander Kaysin
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Department of Family and Community Medicine.
Medical Director of the University Family Practice
Building Access and Bridging Structural Divides
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | TECHNICAL.LY, IMPACT HUB, INNOVATION WORKS
This panel will explore grassroots partnerships that formed in the COVID-19 pandemic to address immediate gaps in Baltimore city related to health and education. Attendees will learn about forming coalitions to identify gaps, address problems, and create functional teams working across organizations, as well as prospects for sustainability following the immediate crisis moment. Intended audience: Innovators oriented toward social and civic change.
Panelists include:
Rajan Patel
Co-founder and CEO
Dent Education
Rebecca Yenawine
Executive Director
Teachers' Democracy Project
Jay Nwachu
President, Innovation Works
(co-moderator)
Jonathan Moore
Founder and CEO
Rowdy Orb.it
Stephen Babcock
Reporter, Technical.ly
(co-moderator)
Shantay Jackson
Project Manager
Baltimore Neighbors Network
Interview: Trevor Brooks, Homesafe 1st
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | AMAZON WEB SERVICES
HomeSafe1st.com™ Public Health is a COVID-19 Crisis Management Platform that helps cities be proactive by isolating and eradicating infectious diseases. We collect data through App interfaces and cloud based call centers via Amazon Connect to eliminate the COVID-19 virus with the help of AI systems.
Trevor Brooks
Founder & CEO
Homesafe 1st
Michael Jackson
Public Health & US Elections
Amazon Web Services
Entrepreneurship Evolved: Innovation During a Pandemic
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Towson University & University system of maryland
This session is in collaboration with the University System of Maryland. This panel will cover 2 major topics:
1) Coppin State University's Impact study on Open Works' Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Featuring Dr. Ronald Williams, from Coppin State University, College of Business.
2) Healthcare IT company (Stocastic) talks about their experience going through the new StarTUp Accelerator program offered by Towson University. Featuring, Eric Hamrock (Stocastic), Nick Culbertson (Protenus) and Patrick McQuown, Executive Director of Entrepreneurship at Towson university.
Please join us as we discuss the innovation happening around the Baltimore area. The audience will have a chance to ask their questions and hear more information on the topics.
Patrick McQuown
Executive Director of Entrepreneurship
Towson University
Nick Culbertson
CEO
Protenus
Dr. Ronald Williams
Coppin State University
College of Business
Eric Hamrock
CEO and Founder
Stocastic
“How to Get to Yes” — Investors on How They Decide to Invest
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | SQUADRA
Finding the right investors at the right time can change the trajectory of your company. All investors promise to add value, but defining that value is the key to getting the relationship right.
In this session, investors will share the details of why, how, and when they invest and go beyond advice and mentoring to checks and access right here in Baltimore. From angel to institutional, startup founders and future entrepreneurs will gain an understanding of the path, plan, and milestones that make them a venture-backable company.
Founders will leave with an understanding of what to look for in an investor and how to strategically build relationships now so that you’ve laid the foundation when it’s time to raise a round.
Margaret Roth
Director of Portfolio Operations
Claire Broido-Johnson
Senior Operations Executive
Emily Durfee
Program Manager
Troy LeMaile-Stovall
CEO & Executive Director
Jacob Vogelstein, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
Technical.ly Awards
4:00 PM - 4:30 pm | Technical.ly
The Technical.ly Awards return this fall with a more intentional aim of reflecting this moment: More than celebrating success for success’ sake, we want to honor challenges overcome, as well as ongoing work to make local tech and entrepreneurship communities places that also challenge racism, the pandemic and the unjust status quo. Categories include invention of the year, impact leader of the year, technical leader of the year, culture builder of the year, startup of the year, and growth company of the year!
Voting ends Oct 5! Review the candidates and make your picks here https://technical.ly/baltimore/2020/09/21/baltimore-nominees-voting-2020-technically-awards/
Alex Galiani
Reporter, Technical.ly
Happy Hour & Trivia
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Andy Locke, Response Labs
Pour yourself a drink and test your knowledge with a few fun rounds of trivia moderated by Andy Locke with Response Labs!