2025 Agenda
Registration
9:30 a.m.
Registration and coffee
Talk
9:45–10 a.m.
Welcome and introduction
Dean Chang, Chief Innovation Officer and Associate Vice President for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, University of Maryland
Rob Cohen, Program Manager, Mtech Ventures
Panel
10–11 a.m.
Navigating the Funding Landscape: Working With (and Without) Venture Capital
Kaija Gisolfi-McCready, Investment Associate, Lockheed Martin Ventures
Mehdi Kalantari Khandani, President and CTO, Resensys
Rajesh Rai, Investor, Innovation Invention Partners and Chair, TiE DC
Pitches
11:10 a.m.–Noon
Startup quick pitches (two minutes each)
Moderated by Josh Doying, Startup Success Manager, UM Ventures
Networking / Exhibit hall
Noon–2 p.m.
Lunch, networking and exhibit hall
Exhibitors
2025 Sponsors
Hosted by
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