Startup Grind Presents Christopher Wink
Startup Grind Baltimore Chapter presents a fireside chat with Christopher Wink, the cofounder of Technical.ly and Baltimore Innovation Week! Join us for an evening of networking and conversation at the ETC.
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Baltimore Node OpenHack
Visit and explore one of Baltimore's vibrant maker makerspaces! OpenHack is a weekly event for which the Baltimore Node Makerspace opens it's doors to everyone from the community. Come hang out, explore what our space has to offer and most importantly meet many interesting people!
Phoebe In Winter
Single Carrot Theatre invites you to join us for our production of Phoebe In Winter by Jen Silverman.
Remote Control Airplane Festival: Charm City Fly-In
The largest celebration of remote control airplanes in Maryland is back for its annual weekend of high-flying fun. This free event features local hobbyists zipping, dipping and diving their R/C planes, helicopters and jets hundreds of feet in the air.
#BIW15 Innovation Crawl
Join Technical.ly Baltimore on an Innovation Crawl of some of downtown's most innovative spaces. On Friday, September 25 we're taking a walking tour of 8 different businesses to scope out what they're doing that's new, different, innovative and exciting.
Kickoff Festival with The Gathering
Celebrate technology and innovation at the Baltimore Innovation Week kickoff event!
2015 Battle O' Baltimore FIRST Robotics Competition
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics creates opportunities for students to engage in hands-on engineering, work on a team and have a fun time doing it. Last season there were 600 teams in Maryland involving students ages 6-18.
The Innovator's Small Business Summit
The Innovator's Small Business Summit is focused on strengthening Baltimore communities that have a long-standing history of economic injustice and low investment in entrepreneurial development. The event features powerful panel discussions with investors and locally based entrepreneurs that have successfully built national and international brand names.
The Women in Tech Summit
The Women in Tech Summit is the only women in technology conference that provides attendees with a unique combination of deep-dive, hands-on tech workshops; information and discussions about careers in tech and how to pursue them; and connection and networking opportunities with other women in various aspects and careers in technology. The Women in Tech Summit knows that working in tech is not just about coding but about all aspects of careers in technology. The conference works to bring together women in many different types of careers in tech and at every level from students to senior executives.
MakeScape 2015
The 1st annual MakeScape will celebrate the construction kick-off for Open Works, a facility that will offer fabrication workshops, classrooms, and small studios for artists, craftspeople, and makers. MakeScape will feature an exciting preview of Open Works’ capabilities: tours, drones, electric vehicles, robots, 3D printers, along with furniture, jewelry and art vendors, kinetic sculptures, kid’s activities, maker workshops, job-training programs, and Baltimore’s tastiest eats!
Continental Bridge 30 Years Of Cultural Exchange
In 2015, Baltimore celebrates the 30 year anniversary of its sister city relationships with Xiamen in China and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. An art exhibit at Baltimore’s Creative Alliance will commemorate the anniversary. On September 26, there will be a celebratory day of workshops and performances. The exhibit opens in the evening with a reception.
TECHxLADIES Happy Hour, hosted by Lesbians Who Tech Baltimore and the Women in Tech Summit
Baltimore Lesbians Who Tech Happy Hour, co-hosted by the Women In Tech Summit. Eat, drink, and be merry!
ROBOPALOOZA
A hands-on robotics and creative technology experience for families and competitive robotics enthusiasts!
CANCELLED: Made in Baltimore Pop Up Shop Closing Party!
The Industrial Arts Collective, an open, collaborative network of Baltimore makerspaces, maker educators, and small manufacturers, is sponsoring a pop up shop featuring locally-made products at 16 W. North Avenue from August 8th-September 26th. Join us for the closing party on Friday, September 25th to meet our member-makers and enjoy some local beers!
Crowdfunding for Startups: Do's and Don’t’s
The Baltimore Bootstrapper's Breakfast meeting, hosted on Monday, 9/28, at Marie Louise Bistro, will feature guest speaker Paige Cantlin, founder of Full Society, who will discuss community fundraising for startups.
Social Impact Startups with Steve Case (Rise of the Rest)
Join us for coffee, networking and a showcase of the city's most inspiring social impact startups at the future home of Impact Hub Baltimore. This is the first public stop on the Rise of the Rest tour with Steve Case, and will highlight the transformative potential of entrepreneurship for civic life.
Health & Sciences Lunchtime Roundtable
How do we work together to ensure Baltimore's vibrant health and sciences community continues to grow, innovate and thrive? Participate in an intimate lunch with a curated group of entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers, academics and leaders to discuss plans for the future and steps to get there.
Switch Baltimore
Interested in the trends in health and sciences focused around the Baltimore region? Join us for Switch Baltimore on Monday, Sept 28th as we "switch" up the conversation and focus on the future of Health & Science IT.
Rise of the Rest: Pitch Competition
During the stop in Baltimore, the Rise of the Rest tour will be hosting a $100,000 Pitch Competition Event and Fireside Chat Interview with Revolution CEO Steve Case. Join us to celebrate startups in Baltimore and hear from some of the most creative entrepreneurs in the city!
Drone Technology Showcase
Aerial Array & Elevated Element are proud to present the 2015 Drone Technology Showcase during Baltimore Innovation Week. Join us on the roof of the new AOL building in Brewers Hill as we demo some of our latest developments including 2D mapping, 3D scanning, Virtual Reality Environments as well as Commercial Video.
211 Design Challenge: Technology to Connect People to Health and Human Resources
Join the 2-1-1 Innovation Lab reimagine how technology can better connect Central Maryland families to community resources to reach a self-sufficient life. Ideate new technologies that help 2-1-1 Maryland / United Way Helpline empower thousands of people in need.
Rise of the Rest: Startup Celebration
Join the Revolution team, partners, local leaders, and Steve Case for a Happy Hour Startup Celebration. The celebration will be an opportunity to network with others in the local, entrepreneurial ecosystem, meet the Rise of the Rest partners and Revolution team, and learn more about how you can become involved with startups in town.
Get Your First 1,000 Users
Get Your First 1,000 Users is an intensive two-hour workshop that teaches early-stage startup founders how to grow rapidly using the same systems and strategies pioneered by some of the most successful software startups in the world.
Heart-Centered Branding Workshop for Nonprofits
Before you start redesigning your website, posting, tweeting, blogging and pinning, make sure you are clear on the relationship you are trying to develop with your audiences. Join Kate Purcell and Gayle Carney of Pulse Forward in this interactive and engaging workshop. You’ll walk away with concrete communication strategies you can use in your organization right away.
Data for Nonprofits: Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance's Vital Signs provides a unique opportunity for anyone to learn about Baltimore though its data. Learn how to enhance projects and research with local community-level data at this one-hour event.
The Future of Digital Marketing Conference
This half-day event will focus on digital trends that marketers, agencies, content producers, and startups need to know. Thought leaders will walk us through marketing challenges—and how to solve them.
Startup Maryland Pitch Across Maryland Rally
Come join Startup Maryland at the University of Baltimore's Gordon Plaza for a fun entrepreneurial event!
IgniteBaltimore
Ignite is a series of speedy presentations focused on ideas and topics to make Baltimore better. Presenters get 20 slides, which automatically advance every 15 seconds. The result is a fast and fun presentation which lasts just 5 minutes.
Media Conference Happy Hour presented by Agora
To all marketers, PR firms, ad agencies, personal branders and more! Join us during Baltimore Innovation Week 2015 for our Media Conference Happy Hour. Following the Future of Digital Marketing, join us for networking and continued discussion. Complimentary drinks courtesy of Agora!
Salesforce Tutorial & Free Tech Help Session for Nonprofits!
Techies for Good is a MeetUp group that holds primarily 2-3 hour meetings where technical volunteers help nonprofits real-time with their technology needs.
Family Make Night: Galaxy Bots!
Join us for a night of fun! Each family will get to make their own Galaxy Bot using simple electronic components and household items. Your Galaxy Bot will then be used to create Spin Art and Light Paintings!
September StartUp Soiree
Startup Soiree is a meetup focused on creating meaningful conversations among business founders and owners within the local startup community. September's Soiree will feature Deb Tillett, President of Emerging Technology Centers.
Geek is Chic - Making Tech Cool
Technologist Sharon Brackett will talk about the role of women in technology from grade school to corporate leadership. She will speak to her own experiences as engineer, entrepreneur, mentor and educator. She will focus on lessons learned in working, and surviving, in a technical and business environment that is less than friendly to women. Sharon will also share examples of getting young women excited about becoming technologists and what you can do to help that happen.
How to build a successful startup in Baltimore
Get insights from the founders of Millennial Media and OrderUp. Hear how these innovators founded, built and managed their companies to put them in a position for acquisition.
Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit
This summit is the region’s premier event in marketing, technology, communications and media. This one-day event will bring together over 300 marketing and communications executives to discuss high-level issues through a series of panels, keynotes, presentations and networking.
TechBreakfast
Interact with your peers in a monthly morning breakfast meetup. At this monthly breakfast get-together techies, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs share learn from their peers through show and tell / show-case style presentations. And yes, this is free!
Dev Intro Workshops
Whether you're new to programming or wanting to sharpen your skills, the Dev Intro Workshops are perfect for you. Workshops will be focused around today's most used languages and programs.
Explore Betamore: Community Orientation
Whether you’re already a member or are considering signing up, this is your opportunity to see and hear how you can get involved with Betamore. Join us on September 30th at 11AM to learn about the value of membership, the resources we provide, and how we can help your professional growth.
Dev Conference After Party
Grab a beer and wind down after a day of dev-focused workshops and presentations.
Quizzical Conversations: Education and Access in Baltimore and Beyond
Hosted by award-winning journalist and radio personality Sam Gallant, the Baltimore Innovation Week panel will feature Baltimore City teacher Joe La Bella, EdTech Entrepreneur Jess Gartner, and Senator Bill Ferguson to discuss the perils and successes of public education in the city, the role of technology in the classroom, and ways the public and private sectors can work together to drive meaningful change for the future of education in Baltimore and beyond.
YNPN's Baltimore's Got Talent
Young Nonprofit Profit Professionals Network (YNPN), Baltimore is a networking and professional development organization committed to providing fun, educational, and social opportunities for young professionals in the nonprofit sector. Baltimore's Got Talent is our annual general body meeting and the theme for this year is talent acquisition and talent retention in Baltimore.
Cancelled: BaltimoreGamer Host: Greg Toppo of USA Today, The Game Believes in You
In his new book, The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter, Greg Toppo recounts how innovative educators are changing traditional classroom instruction by incorporating digital play.
CANCELLED: Get Found University - Online Marketing
Get Found University is an educational summit in Baltimore. For one day, business owners and marketing professionals come together to hear from some of the great marketing masterminds on everything digital.
Beta City
On October 1, 2015, Betamore, Plank Industries, Startup Maryland and Technical.ly Baltimore present Beta City: an annual event that brings together Baltimore’s greatest minds for a full day of live pitches, startup demos and a celebration of our growing community.
Social Media for Nonprofits
Are you a newly-started nonprofit looking for a great social media strategy? Are you a volunteer put in charge of your organization's social media and don't know where to start? Learn the basics of Facebook and Twitter and hear about some of the other sites that nonprofits are using to spread information and raise awareness. Find which social media sites are the best for your organization's message and how to use them to your advantage.
Game On: The History of Computer Gaming in Maryland
Join legendary software developer Sid Meier (Civilization, Railroad Tycoon, Pirates) and other video game professionals for a lively discussion of this burgeoning local industry, which provided the inspiration for our own Video Game Wizards exhibition.
Baltimore Node OpenHack
Visit and explore one of Baltimore's vibrant maker makerspaces! OpenHack is a weekly event for which the Baltimore Node Makerspace opens it's doors to everyone from the community. Come hang out, explore what our space has to offer and most importantly meet many interesting people!
Building Baltimore’s Medical Device Industry
Medical device panel to feature: Tim Askew, CEO, PharmaLab; Carolyn Yarina, CEO, Sisu Global Health; and Jason Brooke, CEO, Vasoptic Medical Inc.
Entrepreneur Boot Camp
Geared towards early stage entrepreneurs, this fast paced boot camp will feature experts ready to teach you the basics of starting your business.
Lunch&Learn: Workshop Your Business
When starting a business, there’s usually not a lot of money, but a ton of questions. Wish you could hire a consultant or expert to help you perfect your business without a big paycheck? These Lunch&Learn workshops are perfect for the early stage business owner looking to get specific feedback and advice for their business.
#Failfest
In this off-the-cuff, unfiltered and unapologetic event, we’ll hear from a variety of speakers about their past failure(s) and what they’ve learned along the way. Sometimes it takes a lot of failed attempts before you get to that one-in-a-million idea that will launch you to success.
I'm a Data Scientist - AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Are you a small business, startup, nonprofit, or individual with a data science challenge? If so, then we're here to help! We're bringing together a diverse, interdisciplinary group of Baltimore-based data scientists who are happy to help with any data challenge you might have. Don't have questions, but still want to chat about data science? Well, we're also bringing together a group of diverse, interdisciplinary craft beers to fuel the fun.
Filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris Leads a Digital Diaspora Family Reunion
Join filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris for a screening of his award-winning documentary "Through a Lens Darkly." (2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary Film). Post-screening, participants are invited to share family photos and stories about their own experiences during a digital diaspora family reunion. Digital Diaspora Family Reunion and the 1World1Family social media campaign - the companion transmedia project to Through A Lens Darkly - engages audiences to discover connections between their own family archives and the film’s historical narrative, thus creating new communal linkages that underlie our common humanity.
MedHacks 1.0
At MedHacks 2015, we're selecting the top innovative technologists, scientists, healthcare professionals, and engineers to build amazing things together. Hackers across all disciplines will unite to meet with the experts in every part of the medical field here at Johns Hopkins to develop their solutions to healthcare problems across the globe. At the end of the event, teams will have the opportunity to present their projects. Winners will be chosen by a board of judges.
Code in the Schools 3rd Annual Game Jam
Stop playing video games and start making them! Code in the Schools’ Annual Game Jam is a one-day event where youth 5th grade through 12th grade work in teams to create an original video game in less than 12 hours! Teams will have one day to work on their games and our panel of expert judges will award prizes in the evening.
Converse: Designing with Mobile Devices
How do designers use mobile devices to collaborate on design with clients or co-workers? Join us on Saturday, October 3, at Red Emma's for an invigorating Baltimore Innovation Week edition of Converse where we'll chat about design apps for mobile devices. Discover new tips, tricks, and trends to help you in your daily design and tech life in this morning Converse moderated by graphic designer and illustrator Gregory Jericho.