





2025 Agenda
Registration
9:30 a.m.
Registration and coffee
Talk
10–10:15 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
10:15–11 a.m.
Panel
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
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Startup quick pitches (two minutes each)
Moderated by Josh Doying, Startup Success Manager, UM Ventures
Networking / Exhibit hall
12:30–3 p.m.
Lunch, networking and exhibit hall
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