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Find out about innovations happening around food in Baltimore and in the world that will make our world more sustainable, improve access to nutritious food, and provide individuals & startups the means to make a living through healthy food. This event will leave you feeling inspired about our future! Refreshments & drinks provided.

Google Developer Group (GDG Baltimore) and Goucher College are partnering to present this year’s local DevFest. Starting at 9:00am on Goucher College’s campus in Towson, we will be covering a wide range of Google technologies from a variety of perspectives. Come learn hands-on during the CodeLabs and get inspired by our line-up of speakers. The College Shuttle will provide transportation to and from downtown Baltimore.

Learn from successful entrepreneur Burck Smith, Founder and CEO of StraighterLine as he disrupts one of the hot issues of the day: the cost of education.

Join Technical.ly on an Innovation Crawl to some of downtown's most innovative spaces. All doors will be open! Participating organizations will be welcoming guests to their space to share more about their company goals, culture, etc.

Let's kickoff the FIFTH annual BIW! Celebrate technology and innovation at the Baltimore Innovation Week 2016 Kickoff Festival w/ The Gathering. Check out the App Arcade and Maker Corner. Play with locally designed games, interact with 3D printers, eat at one of the many food trucks and more!

At MedHacks 2.0, the premier student-run medical hackathon at Johns Hopkins University, today’s brightest minds are empowered to develop and design tomorrow’s greatest innovations. We ask all students and professionals to join us to and hack the most universal human challenge: health. Signup and learn more at www.medhacks.org

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.

As part of Baltimore’s Innovation Week, Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States is hosting a Social Innovation Challenge with the goal of identifying creative solutions to improve the well being of people in Baltimore City.

Data Science With Style. Spark at Spark is a unique data science opportunity for everyone from the aspiring to the professional to work in teams, apply their skills, innovate and problem solve to create something remarkable.

Open Works is proud to announce its Grand Opening celebration, Saturday September 24 from 11 AM to 6 PM! Our FREE event will feature over 40 vendor booths, food trucks, live music, Power Wheels racing, street art demos, and tours of the space.

Celebrate BIW16 and the Baltimore Book Festival with a solo book talk with Thomas Dolby! He'll be leading a book discussion on his latest: SPEED OF SOUND: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology

In celebration of Baltimore Innovation Week 2016, BPD will host a two-hour Police Data Transparency Community Feedback Session in Baltimore.

SCT is turning 10! Come celebrate with us and raise a glass to the city we love. Drinks, Hors D'oeuvres from Parts & Labor, Raffle & Silent Auction, Music & Dancing with DJ Hella Freckles, & Karaoke with KJ JK

Power Up! teaches visitors how energy lights up our lives from hydro-electricity to volts and generators. Interactive challenges include team-work to rev generators power up various objects and keep the city lit as electrical engineers.

MdBioLab will be hosting 7th and 8th graders for the Micropipette Challenge, a hands-on activity designed to engage students in laboratory science techniques in a fun and exciting environment. This event is co-hosted with the University of Maryland BioPark.

Apply for a chance to meet with Paul and his investors at ETC and pitch your company or ask questions about your startups problem spots. This is open to everyone! Apply here: http://bit.ly/BaltimoreOffice

How do we work together to ensure Baltimore's vibrant health and sciences community continues to grow, innovate and thrive? Participate in an intimate conversation with a curated group of entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers, academics and leaders to discuss plans for the future and steps to get there.

Local experts will come together to discuss current and future breakthroughs from Baltimore's sciences community. What needs to happen to continue to grow this thriving community? What challenges are facing researchers, entrepreneurs and the institutions that support them?

Join the ETC as we welcome Paul Singh to Baltimore! This evening of networking and craft beer will feature the chance to see demos from ETC member companies and connect with the Baltimore tech community. Get the inside scoop for what’s happening in the coming week and a chance to sign up for office hours with Paul!

Brought together by the belief that philanthropy and social innovation have the power to enact meaningful change towards racial justice and equity; this panel of leading grantmakers, impact investors, and social entrepreneurs will discuss the hurdles they face, how their respective organizations are rising to the challenge, and the strategies they’re using to invest resources into racial equity and empowerment.

Gather with the local community for drinks and networking to close out the #BIW16 Sciences Conference. All are welcome!

Network with game developers and listen to a series of five minute talks on developing games: what went right, what went wrong, and what might work better next time from developers in the community.

Do you manage a coworking space, maker space, incubator or entrepreneurial program? Let’s get together during Baltimore Innovation Week to share the good, the bad and the ugly of what we face working and supporting the ecosystem. Paul Singh will be there to moderate and share best practices via his travels on the Tech Tour. Find us at the ETC Haven Campus at 101 N. Haven St. on the 3rd floor.

The BIW16 Media Conference will bring together a variety of professionals in marketing, PR, digital, big data, social media and more to understand new trends in media. This half day session will provide you with some actionable takeaways and leave you inspired!

How to know whether the convenience of “out of the box” all it’s cracked up to be. Technologists from 14 West and The Agora Companies invite you to look back at 40 years of innovation in the media, marketing and publishing systems that have helped grow the organization to include more than 20 companies in 16 different countries.

Today's leading digital publishers are using technology to Join NewsUp CEO Andrew Schuster along with Sarah Singer (Mic) and Steve Fink (CBS) as they discuss how tech companies and news organizations are developing innovative new approaches to storytelling.

A conference on building better teams and better companies through inclusion, diversity, and openness.

Baltimore City has a vibrant community of innovators, startups and entrepreneurs. This Baltimore Innovation Week, hear from Paul Singh on how cities are changing to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Connect with those in the city working to grow the entrepreneurial community at Baltimore’s own technology and innovation community, the ETC (Emerging Technology Centers). This roundtable will give leaders a chance to connect on initiatives and future collaborations. Let’s get Baltimore on the Map for startups and innovation. Find us at the ETC Haven Campus at 101 N. Haven St. on the 3rd floor.

Consumer buying trends affect businesses in every industry and vertical. Join us as we explore the trends you know - mobile wallet, social shopping, etc - and the strategic responses you don’t.

Join the MuseWeb Foundation for a Digital Storytelling Workshop and Happy Hour hosted at Openworks. Attendees will learn best practices for telling digital stories and can then enjoy beer sold by Peabody Heights Brewery, listen to location-based city tours from the Foundation’s "Be Here: Baltimore" project, and record their own Baltimore stories.

This annual networking event highlights and celebrates the value and successes of women in the cyber security industry. Leaders from the private sector, academia, and government from across the region and at varying points on the career spectrum can connect with each other to strengthen relationships and build new ones.

This roundtable will be an ask me anything style session with Paul Singh. Hear from Paul on his founder and investor experience and what you should know from day 1 of building a company.

Art, music & social change + live DJ, local beer, & dance floor = Not Your Average Networking Event

Design on the Go: Rethink how (and where) you work. Learn how you can quickly design on your mobile devices from anywhere at any time. You don't have to be a design expert to use these tools. Learn how to use apps to edit images, create vector graphics, and develop layouts while away from your desk.

We're bringing VR to Baltimore Innovation Week! Come on out and try a bunch of awesome VR/AR experiences.

We're bringing VR to Baltimore Innovation Week! Come on out and try a bunch of awesome VR/AR experiences!

Join us on September 27th for a conversation with TT The Artist on the space between the arts, entrepreneurship and creating a personal brand empire.

For small business owners and sales professionals who want to improve their business through networking and helping others improve their business. They also want to learn and reinforce techniques to accomplish their goals.

Crab cakes and Football .... that's what Maryland does, right?! Well ... we are going to dive deep and find out what else the Free State has to offer in the form of an ecosystem for locally grown ventures and their founding teams.

ETIS16 is a one day summit that provides opportunities for EdTech professionals and educators to share education strategies, and explore the innovative ways technology is reshaping the traditional and digital classrooms.

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.

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.

Join us on Wednesday, September 28th at 11AM to learn about the value of membership, the resources we provide, and how we can help your professional growth. 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. You are welcome to bring your laptop with you, and hang out after it’s over.

Join us for an afternoon of high-level dev talks focused around problem solving and innovative solutions. You'll hear from multiple dev experts talking about real world scenarios and the tools they're using. There will be a mix of 10 minute lightning presentations and 20 minute in-depth talks.

Elevated Element and Direct Dimensions will describe and demonstrate how they combine laser scan and drone aerial photogrammetry data to create extremely realistic digital 3D models of a variety of subjects. Come discuss today's 3D world.

Grab a drink and mingle with Baltimore's thriving Dev Community!

Although Maryland’s medical cannabis program is not yet operational, the time is now to think about innovative ways to get involved in this new industry for Maryland. Whether you are involved with a newly licensed operator, a medical research company, a testing facility, a provider of financial services or if you want to meet others in this space, come join us for a lively mixer in Offit Kurman’s Baltimore City office.

Johns Hopkin’s FastForward offers a free short course to Baltimore area researchers and pre-startup teams called I-Corps, as part of the DC I-Corps Node, that teaches researchers and technologists how to gain real world insights into the true value of your technology in the market.

Join us for a collaborative strategy session with leaders of economic opportunity in Baltimore. The session is focused around the questions and challenges people are facing in their work. This is a chance to lend your ideas, connections, and support.

Join us at Harbor Launch @ IMET, Baltimore's newest Health & Environmental Incubator, for a special Baltimore Innovation Week BioBuzz Happy Hour. The event is brought to you by sponsors at both JHU and University of Maryland. Come and network w/ your peers in a casual, social atmosphere where you can mingle with a diverse group of biotech, life sciences, and other professionals who are passionate about innovation and bringing new solutions to the bedside or market. There are no lectures or seminars and there’s no agenda or program; just fun and networking with your peers in the biohealth industry..

Fireside chat with Paul on how startups, venture capital and cities have changed. Join the RJ Tech Tour with a spectacular view of the city to tap into the startup scene with a global perspective. This event is supported by Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Argosy and hosted by 10 Light Street.

Join us for September Family Make Night for an evening of Zipline Racing! We will be creating Zipline Racers and testing them out against each other.

Now in its fifth year, the annual summit has become the “must-attend” annual marketing event for the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond.

Women are almost half of the American workforce. They are the equal, if not main, breadwinner in four out of ten families. They receive more college and graduate degrees than men. Yet, on average, women continue to earn considerably less than men. The wage gap has real consequences and is a pervasive issue affecting women in all walks of life, regardless of marital, familial or employment status. Surveys show that most business leaders consider pay equity “good business” and a step that is necessary to remain competitive. Pay disparities are not limited to one career or to one demographic, and affect women of all ages, races, and education levels—regardless of their family decisions. Join us for an interactive discussion on this critical challenge. Our panel will share stories, statistics and helpful tips on how you can change this statistic and change the story.

There are a surplus of opportunities in Baltimore to meet local startups. The real challenge for some of these successful entrepreneurs is meeting their next client, the decision makers at large corporations. Join us and get the opportunity to meet some of these large businesses and pitch your product or service to members of their purchasing departments.

In these hands-on, interactive workshops, learn from professionals how to better your business with feedback that is specific to you. Get help with the formal language of your business plan. Receive real time feedback on your VC pitch, before you're in front of potential investors. Create a solid marketing statement and brand for your particular product, service, etc…and more!

Learn how Maryland Legal Aid leverages talent, community partnerships, and technology to provide free civil legal services and help with criminal record expungements for Marylanders who are low-income.

Betamore and Sagamore Ventures present Beta City: an annual event that recognizes and celebrates leaders, makers and innovators in Baltimore. Beta City brings together Baltimore’s greatest minds for a full day of pitches, startup demos and a celebration of our growing community.

Data scientists specialize in wrangling relevant data and extracting actionable insights that can help drive business opportunities or innovation. Baltimore is full of talented data scientists, and we're bringing them together for a casual evening of community support and quantitative problem-solving. If you're a part of a small business, startup, nonprofit, academic group, etc. with a data challenge, then we're happy to help. Don't have a data challenge but want to learn more about data science? Or just want to hang out and talk data? Then join us anyway for some casual fun.

Join entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast. At a Bootstrapper's Breakfast® we have serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cashflow and organic profit: this is for founders who are actively bootstrapping a startup.

Hear from special guests who will work with founders on their UX/UI of their products. This session will be a 30 minute presentation/ lecture on what’s new in UX/UI and the rest will be hands on demos of attendees with real-time feedback.

Carolyn Yarina, Co-founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health will talk about Sisu's entrepreneurial path.

For the fourth annual Baltimore Innovation Awards, we’re adding a little formal flare to the awards ceremony and turning the party all the way up! It's a chance to celebrate the tech and innovation community in Baltimore. Don't miss it!

CITS Game Jam is a one day game creation extravaganza. Youth age 12-18 will have the opportunity to design a game with their team using Unity 2D. No prior experience necessary. At the end of the event, all teams will be judged by game development professionals and will be eligible to win awesome prizes! Pre-registration required. Form TBA.

Do you want to change your neighborhood or the world? Are you currently leading a community organization, nonprofit, or mission-driven business? Do you have an idea for a project or organization you’d like to start? Do you want to learn how to transform an idea into a project or organization that makes an impact? If you answer yes to any of these questions, you should attend our Bootcamp!

Come visit the campus of the University of Maryland Baltimore Country for one of the best tech innovation marathons in the Baltimore area! All undergraduate, graduate,high school students, and recent graduates are invited to come learn any technology they want over our 24 hour period.

In keeping with the “Why” of Baltimore Innovation Week, which is, "To make Baltimore better though technology and innovation", Bit By Bit CT has pulled together a few community partners to inspire hope in Baltimore’s’ youth and business community. It is our hope, that exploring the technology aspects of various career paths will ignite a spark inspiration to be innovative and create a better Baltimore.

Everyone has an idea, something about the world around them they think could be better. At Startup HSS, you'll be given two days to pitch your idea, gather teammates, and work hard in an effort to turn that dream into a reality. We want to help empower student entrepreneurs to create a bigger impact around the world by building businesses to solve everyday problems.

If you have an iPhone, Android Device, or iPad, you’re holding a powerful creative tool, right in the palm of your hand. From sketching, to retouching, to creating production ready assets, you’ll soon discover that the creative process doesn’t end with simply taking a photo and uploading it to social media. Join Aiga Baltimore and Adobe for a workshop centered on designing with Adobe mobile apps. This workshop is geared towards designers of all ages and abilities. Attendees will learn how mobile devices can be used to enhance and begin the design process using apps such as Adobe Photoshop Mix and Adobe Capture CC. For more information and to register, contact leo@baltimore.aiga.org.