Keynotes and Opening Remarks

Opening and Overview:  Claudia Morrell, Executive Director, Center for Women and Information Technology, UMBC

Introductions: Sheila Heinze, CEO, SM Consulting

Breakfast Speaker:  Heidi S. Berenson, President, Berenson Communications, Inc./ Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Women Presidents' Organization
"Power Up Your Pitch ...Whether Pitching Your Company, Your Ideas or Yourself"

Breakfast Session Instructions:  Claudia Morrell, Executive Director, Center for Women and Information Technology, UMBC

Business Sounding Board:  Individual Meetings
(Concurrent with Breakouts)

Whether you want to launch, grow, or exit your business, meet one-on-one with successful entrepreneurs, investors, and business executives to share your business concept and receive actionable feedback in a 20 minute session.  Pre-registration is required for participation.

• Thomas Allnutt, Program Manager, NSF Small Business Innovation Research
• Ralph Blakeney, Small Business Development Center, Procurement Technical Assistance Program
• Veronica Cool, Vice President, Wachovia Bank
• Elizabeth Good, Maryland Venture Fund, DBED
• Sally Sternbach, Executive Director, Rockville Economic Development Corporation, Inc.
• Sue Woomer, Department of Budget and Management, Maryland Procurement Office

Breakout Session #1
These breakouts, presented by recognized leaders in the field, will focus on three areas:

• Women in Entrepreneurship
• Women in the Technology Workforce
• The Next Generation of Women in Technology

Track I:  Propelling Your Business:  Strategies for Growth
This panel will explore ways that your business can grow, from strategic partnering to licensing technology from universities and federal labs or going after government contracts.

Facilitator:  Sharon Pinder, Special Secretary, Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs
Panelists:

• Shirley Collier, President/Chief Executive Officer, Optemax, LCC
• Kathryn Freeland, Former President/Chief Executive Officer, RGII Technologies
• Sheila Heinze, President/Chief Executive Officer, SM Consulting

Track II:  Technology Business Trends in the Next Five Years
Globalization, outsourcing, security.… How will it affect your job, Maryland’s future, and the nation’s economy?

Facilitator:  Chris Foster, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
Panelists:

• Richard Seline, CEO & Principal, New Economy Strategies, LLC
• Pat Elizondo, Senior Vice President, Major Accounts Industry Operations, North American Solutions Group, Xerox Corporation
• Teresa Weipert, Senior Executive, Accenture Technology Infrastructure Services

Track III:  Hot Technologies
Informatics, nanotech, gaming, electronics, and more…. What are some of the leading technology job growth areas?

Facilitator:  Greg Hodges, Director of Human Resources, Northrop Grumman
Panelists:

• Deb Tillett, President BreakAway Games, Ltd.
• Bruce Swenson, SAIC
• Steve Walker, Steve Walker and Associates
  

Break

Breakout Session #2

Track I:  Show Me the Money!  How to Get the Funding Your Business Needs
This panel will explore the when, where, why, and how of funding your business, whether it is a startup or just starting to grow to the next level.

Facilitator:  Amy Millman, President, Springboard Enterprises
Panelists:

• Julie Lenzer Kirk,  Lead Instructor, ACTiVATE program, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Maryland Department of Economic Development, President & CEO, Applied Creative Technologies, Inc.
• Nancy Lilly, JEM Engineering LLC, President/Chief Executive Officer,
• Jane Navarria, Wachovia Bank, Senior Vice President, Small Business and Private Advisory Banking Leader

Track II:  Advancing Your Career into Leadership Levels
A forum where the business professional can learn how women in technology have made successful transitions to advanced positions and how women like you have achieved leadership roles within their organizations.  You do not want to miss this seminar if you want to advance your career!

Facilitator:  Leeanna Bradley, Business Technology Manager, AT&T Business
Panelists:

• Shelonda Stokes, President/CEO, Greibo Media
• Joan Worthington, Vice President of Technology, Davis Inotek Instruments
• Ms. Velma (Von) Richardson, Vice President, Business Development Analysis, Lockheed Martin

Track III:  Launching Your Career
How can you get into a new technology field?  What are the requirements for success?  What role does networking play?  What incentives are available for women to pursue technology fields?  How can women become technology entrepreneurs?  Answers to all your questions will help you explore all the options.

Facilitator:  Nicole M. Waddell, Principal, Virtual Link, LLC

Panelists:

• Vivian Armor, Director, Alex Brown Center for Entrepreneurship, UMBC
• Shondraya Grant-Levy, Senior Budget Analyst, Internal Revenue Service Budget Office
• Carroll McGillin, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, US Field Operations, Cisco Networking Academy Program, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Opening Remarks:  Freeman Hrabowski, President, UMBC

Lunch

Welcome:  Renee Winsky, Interim Executive Director, TEDCO

Indroduction:  Maryland Taskforce Report, Governor or Mrs. Ehrlich (invited) or
Beth Perlman, Chief Information Officer, Constellation Energy

Keynote Speaker: Linda Gooden, President, Lockheed Martin Information Technology
"Globalization: Propelling Women in Technology"

Closing Remarks:  Claudia Morrell, Executive Director, Center for Women and Information Technology, UMBC

Working Party:  Building a Women and Technology
Organization in Maryland (Pre-registration required)

Julie Lenzer Kirk, President/Chief Executive Officer, Applied Creative Technologies, Inc.
Steve Kozak, Executive Director, Greater Baltimore Technology Council
Claudia Morrell, Executive Director, Center for Women and Information Technology
Eva Neumann, President, ENC Marketing, Inc. / Women In Technology (WIT)