AGILE Global Innovation Series

Cybersecurity, climate change, and supply chain are just a few of the pressing issues facing executives at globally minded businesses today.

 

During our AGILE Global Innovation Series, experts from the Mid-Atlantic dive into these issues and more to discuss the solutions they are using to navigate our ever-changing world. Previous speakers include the Under Armour COO, a McKinsey and Company Partner, the founder of Honest Tea, and the Chief Innovation Officer at Compass Datacenters.

Moreover, at AGILE, our speakers share powerful personal stories and experiences to inspire executives to face challenges head-on. Each session is curated by Jason Michael Perry, a seasoned tech executive and our new Senior Advisor of Corporate Innovation and Technology. A networking reception follows panel discussions.

The AGILE Innovation Series is held three to four times per year and is free and open exclusively for WTCI and RMI members. Not sure if you’re a member? Check here.

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September 23, 2026

AGILE: Will Digital Sovereignty Change How You Do Business?

In June the Commerce Department took Anthropic’s most advanced AI model offline worldwide, three days after launch, for nearly three weeks. Washington is also weighing which countries get access to American AI at all. The EU is charging tech giants record fines while swapping American software for homegrown alternatives. A fight is brewing over whether open weight models, many of them from China, should be allowed at all. And the FCC has moved from Huawei to drones to routers to humanoid robots, blocking new foreign-made models from the US market. GDPR changed the Internet forever, and now age verification rules in the US are redrawing it again. Join us for a candid conversation on what the global fight for digital sovereignty means for your business: the software you buy, the AI you deploy, and the markets you sell into, and how smart companies are getting ahead of it.

Speakers:

Jay Chakrapani

Jay Chakrapani

Chief Product & Technology Officer
Prometric
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Chris Bandt

CEO
UpSurge Baltimore
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Jason Michael Perry

Sr. Advisor of Corporate Innovation & Technology, WTCI; Fractional Chief AI Officer, Perry Labs
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Past AGILE Sessions

AGILE Global Innovation Series: What is Maryland’s Future Energy Mix?

As Maryland positions itself as a hub for emerging technologies, energy capacity has become a real constraint. Demand from data centers, electric vehicles, and an increasingly digital and connected economy is rising faster than in-state power generation. This session explores what the future energy mix must look like to support growth, reliability, and competitiveness. We’ll examine the role of renewables, the current limits of the Maryland grid, PJM’s regional challenges, and the power and resource needs of next-generation infrastructure, including data centers and quantum computing.

Thank you to our incredible speakers for sharing your insights and expertise! We’re grateful to Lindsay North, Jason Stanek, Adam Ortiz, and Jason Michael Perry for helping make this conversation so impactful.

February 10th 2026

AGILE: Cybersecurity in a World Where Reality Can Be Faked

Artificial intelligence is reshaping not just how we protect data, but how we define truth itself. Deepfakes, cloned voices, and AI-generated content are making it harder to tell what’s real from what’s fabricated. In this new landscape, cybersecurity isn’t only about preventing attacks—it’s about preserving trust, identity, and authenticity. Tina Williams-Koroma Founder & CEO CyDeploy [...]
February 10th 2026

AGILE: Cybersecurity in a World Where Reality Can Be Faked

Artificial intelligence is reshaping not just how we protect data, but how we define truth itself. Deepfakes, cloned voices, and AI-generated content are making it harder to tell what’s real from what’s fabricated. In this new landscape, cybersecurity isn’t only about preventing attacks—it’s about preserving trust, identity, and authenticity. Tina Williams-Koroma Founder & CEO CyDeploy [...]
April 15th 2025

AGILE Global Innovation Series: How Data Centers are Powering Our Future

Every search, every AI-generated response, every streamed video, and every cloud-stored file lives inside data centers—but they don’t just store information, they process, compute, and power the digital age. With demand for computing skyrocketing due to AI, quantum computing, and immersive virtual worlds, data centers are consuming more energy than ever before.So how do we [...]
April 15th 2025

AGILE Global Innovation Series: How Data Centers are Powering Our Future

Every search, every AI-generated response, every streamed video, and every cloud-stored file lives inside data centers—but they don’t just store information, they process, compute, and power the digital age. With demand for computing skyrocketing due to AI, quantum computing, and immersive virtual worlds, data centers are consuming more energy than ever before.So how do we [...]
November 12th 2025

AGILE Global Innovation Series: Quantum Explained: Business Impacts and the MD Ecosystem Fueling Innovation

The quantum revolution is here. Is your business ready? Explore the impacts at WTCI’s AGILE: Quantum Explained. John SawyerDirector, Strategic Research Initiatives University of Maryland Jessica PondsCFO StrangeWorks Kim MentzellDirector, Office of Strategic Industries Maryland Department of Commerce Rick MullerVP, Quantum Computing Systems IonQ Jason Michael PerrySr. Advisor of Corporate Innovation & Technology, WTCI; Fractional [...]
November 12th 2025

AGILE Global Innovation Series: Quantum Explained: Business Impacts and the MD Ecosystem Fueling Innovation

The quantum revolution is here. Is your business ready? Explore the impacts at WTCI’s AGILE: Quantum Explained. John SawyerDirector, Strategic Research Initiatives University of Maryland Jessica PondsCFO StrangeWorks Kim MentzellDirector, Office of Strategic Industries Maryland Department of Commerce Rick MullerVP, Quantum Computing Systems IonQ Jason Michael PerrySr. Advisor of Corporate Innovation & Technology, WTCI; Fractional [...]
November 7th 2024

AGILE Global Innovation Series: AI at a Crossroads

Artificial Intelligence is here, whether we want it or not. More than 50% of Fortune 500 companies listed AI as a risk factor in 2024 SEC fillings. But as AI adoptions speed up, we stand at a crossroad for its future use. Lawmakers have begun drafting regulations, chip and energy demands have increased, employees are [...]
November 7th 2024

AGILE Global Innovation Series: AI at a Crossroads

Artificial Intelligence is here, whether we want it or not. More than 50% of Fortune 500 companies listed AI as a risk factor in 2024 SEC fillings. But as AI adoptions speed up, we stand at a crossroad for its future use. Lawmakers have begun drafting regulations, chip and energy demands have increased, employees are [...]
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