Baltimore Innovation Week 2014

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Civic Track Day

Wednesday, September 17
6:30am–6pm

Learn about how technology is impacting local government and civil society. Hackers, politicians, bureaucrats and citizens will meet to discuss social enterprise, the creative class and technology's economic impact.

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Track Day Events

  • #SocEnt Breakfast

    The SocEnt Breakfast is a forum and platform for idea sharing, resource exchange and connecting among Baltimore's social entrepreneurs, nonprofit and civic leaders, community advocates, grant-makers, and social investors.

    Wednesday, September 17, 7:30am–9:30am

  • Bridging the Gap: Connecting Cultural Institutions and Learners in the Digital Age

    A lunch roundtable connecting museum professionals from area cultural institutions with educators and school leaders to examine the educating role of cultural institutions in the digital age.

    Wednesday, September 17, 11:30am–1:00pm

  • Economic Impact of the Technology Sector Roundtable

    This panel will focus on economic development and business taxes that affect the tech economy in Baltimore.

    Wednesday, September 17, 5:00pm–7:00pm

Speakers

  • Win Smith

    Win Smith

    Co-founder @alchemylearning, a web-based platform for bridging cultural institutions and modern learners through digital education. Previously web-based software and tech enabled services investing with @ABSCapital.

  • Eliza Nevers

    Eliza Nevers

    Eliza Nevers is the Vice President of Product for AOL Platforms. In this role, she is responsible for driving product innovation and development of programmatic platform solutions. Since joining Advertising.com in 2005, Eliza has held a variety of positions within the product management organization and has overseen all aspects of the product development lifecycle for both internal infrastructure projects and externally facing products. Most recently, Eliza has leveraged her knowledge of the Advertising.com business to conceptualize, develop and release AdLearn Open Platform and MARKETPLACE by ADTECH.

  • Rodney Foxworth

    Rodney Foxworth

    Rodney Foxworth is a social justice advocate, community builder, and grassroots grantmaker. Rodney is Community Manager of BMe, a nonprofit social venture organization developed by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in partnership with Open Society Foundations that celebrates black men as societal assets and funds, promotes and networks enterprising black male leaders across a growing number of U.S. cities. He is also co-founder and co-organizer of SocEnt Breakfast, a monthly meetup that convenes Baltimore-area social entrepreneurs.

  • Decker Ngongang

    Decker Ngongang

    Decker Ngongang is the Senior Associate of Fellowship Programs at Echoing Green. Decker provides day-to-day management of our search, selection, and support processes for the Black Male Achievement Fellowship Program. Prior to joining us he was VP of Programs at Mobilize.org where he focused on millennial driven solutions to funding and resource management to effect change on pressing social issues.

  • Thibault Manekin

    Thibault Manekin

    Thibault (TBO) grew up in Baltimore and graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in business and marketing. In 2006, Thibault moved back to Baltimore and co-founded a real estate development firm called Seawall Development Company. Seawall’s mission is to help improve communities by breathing a new life back into forgotten old historic buildings while at the same time filling them with people who in their everyday lives are making cities better places.