This is a 3-part event: (DOORS OPEN AT 7P - NETWORK & meet members of the CNN special!

1. 7:35p - Brief Q & A discussion with members of the CNN documentary & guests!

2. 8p - CNN screening (8p-9p) which documents 8 people leaving their families behind for a summer to pitch their startups in Silicon Valley. You'll see the challenges they face and observe valuable insight on how to be a successful startup in the tech space.

3. 9:05p - A panel discussion and live tv taping (9p-10:15p) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Academic 4 Building, 1st floor Lecture Hall (campus map)! The fully-produced, 3 camera tv taping happens immediately after the CNN viewing and will also be webcasted live. The panel will share their thoughts on the CNN documentary and quickly move into in a discussion about startups, entrepreneurship, strategies to increase more minority tech startups and ideas on how to be successful in today's economic climate!

Three ways you can get involved:

1. Watch the panel discussion live online Sun. Nov. 13th 9p-10 EDT

2. Come, be a part of our studio audience. Tickets are FREE, seating is limited and are going fast! Please REGISTER  ASAP.  Come early to network, meet successful entrepreneurs, angel investors and tech entrepreneurs featured in the CNN documentary. Location: UMBC,Academic 4 Building 1st floor Lecture Hall! 

3. Please share this event ASAP to everyone, it's easy to click and share to Facebook, Twitter etc... We need your help spreading the word. Under the ticket info are share buttons you can use.  

 Welcome VIDEO MESSAGE from the President:

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of University of Maryland Baltimore County. Under his direction UMBC has been awarded the #1 Up and coming college by US News and World Report.

Dr. Hraboswki is listed in the Top 10 University Presidents by Time magazine and he's received national acclaim for his Meyerhoff Scholars science program, filling the pipeline of brilliant minority engineers and scientists. 

Dr. Hrabowski, will be on the show "60 minutes" this Sunday and will not be able to attend but wil address the audience via a videotaped Welcome!

 PANELISTS AND GUESTS (more being invited):

Terry L. Jones, Managing Partner, Syncom Venture PartnersSyncom manages capital in excess of $400 million. Terry has participated in over 125 investments during his tenure and serves on the board of a number of Syncom Investments including V-me Media, Weather Decisions, Inc., TV One, LLC and the Howard University Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation Institute. Mr. Jones received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Trinity College, a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University and a M.B.A. from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.

 Ellen Hemmerly, Executive Director, bwtech@UMBC Research and
 Technology Park

 Oversees the 71-acre community engaged in research, entrepreneurship and
 economic development. bwtech@UMBC is where she has over 50 innovative
 companies that generate over $200 million in sales. She recently received the
 2011 Innovator of the Year Award from the Maryland Daily Record. 

Hank Williams, Entrepreneur, CEO & Founder of Kloud.co. Hank has raised $40 million in capital and has extensive knowledge of the startup. Hank has founded several technology based companies including ClickRadio, Elroy Networks, Cybersonic and Pastel Development Corp. where he developed DayMaker a best-selling and award winning personal information program between Currently he is the CEO and Founder of Kloudco - an early stage tech company
 developing a new data management platform.

Dave Troy, Angel Investor, CEO at 410Labs, creator of Shortmail.com and Twittervision.com. A serial entrepreneur and software developer who is founder of Baltimore Beehive a collaborative workspace for technologists & entrepreneurs. Curator & the person responsible for TEDx Mid-Atlantic, TEDx Baltimore & TEDx Oil Spill. Founder of Baltimore Angels, a group of current & cashed-out investors, that are currently investing in startup companies. Board member of the Greater Baltimore Technology Council & a little over a year ago received "Innovator of the Year" by The Daily Record. He has recently raised close to $1million for his startup!
 

Wayne Sutton, Partner at The NewMe Accelerator-the first minority-led startup accelerator in Silicon Valley. He is one of the entrepreneurs featured in the CNN special. Read his thoughts about the recent firestorm surrounding the CNN special. Wayne has spoken at various internet/technology focused conferences and events such as O’reilly Web 2.0 Expo, NY, SXSW, Pubcon Austin, WordCamps, Social Media Breakfast, TAMA, TIMA, PRSA, FutureM/GEOM and Blog World. He is a cofounder of 2 new startups featured in the CNN special gokit and Vouch and is founder of 28 Days of Diversity. 

Christian S. Johansson, Secretary, Maryland Dept. of Business and Economic Development

Christian, oversees Maryland’s nearly 250-employee business agency and its $85.6 million budget. During his tenure, he has helped the Governor craft strategic plans and form councils targeting Maryland’s competitive business strengths in rapidly growing industries such as biotech, cybersecurity, IT and foreign direct investment. He is also responsible for InvestMaryland, an initiative to fuel venture capital investment. Johansson earned a BS from Brown University and a MBA from Harvard University. An entrepreneur and management consultant, he also served on President Obama’s transition team and Executive Committee for Urban and Metropolitan Policy. In 2010, Christian was recognized as an Innovator of the Year by The Daily Record and a Special Advocate at the Top 100 MBE Awards.

Dr.Chad Womack, Scientist and bio-entrepreneur and is the co-founder and Chief Science Advisor of 3GEN a biotechnology company dedicated to developing nanobiotechnology platforms for commercializing vaccines and therapeutics. He also served as the Chair of STEM Education Taskforce for the Philadelphia School District. Received his PhD from Morehouse College and is a Fellow at Harvard University. In addition, he is Principal and Co-Founder atThe America21 Project Inc. a program designed to increase urban America prosperity through innovation capacity and economic competitiveness.

 Jennifer Jones, AT&T, VicePresident, Diverse Markets

MODERATOR:

Mario Armstrong,Radio & TV technology talk show host on CNN, NPR, SiriusXM & NBC TODAY show. An Emmy award winner who is also an entrepreneur, a Youth Tech Motivator & Co-founder of educational youth initiative: TechTechBoom!

His company Mario Armstrong Media, LLC has negotiated creative contracts that make him the on-air digital lifestyle contributor for CNN's sister network HLN, NBC's Today Show and NPR’s Morning Edition; he has a weekly segment on CNN; and hosts the only daily technology talk show on SiriusXM radio as well as a radio series on WYPR-Baltimores NPR News station.

Mario has worked in the technology industry for 12 years for companies ranging from System Source to CIENA to the Mayor's Office of Baltimore and recently received an Emmy Award for Best TV Show Host of an Informational Program.

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AGENDA: 
7pm - Doors open! Time to network with others & meet those in CNN special!
7:35pm - Informal discussion with individuals who are in the CNN documentary
8p-9p - LIVE broadcast of CNN special 
9-10:15p - LIVE webcast and formal, moderated panel discussion!

           
TWITTER HASHTAG: #biaLIVE
 

WEBCAST: Can be seen here Sun. Nov. 13th 9-10p edt 

VENUE LOCATION & DIRECTIONS: University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD. 21250. Academic 4 Building, 1st floor lecture hall. This building is near the gymnasium. LOOK FOR SIGNS ON CAMPUS "Mario Armstrong CNN WEBCAST". Here are campus maps and directions.

SPONSOR: Our sincere gratitude to AT&T for quickly supporting this event, could not have been done without them!

PARTNERS: We thank all our partners who are helping spread the word, posting the webcast on their sites and helping us deliver an incredible impact. BDPA, NSBE, Interactive One, CCG, UMBC, DiversiTech & more being added.