President’s Symposium & White Paper Project: Jim Hughes, MBA
Help shape UMB’s entrepreneurial future by participating in this active discussion.
The University System of Maryland is launching a $10 million Early Stage Investment Fund and the State of Maryland is slated to invest $4 million in UMB to accelerate entrepreneurship and create jobs in Baltimore City. Jim Hughes, VP, Enterprise and Economic Development at UMB, will share preliminary plans to capitalize on this funding, including entrepreneurial fellowships, intramural grants, equity investments, and space for UMB start-ups in a new student-focused innovation center in the University of Maryland BioPark.
Mr. Hughes will be joined by Rana Quraishi, PhD, Director, New Ventures and Darryl L. Carter, MD, a UM Ventures Entrepreneur in Residence, who will share case studies of recent entrepreneurial projects by UMB students.
4PM to 6 PM
University of Maryland, Baltimore
SMC Campus Center, Elm Room B
621 W. Lombard Street