The inaugural Biotech Connections: Bringing Together Industry, Investors and Resources in Montgomery County event aims to unite early-stage life sciences companies with resource partners, potential investors and other state and local organizations dedicated to fostering business growth and expansion in Montgomery County, Md.

Co-hosted by Montgomery County, the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation and the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC), this exciting event seeks to facilitate meaningful connections among stakeholders, spark innovative collaborations, promote sharing of technological advances and encourage the development of strategic partnerships.

Event Details
Attendees will gain insights into UM-IHC’s advanced computing capabilities, technical and biomedical research collaborations, and funding opportunities available in Maryland’s Montgomery County, and will be able to identify potential avenues for resource alignment and business scalability.

Date: April 10, 2025

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Location: The University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing at 6116 Executive Boulevard, North Bethesda, MD 20852

Agenda
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Networking & Registration
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Welcome Remarks, Montgomery County Government
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. UM-IHC Presentation
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Resource Partner Introductions & Networking
This is a complimentary event with limited capacity.

About UM-IHC
The University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing is a $70M initiative funded by Montgomery County, the University of Maryland MPowering the State Partnership (MPower), and the State of Maryland. UM-IHC aims to build a learning health system for the State of Maryland that leverages advanced computation and medical innovation to advance public health and improve quality of life for residents statewide.

At UM-IHC, scientists from across two University of Maryland campuses and a statewide health system collaborate with industry, commercialize health care technologies, and develop and test health care interventions to simultaneously improve health outcomes and contribute to Maryland’s economy. UM-IHC works with life sciences companies and government agencies in Montgomery County to:

• Pursue collaborative research
• Leverage data assets to build AI/ML solutions
• Deploy advanced computational technologies, including augmented and virtual reality, to solve business and health care needs
• Apply AI to drug target identification, drug discovery and therapeutic design
• Identify patient populations for clinical research and deploy clinical trials
• Evaluate and co-develop medical and digital health technologies

https://thinkmoco.com/biotech-connections/