June 22, 2022 Meeting
Please join the next Blue Tech Maryland monthly meeting on Wed, June 22nd at 2pm via zoom. The topic is: The Future of the Blue Economy and what that means for the Mid-Atlantic Region. We'll have a robust discussion for all!
Michael Conathan. Ocean Policy Expert focused on regional sustainable marine and maritime initiatives.
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April 27, 2022 Meeting
Please join the next Blue Tech Maryland monthly meeting on Wed, April 27 at 2pm via zoom. The topic is: what do investors want to see in the blue tech/climate tech space? What trends are they seeing? What do we need to do to bring more money into the bluetech/climate tech space in Maryland We'll have a robust discussion for all!
Michael K Jackson, Sr. International Trade Specialist at U.S. Commercial Service, the export promotion arm of the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration. Matt Hanson, Co-Founder, Pax Momentum Fund Ken Malone, Founder, Early Charm
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March 23, 2022 Meeting
To discuss related regulations and opportunities for funding from MEA the Maryland Energy Administration: Samuel Beirne, Energy Program Manager, Wind and Water Program, and Emma Stoney, Wind and Water Program Manager, Maryland Energy Administration. MEA's deck is posted here. To discuss what Orsted is doing in Maryland, what it needs from the entrepreneurial community: Brady Walker, Head of Government Affairs and Strategy at Ørsted Offshore North America.
To speak from the startup perspective: Pranay Kohli, CEO, ACTIVEcharge, and Soobum Lee, Associate Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, ACTIVEcharge, will what they’re working on and what they need from BlueTech Maryland.
And to discuss how we can lift up beyond Maryland - comparing Maryland to other nearby states – what Maryland needs to do to be relevant in offshore wind, we’ll welcome Carrie Cullen Hitt, Executive Director at National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium Register in advance for this meeting.After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
February 23, 2022 meeting- Aquaculture in Maryland
Deck Here What is Blue Tech Maryland and Why Maryland?Stephan Abel, Ferry Cove Shellfish – oyster aquacultureJohnny Shockley, Blue Oyster Environmental – nutrient trading / oyster aquaculture expansionAdam Van Dyke, Early Charm – views from Early CharmTJ Tate - Aquaculture demand and what that looks like from the consumer and growth side
January 23, 2022 meeting
Deck Here What is Blue Tech?Showcase on: DataKwipShowcase on: Furbish Co.November meeting conclusionsWhat's Next? And Intermediate StepsCalls to action, including updates from Tim Male
Blue Nexus: november 16, 2021
BlueTechMaryland held its inaugural event on Tuesday, November 16 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The goal was to discuss our cohesive narrative of what blue tech is, explain why Maryland can be one of the top three regional blue tech clusters of the country, showcase what is going on here, and engage investors and entrepreneurs interested in coming to Maryland. If you missed the event, watch the video stream (just to the left). One of our decks here: The Future of the Port of Baltimore: Innovative Reuse of Dredged Material

Agenda

Conclusions from November 16 Event

  • We had a BIG DAY - and this is just the start. Maryland has a solid and diverse group of capabilities and expertise to become a new Blue Economy Center of Excellence

  • What differentiates Maryland?
  • Conservation financing, Clean Energy Jobs Act (50% renewables by 2030), resilience authorities,
  • 7000 miles of shoreline + watershed implementation plans + Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement = infrastructure in place to support BlueTech industries
  • 1.2 GW of offshore wind to be in development - creating 9000 jobs (‘once in a generation opportunity’) - Maryland will create power and be an epicenter of the emerging supply chain
  • Deep, roll on roll off port connected to 140,000 jobs
  • Unparallelled aquaculture and particularly oyster restoration in the country’s largest and most productive estuary
  • Proximity to federal labs, university systems, the wide breadth and depth of STEM based research capabilities through our Universities. STEM based research are typically the behind the scenes foundation for new economic cluster growth
  • the economically dense I95 corridor
  • ‘Smarter’ waterfronts through advances in sensors and data analytics... As we work to restore the Chesapeake Bay, Bluetech industries have the ability to add billions of dollars to Maryland's economy, while working towards a healthier Chesapeake Bay. So What’s Next - our goals include:
  • Help identify bluetech innovators in Maryland and, together, provide a/ stronger support base (through the concept of a Cluster) to not only succeed but to stay and grow in Maryland. Start ups will stay here because it makes sense to do so
  • Engage regional corporates, small and medium enterprises - what are their problems and how can entrepreneurs help solve them?
  • Attract early stage companies and figure out what they need (not just money needs but channel partners, advice, accounting, marketing, business plan support)
  • Create a diverse group of Advisors and Mentors that can support early stage MD bluetech startups. The actual mentoring may be virtual or may rotate at different physical locations such as existing co working and incubators in MD
  • Job board support
  • Create the equivalent of a Governor’s Life Science Advisory Board but for blue tech
  • Gather all info in one place for early stage startups so they know about all of the resource available to them
  • Create a horizontal “system” that integrates blue tech innovation across verticals across Maryland including incubators, university assets, corporate work, Port Authority, government agencies, mentor/mentee system, mutual grant writing and perhaps even combining solutions into systems rather than orphaned isolated solutions.
  • Explore regional cooperation between MD, DE, VA, S. PA (major Chesapeake watershed boundaries not artificial political boundaries).
  • Next Operational Action Items:
  • Meeting like our first event - in April 2022
  • How we proceed structurally - 501c3, P 3, B corp…
  • Funding
  • What do we do online on bluetechmd.com to solve some of goals above
  • Series of “Blue tech Beer” nights at different incubators all over the state. Topics may include: Hart Miller Island, Benchmarking vs. other regions, Agriculture/Bluetech overlap- Aquaculture to Nitrate runoff, Hydroponics & urban farming, Invasive species - snake head, blue catfish, Coastal Resiliency
  • If we do a reverse pitch, MTech and others have experience and has offered to lend a hand