WTCI’s webinar series features thought leaders from across our network delivering key insights that will help your business. Now more than ever, we believe it is important to be a part of a connected global community. We believe that sharing knowledge and experiences makes a positive impact on Maryland and across the globe. If you would like to share at WTCI’s webinar series, please contact Lydia@wtci.org. Please see the sessions below.
Series Sponsor
DEC
15
15
Leaders on the front line of a global pandemic
This session will address Maryland’s response to the COVID pandemic featuring Novavax, a vaccine company in Gaithersburg, MD which has received a 1.6b grant from the US government to develop its COVID19 vaccine. Throughout its history, Novavax has been enhancing global health by developing vaccines against diseases such as influenza, RSV, Ebola, MERS, SARS, and COVID-19. At this webinar learn how companies such as Novavax and its partners, Maryland Tech Council and The Biotechnology Innovation Organization, are working together to expedite vaccine development, and how they are overcoming the business and scientific challenges that they encounter. The panel will also discuss the economic growth that has resulted in the Maryland biotechnology sector.
Featuring:
Brian Rosen
SVP, Commercial Strategy
Featuring:
Martin Rosendale
CEO
Featuring:
Phyllis Arthur
VP Infectious Disease & Diagnostics
Past Webinars
NOV
18
18
Reimagining Global Workforce Development Post COVID-19
In just six months, COVID-19 has radically altered how employees work. Major shifts in workforce development and new trends are emerging as companies are having to reskill and retrain their employees to remain successful in the new normal. What are today’s top critical skills employers are seeking out and cultivating in their people? How has this pandemic modified the way teams operate and will continue to operate in the future?
Nov 18
11am
Webinar
Featuring:
Jill Green
Associate Dean for
Admissions and Student Experience
Featuring:
Pamela Williams
Assistant Dean for Executive Education
Featuring:
Renee Evans
VP of Human Resources
Featuring:
Steve Tom
Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer
Aug
26
26
The Future of Office & Industrial Space
Cushman Wakefield has put together Recovery Readiness Guidelines for the workforce returning to both Office and Industrial properties. WTCI Board member and Managing Director of Cushman and Wakefield’s Baltimore Office Peter Stanford along with experts from the company will share how the landscapes of commercial real estate have changed including perspectives on global workplace trends both accelerated and reversed in response to COVID-19.
Featuring:
Casandra Dominguez
Director, Research
Featuring:
Erika Palmer
Director, Property Management
Featuring:
Molly Vucci
Associate Director
October 20
11am
Zoom Webinar
April
28
28
Maryland’s Path to Recovery
COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on global business. How long will you weather the storm? When will things return to “normal”? Hear directly from Maryland’s Secretary of Commerce on what resources are available to Maryland businesses to navigate COVID-19, as well as what the state and local companies are doing to overcome this challenge.
April 28
11am-11:30am
Zoom Webinar
Featuring:
Kelly Schulz
Secretary
May
6
6
The Future of Globalization
Over the last few decades, globalization has been a powerful force raising incomes and lifting millions out of poverty. But in our interconnected world, the risk of contagion – both financial and medical – is greater than ever. In 2008, a financial crisis ravaged the global economy. Now the Corona virus has sent the world’s economy reeling. Even before the pandemic, populism and nationalism emerged as a potent challenge to the global order. Now, international cooperation is key to solving this current crisis. Can we revolutionize the ways in which we collaborate across borders in order to move forward towards a more stable future?
May 6
11am-11:30am
Zoom Webinar
Featuring:
Bruce McIndoe
President & Founder
May
13
13
Global Food Security
WorldAware is a major provider to the insurance industry around food safety and product safety in support of contamination crisis and product recall. This session will cover how food security drives both domestic and geopolitical security issues and the existential threats to nations – specifically net food importers.
May 13
11am-11:30am
Zoom Webinar
Featuring:
Bruce McIndoe
President & Founder
Featuring:
Gary M. Weber, PhD
Sr. Director Food Safety and Contamination Prevention 
May
20
20
Big Changes Driven by the Pandemic
What specific impacts and disruptions, both good and bad, will the virus bring to business across the globe? We will discuss regional and global implications happening now, and what the future holds for organizations around the world.
May 20
11am-11:30am
Zoom Webinar
Featuring:
Bruce McIndoe
President & Founder
May
27
27
Protecting Your Supply Chain During COVID-19
Your supply chain acts as the circulatory system of your business and is equally as complex and can easily make or break your business. COVID-19 has exposed many vulnerabilities of organizations worldwide during this pandemic, especially those with a high dependence on China as a supplier. In this webinar we’ll focus on new supply chain technologies that are emerging beyond the linear supply-chain model and towards end-to-end visibility, collaboration, agility, and optimization by utilizing innovative tools such as digital supply networks (DSNs), A.I., 5G and other applications to help ensure management of supply chain disruption during a global pandemic.
May 27
11am-11:30am
Zoom Webinar
Featuring:
Ryan Polakoff
Vice President
June
3
3
What the Future Holds: US and Global Economic Outlook
We have yet to grasp the full implications of COVID-19 to the global economy. Will jobs continue to shift to emerging markets or is re-shoring the new normal? In this session Anirban Basu will weigh in on the winners and losers of the COVID-19 crisis, as well as challenges and opportunities going forward.
June 3
10am-10:30am
Zoom Webinar
Featuring:
Anirban Basu
Chairman & CEO
June
10
10
The Disruption Dilemma: How to Pivot from Crisis to Success
Your world has changed, and it’s time to steer the ship out of harm’s way and into calmer waters as you redefine the new business as usual. Join Mind Over Machines, Catalyte, and Verizon Media to discuss a global approach to pivoting, short term planning, and building long term success with technology and your people in the face of disruption.
Featuring:
Jacob Hsu
CEO
Featuring:
Nate McCoy
Vice President of Engineering – Global Supply for Development
Featuring:
Tim Kulp
Vice President of Innovation and Strategy
June
17
17
Negotiating in a Virtual World
Negotiating is already often a stressful activity, that has only been heightened and made more complex by COVID-19. Join Jeff Cochran as he provides an engaging and interactive online session on the topic of negotiation providing a few practical tips and tricks on how to negotiate in the virtual world.
June 17
11am-11:30am
Zoom Webinar
Featuring:
Jeff Cochran
Master Negotiator
