A collaborative community that is actively engaged in building strong technology and life science industries by supporting the efforts of our individual members. We are the largest technology and life sciences trade association in the state of Maryland and we provide value by giving members a forum to learn, share, and connect.Members of the Maryland Tech Council are provided with educational programming taught by industry leaders with a focus on key topics, advocacy at the state and national levels, and a variety of opportunities to participate in both large and small events.

United Nations Designing Cooperative Digital InfrastructureOSPOs are industry-proven methods of accelerating open source adoption among Governments, not-for-profit organizations and academia alike leading to an unmistakable uptick in open source thought, strategy and long-term goals and implementation at all scales globally.

Dr. Cialdini’s keynote session at APA 2021 discusses how to further “up” your persuasion game, even before you’ve launched your pitch.  What exactly is pre-suasion? Cialdini: It’s what occurs in the moment before your message is sent that inclines people to say ‘yes’ to it, even though they have not yet experienced it.  You arrange to change the mindset of the people who will receive your message before they do, so that it’s aligned with your message. Then they’ll be ready for it in a way that research shows leads to more assent.

Technology innovation such as virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics and AI have the potential to broaden how people live. Because of COVID19, we are experiencing a new set of rules and it requires a new relationship with technology. There is a huge opportunity for technology during this worldwide pandemic and it is my hope and expectation that innovation will help improve the human experience.

Dr. Durnell is part of the WHO’s Roster of Experts who are involved in various areas related to digital health, such as strategic approaches, areas for intervention and governance structures for regulations and adoption of digital health solutions and products.  Members have an understanding and experience working in digital health, national or large scale digital health programs and policy, artificial intelligence and health, virtual and augmented reality in healthcare, biomedical innovation, robotic surgery, wearable technologies and health and wellness, traceability (e.g.