WHAT:          Joint Meeting of the Johns Hopkins Alliance for Science and Technology Development and the University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMB) Commercial Advisory Board

WHEN:          November 13-14, 2008

WHERE:       Mt. Washington Conference Center
                      5801 Smith Avenue
                      Baltimore, Maryland 21209

WHY:             This is the first time Hopkins has co-hosted the annual meeting with UMB. Several Hopkins start-ups will be showcased and 15 new Hopkins faculty inventions will be featured, as well as several inventions from UMB.  Experts from industry and academia will discuss the commercialization of new technology in a challenging economic environment.

CONTACT:  Gary Stephenson
                     410-955-5384
                     gstephenson@jhmi.edu