Greater Baltimore Committee

State of the Region
2026-05-06 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Top of the World, 401 E. Pratt St, 27th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
A data-driven view of where capital is moving in the Baltimore Region

State of the Region 2026 brings together public and private sector leaders for the release of the third annual Regional Investment Scorecard, offering investors and executives a clear look at investment activity, industry growth, and the trends shaping the region’s economy.
Timed with the SelectUSA Investment Summit and IEDC’s Economic Development Week 2026, this convening gives national and international visitors to Maryland’s largest metropolitan area an opportunity to engage directly with leaders shaping the Baltimore Region’s economic future.
Key insights highlighted in the Scorecard include:

Capital investment trends across the Baltimore Region
Industry growth and expansion activity across major sectors
Innovation and startup ecosystem developments, including insights from:
UpSurge Baltimore’s 2026 Tech Ecosystem Report
Major infrastructure and development projects shaping the region’s economic landscape

The program will also highlight major investments strengthening the Baltimore Region’s role as a national gateway for supply chain and advanced industry, including port and logistics infrastructure developments anchored by Tradepoint Atlantic.
Registration is now closed.

GBC Steering Committee Launch: BLocal
2026-05-11 16:00 - 17:00 | MD
GBC is working to operationalize BLocal, a regional effort focused on better connecting employer demand and economic growth to stronger local hiring pathways for Baltimore residents. This kickoff conversation is an opportunity for employers — especially major employers with significant hiring needs — to engage early in shaping a more coordinated, employer-informed workforce strategy for the region.
As the work evolves, we are moving from discovery to action. Based on conversations with employers and workforce partners, we will introduce three emerging strategy areas designed to reduce friction in the hiring process, improve alignment between talent supply and employer demand, and create clearer pathways into stable, well-paying jobs.
This session will give participants a chance to:

Hear how BLocal has evolved and where the work is headed.

Learn about the three emerging strategy areas.

Share perspective on what would make workforce supports more useful, responsive, and easier to navigate for employers.

Explore upcoming engagement opportunities for partners who want to help shape implementation.

For major employers, this is a chance to be part of the solution early — helping define the workforce supports, data tools, and partnerships that can better meet real hiring needs across priority sectors. The goal is to build a more connected system that works better for employers and opens more pathways for Baltimore residents into quality jobs.
This kickoff meeting is open to both GBC partners and non-partners. Moving forward, steering committee meetings will be limited to GBC partner organizations.
If you are interested in attending this kickoff meeting and learning more about becoming a GBC partner, please contact partner@gbc.org.

GBC Steering Committee Launch: Vacant Housing & Community Redevelopment
2026-05-14 08:30 - 10:00 | MD
Join the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) as we convene the business community to discuss Vacant Housing & Community Redevelopment. This steering committee brings together leaders from across sectors to advance investment strategies, promote neighborhood development, and advise GBC on its work to support the City’s work on reducing vacant properties.
This kickoff session will outline our 2026 goals, define the committee’s core functions, and establish our strategy for informing the upcoming redesignation process and feature Meghan McCorkell, Executive Director of Live Baltimore providing an overview of their recent study on the Baltimore City housing market.
Participation Note:
This initial kickoff meeting is open to both GBC partners and non-partners. Moving forward, steering committee meetings will be limited to GBC partner organizations.
If you are interested in attending this kickoff meeting and learning more about becoming a GBC partner, please contact us at partner@gbc.org.

Integrating Bold Moves into Your Regional Marketing Campaigns
2026-05-14 14:00 - 15:30 | MD
The Baltimore region has a powerful story to tell — one rooted in reinvention, innovation, and the bold moves that shape progress. Join the Greater Baltimore Committee for a conversation with Resonance Vice President of Strategy Jeremie Feinblatt on how corporate partners and regional stakeholders can connect their own brand campaigns to the broader Bold Moves platform, strengthening the region’s visibility, consistency, and impact.
As Baltimore builds a more coordinated and compelling regional narrative, this event will highlight how partner organizations can amplify their individual marketing efforts while reinforcing a common identity that attracts talent, investment, and opportunity.

UpSurge Momentum: What Drives the Ecosystem Forward
2026-05-19 17:30 - 20:30 | Fearless Club inside CFG Bank Arena, 201 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Baltimore’s innovation economy doesn’t move in a straight line. Every year, we see breakthroughs and bottlenecks, big exits and persistent gaps, founders who landed the big win while others keep fighting for the resources to get there. UpSurge Baltimore takes a clear-eyed look at this state of affairs every year — and, through all the change, find plenty to celebrate.
Join us on May 19 for UpSurge Momentum, our latest annual event at which we’ll highlight findings from the 2026 Greater Baltimore Ecosystem Report. Coming on the heels of the Greater Baltimore Committee’s State of the Region and Investment Summit events, this convening will offer our most comprehensive look yet at the investment trends, startup growth, workforce dynamics, and structural challenges shaping the region’s innovation future.
But data alone doesn’t move a region forward. Partnerships play an outsized role.

That thread runs through this year’s report — and it’s why we’ve partnered up with Flywheel, the Locust Point-based marketing technology company whose trajectory tells you something important about what’s possible here. Acquired by communications giant Omnicom in 2023 for $835 million and working with major brands like Under Armour and McCormick, Flywheel has built the kind of institutional relationships that turn promising startups into enduring companies. They’ll lead a hands-on workshop on leveraging AI to grow your business, and join a conversation about what strategic partnership has done for them — and what it can unlock for you.
We’ll do all of this inside the Fearless Club at CFG Bank Arena— the premium lounge named for one of Baltimore’s tentpole startups, inside another success story for downtown Baltimore’s commercial health.

Inflection Point Healthcare Summit
2026-06-04 08:00 - 19:00 | Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, 200 International Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
The Inflection Point Healthcare Summit brings together leaders across healthcare, technology, and policy to explore how value-based care and emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, are transforming healthcare delivery. With Maryland’s all-payer model as a national testbed, the summit will focus on how aligned incentives can drive innovation, better outcomes, and sustainable costs.
Maryland is in the midst of the most substantial value-based care experiment in the country, via its all-payer system. This economic model will fund AI and other innovative healthcare technology. As Maryland succeeds, the rest of the country will follow.
Why Attend?

For Health System, Health Plan, and Clinical Leaders: The status quo in healthcare in not sustainable and the Maryland rate setting system creates unique challenges and opportunities. The inflection point summit is an opportunity to learn from your peers, policy makers and innovators about pressures and opportunities to inform your plans for the months and years ahead.
For Policymakers: As representatives of patients and citizens, this is a great opportunity to voice your positions – and pressures – to a curated audience of health system, health plan, business and technology leaders.
For Innovators: This is a unique opportunity to listen and learn about the challenges of enterprise customers and policy makers, and about the unique opportunities afforded by the Maryland model.

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