General Information
The 2025 Maryland Defense Forum is a unique opportunity for leaders from installations, defense communities and defense-related industries across the Old-Line State. It will provide the chance for military community representatives to meet with their on-base counterparts and state and federal officials to focus on resiliency, mutual support and coordination on key issues and mission assurance.
Who Attends (expected attendance is 400)
- Stakeholders from across Maryland and the greater Mid-Atlantic region
- Community leaders committed to supporting installation missions, service members, military families and veterans
- Military installation leaders from Maryland bases
- Federal and state government collaborators
- Defense Industry Partners and Federal Contractors
Key Topics Include:
- Defense and Community Leadership
- Community and Quality of Life Stakeholders
- Military Technology and R&D
- Defense Industry Members
- The Big Change Bang - What Shifting Defense Priorities and RIFs Mean to Maryland
- Bracing the Workforce Tide - What Goes Down Can Rise Again
- Beyond the Pale: Game Changing Partnerships & Collaboration
- Resilience v. Readiness
- Lighthouse Station: Growing Emerging Clusters, Strengthening the Backbone for Critical Technologies: Computational Biology, Quantum and PNT
- Housing, Child Development, Soldier and Family Quality of Life
- Smart Arsenal
- Building the Defense Workforce of Tomorrow
- Military Tech innovation in Maryland
- Military Health Technology
- Hypersonics
- Autonomous Systems & AI
- Directed Energy
- Advanced Materials
- C5ISR
- Microelectronics
- Maryland Lighthouse economic sectors (Including: Aerospace & Defense including Position/Navigation/Timing, Quantum Technologies, and Life Sciences including Computational Biology)
About the Event:
This event will bring together military leadership, defense communities, and industry representatives for two days of collaboration.
Hosted by the Maryland Department of Commerce, Maryland Economic Development Corporation, and the Federal Business Council, Inc., the Maryland Defense Forum is set to host discussions on building military: resilience and readiness; critical Department of Defense (DoD) technologies; supply chain diversification; government contracting challenges; and more.
This opportunity will give military communities a chance to meet with key DoD representatives and work together to address issues surrounding the economic vitality of Maryland’s military installations. The Maryland Defense Forum is targeted to a variety of individuals, including members of the defense industry and federal contractors; DoD leadership; academia; community leaders supporting installation missions; service members, military families, or veterans; and federal, state, and local government workers.
Maryland’s military installations have an annual economic impact of more than $60 billion and support roughly 400,000 Maryland jobs. As a top economic driver for the state, these installations drive innovation and create boundless opportunities for Maryland businesses.
Pricing
Marketing Services Package Fee:
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$2,495
Standard Marketing Package
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Add-on Sponsorships:
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$600
Community Alliance
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$5,000
Badge Sponsor (Exclusive)
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$5,000
Lunch Exposure Sponsorship (Tues) (3 available)
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$5,000
Lunch Exposure Sponsorship (Wed) (3 available)
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$5,000
Program Sponsor (3 available)
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$5,000
Registration Sponsor (2 available)
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$5,000
Social Sponsor (1 available)
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Marketing Service Package
The Standard Exhibit Marketing Package includes:
- Pre-event promotional activity by FBC to potential attendees
- Increase brand awareness through face-to-face interaction with MD DoD agency attendees
- Table with 2 chairs and standard electricity
- Company description and contact information in the Event Guide
- Two company representatives for exhibit space (includes session attendance)
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Sponsorships
Lunch Exposure Sponsor – $5,000 (3 available each day)
- Ten-minute video played multiple times during lunch
- Company logo on the website agenda lunch break listing
- Company logo on event website linked to your company website
- Company listing and logo in the program
- Recognition on sponsor signage at the lunch area
Conference Social Sponsor – $5,000 (Limited to 3)
- 2 attendee passes for the event
- Company logo on the website agenda Reception listing
- Company logo on event website linked to your company website
- Company listing and logo in the program
- Recognition on sponsor signage at the reception area
- 50 drink tickets to hand out
Registration Sponsor – $5,000 (Limited to 2)
- Company logo on event website linked to your company website
- On the attendee registration page seen by all attendees
- On the sponsor’s page
- Company logo on marketing emails promoting the event
- Company listing and logo in the program
- Recognition on sponsor signage at the event
Program Sponsor – $5,000 (Limited to 3)
- Company logo on the conference program cover
- Full page ad in the conference program (first ad placement)
- Company logo on event website linked to your company website
- Company listing and logo in the program
- Recognition on sponsor signage at the event
Badge Sponsor – $5,000 (Exclusive)
- Company logo on the backside of the conference badges
- Company logo on event website linked to your company website
- Company listing and logo in the program
- Recognition on sponsor signage at the event
Community Alliance (sponsorship is limited to Military Alliance Groups only) - $600
- Organization logo on the conference site linked to your website
- Poster at event thanking the Community Alliance
- One attendee pass
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Exhibit Staff Badge Information
Please complete an FBC Badge Form by the due date given below.
Go to Badge Form
BADGE DUE DATE: Friday, June 13, 2025 by 4:30 PM EDT
Purchase Additional Exhibit Staff
Exhibiting companies may bring 2 on-site representative(s) to staff their exhibit space. No additional reps are permitted for this event.
Directions
Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport
1739 West Nursery Road,
Linthicum Heights, Maryland 21090
Parking and Equipment
Vendors can unload their equipment at the front entrance to the hotel - ample parking is available in the hotel parking lot
Overflow paid parking is available at the Fast Park and Relax - 1718 W Nursery Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 for $13.00 + a $4.95 reservation fee.
https://www.thefastpark.com/reservation-detail?locID=4
Conference Information
http://www.fbcinc.com/mdf
Hotel Information
Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport
1739 West Nursery Road, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, 21090