Mario's Event & Speaking Calendar

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----2009----

  • January 18, Keynote Speaker, NAPSEC Conference Captiva Island, FL
  • January 28, Breakfast Keynote Speaker, The International Forum, Hyatt Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
  • February 23, Lunch Keynote Speaker, Partners Financial Conference, Hilton Anatole, Austin TX
  • February 24, Keynote Speaker, University College of Denver, Tivoli Student Union, Denver CO
  • March 19,Lunch Keynote Speaker, AGA Conference, Rolling Road Golf Club, Catonsville MD
  • March 19, Panelist, Engineer Society of Baltimore, Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore MD
  • March 21st, Speaker and Panelist Natl. Assoc of Journalists, AP building New York, NY
  • March 27, Keynote Speaker, Lord Sterling School Conference, Basking Ridge, NJ
  • April 17th, Keynote Speaker, TESST College Graduation Speech, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
  • May 14th, Master of Ceremonies, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore, Md
  • June 4th, Keynote Speaker, Technology Symposium, Philadelphia, PA
  • June 5th, Keynote Speaker, Frederick Md. Chamber of Commerce
  • June 10th, Keynote Speaker, Prince Georges County Chamber of Commerce
  • June 28, Master of Ceremonies, NECC conference, Washington DC
  • August 4th & 9th, Master of Ceremonies, BDPA, Convention Center, Raleigh North Carolina
  • August 7th, Panelist, NABJ Annual Convention, Tampa Florida
  • September 24th, Keynote Speaker, Univ. of Baltimore Entrepreneurial Center
  • October 8-10-Keynote Speaker, Million Dollar Round Table, Top of the Table, Grand Hyatt, Kauai Hawaii
  • October 20th-Keynote Speaker, Potomac Group (Life Insurance Services), Ritz Carlton, Phoenix Arizona

----2008----

  • November 6th, Keynote speaker, Parent Network Event, St. Timothy School 8400 Greenspring Ave, Stevenson, MD
  • August 6th Master of Ceremony - Atlanta, GA, Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) host for the four day event including Opening Night and Awards Gala reception and ceremony, August 6th-9th, at the Hyatt Regency.
  • July 23rd Speaker - Chicago, IL, Unity Journalists of Color Conference with special guest attendees Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain, July 23rd-27th, workshop presenter.
  • June 19th Panelist - Vienna, VA, "Where are gadgets going?" conference hosted by the Washington Post and sponsored by Telecom Hub, June 19th, at the Tower Club (12 noon to 2 p.m.)
  • June 21st Keynote Speaker - Philadelphia, PA, "Preparing Tomorrow's Innovative Leaders", "Mario Armstrong's Dream, Create, Go!." (9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.)
  • June 21st Speaker - Philadelphia, PA, "Preparing Tomorrow's Innovative Leaders"
  • April 4th Host & Keynote speaker - Baltimore, MD, "Mario Armstrong's Dream. Create. Go!" , April 4th, 2008, Morgan State University 1st Annual Stem Conference.
  • April 4th, Keynote - Baltimore, MD, "Tech Fashion Show", Morgan State University Annual Stem Conference (7 p.m.-9 p.m.)
  • April 5th, 2008 - Master of Ceremonies - Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors, 150th Anniversary Gala, Hyatt Hotel, Baltimore, MD
  • April 12th, 2008 Master of Ceremonies - Baltimore, MD, "150th Gala of The Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors", (6 p.m.-11 p.m.)
  • April 17-19,Host - Atlanta, GA, Robotics Championship, Georgia Dome
  • April 19th, Tech Celebrity judge - Washington, D.C. AT&T Grand Opening, Chinatown. Live taping of XM's "Mario Arrmsrong's Digital Spin". Mario also serves as celebrity judge for "American Idol" contest presented by AT&T where the winner goes to Hollywood for May taping of "American Idol"
  • April 26th, 2008 - Keynote Speaker American Cities Foundation Annual Conference, 2401 Noth 5th street, Philadelphia
  • Feb. 16th Keynote Speaker - "Family Technology Summit", Baltimore, Md. Convention Center
  • January 5th, Speaker - Las Vegas, Host, Blogger featuring Live XM broadcast - Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

----2007----

January

  • Speaker - International Government and Consumer Electronics Show,Las Vegas
  • Video Blogging - posted several videos of commentaryat CES 2007for AOL's new Uncut Video website

February

  • Keynote - St. Louis Small Business Awards Luncheon
  • Speaker - Internet Safety - Gilman High School Parents Association
  • Speaker - 2-hour presentation to youth about fun & challenging carrers in technology
  • Keynote - Iowa, Connected and Cool by Mario A - presentation to teens about careers and education opportunites in technology fields(covering STEM science, technology, engineering & math)

March

  • Workshop presenter - Gilman High School Parent Association - hands-on computer training about internet safety for teens
  • Moderator - Social Networking for Businesses - moderated panel at The Center Club Downtown Baltimore
  • Speaker - Technology Day with sorority Delta Sigma Theta - spoke to Delta leaders and middle and high school kids about technology opportunities

April

  • Keynote - Worcester County Economic Development & Tourism Awards Luncheon Ocean City, Md.

May

  • Keynote - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - Tech Day
  • Seminar presenter - Center Club of Baltimore

July

  • Keynote - July 10th-12th National Association of Media Executives, Ritz Carlton, Washington D.C.
  • Panelist - July 10th-12th National Association of Media Executives, Ritz Carlton, Washington D.C.

August

  • MC - National Convention - BDPA, Washington DC. August 15th-18th

October

  • Keynote - St. Louis Technology Wired and Connected event
  • Keynote - Park School Parents Association - Topic: Internet Safety & Tips for our Digital Youth
  • San Diego, CA - T3 Tech National Symposium - Keynote Luncheon Speaker

November

  • Speaker - MIT - Video Games, Technology and 21st centurty civic engagement
  • Attendee - Knight Foundation - Boston - New Media
  • Speaker - Tourism Industry Tech Trends

December

  • Keynote Speaker - Delaware Tourism Industry Conference - Tech & Travel Trends

--2006--

  • January 5-8th - Speaker - International Government and Consumer Electronics Show,Las Vegas
  • January 8-11th - Panelist -New York City, The Wall Street Project
  • February 17th - Host - Business Pulse TV taping at the Baltimore Convention Center for the Small BusinessSummit (interviewed Kwame Jackson and Stedman Graham)
  • February 18th - Keynote Speaker- Baltimore Convention Center -Family Tech Awareness Week
  • March 10th - Speaker - Career Academy at Harbor City High School - Baltimore, Md.
  • March 16th - 7:30a-11a Moderator -Emerging Technologies Small Business Event with Magic 95.9fm
  • March - Speaker - Game Developers Conference, San Jose CA.
  • March 25th -Keynote Speaker& Master of CeremoniesGame Day 2006 at Essex Community College
  • April 6th - Keynote Speakerand Panel Moderator - Parent's Council of Greater Baltimore; Breakfast with theHeads of Schools. Topic: Tech Trends in Education,Internet Safety and Moderator for their panel discussing the role technology can play ineducation.
  • April 15th - Master of Ceremonies for the Xbox 360 & You seminar with the Urban Video Game Academy,Microsoft Game studios and University of Baltimore
  • April 22nd - Speaker - 31st Annual CommunityConference, Portland Oregon
  • May 2nd - Master of Ceremonies - Baltimore Lab School Fundraiser - The Center Club Dowtown Baltimore
  • May 24th - Keynote Speaker - Graduation Ceremony for "Stocks in the Future" program at Francis Scott KeyMiddle School
  • June 16-18 -Speaker and Creator of the Digital Tent & Pavilion at the Mid-Atlantic Heritage Festival at Orioles Stadium Camden Yards
  • July 16th & 17th - Moderator and Panelist NAMME's Annual Conference - discussing the impact of technology in New & Traditional Media - Washington D.C.
  • September 15th - Presenter for Career Communications Group - Baltimore Convention Center
  • September 26th-30th -Presenter and Speaker to International Group of Entrepreneurs - Seoul Korea
  • October 18th - Presenter, Internet Safety & Todays Digital Youth - Parent/Teachers Assoc. Gonzaga High School, Washington, D.C.
  • October 19th - Presenter -New technology trends and online safety issues for parents, educators and students atOldfileds School,Sparks, Md.
  • November 9th - KeynoteSpeaker and Workshop Presenter - Salute To Excellence in Business- St.Louis, MO
  • November 16th -Workshop Presenter and Panelist - Governors Tourism Industry Conference - Rocky Gap, MD

    2005
    • May - Presenter - Swiss Young Leaders Conference - Switzerland
    • August 6th - Saturday, appearance on CNBC "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsche"
    • September 16th - Baltimore, Md. Career Communications Group, Baltimore Convention Center, 9am-12noon. Technology careers for youth
    • September 23rd-24th - St. Louis MO, 2005 Public Radio Conference atthe Renaissance Hotel, speaking with NPR's Jay Kernis about the process of launching a local public radio program http://www.prpd.org/events/conference.htm
    • September 26th - Baltimore, MD, Assoc Black Charities Nonprofit Conference at BWI Marriott, 9am-5pm, speaking about how non-profits can better utilize technology to accomplish their goals
    • October 19th - Washington, DC - Jesse Jacksons Rainbow/PUSH Coalition on Technology and Communcations Policy Conference 727 15th St NW - Rainbow Coalition Offices
    • October 31st-Nov1st - Washington, DC - Serious Games Summit - http://www.seriousgamessummit.com
    • Nov 1st - Washington, DC - National Archives
    • November 2nd - Washington, DC - Urban Video Game Academy OPEN HOUSE 6p-8p, McKinley Technical High School
    • November 12th - Saturday, New York City - Pre Consumer Electronics Show
    • November 14th - Monday, Towson, Md - Towson State University Wired Event with Method 1518, speaking on a panel, delivering a keynote and seminar workshop for hi-school and college youth
    • December - various appearances on TV, News programs and Radio shows for the holiday season