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Innovative Transitions 2007: Virginia's 13th Annual SBIR and Federal Funding Conference for Small Technology Firms
Hosted by the Center for Innovative Technology
Thank you to everyone that participated at this year’s event!
If you would like information on Virginia’s 14th Annual SBIR Conference, please email Rob Brooke at rbrook@cit.org.
Join the Center for Innovative Technology for this educational event on learning the secrets to successful advanced transition. The conference will gather representatives from approximately 200 innovative technology companies and SBIR participants from around the Mid-Atlantic region together with leading players from the Federal government, DoD, prime contractor, major US industry, and investment communities.
Dec. 4 Pre-Conference Workshop Highlights:
- Patent law updates, processes and strategies that affect commercialization
- “Bureaucracy 101 – How the Government Really Works, and How it Affects the Small Business”.
Dec 4 Conference Highlights - Featuring funding program initiatives from multiple agencies:
- Homeland Security, DoD NIST, and NIH providing insights into important funding programs and opportunities for early stage technology research.
- Getting the most out of your SBIR/STTR projects.
- Tips on approaching the Intel community.
- DoD energy initiatives and how small businesses can participate in these efforts.
- Evening reception and vendor fair.
Dec. 5 Conference Highlights - Featuring discussions and panel presentations to assist with technology transition and collaboration processes necessary for any research to be successful.
- Major & Mid-Tier prime contractor panels discuss their areas of interest, how small firms may collaborate with them, touch points to help the process, how large and small primes differ, and other tips on developing effective partnerships to develop and commercialize technology.
- “Industry” panel will provide insights into working with major us industry as you plan and implement your commercialization strategies.
- The M&A event and how you should approach this as an opportunity to create value out of your company.
- Tips to strengthen your next SBIR/STTR proposal.
- SBIR/STTR program manager panel will feature reps from Army, NSF, DARPA, USDA, Navy, Missile Defense Agency, Dept. of Education, and NASA, each discussing their next cycle, advanced programs, and tips on participating more effectively.
- Special lunch presentation to provide updates on the SBIR Commercialization Program, proposed SBIR budgets and acknowledgment of Virginia’s 2007 SBIR Tibbett’s Award Winners.
Click here to view the speaker presentations.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Stephen Dennis, Technical Director for Innovation, Science & Technology, Dept. of Homeland Security
- Mark Stanley, Acting Director, Technology Innovation Program (TIP), NIST
- Mindy Montgomery, Deputy Director of Defense for Investment and Defense R&E
- Dr. Robert Brammer, Chief Technology Officer, Northrop Grumman Information Technology
- Dan Cundiff, Deputy Dir., OSD Comparative Testing Office
- Dr. Ed Bersoff, Chairman, President & CEO, ATS Corp.
- Dan Moore, Managing Partner, Longstreet Partners
- Jeff Popielarczyk, Business Development Manager, GE Global Research
- Ian Blasch, Managing Director, Micron Ventures, Micron Technology
- Tom Markarian, Manager, Advanced Technology Programs, Raytheon
- Richard Hendel, SBIR Program Manager, Boeing
- Richard A. Muirragui, Vice President and Director of Business Development, ManTech Defense Systems Group
- SBIR/STTR program managers and small business program representatives from DARPA, Army, Navy, Missile Defense Agency, NASA, Dept. of Education, National Science Foundation, and USDA.
- SBIR/STTR program managers and small business program representatives from DARPA, Army, Navy, Missile Defense Agency, NASA, Dept. of Education, National Science Foundation, Dept. of Agriculture and EPA
- And More!
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Other Exhibitors:
- Boeing
- Venona Consulting
- Freedom Bank of Virginia
- Decisive Analytics Coporation
- Ameriprise Financial
- George Mason University
- Town of Leesburg
- Virginia Small Business Development Center network
- Virginia’s Procure Technical Assistance Center network
- Ameriprise Financial
- SBIR Resource Center
- The Entrepreneur Center @ NVTC
- DARPA
- US Army
- Missile Defense Agency
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Need a hotel room?
Virginia’s 13th Annual SBIR Conference is pleased to offer a room block at the Hotel Sierra – Washington Dulles, 45520 Dulles Plaza Sterling, VA – www.thehotelsierra.com. For reservations, please contact the hotel directly at 703.435.9002 and tell them you are with “SBIR 2007.”
Contact: Robert Brooke, 703-689-3080, rbrooke@cit.org
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