Innovation, Diversity, and Success in the SBIR/STTR Programs
February 7, 2013
Lecture Room
National Academy of Sciences
2100 C Street NW
Washington, DC
9:00 AM | Welcome |
Charles Wessner, The National Academies | |
9:15 AM | Introduction |
Jacques Gansler, University of Maryland | |
9:30 AM | Keynote Address: Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
Winslow Sargeant, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Administration | |
10:00 AM | Overview of Demographic Data from NRC SBIR Evaluations |
Peter Grunwald, Grunwald Associates | |
10:45 AM | Panel I: Women and the SBIR Program |
Moderator: Christina Gabriel, University Energy Partnership | |
Improving Participation in SBIR | |
Tanaga Boozer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | |
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs and Investors | |
Peggy Wallace, Golden Seeds | |
11:30 AM | Panel II: Entrepreneurial Boomers and Emerging Millennials: New Options for SBIR and STTR |
Moderator: Tyrone Taylor, Capitol Advisors on Technology | |
Careers for Younger Scientists and Engineers: Parallels with other NIH Programs | |
Sally Rockey, National Institutes of Health | |
Changing Age Profiles of Scientists and Engineers | |
Emilda Rivers, National Science Foundation | |
Older Scientists and Engineers: A “New” Source of Expertise for SBIR Programs? | |
Jeff Makowka, AARP | |
1:45 PM | Panel III: SBIR/STTR and Support for Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Scientists and Engineers |
Moderator: Tim McClees, House Committee on Armed Services | |
NSF SBIR/STTR Program: Broadening Participation Initiatives | |
Grace Wang, National Science Foundation | |
Improving Outreach at the Department of Energy | |
Karina Edmonds, Department of Energy | |
Reaching out to Disadvantaged Scientists and Engineers: Views of a Multiple SBIR Winner | |
Eric Adolphe, CenterScope Technologies | |
Lessons from the North Carolina A&T Engineering Research Center | |
Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T | |
3:15 PM | Panel IV: Cases of Successful High-Tech Entrepreneurship |
Moderator: Kevin Wheeler, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship | |
The Beacon Interactive Story | |
ML Mackey, Beacon Interactive Systems | |
The NAVSYS Story | |
Alison Brown, NAVSYS | |
Empowering Women in Technology Startups | |
Jane Muir, University of Florida and AUTM |
4:15 PM | Closing Roundtable: Key Issues and Next Steps Forward |
Moderator: Michael Borrus, X/Seed Capital Mangement | |
Matthew Portnoy, National Institutes of Health | |
Christopher Rinaldi, Department of Defense | |
Joe Hennessey, National Science Foundation | |
Richard Leshner, NASA | |
Ron Cooper, Small Business Administration | |
4:50 PM | Closing Remarks |
Jacques Gansler, University of Maryland | |
5:00 PM | Adjourn |
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