Appendix A
Agendas
FIRST MEETING: MARCH 8-9, 2018
March 8, 2018
Sponsor presentation from DOE and SBA and Input from Congressional Staff
| 1:45 PM | Manny Oliver, Director, Department of Energy SBIR/STTR Programs Office |
| 2:30 PM |
John Williams, Director, Office of Innovation and Technology, U.S. Small Business Administration |
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Christopher McNeal, Senior Advisor for Strategy and Operations, U.S. Small Business Administration |
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Jennifer Shieh, Chief Scientist and Senior Technology Policy Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration |
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John Verostek, Dawnbreaker |
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| 3:00 PM |
August Binns-Berkey, Senate Armed Services Committee |
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Jonathan Epstein, Senate Armed Services Committee |
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John Rivard, Office of Lamar Alexander |
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| 3:45 PM | End of open session |
SECOND MEETING: MAY 21-22, 2018
May 21, 2018
| 9:00 AM | Sponsor presentation from the Department of Energy |
| Manny Oliver, Director, SBIR and STTR Programs at the Department of Energy |
| 9:45 AM | Panel discussion with SBIR awardees |
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Keesha Crosby, Tri-Guard Risk Solutions, LTD |
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Karen LeVert, Southeast TechInventures, Inc. |
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John Terry, Terry Consultants, Inc. |
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| 11:00 AM | Panel discussion with SBIR awardees, continued |
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Erica Nemser, Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. |
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Greg Loraine, Dynaflow, Inc. |
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| 12:00 PM | End of open session |
May 22, 2018
| 9:00 AM | Current research on energy innovation and SBIR/STTR |
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J. David Brown, U.S. Census Bureau, and Sabrina Howell, New York University Stern School of Business (via Zoom) |
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Adam Jaffe, Brandeis University |
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David Popp, Syracuse University (via Zoom) |
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| 11:00 AM | Discussion with SBIR Awardee and on improving outreach |
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Winslow Sargeant, International Council for Small Business |
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Terry Golding, Amethyst Research Inc. |
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| 12:30 PM | End of open session |
THIRD MEETING: AUGUST 8-9, 2018
August 8, 2018
| 3:15 PM |
Discussion with Ushma Kriplani, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 4:15 PM |
Discussion with SBIR awardees, Gia Schneider, Natel Energy |
FOURTH MEETING: NOVEMBER 12-13, 2018
November 12, 2018
| 2:30 PM |
Discussion with Karen Mills, Harvard Business School |
| 3:45 PM |
End of open session |
November 13, 2018
| 1:00 PM |
Discussion with Manny Oliver, Department of Energy |
| 2:00 PM |
End of open session |
FIFTH MEETING: FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 1, 2019
This meeting was closed in its entirety.
