2012 SBIR/STTR Conference: Full Schedule

The Micro-enterprise Inventors Program of Oregon (MIPO) and the Oregon Small Business Development Center Network (OSBDC) will host the SBIR/STTR 2012 National Conference: Crack the Code an event that welcomes entrepreneurs, businesses, government agencies, innovators, universities, and community partners to Portland, Oregon.

SBIR/STTR are competitive federal government grant programs that fund small businesses to develop innovative, high-risk technologies with the goal of increasing private sector commercialization into the marketplace.

8:30am PST

Opening General Session

The Year in SBIR

Speakers

Kristin Ittig

Tuesday November 13, 2012 8:30am - 9:30am PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

9:30am PST

SBIR BASICS and INTRODUCTION to the AGENCIES

SBIR Basics and Introduction to the Agencies

Speakers

Rick Shindell

Program Manager, FLC Far West Region

Tuesday November 13, 2012 9:30am - 10:30am PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

10:50am PST

Extended Agency Updates DOD

In this session, program managers from each of the twelve government agencies that participate in the SBIR and STTR Programs will present information about their agency, special programs, proposal submission details and procedures and current and upcoming solicitations.

Tuesday November 13, 2012 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Cascade Ballroom

General Session

11:15am PST

Extended Agency Updates DOE

Speakers

Manny Oliver

US- Department of Energy

Tuesday November 13, 2012 11:15am - 11:35am PST
Cascade Ballroom

General Session

11:40am PST

Extended Agency Updates DHHS - NIH

Speakers

Matthew Portnoy

NIH SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator, NIH

I manage and coordinate the NIH SBIR/STTR programs.

Tuesday November 13, 2012 11:40am - 12:00pm PST
Cascade Ballroom

General Session

1:15pm PST

Extended Agency Updates DOT

Tuesday November 13, 2012 1:15pm - 1:30pm PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

1:30pm PST

Extended Agency Updates USDA

Speakers

Jodi Williams

National Program Leader, USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Tuesday November 13, 2012 1:30pm - 1:45pm PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

1:45pm PST

Extended Agency Updates DHS

Tuesday November 13, 2012 1:45pm - 2:00pm PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

2:00pm PST

Extended Agency Updates NASA

Speakers

Richard Leshner

Program Executive, NASA HQs

Tuesday November 13, 2012 2:00pm - 2:15pm PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

2:15pm PST

Extended Agency Updates Dept of Education

Speakers

Edward Metz

Program Manager for Small Business Innovation Research and SBIR and Education Technology Research Grants, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

Edward (Ed) Metz is a developmental psychologist, education researcher, and program director. Since 2004, Ed has worked as a research scientist at the US Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, where he directs programs that seed fund the R&D and evaluation of... Read More →

Tuesday November 13, 2012 2:15pm - 2:30pm PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

2:30pm PST

Extended Agency Updates NSF

Speakers

Murali Nair

SBIR Program Director, National Science Foundation

Tuesday November 13, 2012 2:30pm - 2:45pm PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

2:45pm PST

Extended Agency Updates EPA

Speakers

April Richards

SBIR Program Manager, US EPA

Tuesday November 13, 2012 2:45pm - 3:00pm PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

3:00pm PST

Extended Agency Updates DOC/ NIST

Speakers

Mary Clague

SBIR/STTR Program Manager, US National Institute of Standards and Technology (DOC)

Tuesday November 13, 2012 3:00pm - 3:15pm PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

3:15pm PST

Extended Agency Updates DOC/NOAA

Speakers

Kelly Wright

Director, NOAA Technology Partnerships Office, NOAA

Tuesday November 13, 2012 3:15pm - 3:30pm PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

3:40pm PST

General Session: SBIR Reauthorization and Policy Directive

Mr Greene will provide a high-level overview of the SBIR/STTR Programs and speak about the Reauthorization and Policy Directive

Tuesday November 13, 2012 3:40pm - 4:40pm PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

8:30am PST

Day Two Introduction

Ms Gansky, nationally known author of "The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing'. will talk about the power of networking for the future and the Global Mesh Directory that can support the growing community of Mesh businesses and organizations.

Speakers

Lisa Gansky

Wednesday November 14, 2012 8:30am - 9:00am PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

9:00am PST

General Session: Interpreting recent legislation for the SBIR Community

While SBIR has been reauthorized, there are many questions and issues remaining. Are foreign companies going to be allowed into the program? Are affiliates of big business going to be allowed to compete in the SBIR program? Will DOD create incentives to primes that award Phase III contracts? Will DOD set goals for transitions SBIR technology into programs of record and fielded systems? Who will get thrown out of the program and why? Will a company be liable for fraud if is incorrectly applies accounting principles? What will agencies do with 3% of SBIR funds? These discussions followed by a question and answer period

Speakers

Jere Glover

Exe Director, Small Business Technology Council

Wednesday November 14, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

10:00am PST

General Session: Future Trends and Opportunities in Technology

Sandhi will present a vision of future for Education, Energy, Transportation, Health, Security, Communication, Agriculture, and Commerce in this new emerging world. There will be many roadblocks in implementing this future. But these roadblocks will mean endless opportunities for small businesses to innovate, energize and offer products and services for global sensing, intelligent sense-making, and provide solutions to solve many issues we will increasingly face in the future, such as pollution, traffic and congestion, inefficient transportation, management of key energy resources such as water, electricity, and natural gas, deteriorating soils and inefficiencies in food productions, inaccessibility of education, healthcare, medicine, and informatics, personal and global security, and secure worldwide commerce. Solving these mega-problems would require both individual innovation from small businesses as well as intimate cooperation of businesses, citizens, and a range of government agencies - all working together as a part of the value chain across the globe

Wednesday November 14, 2012 10:00am - 10:45am PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

8:30am PST

Day Three Introduction

Speakers

Tim McCabe

Thursday November 15, 2012 8:30am - 9:00am PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

9:00am PST

Partnering with FEDERAL LABORATORIES

The nation's federal laboratories are world-class research facilities, the utilization of which can result in a higher quality of research, development, testing and evaluation. SBIR now allows you to partner with these facilities. In this session you will learn about the labs and how ti use them, what types of services are available, and how to find a federal laboratory with programs and resources in your area of interest.

Speakers

Rick Shindell

Program Manager, FLC Far West Region

Thursday November 15, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PST
Lloyd Center Ballroom

General Session

10:50am PST

Partnering with UNIVERSITIES

A panel of leading university technology transfer experts and innovators will discuss how to find technology at universities, how to out-license or option it, and how to leverage the connections and capabilities of universities to increase your odds of winning Phase I and II and going on to Phase III success whether through licensing, venture investment, or sales. Best practices and common pitfalls of small firm and university SBIR-related relationships will be discussed. Panelists: Ron Adams, OSU, Patrick Jones, UO, David Peyton, PSU and past faculty from UCSF and University of Arizona.

Speakers