OCTOBER 19-20, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC
2021 Program
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Monday October 18 | ||
| 1:30 | SBIR/STTR Phase I, Phase II, and Accounting Boot Camp | |
| 4:00 | TechConnect Innovation Showcase Reception (4:00 - 6:00) | |
Tuesday October 19 | ||
| 8:30 | Keynotes - Defense, Innovation, Resilience | |
| 9:40 | SBIR/STTR Keynote Panel: How NSF, DOE, and SBA are Supporting the Transition of your R&D | |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 | SBIR/STTR 101 & Agency Briefings | |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 | Navigating SBIR Agency Differences | |
| 2:15 | How to Find SBIR Support Organizations | |
| 2:00 | SBIR/STTR Agency Pavilion: Meet with Agency Reps | |
| 3:10 | Conducting a SBIR Phase I | |
| 4:00 | TechConnect, Defense & Smart Cities Innovation Expo & Networking Reception (4:00 - 6:00) - Poster Session I | |
Wednesday October 20 | ||
| 9:00 | Defense TechConnect Keynote Program | |
| 9:20 | MOSAICS Keynote | |
| 9:35 | Defense TechConnect Keynote Panel: DoD Speed of Innovation for Contested and Congested Environments | |
| 10:00 | Special DEFENSEWERX Funding Announcement | |
| 10:15 | SBIR/STTR Inside the Head of an Evaluator | |
| 11:10 | How Army and Air Force SBIR/STTR Programs Have Changed | |
| 1:00 | How SBIR Phase III's Benefit a PoR and the SBIR Firm | |
| 2:00 | SBIR/STTR Agency Pavilion: Meet with Agency Reps | |
| 2:10 | SBIR/STTR: Working with the Primes | |
| 4:00 | TechConnect, Defense & Smart Cities Innovation Expo & Networking Reception (4:00 - 6:00) - Poster Session II | |
Program | ||
Monday October 18 | ||
| 1:30 | SBIR/STTR Phase I, Phase II, and Accounting Boot Camp | Annapolis 4 |
| SBIR Phase I & II B. Aistrop, BBC Consulting, US | ||
| SBIR Phase I & II J. Hollister, BBC Consulting, US | ||
| SBIR Phase I & II B. Potteiger, ARMS CyberDefense, US | ||
| SBIR Accounting and Fraud, Waste and Abuse E. Jameson, Jameson & Company, LLC, US | ||
| SBIR Fraud, Waste and Abuse J. Glover, SBDC, US | ||
| SBIR Accounting B. LaCroix, Jameson & Company, LLC, US | ||
| SBIR Companies: How to Protect Your IP E. Blatt, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C., US | ||
| SBIR/STTR Q&A | ||
| 4:00 | TechConnect Innovation Showcase Reception (4:00 - 6:00) | Expo Hall AB |
Tuesday October 19 | ||
| 8:30 | Keynotes - Defense, Innovation, Resilience | Woodrow Wilson A |
| Session chair: Jennifer Rocha, TechConnect, US | ||
| 8:40 | Defense TechConnect and Operational Energy & Logistics (OE&L) MajGen. Maxwell, U.S. Department of Defense, US | |
| 8:55 | Defense TechConnect L. Sanders, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), US | |
| 9:15 | Resilient Infrastructure + Secure Energy (RISE) Consortium™ M. Wu, RISE Consortium, US | |
| Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations, Energy, and Environment P. Farnan, U.S. Army, US | ||
| Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Energy Division B. Richardson, DIU, US | ||
| 9:40 | SBIR/STTR Keynote Panel: How NSF, DOE, and SBA are Supporting the Transition of your R&D | Woodrow Wilson A |
| Session chair: John Williams, SBA, US | ||
| U.S. SBA B. DeVries, U.S. Small Business Administration, US | ||
| National Science Foundation G. Narcho, National Science Foundation (NSF), US | ||
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | Cherry Blossom Lobby |
| 10:30 | SBIR/STTR 101 & Agency Briefings | Woodrow Wilson B |
| Session chair: John Williams, SBA, US | ||
| 10:30 | SBIR 101 J. Williams, SBA, US | |
| 11:00 | NASA SBIR/STTR H. Morgan, NASA, US | |
| 11:05 | DARPA SBIR/STTR J. Thabet, DARPA, US | |
| 11:10 | USSOCOM SBIR/STTR M. Khalil, USSOCOM, US | |
| 11:15 | Department of the Navy SBIR/STTR R. Smith, Department of the Navy, US | |
| 11:20 | U.S. Air Force SBIR/STTR J. Sweeney, U.S. Air Force, US | |
| 11:25 | U.S. Department of Defense SBIR/STTR S. Celis, US DOD, US | |
| 11:30 | U.S. Army SBIR/STTR LTC White, U.S. Army, US | |
| 11:35 | NSF SBIR/STTR B. Schrag, NSF, US | |
| 11:40 | NIST (DOC) SBIR/STTR J. Gray, NIST (DOC), US | |
| 11:45 | U.S. Department of Homeland Security D. Lang, DHS, US | |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break | On own |
| 1:00 | Navigating SBIR Agency Differences | Woodrow Wilson B |
| Session chair: Jennifer Shieh, SBA, US | ||
| B. Schrag, NSF, US | ||
| R. Smith, US Navy, US | ||
| D. Lang, DHS, US | ||
| 2:15 | How to Find SBIR Support Organizations | Woodrow Wilson B |
| Session chair: Brittany Sickler, SBA, US | ||
| B. Sickler, SBA, US | ||
| S. Winston, Wichita State University, US | ||
| B. Aistrup, BBC Consulting, US | ||
| C. Gutierrez, LARTA Institute, US | ||
| 2:00 | SBIR/STTR Agency Pavilion: Meet with Agency Reps | Expo Hall AB |
| DARPA SBIR/STTR | ||
| USSOCOM SBIR/STTR | ||
| Department of the Navy SBIR/STTR | ||
| U.S. Air Force SBIR/STTR | ||
| U.S. Army SBIR/STTR | ||
| NAVSEA SBIR/STTR | ||
| NSF SBIR/STTR | ||
| NIST (DOC) SBIR/STTR | ||
| U.S. Small Business Administration | ||
| U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) | ||
| DHS | ||
| 3:10 | Conducting a SBIR Phase I | Woodrow Wilson B |
| B. LaCroix, Jameson & Company, LLC, US | ||
| R. Fink, Applied Nanotech, Inc., US | ||
| B. Aistrup, BBC Consulting, US | ||
| 4:00 | TechConnect, Defense & Smart Cities Innovation Expo & Networking Reception (4:00 - 6:00) - Poster Session I | Expo Hall AB |
Wednesday October 20 | ||
| 9:00 | Defense TechConnect Keynote Program | Woodrow Wilson A |
| Session chair: Jennifer Rocha, TechConnect, US | ||
| 9:05 | DOD Senior Climate Advisor to the SECDEF J. Bryan, U.S. Department of Defense, US | |
| 9:20 | MOSAICS Keynote | Woodrow Wilson A |
| 9:20 | More Situational Awareness for Industrial Control Systems (MOSAICS) JCTD G. Ka'iliwai III, U.S. Indo Pacific Command, US | |
| 9:35 | Defense TechConnect Keynote Panel: DoD Speed of Innovation for Contested and Congested Environments | Woodrow Wilson A |
| Session chair: Jennifer Rocha, TechConnect, US | ||
| 10:00 | Special DEFENSEWERX Funding Announcement | Woodrow Wilson A |
| Session chair: Brad Chedister, DEFENSEWERX, US | ||
| SOCOM/SOFWERX L. Sanders, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), US | ||
| AFWERX S. Lauver, AFWERX, US | ||
| DEFENSEWERX B. Chedister, DEFENSEWERX, US | ||
| Army Futures Command B. Halloran, Army Applications Lab, US | ||
| 10:15 | SBIR/STTR Inside the Head of an Evaluator | Woodrow Wilson B |
| E. Hawkes, SBA, US | ||
| J. Thabet, DARPA, US | ||
| J. Hollister, BBC Consulting, US | ||
| J. Colraine, Air Force Ventures, US | ||
| 11:10 | How Army and Air Force SBIR/STTR Programs Have Changed | Woodrow Wilson B |
| Session chair: John Williams, SBA, USA | ||
| LTC White, US Army, US | ||
| J. Rathje, AFWERX, US | ||
| 1:00 | How SBIR Phase III's Benefit a PoR and the SBIR Firm | Woodrow Wilson B |
| Session chair: John Williams, SBA, USA | ||
| ML Mackey, Beacon Interactive Systems, US | ||
| A. Mulligan, Hyrdonalix, US | ||
| R. McNamara, Ex PEO SUBS, US | ||
| 2:00 | SBIR/STTR Agency Pavilion: Meet with Agency Reps | Expo Hall AB |
| DARPA SBIR/STTR | ||
| USSOCOM SBIR/STTR | ||
| Department of the Navy SBIR/STTR | ||
| U.S. Air Force SBIR/STTR | ||
| U.S. Army SBIR/STTR | ||
| NAVSEA SBIR/STTR | ||
| NSF SBIR/STTR | ||
| NIST (DOC) SBIR/STTR | ||
| U.S. Small Business Administration | ||
| U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) | ||
| 2:10 | SBIR/STTR: Working with the Primes | Woodrow Wilson B |
| Session chair: Matt Williams, OSD, US | ||
| S. Myers, Boeing, US | ||
| J. Becker, Northrop Grumman, US | ||
| A. Carroll, Raytheon, US | ||
| C. Owens, Lockheed Martin, US | ||
| 4:00 | TechConnect, Defense & Smart Cities Innovation Expo & Networking Reception (4:00 - 6:00) - Poster Session II | Expo Hall AB |
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