OCTOBER 19-20, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC

Defense TechConnect
AI TechConnect
OELS2021
Resilience Week
RISE Innovation Challenge and Member Meeting
MOSAICS Industry Day
Defense TechConnect
Nanotech 2021
Smart Cities Connect

SBIR/STTR FALL

INNOVATION CONFERENCE

Connect with program managers representing America's Seed Fund of over $3.5 billion annually.  
Learn how to compete for funding, and create successful commercialization strategies and partnerships.  
Network with global industry scouts, early-stage investors, and key federal agency buyers and funders.
 

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2021 Speakers and Chairs Include:

Isabella Casillas Guzman Isabella Casillas Guzman
U.S. Small Business Administration
John Williams John Williams
SBA, Office of Investment & Innovation
Major Steven Lauver Major Steven Lauver
AFWERX


Lisa Sanders Lisa Sanders
U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)



Alf CarrollAlf Carroll
Raytheon Technologies


Craig Owens Craig Owens
Lockheed Martin

Anne Fischer Anne Fischer
DARPA

Brad Chedister Brad Chedister
DEFENSEWERX

Ed Jameson Ed Jameson
Jameson and Company

Becky Aistrup Becky Aistrup
BBC Consulting

Jim Greenwood Jim Greenwood
Greenwood Consulting Group, Inc.


Jerry Hollister Jerry Hollister
BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting


Sponsors


Boeing
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
REI Systems
Rothwell Figg
TechOpps Consulting




2021 Agency Partners (as of September 2021):


DoD
Department
of Defense
NIST
National Institute
of Standards
and Technology
Army
Army
 
NAVY
Navy
 
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
SOCOM
Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
SBA
US Small Business Administration
NASA
NASA
 
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSF
US Air Force




2021 Invited Agency Partners:


DoE
Department
of Energy
NIH
National Institutes
of Health
CBD
Chemical and
Biological Defense
FLC
Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
USDA
US Department of Agriculture
DTRA
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
MDA
Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
 
DHS
Department of Homeland Security
RE
Research & Engineering (ASD(R&E))
US Patent Office
US Patent and Trademark Office
NOAA
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
CDC
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
EPA
US Environmental Protection Agency
NSF
Defense Health Agency
NSF
Frederick National Laboratory


 

2021 TechConnect Sponsors & Partners

2021 TechConnect Sponsors & Partners