2022 TechConnect Innovation Business Program

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	Monday June 13
8:30	TechConnect World Innovation Conference - Plenary Keynotes
8:30	SBIR/STTR Workshop - Overview & Phase I (additional fee)
10:00	Coffee Break
10:30	Medical Innovation Challenge - Session I: Devices & Sensors
10:30	Aerospace & Defense Innovation Spotlights: REI & Northrop Grumman
10:30	SBIR/STTR Agency Briefings
12:00	Lunch Break
12:30	SBIR/STTR Accounting Workshop (additional fee)
1:00	SBIR/STTR Agency Deep Dive
1:30	Medical Innovation Challenge II: Therapeutics & Treatments
1:30	Manufacturing & Materials Innovation Spotlights: AGC, Inc. and Henkel
2:30	SBIR/STTR Phase II Workshop (additional fee)
2:45	Medical Innovation Challenge III: Digital & Hardware
3:00	Electronics, Sensors, Communications Innovation Spotlights Session: Rothwell Figg
4:15	Medical Innovation Challenge - Awards Presentation
4:00	SBIR/STTR Agency Meet-and-Greet at SBIR Pavilion, Expo Hall
4:00	TechConnect Innovation Showcase Reception (4:00 - 6:00)
	Tuesday June 14
9:00	Joint SBIR/STTR and TechConnect Business Keynote Program
9:05	SBIR/STTR Keynote Panel: SBIR at 40 -- What's Next?
10:00	Coffee Break
10:30	How to Get Started in SBIR or STTR
10:30	SBIR: Conducting Your Phase I
10:30	Energy Innovation Spotlight Session: Linde & ExxonMobil
11:20	SBIR: Inside the Head of the Evaluators
11:20	Making the Most of Your Phase I and II
12:00	Lunch Break
1:00	SBIR: Navigating SBIR Agency Differences
1:00	Commercialization Assistance Programs and Resources
1:30	Advanced Materials Innovation Spotlights: Emerald Technology Ventures
2:45	AI, Data, Cyber, and Software Innovation Spotlights: USINDOPACOM
2:00	SBIR: How to Find Support Organizations
2:00	Transitioning from Phase II to Phase III
3:00	Partnering and Free Resources
3:00	SBIR: Working With Defense Primes
4:15	Biotech & Medical Innovation Spotlights I
4:00	SBIR/STTR Agency Meet-and-Greet at SBIR Pavilion, Expo Hall
4:00	TechConnect Expo & Networking Reception (4:00 - 6:00) - Poster Session
	Wednesday June 15
9:00	Biotech & Medical Innovation Spotlights II
10:00	TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Wellspring
12:30	Rare Earths Roadmapping - Consortium for Rare Earth Technologies (CREaTe)

Program
	Monday June 13

8:30	TechConnect World Innovation Conference - Plenary Keynotes	Maryland A
	Session chair: Matthew Laudon, TechConnect Division ATI
8:30	2022 Science & Technology Acceleration Opportunities M. Laudon, TechConnect Division, ATI, US
8:35	TechConnect Technical & Business Program Highlights J. Rocha, D. Yablon, J. Williams, TechConnect Division, ATI, US
8:40	What if a country other than the United States dominates the nanomaterial market? L. Mertz, Cerion Nanomaterials, US
9:00	Materials Informatics at 3M: The Intersection of Simulation, Machine Learning, Data Management, and Experimentation C. Lipscomb, 3M Company, US
9:25	Advancements in Novel Neural Interfaces A. Emondi, PionTier LLC, US
9:45	National Nanotechnology Initiative - 2022 Opportunities & Insights L. Friedersdorf, National Nanotech Coordination Office, US

8:30	SBIR/STTR Workshop - Overview & Phase I (additional fee)	Maryland 3
	SBIR/STTR Overview and Phase I Proposal Development J. Greenwood, Greenwood Consulting Group, US

10:00	Coffee Break	Lobby

10:30	Medical Innovation Challenge - Session I: Devices & Sensors	National Harbor 11
10:30	CWMD & MCDC Welcome Remarks M. Stebbins, Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC) & Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Consortium (CWMD) - ATI, US
10:34	MTEC Welcome Remarks J. Sorensen, Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) - ATI, US
10:40	flowDx is a laser-based paper-patterning technology that that radically changes the performance and versatility of current lateral flow tests (LFTs) I. Katis, Highfield Diagnostics, UK
10:48	NeuroVana - A Non-invasive and Portable Diagnostic-support Device for Brain Injury assessment P. Ganapathy, UtopiaCompression Corporation, US
10:56	Movement-Synchronous Electrical Stimulation for Remote Patient Physical Therapy Assistance and Monitoring J. Rabinowitz, Articulate Labs, US
11:04	Chip-scale Magnetocardiography J. Javor, Boston University, US
11:12	Joint Integrated Lifeline System (JILS) C. O’Neil, Domenix, US
11:20	Antimicrobial thermoplastic polyurethane for medical devices E. Tate, Inhibit Coatings, NZ
11:28	Linshom Continuous Predictive Respiratory Sensor & Monitor R. Hughen, Linshom Medical, Inc., US
11:36	FlowSense™ A.L. Somera, Rhaeos, Inc., US
11:44	Manufacturability of Stretchable Medical Wearable Electronics M. Stemmermann, SunRay Scientific, US
11:52	Portable In-Vivo Oxidative Stress (IVOS) Biosensor K. Kostecki, The University of Adelaide, AU
12:00	A Mechanical Device for Breast Cancer Diagnosis K. Onwudiwe, University of Notre Dame, US
12:08	MIMIX™ Sustained Release Patch L. Valenti, Vaxess Technologies, Inc., US
12:16	IPASS - non-invasive assessment of intracranial pressure G. Hirschman, CranioSense, a subsidiary of Vivonics, Inc, US
12:24	A low sample volume and rapid viscosity sensor for early stage injectability/manufacturability detection of biopharmaceuticals Z. Parlak, Qatch Technologies, US
	Review Panelist C. Gilbertz, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA), US
	Review Panelist C. Walton, SOCOM, US
	Review Panelist J. David, BryceTech, US
	Review Panelist A. Emondi, PionTier, former DARPA, US
	Review Panelist H. Meeks, DTRA RD-CXR, US
	Review Panelist C. Jackson, Foundation for Fighting Blindness, US
	Review Panelist C. Clyburn, MedForeSight, LLC, US
	Review Panelist G. Gitchel, Veterans Administration (VA), US
	Review Panelist J. Sorensen, MTEC, US
	Review Panelist M. Stebbins, CWMD & MCDC, US
	Review Panelist M. Shusterman, AFWERX, US
	Review Panelist P. Gisi, SHIC, US
	Review Panelist N. Hsu, NIH, US

10:30	Aerospace & Defense Innovation Spotlights: REI & Northrop Grumman	National Harbor 10
	Session chair: Michael Mazzocco, Alytic, Inc., US
10:30	REI Innovation Spotlight H. Morgan, REI, US
10:45	Northrop Grumman Innovation Spotlight T. Reid, Northrop Grumman, US
11:00	Craitor- Rugged, Portable, Intelligent 3D Printers E. Shnell, Craitor, US
11:07	Helicoid® technology - bioinspired composite material for ultra-tough, lower weight and lower cost structures L. Mencattelli, Helicoid Industries Inc., US
11:14	Hydrogen powered modular autonomous air and road eVTOL for regional air mobility S. Sathya, LuftCar LLC, US
11:21	Robotic Maintenance Vehicle S. Flaherty, necoTECH, US
11:28	Economical, clean regional transport K. Echols, LeVanta Tech LLC, US
11:35	Reusable Energy Absorbing Pads (REAP) D. Allaei, SWG RED LLC, US
11:42	Strathclyde Minor Grove Binders (S-MGBs) D. Findlay, Rostra Therapeutics Ltd., UK
11:49	AIIM: Advanced Infrastructure Integrity Modeling A. Bean, National Energy Technology Laboratory, US
	Review Panelist C. Owens, Lockheed Martin, US
	Review Panelist T. Reid, Northrop Grumman, US
	Review Panelist P. Staszak, Boeing, US

10:30	SBIR/STTR Agency Briefings	Maryland 1
	U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), US
	U.S. Department of Education, US
	U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), US
	Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US
	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US
	NASA, US
	National Institutes of Health (NIH), US
	NOAA, US
	National Science Foundation (NSF), US
	U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), US

12:00	Lunch Break	On own

12:30	SBIR/STTR Accounting Workshop (additional fee)	Maryland 3
	SBIR/STTR Accounting Basics E. Jameson, Jameson CPA, US

1:00	SBIR/STTR Agency Deep Dive	Maryland 1
1:00	U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), US
1:30	NASA, US
2:00	National Institutes of Health (NIH), US
2:30	National Science Foundation (NSF), US
3:00	DOD – Air Force, Army, DARPA, DHA, MDA, Navy, US

1:30	Medical Innovation Challenge II: Therapeutics & Treatments	National Harbor 11
1:30	SYN-BAC - The first selenium nanoparticle-based antimicrobial dressing for treatment of MRSA infections in skin wounds P. Gore, SynCell Biotechnology, US
1:38	Compact image-guided system for focal delivery of drugs and electric fields to the brain I. Weinberg, Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc., US
1:46	Novel 4D Printing Technique for Treatment of Neurological and Orthopedic Disorders S. Sathya, Interstellar Therapeutics, US
1:54	Novel Hydrogels to Heal Wounds Faster with Less Inflammation M. Krebs, GelSana Therapeutics, Inc., US
2:02	Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnostic and Precision Treatment J. Perusini, Neurovation Labs, Inc., US
2:10	Transformational Low Cost/Best Biocompatible/Multifunctional Ultrananocrystallile Diamond (UNCD) Coatings for New Generation Medical Implants O. Auciello, Original Biomedical Implants, US
2:18	A 3D printed scalable bioreactor for manufacturing of cells and cell derived exosome, proteins, and vaccine J. Ling, Southwest Research Institute, US
2:26	SurgiField M. Kenney, SurgiBox, Inc, US
	Review Panelist C. Gilbertz, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA), US
	Review Panelist C. Walton, SOCOM, US
	Review Panelist J. David, BryceTech, US
	Review Panelist A. Emondi, PionTier, former DARPA, US
	Review Panelist H. Meeks, DTRA RD-CXR, US
	Review Panelist C. Jackson, Foundation for Fighting Blindness, US
	Review Panelist C. Clyburn, MedForeSight, LLC, US
	Review Panelist G. Gitchel, Veterans Administration (VA), US
	Review Panelist J. Sorensen, MTEC, US
	Review Panelist M. Stebbins, CWMD & MCDC, US
	Review Panelist M. Shusterman, AFWERX, US
	Review Panelist P. Gisi, SHIC, US
	Review Panelist N. Hsu, NIH, US

1:30	Manufacturing & Materials Innovation Spotlights: AGC, Inc. and Henkel	National Harbor 10
	Session chair: Jonathan Jakischa, TechConnect Division, ATI
1:30	AGC, Inc. Innovation Y. Ariga, AGC, Inc., JP
1:45	Henkel Innovation C. Paul, Henkel, US
2:00	Accelerator B. Sullivan, Flexcon, US
2:07	Surface Polishing of Additively Manufactured Aluminum-Based Components R. Shealy, REM Surface Engineering, US
2:14	Materials Research as a Service: supercharge materials development by replacing trial and error with data J. Vieten, ExoMatter, DE
2:21	Helios™PEEK 2005 for custom, reliable aerospace tools A. Shadravan, Roboze, US
2:28	Haobotics Back Support Exoskeleton M.L. Chia, National University of Singapore, SG
2:35	Biomimetic Neuromorphic Computational Devices and Sensors S. Das, Penn State University, US
2:42	Fractionation and Profiling of Heterogeneous Circulating Tumor Cells Using a Hyperuniform-Structured Microchip H. Jones, Texas Tech University Office of Research Commercialization, US
	Review Panelist Y. Ariga, AGC, Inc., JP
	Review Panelist C. Paul, Henkel, US
	Review Panelist K. McCreight, Eastman Chemical, US
	Review Panelist R. Silveston, Sonoco, US

2:30	SBIR/STTR Phase II Workshop (additional fee)	Maryland 3
	Phase II Proposal Preparation J. Hollister, BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting, US

2:45	Medical Innovation Challenge III: Digital & Hardware	National Harbor 11
2:45	A Fetal Brain Oxygen Monitor D. Chaffee, Brimrose Technology Corporation, US
2:53	Feelix - A Connected Remote Monitoring System B. Dottin-Haley, Sonavi Labs, US
3:01	Real Time Medical Care Management Artificial Intelligence (Medical AI) S. MacLaughlin, DeLorean Artificial Intelligence, Inc., US
3:09	Prolonged Field Care Realistic Immersive Scenario Engine (PFC RISE) J. Chapman, Link to Learn, US
3:17	Remote patient monitoring for opioid use disorder treatment D. Reeser, OpiAID, Inc., US
3:25	Portable platform for mobile ELISA tests A. Pyayt, University of South Florida, US
3:33	MedPad - A Wearable Data Storage device to support transport of computable data as a patient moves J. Temkin, Pleiotek, US
	Review Panelist C. Gilbertz, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA), US
	Review Panelist C. Walton, SOCOM, US
	Review Panelist J. David, BryceTech, US
	Review Panelist A. Emondi, PionTier, former DARPA, US
	Review Panelist H. Meeks, DTRA RD-CXR, US
	Review Panelist C. Jackson, Foundation for Fighting Blindness, US
	Review Panelist C. Clyburn, MedForeSight, LLC, US
	Review Panelist G. Gitchel, Veterans Administration (VA), US
	Review Panelist J. Sorensen, MTEC, US
	Review Panelist M. Stebbins, CWMD & MCDC, US
	Review Panelist P. Gisi, SHIC, US
	Reivew Panelist N. Hsu, NIH, US
	Review Panelist M. Shusterman, AFWERX, US

3:00	Electronics, Sensors, Communications Innovation Spotlights Session: Rothwell Figg	National Harbor 10
	Session chair: Nicholas Kacsandi, TechConnect Division, ATI, US
3:00	How to Protect your Valuable IP B. Rosenbloom, Rothwell Figg, US
3:15	Memristor – Novel Nano Memory Device G. Christensen, Novum Nano, US
3:22	An Intelligent Metaoptic Design Package J. Nelson, Azimuth Corporation, US
3:29	Interoperable Situational Awareness Across Jurisdictions Globally Using Digital Communications L. Robinson, Haas Alert, US
3:36	An innovative, eco-friendly and high resolution roll to roll selective metallization S. Stremsdoerfer, Jet metal technologies, FR
3:43	McQ CONNECT(R) Global Satellite Communications Product J. McQuiddy, McQ Inc, US
3:40	Athlete Engineering Baseline Ecosystem: innovative technologies to enhance human performance T. Luczak, Mississippi State University, US
3:47	World's First Augmented Reality Contact Lens M. Colby, Tectus Corporation, US
3:54	Miniaturized Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Harsh Environment Sensor D. McIntyre, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), US
	Review Panelist B. Rosenbloom, Rothwell Figg, US
	Review Panelist J. Fanelli, U.S. Navy, US
	Review Panelist N. Archie, The Innovator-Connector™, US
	Review Panelist P. Staszak, Boeing, US
	Review Panelist S. Peiffer, International Space Station National Laboratory (ISSNL), US

4:15	Medical Innovation Challenge - Awards Presentation	National Harbor 11
	CWMD & MCDC M. Stebbins, Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC) & Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Consortium (CWMD) - ATI, US
	MTEC J. Sorensen, Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) - ATI, US

4:00	SBIR/STTR Agency Meet-and-Greet at SBIR Pavilion, Expo Hall	Expo Hall DE
	U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), US
	U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), US
	U.S. Army, US
	U.S. Navy, US
	U.S. Air Force, US
	National Institutes of Health (NIH), US
	NASA, US
	NOAA, US
	National Science Foundation (NSF), US
	Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US
	Missile Defense Agency (MDA), US
	DARPA, US
	Defense Health Agency (DHA), US
	U.S. Department of Education, US
	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US
	U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), US

4:00	TechConnect Innovation Showcase Reception (4:00 - 6:00)	Expo Hall DE
	Tuesday June 14

9:00	Joint SBIR/STTR and TechConnect Business Keynote Program	Maryland A
	Session chair: Jennifer Rocha, TechConnect Division, ATI
	TechConnect Business Program Welcome J. Rocha, TechConnect Division, ATI, US
	SBIR/STTR Welcome and Opening Remarks J. Williams, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), US

9:05	SBIR/STTR Keynote Panel: SBIR at 40 -- What's Next?	Maryland A

10:00	Coffee Break	Lobby

10:30	How to Get Started in SBIR or STTR	Maryland 1

10:30	SBIR: Conducting Your Phase I	Maryland 3

10:30	Energy Innovation Spotlight Session: Linde & ExxonMobil	National Harbor 10
	Session chair: Michael Mazzocco, Alytic, Inc., US
10:30	Linde Innovation Spotlight M. Byron, Linde, US
10:45	ExxonMobil Innovation Spotlight T. Westhoven, ExxonMobil, US
11:00	Conformable and Safe Lithium Ion Batteries with High Energy Density D. Mackanic, Anthro Energy, US
11:07	Desalination Batteries for Energy-Efficient Desalination and Selective Chloride Removal M. Lumley, ChloBis Water, Inc., US
11:14	Dry solvent free electrode and separator process M. Eskra, Eskra Technical Products, Inc, US
11:21	Safe and Sustainable Grid Flow Battery P. Sullivan, Flux XII LLC, US
11:28	Green Glycolipids for Rare Earth Metals and Uranium Extraction from Unconventional Sources C. Boxley, GlycoSurf, Inc, US
11:35	Bio-Based Solid-State Lithium-Ion Battery Technology H. Rathnayake, University of North Carolina Greensboro and Minerva Lithium, US
11:42	Self Powered Autonomous Robot for Power Line Vibration Control and Inspection A. Choi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US
11:49	High-quality perovskite films - Low-temperature formation of perovskite films using supercritical CO2 B. Ritchie, Virginia Commonwealth University, US
	Review Panelist M. Byron, Linde, US
	Review Panelist T. Westhoven, ExxonMobil, US
	Reivew Panelist D. Kirshner, Visuray, US
	Review Panelist M. Mazzocco, Alytic, Inc., US
	Review Panelist R. Roley, USINDOPACOM, US

11:20	SBIR: Inside the Head of the Evaluators	Maryland 1

11:20	Making the Most of Your Phase I and II	Maryland 3

12:00	Lunch Break	On own

1:00	SBIR: Navigating SBIR Agency Differences	Maryland 1

1:00	Commercialization Assistance Programs and Resources	Maryland 3

1:30	Advanced Materials Innovation Spotlights: Emerald Technology Ventures	National Harbor 10
	Session chair: Saeed Bagheri, University of Waterloo, CA
1:30	Emerald Technology Ventures Innovation Spotlight N. Cameron, Emerald Technology Ventures, CA
1:45	CleanMag: A novel material solution for more efficient on-board battery chargers and power converters in Evs A. Mehedi, CM Materials, Inc., US
1:52	Cottonseed Oil Polymer C. Freeman, Mississippi State University, US
1:59	Sustainable And Performance-Advantaged Plastics Made From CO2 A. Banerjee, ReSource Chemical Corp., US
2:06	NIR-II Dye for Biological Imaging and Optoelectronic Devices C. Scott, Mississippi State University, US
2:13	Binding-Induced Nanostructured Dynamic Surface Assays B. Walker, Chemeleon, Inc., US
2:20	Florisensor, usage of plant extracts for gas sensing M.T. Ma, National University of Singapore, SG
2:27	An alternative purification process to produce graphite & graphene anode powder from natural graphite K. Mugerman, Geomega Resources Inc., US
	Review Panelist N. Cameron, Emerald Technology Ventures, CA
	Review Panelist K. McCreight, Eastman Chemical, US
	Review Panelist S. Peiffer, International Space Station National Laboratory (ISSNL), US
	Review Panelist J. Rocha, TechConnect Division, ATI, US

2:45	AI, Data, Cyber, and Software Innovation Spotlights: USINDOPACOM	National Harbor 10
	Session chair: Jennifer Rocha, TechConnect Division ATI
2:45	USINDOPACOM Innovation Spotlight R. Roley, USINDOPACOM, US
3:00	ABScan C. Serino, AlphaBravo, US
3:07	Digital Twins D. Beecham, Beast Code, LLC, US
3:14	Amazon Web Services for Cybersecurity (NIST 800-171, DFARS 7012, and CMMC) J. Joseph, Atomus, US
3:21	A Wearable Computing Cluster and Platform for Multi-agent Cyberphysical Systems J. McClure, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US
3:28	Decision science Integrated Collaboration Environment (DICE) S. Griffin, Disaster Tech, US
3:35	Ostendo’s Wearable Displays to Support DoD Training, Operations, and Rapid Sustainment B. Noble, Ostendo Technologies, US
3:42	Edge based vision sensor for traffic study M. Farhadi, ARGOS Vision, US
3:49	Emerging Technology Identification S. Hughes, CHN Analytics, US
3:56	Family Resilience and Community Platform J. Risner, Family Proud, Inc, US
4:03	Huna - Automated Information Retrieval M. Mossman, Pueo Business Solutions LLC, US
4:10	OmniTap: Universal Capture and Translation of ICS Communication K. Mecham, Idaho National Laboratory, US
	Review Panelist J. Rocha, TechConnect Division, ATI, US
	Reivew Panelist J. Fanelli, U.S. Navy, US
	Review Panelist R. Roley, USINDOPACOM, US

2:00	SBIR: How to Find Support Organizations	Maryland 1

2:00	Transitioning from Phase II to Phase III	Maryland 3

3:00	Partnering and Free Resources	Maryland 1

3:00	SBIR: Working With Defense Primes	Maryland 3

4:15	Biotech & Medical Innovation Spotlights I	National Harbor 10
	Session chair: Conrad Clyburn, MedForeSight, LLC
4:15	Development of the haloanilide, ELP-004 to prevent arthritis-induced bone erosion by inhibiting osteoclast differentiation J. Barnett, ExesaLibero Pharma, US
4:22	Automated Emotional Distress Severity Classification for Children and Adolescents Using Speech Emotion Recognition and AI Y. Alemu, TQIntelligence, Inc., US
4:29	Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Therapeutics Targeting S1P-Metabolizing Enzymes A. Blumhagen, University of Missouri, US
4:35	SimX Virtual Reality Medical Simulation System F. Arashi, SimX, US
4:42	Eugris - One-Hour Antibiotics Sensitivity Testing M. Al-Adhami, Astek Diagnostics Inc., US
4:49	Non-invasive cardiac pressure sensor and delivery system (SWIFT) K. Kale, AVENTUSOFT LLC, US
4:56	Bioabsorbable Foam for Large-Defect Wound Care J. Rokita, Penn State University, US
5:03	Infection and Inflammation Detection Microdevice H. Jones, Texas Tech University Office of Research Commercialization, US
5:10	Rapid identification of Coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2 and detection of its mutations. L. Foster, Z Field Technologies LLC, US
	Review Panelist C. Clyburn, MedForeSight, LLC, US
	Review Panelist N. Archie, The Innovator-Connector™, US
	Review Panelist S. Peiffer, International Space Station National Laboratory (ISSNL), US
	Review Panelist M. Stebbins, CWMD & MCDC, US
	Review Panelist I. Goldberg, National Institutes of Health (NIH), US

4:00	SBIR/STTR Agency Meet-and-Greet at SBIR Pavilion, Expo Hall	Expo Hall DE
	U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), US
	U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), US
	U.S. Army, US
	U.S. Navy, US
	U.S. Air Force, US
	National Institutes of Health (NIH), US
	NASA, US
	National Science Foundation (NSF), US
	Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US
	Missile Defense Agency (MDA), US
	DARPA, US
	Defense Health Agency (DHA), US
	U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), US
	U.S. Department of Education, US
	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US

4:00	TechConnect Expo & Networking Reception (4:00 - 6:00) - Poster Session	Expo Hall DE
	Wednesday June 15

9:00	Biotech & Medical Innovation Spotlights II	National Harbor 10
	Session chair: Saeed Bagheri, University of Waterloo, CA
9:00	Innovative Zeolite Nanostructure for Antimicrobial, Adsorption and Separation B. Wang, ZeoVation, Inc., US
9:07	Use of TMEM219 agonists for the treatment of cancer, metabolic syndrome, obstructive respiratory disorders and related diseases Y. Oh, Virginia Commonwealth University, US
9:14	Wireless Sensing Medical Sutures For Post-Surgery Monitoring C. Bo Duan, National University of Singapore, SG
9:21	Brain modeling as a service R. Kraft, BrainSim Technologies Inc., US
9:28	VestAid: Augmenting Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy P. Hovareshti, Intelligent Automation, A BlueHalo Company, US
9:35	Omni-Cool-Breath: A Smart Air-Conditioned Mask G. Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK
9:42	Regulation of assembly status and activity of the proteasome as a non-toxic way to mitigate military relevant muscle atrophy M. Gaczynska, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, US
	Review Panelist J. David, BryceTech, US
	Review Panelist T. Webster, Interstellar Therapeutics, US

10:00	TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Wellspring	National Harbor 10
	Session chair: Jonathan Jakischa, TechConnect Division, ATI, US
10:00	Beyond the Usual Suspects: An Ecosystem Approach to Tech Scouting C. Townsend, Wellspring, US
10:15	Cirrus PolyShield™: Novel Surface-initiated Polymer Protection C. Goode, Cirrus Materials Science Ltd., US
10:22	The AireLevate M. Loong, NUS, SG
10:29	ZTACH® ACE Z-Axis Pressure-less Anisotropic Conductive Epoxy for Flexible Circuitry and Semiconductor Packaging M. Stemmermann, SunRay Scientific, US
10:36	Multifaceted Robotic Gripping Solutions M.L. Chia, NUS, SG
10:43	P-Cert Enterprise Crypto Discovery and Management L. Alexander, Data-Warehouse GmbH, DE
10:50	Moisture-absorbing and sweat-releasing multilayer polylactic acid (PLA) fabric and manufacturing technology H. Hu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK
10:57	Robust Isolation for Vibration Abating (RIVA) D. Allaei, Shock Tech, US
	Review Panelist C. Townsend, Wellspring, US
	Review Panelist J. Jakischa, TechConnect Division, ATI, US
	Review Panelist E. Polyakova, Graphene Laboratories, Inc., US
	Review Panelist A. Norman, Modern Meadow, US

12:30	Rare Earths Roadmapping - Consortium for Rare Earth Technologies (CREaTe)	National Harbor 13

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2022 TechConnect Innovation Business Program

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Monday June 13

Tuesday June 14

Wednesday June 15

Program

Monday June 13

Tuesday June 14

Wednesday June 15

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