JUNE 9-11, 2025 | AUSTIN, TX
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  2024 Program  


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Monday June 17

7:00Registration
8:30TechConnect World Innovation Conference - Plenary Keynotes
10:00Coffee Break
10:00CHIPS Workforce Development and Student Leaders Conference Internal Welcome and Networking (SLC Participants Only)
10:30Needs of the Fusion Industry
10:30Composite Materials 1
10:30Nanoparticles
10:30Carbon Nanostructures & Applications
10:30Pathways of Innovation for Critical Minerals
10:30Biofuels & Bioremediation
10:30Fuel Cell Developments
10:30SPMConnect: Novel uses of Cantilever Dynamics
10:30Energy Storage Keynotes: Toward Commercialization
10:30Sustainable Polymers
10:30Industrial Water Supply
10:30Space Based Manufacturing Value Proposition
10:30CHIPS Workforce Development Program: Tutorial on the Semiconductor Industry
10:30TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: AI, Data, Cyber, Software I
10:30US EPA People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Student Design Competition
10:30TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Medical Devices & Materials
10:30SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: SBIR 101
11:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: Agency Reverse Pitches
11:30TechConnect Innovation Spotlights II: AI, Data, Cyber, Software
12:00Lunch Break
12:00TechConnect World, SBIR/STTR Pavilion, and EPA P3 Exhibit Hall Opens
12:00TechConnect Business Team Meet & Greet - Booth 501
12:00EPA P3 National Student Design Competition Showcase
1:00Space Enabled Biological Products
1:30Views from Suppliers I
1:30CHIPS Workforce Development Program: Career Panel for Community College/Technical College Students and Educators
1:30Medical Device Innovations
1:30Micro & Bio Fluidics, Lab-on-Chip
1:30Membranes & Transport
1:30Composite Materials 2
1:30Securing Robust Critical Mineral Supplies
1:30Protein & Lignocellulosic Materials
1:30Quantum Information Sciences & Technologies
1:30Hydrogen Production & Industrial Uses
1:30SPMConnect: Electrical Modes I (Electrostatics & Conductive)
1:30Synthesis of MXene & Applications
1:30Emerging Batteries 1
1:30Advanced Manufacturing of Materials
1:30Technologies to Address Emerging Challenges in Water Circularity
2:30CHIPS Workforce Development Program: Career Panel for Four Year Undergraduates/Graduate Students and Educators
2:30Space Enabled Materials & Hardware Products
2:30Graphene Devices & Flexible Wearable Electronics
3:00Coatings & Surfaces
3:30AI-Accelerated Materials Design and Deployment Town Hall - Materials Genome Initiative (MGI)
3:30CHIPS Workforce Development Program: Registered Apprenticeships
3:30SPMConnect: Panel Discussion - SPM for Semiconductors
1:30TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Electronics, Sensors, Communications
1:30TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Space, Defense, Mobility
1:30Counter WMD Innovation Challenge - Sponsored by CWMD
1:30SBIR: Inside the Head of an Evaluator
1:30SBIR: Navigating Agency Differences
2:45Federal Lab Technology Transfer (FLC 101)
2:45TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Electronics, Sensors, Communications
2:30SBIR: Finding Help and Support
2:30SBIR: Get to Know NSF SBIR
3:30SBIR: Spotlight NIH SBIR
3:30SBIR: Executing My Award
3:30Emerging Batteries 2
4:00TechConnect Innovation Showcase Reception, Poster Session I (4:00 - 6:00)
4:00TechConnect Business Team Meet & Greet - Booth 501
4:00EPA P3 National Student Design Competition Showcase Reception
4:00SBIR/STTR Pavilion Reception
4:00TechConnect Corporate Partner Speed Dating
4:00Coatings & Surfaces - Posters
4:00Composite Materials - Posters
4:00Nanoparticles - Posters
4:00Carbon Nanostructures - Posters
4:00Drug Delivery - Posters
4:00Bio-Based Materials - Posters
4:00Fuel Cell - Posters
4:00Energy Storage - Posters
4:00Photonics - Posters
4:00Graphene - Posters
4:00Polymers - Posters
4:00Advanced Manufacturing - Posters
4:00Industrial Water - Posters
4:00Biomaterials & Medical Devices - Posters
4:00Material Characterization & Imaging - Posters
4:00Printed & Flexible Electronics - Posters
4:00Sustainable Nanotech - Posters

Tuesday June 18

7:00Registration
8:00TechConnect Keynote Program
10:00EPA P3 Meeting (by invitation only)
9:00Coffee Break
9:00CHIPS R&D - SmartFab
9:15Perspectives on Fusion Supply Chain Challenges
9:15Physical & Chemical Sensors
9:15Advances in Critical Mineral Separations
9:15Molecular Engineering & Nanoparticle Design for Drug Delivery II
9:00SPMConnect: Advances FluidFM
9:15Graphene and 2D materials for Energy and other Emerging Applications
9:15Energy Storage: Validation, Sustainable Manufacturing, and Emerging Applications
9:15Precision Health & Diagnostics
9:15Advanced Manufacturing Innovation
9:15Space Based Product Development & Experimentation Platforms
10:00Environmentally Sustainable Critical Mineral Solutions
10:30Impact in Advanced Manufacturing for LEO - Panel
10:30CHIPS R&D - Metrology
11:00SPMConnect: Dynamic Processes at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
11:00Energy Storage: LDES Policy, Valuation, and Use Cases
11:15Revolutionizing Industry with Space Manufacturing
9:15TechConnect Corporate & Innovation Spotlights: Koch Modular and Materials, Chemical
9:15TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Energy & Efficiency
9:15SBIR: Spotlight on DOE
9:15SBIR: DoD Success Stories
10:30TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Materials, Chemical
10:30TechConnect DOD & Innovation Spotlights: USINDOPACOM and Energy & Efficiency
10:15SBIR: NSF Project Pitch Process
10:15SBIR: DoD Evaluator and TPOC Panel
11:15SBIR: Commercialization
11:15SBIR: Phase III
11:30TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Energy, Efficiency, Environmental
11:30TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Biotech, Pharma, Health
12:00Lunch Break
12:00TechConnect World, SBIR/STTR Pavilion, and EPA P3 Exhibit Hall Opens
12:00TechConnect Business Team Meet & Greet - Booth 501
12:00EPA P3 National Student Design Competition Showcase
12:00CHIPS Workforce Development Program Career Awareness Fair (12:00 - 6:00)
1:00Rare Earths: The Future of Magnet Technologies
1:00Space Based Manufacturing Systems & Technologies
1:30AI Modeling & Simulation
1:30Confronting the Fusion Supply Chain Challenges: A Path Forward
1:30Medical Devices & Tissue Engineering
1:30Sensors: Bio-Medical Applications
1:30Energy Innovations
1:30Biorefining & Biomanufacturing 1
1:30SPM Nanomechanics
1:30Electrical and Optical Properties of Graphene & 2D Materials
1:30Structural Additive Manufacturing
2:30Fabrication Processes for Space
3:00Rare Earths Panel: How Critical are Minerals to our Energy Security?
3:00Sophisticated Additive Manufacturing
3:30SPM Cantilevers
3:45Panel Discussion - SPM Cantilevers
1:30DoD - Critical Technologies and SBIR
2:30SBIR: Working with Defense Primes
2:00MOSA Innovation Challenge
1:30Medical Threat Reduction Challenge - Sponsored by MCDC
1:30Accelerating Innovation: Policy Engagements & TechConnect Innovation Pitches
1:30Defense Business Accelerator (DBX) - Innovation Collider
12:30SBA ESO Meeting (Private)
3:00MOSA Innovation Challenge and Awards Ceremony
4:00TechConnect Innovation Showcase Reception, Poster Session 2 (4:00 - 6:00)
4:00TechConnect Business Team Meet & Greet - Booth 501
4:00EPA P3 National Student Design Competition Showcase Reception
4:00SBIR/STTR Pavilion Reception
4:00Biorefining & Biomanufacturing - Posters
4:00Sustainability & Efficiency - Posters
4:00Rare Earths & Critical Minerals - Posters
4:00AI Innovations - Posters
4:00Advanced Materials for Engineering Applications - Posters
4:00Precision Health & Diagnostics - Posters
4:00AI Modeling & Simulation - Posters
4:00Tissue Engineering - Posters
4:00CHIPS R&D - Posters
4:00Advanced Manufacturing in Space - Posters
4:00Student Leaders Poster Session

Wednesday June 19

8:00Registration
8:30SBIR/STTR Innovator Training Workshop (Additional Registration Required)
8:30DOD Cybersecurity Compliance for Contractors (Additional Registration Required)
9:00Views from Suppliers II
9:00Tissue Engineering & Infection Control
9:00Sustainability Innovations
9:00Biorefining & Biomanufacturing 2
9:00AI Innovations
9:00Advanced Materials for Engineering Applications
9:00SPMConnect: Chemical Spectroscopy
9:00Novel Additive Manufacturing
9:00InSpace Infrastructure Fabrication
9:00XR for Semiconductor Workforce Development and Training
9:00TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: AI, Data, Cyber, Defense
10:00Scanning Probe Microscopy of 2D Materials
10:15TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Biotech, Pharma, Health
11:00CHIPS Workforce Development Symposium and Student Leaders Conference Closing Remarks and Summary Discussion (SLC Participants Only)
12:00Lunch Break
1:30SPMConnect: SPM of Cells, Biomolecules & Biomaterials
3:00SPMConnect: Electrical modes II (Electromechanics)
 

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