SBIR Week
IN THE MIDWEST
Nebraska
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Missouri
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Illinois
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Indiana
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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Introduction, U.S. Small Business Administration
John Williams, Director of Innovation and Technology for the Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) within SBA
Brittany Sickler, Senior Innovation Policy Advisor, OII, SBA
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Getting Started with SBIR/STTR
Moderator: Jennifer Shieh, Chief Scientist and Senior Technology Policy Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Anna Brady-Estevez, SBIR/SBIR Program Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
Edward Metz, ED/IES SBIR Program Manager, U.S. Department of Education (DoED)
Jennifer Thabet, Program Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Inside the Head of an Evaluator: Common Mistakes
Moderator: Elden Hawkes, Partnership and Innovation Specialist – SBIR/STTR, OII (SBA)
Rachael Sack, Division Chief, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
Henry Ahn, SBIR/STTR Program Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
Christopher O’Gwin, Outreach and Assistance Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Success in Phase I - Moving to Phase II and Beyond
Moderator: Erick Page-Littleford, Senior Technology Policy Advisor, OII (SBA)
Robert Vinson, Program Manager, SBIR, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Gynelle Steele, Deputy Program Executive for SBIR and STTR Programs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Richard McNamara, SBIR/STTR Transition Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Navy
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Presenter: Damian Porcari, Director of the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC)
Presenter: Sabra Tomb, Attorney-Advisor, Air Force Research Laboratory
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