SBIR Week
IN THE SOUTH
Mississippi
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Texas
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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Introduction, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Brittany Sickler, Senior Innovation Policy Advisor, Office of Investment and Innovation (OII), SBA
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Getting Started with SBIR/STTR
Moderator: Jennifer Shieh, Chief Scientist and Program Manager, OII, SBA
Gynelle Steele, Deputy Program Executive for SBIR and STTR Programs, NASA
Christopher O’Gwin, Outreach and Assistance Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Nicole Fox, SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator, U.S. Army
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
Christina “Tina” Barnhill, Acting SBIR/STTR Operations Manager, Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
Ben Schrag, Senior Program Director for SBIR/STTR, National Science Foundation (NSF)
Dusty Lang, SBIR Management and Program Analyst, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Franco Salvoza, USPTO – Texas Regional Office
Hector Leal, USPTO – Texas Regional Office
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC)
David Kistin, Program Leader, Small Business Vouchers Pilot at Sandia National Laboratories
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