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DAY 1 — Tuesday June 11, 2019 location: Plaza Ballroom

7:30 am — 8:30 am
Breakfast & Registration
8:30 am — 8:40 am
Introductory Remarks (755 KB)
Claudia Cantoni — DOE, SBIR/STTR Programs
8:40 am — 9:05 am
Overview of the DOE SBIR/STTR Programs (577 KB)
Manny Oliver — Director, DOE, SBIR/STTR Programs
9:05am — 9:30 am
Considerations on Phase II Application and Commercialization Outcomes (1.72 MB)
Claudia Cantoni — DOE, SBIR/STTR Programs
9:30 am — 10:00 am
SBIR/STTR Program in the Office of Nuclear Physics (2.28 MB)
Michelle Shinn — DOE, Nuclear Physics
10:00 am — 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am — 10:55 am
Proper Administration of DOE SBIR/STTR Grants (893 KB)
Mark Sojka — DOE, Chicago Office
10:55 am — 11:20 am
Preventing Fraud in the SBIR/STTR Programs (386 KB)
Scott Davis — Office of Inspector General (OIG)
11:20 am — 11:45 am
Patent Basics Overview (1.28 MB)
Daniel Kolker — United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
11:45 am — 12:10 pm
Patent and Data Rights and Responsibilities under SBIR/STTR Awards (533 KB)
Mike Dobbs — DOE, Chicago Office
12:10 pm — 1:15 pm
Lunch & Network
1:15 pm — 1:50 pm
Leveraging SBIR to Attract Private Investments
Panelists:
Alex Andrianopoulos — Chief R&D Officer, Kairos Ventures Investments
Henry Kapteyn — CTO, KMLabs: Commercializing quantum technologies: (the long road to) bringing coherent x-ray sources to commercial relevance (1.79 MB)

Moderator:
Manny Oliver — Director, DOE, SBIR/STTR Programs.
1:50 pm — 2:30 pm
Early Stage Funding: Capital Expectations (1.11 MB)
Roger London — CEO, Corporate Links
2:30 pm — 3:20 pm
Connecting Deep Tech Companies with Investors
Panelists:
Swati Chaturvedi — CEO, Propel(X)
Lars Johansson — Manager, E8 Fund & Board member, E8 Angels
Roger London — CEO, Corporate Links

Moderator:
David Berokoff — Director of Energy Practice, Larta Inc.
3:20 pm — 3:45 pm
Coffee Break
3:45 pm — 4:35 pm
Navigating the Tech to Market Roadmap (1.83 MB)
Panelists:
Rohit Shukla — CEO, Larta Inc.
Diane Hickey-Davis — Larta Principal Advisor
Meghali Chopra — CEO, Sandbox Semiconductor

Moderator:
David Berokoff — Director of Energy Practice, Larta Inc.
4:35 pm — 5:00 pm
Addressing HR Challenges for Small Businesses (831 KB)
Joey Price — Founder, Jumpstart:HR
5:00pm — 5:30 pm
Post-Session Networking
Meeting space will be available until 5:30 PM.
5:30 pm
Adjourn and dinner on your own

DAY 2 — Wednesday June 12, 2019 location: multiple breakout rooms

Day 2 will consist of DOE 1:1 meetings and the opportunity to network with other agencies. See the agendas for both events below

DOE 1:1 MEETINGS AGENDA

7:30 am- 8:30 am

Breakfast & Registration:  Foyer and Regency
  Plaza I & II Roosevelt & Madison Randolph
8:30 am - 12:00 pm DOE Program Manager Meetings
See the schedule posted on the website under the tab “PM Meetings” to find your room/table, or ask at the Registration Desk.
Larta Meetings
Meet with your assigned Larta representative to discuss CAP options. Schedule these meetings online using the "Larta (CAP)" tab.
SBIR/STTR Programs Staff Meetings
Come to ask any questions you have about the SBIR/STTR Programs. Schedule these meetings online, using the "SBIR/STTR Meetings" tab. See below for a list of attending DOE SBIR/STTR Program Managers.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch & Networking:  Foyer and Regency
1:00 pm - 5:40 pm DOE Program Manager Meetings Larta Meetings SBIR/STTR Programs Staff Meetings

DOE SBIR/STTR Program Staff Available for Meetings:

Manny Oliver Director
Claudia Cantoni Commercialization & Outcomes Program Manager
Carl Hebron Operations Program Manager
Mike Dobbs DOE Deputy Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property
Mark Sojka DOE Contracting Officer Team Leader
Emiela Bradford DOE Contracting Officer Team Leader

NETWORKING AGENDALocation: Regency

7:30 - 8:30 am

Breakfast & Registration:  Foyer and Regency
  Speaker(s) Agency Program Program Info
8:30 am - 8:40 am Jason Derleth & Damian Taylor NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Strategic planning & integration (1.50 MB).
8:40 am - 8:50 am Stephen Horan NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Communications, computing, sensors & instruments (338 KB).
8:50 am - 9:00 am Mark Flohr & Brent Diefenbach DOD Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) R&D for countering Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) and improvised threats (5.49 MB).
9:00 am - 9:10 am Larry Pollack DOD Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JSTO-CBD) Chemical and biological detection for point and stand-off capabilities; individual and collective protection; hazard mitigation; information management; medical pre-treatments; medical diagnostics and disease surveillance; medical therapeutics (12.61 MB).
9:10 am - 9:20 am Anthony Aldrich DOD U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) All Special Operations Forces, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (SOF AT&L) funded activities.
9:20 am - 9:30 am Marissa Giles DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (DHS CWMD) Development of capabilities to counter attempts by terrorists or other threat actors to carry out an attack against the United States or its interests using a WMD (includes chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) (1.12 MB).
9:30 am - 9:40 am Matt Portnoy NIH National Institutes of Health SBIR/STTR Program Office All NIH SBIR/STTR funded activities (1.14 MB).
9:40 am - 9:50 am John Williams SBA Office of Investment and Innovation Director of Innovation and Technology.
9:50 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break/Open Networking: Foyer and Regency
Networking Meetings Location: Plaza III

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

15-min-long 1-on-1 Networking Meetings with the above listed managers and other professionals. Sign up online using the tab “Networking Meetings”. See list of attending professionals below.

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch Break/Open Networking: Foyer and Regency

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Continue 1-on-1 Networking Meetings

List of Networking Event seated professionals:

Manager(s) Federal Agency
Jason Derleth & Damian Taylor NASA
Stephen Horan NASA
Mark Flohr & Brent Diefenbach DOD
Larry Pollack DOD
Anthony Aldrich DOD
Marissa Giles DHS
Matt Portnoy NIH
Nagesh Rao SBA
Professional Company
Alex Andrianopoulos Kairos Ventures
Roger London Corporate Links
Swati Chaturvedi Propel(X)