Defense & Energy

Advanced Defense Technologies (ADT) Clusters: Supporting the 

Warfighter Becky Aistrup, Minnesota Office of Science and Technology 

(Moderator); Ray Friesenhahn, DOD TechLink; Lou Kelly, San Diego 

Advanced Defense Technologies Cluster - C4ISR; Chip Laingen, Executive 

Director, Defense Alliance

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SUBJECT 

TO CHANGE 2011 NATIONAL 

SBIR/STTR SPRING CONFERENCE

Monday, April 11, 2011

Welcome & Program/Logistics Overview 

Rolls and coffee

Registration and Information Desk open

Overview of the SBIR/STTR Programs Charles W. Wessner, PhD; Director, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship; The National Academies

Title TBA Roger Beachy, NIFA Director, USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture

LUNCH Paul Jadin, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Commerce 

SBIR 2.0 Ahson Wardak, Senior Advisor, US Small Business Administration

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SBIR Program Intros Part 2: DOE, DHS, HHS-NIH, NASA, NSF

Lakefront Rooftop Reception Kevin Reilly, PhD, President, University of Wisconsin System

SBIR Program Intros Part 1: DOC-NOAA, DOC-NIST, DOD, DOT, EPA, USDA

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7:45 – 8:15 a.m.

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

7:00 a.m.

8:15 – 9:00 a.m.

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.

10:45 - 12:30 p.m.

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

3:15 - 4:45 p.m.

Extended Program Overviews #1

Extended Program Overviews #3

Extended Program Overviews #2

Extended Program Overviews #4

DOC-NOAA, DOC-NIST, DOT, EPA, USDA

HHS-NIH, NSF

DOD: Air Force, Army, CBD, DARPA, MDA, Navy, SOCOM

DOE, DHS, NASA

Exhibits 8: 00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Poster Session3:00 - 5:00 p.m.One-on-One Meetings10:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Poster Set-up7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Defense Health

Full Breakfast Buffet

Registration and Information Desk open

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

7:00 a.m.

5:00 - 9:00 p.m. Reception at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (tour and talks available)

Advancing Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships Sandy Miller, Director of Advancing Innovation, Kauffman Foundation

LUNCH Legislative update on the status of the SBIR/STTR program Jere Glover, Executive Director, Small Business Technology Council; Rick Shindell, Zyn Systems

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Early Stage Innovation Financing Sean Greene, Associate Administrator for Investment and Sr Advisor for Innovation, US Small Business Administration

Shuttles to Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

11:30 - 12:30 p.m. Defense & IT

SBIR Data Rights and Phase III 

Procurements Fred Patterson, The 

SBIR Coach (Moderator); David 

Metzger, Arnold & Porter LLP

From Physiology to Public Health: Positive Clinical Outcomes with 

SBIR Funding Successfully drawing upon SBIR to commercialize Keith 

Lurie, MD, Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc.

Defense Energy

Agriculture

Agriculture

General Audience Topic SBIR Skills Workshops

SBIR Skills Workshops

Manufacturing SBIR Skills Workshops

Transitioning from SBIR Phase I/II to 

Commercialization Lisa Kurek, BBCetc 

(Moderator); Richard Flake, DOD-CPP; 

Thomas Guezlow III, JEH Services; 

Joeseph Misanin, DOD, Office of Small 

Business Programs, Deputy Director 

/ Program Operations; Jenny Servo, 

PhD, Dawnbreaker

Clean Energy Innovations Gary 

Archamboult, PhD, Dakota State 

University (Moderator), Justin 

Kaster, North Central Regional 

Director, Clean Tech Open

Food System Protection: Emerging 

Threats and Research Needs Shaun 

Kennedy, Director, National Center 

for Food Protection and Defense 

(NCFPD) Department of Homeland 

Security Center of Excellence

Animal Health: Current & 

Emerging Research & Technology 

Issues and Potential Business 

Opportunities Kurt Zuelke, DM, 

PhD, Director USDA ARS National 

Animal Disease Center

Market Research and 

Commercialization Plans Phyl 

Speser, CEO, Foresight Science & 

Technology

Expense Tracking and SBIR/STTR 

Accounting Ralph Kauten, Chairman, 

CEO, Quintessence Biosciences 

(Moderator); Wanda Bird, Small 

Business Consultant, Smith & 

Gesteland; Ed Jameson, Managing 

Partner, Jameson & Company, LLC

Leveraging Innovation: How 

to Partner with a Product 

Development Firm Dave 

Franchino, President and 

Principal, Design Concepts 

NIH, NSF and DOD Award Winners’ Experiences From Beginning to End 

Gregory Milman, PhD, Director of the Office of Innovations and Special 

Programs, NIH

Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership (MEP) supports 

commercialization: building 

manufacturing capability, 

partnering with manufacturers, 

market intelligence Clara Asmail, 

Sr Technical Advisor, NIST MEP

Exhibits 8: 00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

One-on-One Meetings 7: 00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Sunday, April 10

SBIR / STTR 101

Optional Local Tours

Welcome to Wisconsin Hospitality Reception casual, cash bar, light appetizers

2:30 - 7:00 p.m. Registration and Information Desk Open

2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Poster Set-up

1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Licensing and Commercialization Bootcamp

9:00 a.m. - Noon

3:00-varies

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Pre-Conference Sessions 

(additional registration fee applies)

Shuttles will run between hotels, 

conference venue and offsite 

events 4/10 – 4/13

Energy & Agriculture

Glance

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Cybersecurity: A Growing Challenge for US National Security Kris 

Johansen, PhD, Iowa State University (Moderator); Mark Brown, CEO, Red 

Phone Security; Steve Brueckner, Architecture Technology Corp; Doron 

Grinstein, CEO & Co-Founder, BiTKOO; Brian Isle, CEO, Adventium Labs

Advanced Biofuels from Agricultural Processing Waste Alex Reyter, 

CEO, Caseus Energy Co; Martha Schlicher, PhD, Bioenergy Technology 

Lead, Monsanto

Noon -5:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-up

SBIR Skills Workshops

Phases and Business Models to 

Successful Commercialization 

Russ Farmer, President, CEO and 

Founder, PBC Inc.
Partnering with National Labs and 

Universities: Tips & Tricks for Improving 

Your Odds of Winning Robin Conger, 

Program Mgr, Pacific NW National Lab; 

Duncan Hitchens, Program Mgr, Lynntech; 

Robert McClain, AVP Technology Transfer 

and Commercialization, University of 

North Texas; Dennis Malecek, President, 

Dynatronix Corp

PROGRAM 

SUBJECT 

TO CHANGE 2011 NATIONAL 

SBIR/STTR SPRING CONFERENCE

Full Breakfast Buffet

Registration and Information Desk open (close at 2:00 PM) 

Luggage storage available

BioFuels Showcase: Taking Patented Federal Lab Technology to Market

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

7:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Defense

Big Wave Surfing: Extreme Technology 

Development, Management, Marketing 

and Investing Pat Dillon, Wisconsin 

Entrepreneurs’ Network (Moderator); Ken 

Thurber, PhD, CEO, Architecture Technology 

Corporation 

Legislative goals for the SBIR/STTR programs

BOX LUNCH Small Business Administration Panel  Eric Ness, SBA WI District Director (Introduction); Marianne Markowitz, SBA Region V Administrator 

(Moderator); Edsel Brown, SBA Office of Technology, SBIR/STTR; Winslow Sargeant, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA

Closing Remarks

Tour Forest Product Labs

BREAK

8:00 - 9:30 a.m.

9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Noon - 1:30 p.m.

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

11:00 - Noon

1:30 - 2:00 p.m.

2:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Agriculture

Defense Energy Agriculture

Energy

Health

How to Work with National Labs Renee 

Wagner, Technology Transfer Coordinator, 

ARS, USDA

Driving Clean Energy Commercialization: 

Leveraging the Department of Energy 

Phase III Xlerator Program Barbara Stoller, 

Director, SBIR Resource Center, Technology 

Ventures Corporation (Moderator), Charles 

Russomanno, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. 

Jim Stike, President, Materials Innovation 

Technologies 

Unmanned Systems Eric Veidel, UND 

Center for Innovation (Moderator); Mike 

Corcoran, Intelligence, Surveillance and 

Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems Program 

Manager, Ulteig Engineering;Scott 

Fletcher, COO, Aviation and UAS, Northland 

Community and Technical College; Delore 

Zimmerman PhD, Co-Founder, President & 

CEO, Praxis Strategy Group

Commercializing Biomedical 

Products and Services Rohit 

Shukla, CEO, Larta Institute

Exhibits 8: 00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

One-on-One Meetings 

7: 00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Thursday, April 14, 2011

Post-Conference Session

(additional registration fee applies)

Post-Conference Tour 

(additional registration fee applies)

2:00 p.m. Shuttles depart for Forest Products Lab

Evolution of SBIR Ag Technologies 

into a Regional Bio-Ag Initiative 

Marty Gustafson, Orbital Technologies 

Corporation; Michael Gay, BioAg Gateway, 

Frank Stanizewski, BioAg Gateway

Glance

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