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SWIFT Tour Agenda
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SBIR SWIFT Tour Agenda

September 11th, 12th, & 13th, 2006
GranTree Inn & Holiday Inn - Bozeman, Montana





September 11th

8:00 - 9:00a.m.               Registration for Pre-Conference ($25.00)

9:00 - 10:30a.m.            The STTR Funding Opportunity
                                           Speaker: John Balsam of New Horizon Technologies

10:45 - 3:30 p.m.           Government Accounting for Small Businesses
                                           Speaker: Shelly Davis of National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)

12:30 - 1:00 p.m.            Box Lunch

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.              Intellectual Property Made Understandable
                                            Speaker: Marti Elder of Marti Elder Inc.

6:00 - 9:00p.m.               Evening Reception




September 12th

7:00 - 8:00a.m.             Registration & Continental Breakfast ($45.00)

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.             Keynote Speaker
                                            David Gibson, Associate Commissioner for Research, Technology, and Communications                                           

8:30 - 9:00a.m.              SBIR/STTR Overview
                                            Joanne Goodnight - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

9:00a.m. - noon           One-on-One Meetings
                                             NSF, NASA, DOT, NIH, DOE, DARPA, DTRA, Navy, DHS, Air Force

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.            Steve Guilfoos - Air Force

9:15- 9:30 a.m.             Terry Payne, P.E. - Department of Energy

9:30 - 9:45 a.m.            Cathy Nodgaard - Navy

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.          Elissa Sobolewski - Department of Homeland Security (DHS/HSARPA)

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.        Dr. Juan Figueroa - National Science Foundation (NSF)

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.        Larry Pollack - Chemical & Biochemical Defense (CBD)

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.        Break

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.        Jim Chern - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.        Joe Henebury - Department of Transportation (DOT)

11:15 - 11:30 a.m.        Connie Jacobs - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

11:30 - 11:45 a.m.        JoAnne Goodnight - National Institute of Health (NIH)


                                    
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.          Lunch

1:15 - 2:45 p.m.            Presentations by Representative from Major Prime Contractors
                                    
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.            SBIR Data Rights
                                           Speaker: David Metzger  partner at Holland & Knight Law Firm
                                           Panel Members: Marti Elder of Marti Elder Inc.
                                                                          Paul "Gomez" Ruthier, formerly senior contracting director for the 
                                                                          Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.             Effective SBIR Proposal Writing
                                           Speaker: Dr. Mitchell K. Hobish of Sciential Consulting




September 13th, 2006 

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.         Registration ($65.00)                                                                                                   


8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.         Phase II Proposal Writing Workshop
                                                 Speakers: Jim & Gail Greenwood of Greenwood Consulting Group



*To view a description of each individual workshop,  presenter's biographies or to register for this event please click on the links provided below.


 
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