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FRONTIERS OF TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
MID-ATLANTIC REGION ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER 15-17
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SEPTEMBER 15
1:00 Welcome and
introduction to training
session,
Mr. John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovation
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters and FLC MAR
Coordinator
1:15-2:15
Aspects of Technology
Transfer
(11.5 MB),
Mrs.
Lorraine Flanders,
Naval Surface Warfare
Centre, Dahlgren Division
and FLC MAR Deputy
Coordinator
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How to work with
researchers to explore &
protect research with
commercial potential
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How to educate/market to
management to attain &
sustain investment in
tech transfer
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Incentives to focus on
technology transfer as
part of responsibilities
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Outreach
2:15-3:00
Partnership
Intermediaries:
What They Do and
How They are Formed
(18.7 MB) Dr.
Richard
Brenner,
Assistant Administrator of
ARS for Technology Transfer,
USDA
Tedco as a Fed Lab
Partner
(250KB)
Mr.
James A. Poulos, III,
Vice President, Technology
Transfer and
Commercialization,
Maryland Technology Economic
Development Corporation (TEDCO)
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Role that TEDCO and
other intermediaries
play in several federal
agencies
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Potential role that
partnership
intermediaries can play
to foster technology
links that are
geographically separate
from each other (lab to
company) but closely
aligned in areas of
technology interest
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Patterns of
collaboration: lab vs.
technology as driving
thrust for collaboration
exploration by
partnership
intermediaries
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Spin-in vs. spin-out;
how internalizing or
transferring out
technology may require
different approaches and
how partnership
intermediaries can help
in each case.
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:30 Breakout
Groups: 2 breakout
groups.
Focus for
both groups: what unique
experiences, through
training and/or on the job,
stand out as advancing an
understanding of technology
development/technology
transfer
·
Negotiating Tactics
Mojdeh Bahar,
J.D., MA, CLP, Chief, Cancer
Branch , NIH Office of
Technology Transfer and FLC
MAR Coordinator-Elect
3-D Negotiation: Playing
the Whole Game
(PDF 1.6
MB)
Negotiation Workshop
(PDF 12 KB)
References
(PDF 16KB)
Steven M. Ferguson,
M.S., M.B.A. CLP, Deputy
Director, Licensing and
Entrepreneurship, OTT, NIH
· Customer
Service/Interaction with
Agency/Lab Scientists
(2 MB),
Dr.
Thomas Stackhouse,
Assistant Director,
Technology Transfer Center,
National Cancer Institute,
Frederick
4:30
End of training session
4:30-6:00 Open Period,
Network
6:00-8:00 Reception
SEPTEMBER 16
8:00-8:10 Welcome,
Introduction to
Conference, “Frontiers of
Technology Transfer,”
Mr. John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovation
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters and FLC MAR
Coordinator
8:15-9:00 Keynote
Speaker:
Advancing Science in the
Mid-Atlantic Region
(30.3 MB)
David McDonough,
Senior Director of
Development, Johns Hopkins
University, This
presentation will discuss
advancing applied science
within the region in the
context of global
competition. Investment in
R&D is a leading indicator
of a nation’s intent to
compete globally. Examples
will be given of initiatives
to advance technology in
foreign countries as
compared to the mid-Atlantic
region. Further model
examples and lessons learned
from other states also will
be discussed.
9:00-10:00 Energy,
Environment and Tech
Transfer, Moderator:
Mr. Ron Buckhalt,
Special Projects
Coordinator, Office of
Technology Transfer,
USDA/Agricultural Research
Service
· Renewable
Energy is in Your Future
(18.5 MB),
Mr. Scott Sklar,
President, The Stella Group,
Ltd. and Chair of the
Steering Committee of the
Sustainable Energy Coalition,
As an energy expert, Mr.
Sklar will address trends of
on-site, clean, distributed
energy in infrastructure,
buildings, and
commercial/industrial
developments.
· Politics
and the Impact on an Energy
Solution (8.2
MB),
Ms. Lisa Wright,
Energy Legislative Assistant
and Press
Secretary to Congressman
Roscoe Bartlett, This
presentation will discuss
the status of the
Congressional leadership's
original plan to avoid
Congress approving any
changes in energy policy
prior to the election. It
will also explain a
comprehensive, exquisitely
sensitive bipartisan
approach, H.R. 6107,
developed in the House,
which may help shape energy
legislation in the next
Congress. A 20-year veteran
of policy and political
deliberations by the federal
government in Washington,
DC, Lisa Lyons Wright has
been the Press Secretary for
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett
since 1995. He represents
the Sixth District of
Maryland.
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:00
Technology Scouting: How
Companies Seek New or
Enhanced Technology
(180 KB)
Moderator:
Dr.
Ray Turcotte,
R. P. Turcotte,
Innovative Partnerships
Program, Advanced Planning
and Partnership Office,
Research and Technology
Directorate, NASA Langley,
To remain competitive in a
rapidly changing technology
landscape, companies must
continuously seek out new or
enhanced technologies to
incorporate into their
products and services. This
panel will provide some
insight into how companies
ensure they remain on the
cutting edge of technology
development in their
particular field.
· Technology
Scouting: Lesson from the
Intelligent Machine
Technology (IMT) Study
(1.2 MB),
Mr. David Leech,
Program Manager, Northrop
Grumman Information
Technology Intelligence
Group
· Innovation
in Tech Transfer
(1.5 MB)
Mr.
Roger London,
Program Manager, Chesapeake
Crescent Initiative
11:00-11:45 View from the
Hill
· DC
Update
(2.8 MB)
Mr.
Gary Jones,
DC Representative, Federal
Laboratory Consortium;
A brief update on recent
legislative actions or
policy issues of interest to
the federal technology
transfer community.
· An
Update on the Current
Politics of the SBIR
(8.7 MB)
Ms. Ann Eskesen,
President, Innovation
Development Institute,
This presentation will
provide insights from a
small business perspective
on potential legislative
changes associated with the
Small Business Innovative
Research (SBIR) program.
11:45-1:00 Lunch
Critical Role of Federal
Laboratories in a
Competitive, Global,
Knowledge-Based Economy
(17.2 MB),
Dr.
Pradeep Ganguly,
Director, Montgomery County
Department of Economic
Development, Partnering
with a local government such
as Montgomery County can
provide a proactive
technology development
opportunity and open new
doors to the world arena.
With the assistance of
economic development tools,
federal labs can identify
strategic business
relationships both
nationally and in other
countries such as India,
Israel, Korea and China.
1:00-2:30
“To File or Not To File:
That Is the Question”:
Deciding When to File for
Patent Protection
Representatives from
different agencies will
discuss typical
considerations underlying
their filing decisions/IP
strategy.
·
NIST Patent Criteria
(54 KB)
Moderator & Panelist:
Mr.
Terry Lynch,
Office of Technology
Partnerships, National
Institute of Standards &
Technology
· USDA
Agricultural Research
Service Patent Program
(350 KB),
Ms. Gail Poulos,
Supervisory Patent Advisor,
Office of Technology
Transfer, Agricultural
Research Service, USDA
· Patent
Filing Decisions at the
National Institutes of
Health
(2.1 MB)
Mr. Richard U. Rodriguez,
M.B.A., Director, Division
of Technology Development &
Transfer, Office of
Technology Transfer, NIH
· New
Technology Assesment: Making
informed Patenting Decisions
(855 KB)
Mr. Alfred Mecum,
Technology Commercialization
Office, Goddard Space Flight
Center, NASA
· To
File or Not to File?
(164 KB)
Dr. Rita Manak,
Head, Technology Transfer,
Technology Commercialization
Office, Naval Research
Laboratory
2:30-2:40
Break
2:40-3:30
Town Hall Meeting,
Mid-Atlantic Region Future
Direction
(3.5 MB),
Dr.
Richard
Brenner,
Assistant Administrator of
ARS for Technology Transfer
3:30
Wrap-up remarks,
plans for the evening
3:35-6:00
Networking time
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Optional 1-hour
(4:00-5:00) history and
nature hike with guide;
$10 per person
6:00-8:00
Frontier Feast
“Partnering with USDA to
Develop ‘Sunbutter,’ a
Substitute for Peanut
Butter,”
Mr.
Dan Hofland,
Vice President of Marketing,
Red Rivers Commodities,
Inc., Given that peanut
allergy is the most common
cause of deaths from food
allergy and that peanut
butter is a long-time staple
for children, this talk will
be on the development of a
peanut butter substitute and
the role of USDA in tech
transfer, helping to bring
this product from research
into the marketplace.
SEPTEMBER 17
8:00-8:10
Welcome Day Two,
Mr. John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovation
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters and FLC MAR
Coordinator
8:15-9:30
Economic Development,
Network Initiative,
Moderator:
Ms. Renee Winsky,
President and Executive
Director, Maryland
Technology Development
Company (TEDCO).
Current and future efforts
to enhance federal lab
collaboration with academia,
economic development &
private sector around the
region
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PA:
Statewide Strength,
Regional Focus, Global
Impact
(688 KB)
Mr. Gerald A. Ephault,
Regional Manager-Pocono
Northeast Region BFTP/NEP
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VA:
Robot Venture
Briefing
(3.5
MB)
Mr.
William Piersol,
Robot Venture Program
Manager, Klett
Consulting Group, Inc.
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Washington Metro:
Accelerating the Next
Generation of Technology
and Technology Companies
in Virginia
(228
KB)
Mr.
Robert Brooke,
Director, Federal
Funding Programs, Center
for Innovative
Technologies
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MD
Eastern Shore:
Economic Development
Report
Talbot County, Maryland
(PDF 1.8 MB)
Ms.
Paige Bethke,
Director of Economic
Development , Office of
Economic Development,
Talbot County,
Maryland
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West VA:
TBED
and Technology Transfer
Opportunities in West
Virginia (2.3 MB)
Mr.
Kevin
DiGregorio,
Executive Director,
West Virginia Coalition
for Technology Based
Economic Development
9:30-10:00 Current Issues
in Intellectual Property
In this session recent case
law on patent exhaustion,
obviousness, patentable
subject matter, and FDA safe
harbor and research tools
will be discussed.
· Recent
Cases on Pantentable Subject
Matter and Patent Exhaustion
(1.8
MB) Ms.
Mojdeh Bahar,
J.D., MA, CLP, Chief, Cancer
Branch, Office of Technology
Transfer, National
Institutes of Health and
Regional Coordinator Elect
for the FLC MAR
· Current
Issues in Intellectual
Property
(1.1 MB)
Mr. Lee Heiman,
Esq., Nath and Associates
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:00
Technology Partnerships:
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
(55 KB),
Moderator:
Dr. Thomas Stackhouse,
Assistant Director,
Technology Transfer Center,
National Cancer Institute at
Frederick, This panel is
designed to provide you with
a face to face discussion
with a real live
partnership. Two of the
panel members will each
represent their side of this
partnership, one from NIH
and one from CC Biotech LCC.
This partnership is designed
to bring a new
bio-separation technology to
the biotechnology community
called Counter Current
Chromatography. In their
discussion we will discover
that there is good and bad
in any partnering
relationship. The third
panel member will discuss a
different partnership that
was started under very
unusual circumstances,
making the partnering
negotiations an ugly task to
work through.
· The
Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
(2.3 MB)
Michael A. Shmilovich,
Esq.,J.D., CLP,
Technology Licensing
Specialist, Infectious
Diseases and Medical
Engineering Branch, National
Institutes of Health, Office
of Technology Transfer
· Centrifugal
Chromatography for
Biotechnology: New Product -
Spiral Countercurrent
Chromatography (2.1 MB)
Martha Knight,
Director, CC Biotech LLC
· One
Case, Many Lessons
(865 KB)
Mojdeh
Bahar, J.D., MA,
CLP, Chief, Cancer Branch,
NIH Office of Technology
Transfer and FLC MAR
Coordinator- Elect
11:00-11:45 Valley of
Death: How to Cross
and Live to Tell About It:
BYOW/Bring Your Own Water,
Moderator:
Dr.
Ray Turcotte,
Innovative Partnerships
Program, Advanced Planning
and Partnership Office,
Research and Technology
Directorate, NASA Langley,
The "Valley of Death" is
often discussed but can
represent different things
to different people. We
will discuss what is meant
by the "Valley of Death",
the financial, intellectual
property, and technical
challenges faced by all
companies especially small
businesses in bringing ideas
to market, and what are some
of the strategies in
effectively crossing that
valley.
· Valley
of Death: How to Cross and
Live to Tell About It
(1.6 MB)
Mr. Gabe Barki,
National Technology Transfer
Center, Finding
Alternative Applications for
Existing SBIR/STTR
Technologies
· Fun
and Games in the Valley of
Death (67.3
MB)
Mr.
Brian E Joseph,
President, Touchstone
Research Laboratory,
Inventing the Future: The
Challenge of Technology
Commercialization in the
21st Century
·
Into
the Valley of Death:
Examining the ‘Business of
SBIR Phase III'
(3.6 MB)
Ann Eskesen,
President, Innovation
Development Institute
11:45-12:30 Awards,
Moderator:
Mrs.
Lorraine Flanders,
Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Dahlgren Division
and FLC MAR Deputy
Coordinator
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Hot, Hotter, Hottest
Partnerships and
Technologies
12:30-12:40 Closing
Remarks, Looking Ahead:
Future Visions,
Mojdeh Bahar,
J.D., MA, CLP, Chief, Cancer
Branch, NIH Office of
Technology Transfer and new
FLC MAR Coordinator
12:40-1:30 Lunch
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