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FEDERAL LABORATORY CONSORTIUM
MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING
 September 15-17, 2008
Cumberland, Maryland
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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

  • How to work with researchers to explore & protect research with commercial potential
  • How to educate/market to management to attain & sustain investment in tech transfer
  • Incentives to focus on technology transfer as part of responsibilities
  • 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)

  • Role that TEDCO and other intermediaries play in several federal agencies
  • 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
  • Patterns of collaboration:  lab vs. technology as driving thrust for collaboration exploration by partnership intermediaries
  • 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 (23.3 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

  • 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

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

  • Formal Awards
  • 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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