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NAVIGATING
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Federal Lab Consortium
Mid-Atlantic Regional
Meeting
Harbourtowne Resort, St.
Michaels, MD, October 22-24,
2007
MONDAY, OCT 22, 2007 PRE-FLC
CONFERENCE TRAINING SESSION
1:00-1:10
Welcome,
introductions, goals of
training session
John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
1:10-2:10 E-Tools of
the Trade
- Technology to Improve
Communications
Moderator: Laurie Arrants,
Technology Transfer
Coordinator, National
Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke, NIH
and FLC
Member-at-Large
Tom Moreland,
Program Analyst, Office of
Tech Transfer CRADA Program,
ARS, USDA
Ajoy Prabhu,
Marketing Group Leader,
Office of Technology
Transfer, NIH
2:10-2:50 Where the
Rubber Meets The Road:
Evaluating the value of
intellectual property and
matching technology to
market needs
Moderator: John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
Michael Walker,
CEO, Ocean Tomo Federal
Services LLC
Joseph Holmes,
CEO, Acuity Edge, Inc. &
Adjunct Professor, Duke
University
2:50-3:00 Case Study
Team
Objectives Overview
John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:30 Two
parallel, interactive case
study teams
-
CRADA and Patent Licensing
Scenarios for Discussion
Dr. J. Scott Deiter,
Technology Transfer Director
- NSWC Indian Head Division
& Chair - Federal Laboratory
Consortium
-
Way Cool Technology Transfer
Challenge
Paul Fritz,
Tech Transfer Office, Team
Lead and ORTA,
NAWC-Patuxent River
4:30
Training session ends,
free time until reception
6:00-8:00 Reception
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 23, 2007
7:00-8:00
Registration and
Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Conference
Opens,
welcome, overview of
conference
John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
8:15-9:00
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Alexander E. “Sandy”
MacDonald,
Deputy Assistant
Administrator for
Laboratories and Cooperative
Institutes, Office of
Oceanic & Atmospheric
Research, National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration
9:00-10:30 Patent Panel
Moderator: Rick Brenner,
Assistant Administrator of
ARS for Technology Transfer,
USDA and FLC
Member-at-Large
Mojdeh Bahar,
J.D., M.A., Technology
Licensing Specialist, Office
of Technology Transfer, NIH
and FLC
Member-at-Large
Paul Gottlieb/Assistant
General Counsel for
Technology Transfer
& Intellectual Property,
U.S. Department of Energy
Gail Poulos,
Supervisory Patent Advisor,
ARS, USDA
Town Hall open discussion,
led by Rick Brenner,
Agricultural Research
Service
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:15 Bio-Based
Polymers and Composites:
Tech Transfer Issues
Introduction: Rick
Brenner, Technology
Licensing Specialist, Office
of Technology Transfer, NIH
and FLC
Member-at-Large
Professor Richard Wool,
Professor, Chemical
Engineering, University of
Delaware
11:15-12:00 International
Panel
Introductions: John Emond,
NASA & FLC MAR Coordinator
-- U.S./Canadian
Partnerships for Technology
Development
Jeffrey Matsuura,
Technology Partnering
Officer, Canadian Embassy
--
U.S. /New Zealand
Collaboration in Technology
Development
Brian Young,
Science and Technology
Counselor, New Zealand
Embassy
12:15-1:30 Lunch
Introduction: Lorraine
Flanders, Naval Surface
Warfare Center Dahlgren
Division & FLC MAR Deputy
Coordinator
Keynote Speaker:
Treasures of the Chesapeake:
Local Maritime Perspectives
Pete Lesher,
Curator of Collections,
Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum
1:30-2:30 Legislative
Issues Affecting Tech
Transfer: Focus on Bayh-Dole
Moderator and Speaker:
Gary K. Jones, FLC
Washington DC
Representative
John H. Raubitschek,
Patent Attorney, Army Night
Vision Laboratory, Former
Patent Counsel, Department
of Commerce
Robert Hardy,
Director, Contracts and
Intellectual Property,
Council on Government
Relations
2:30-3:00 Federal
Labs and USPTO: Views from
Both Worlds
Introduction: John Emond,
NASA & FLC MAR Coordinator
Mojdeh Bahar,
Technology Licensing
Specialist, Office of
Technology Transfer, NIH
and FLC
Member-at-Large
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 The Human
Element: How tech transfer
benefited individuals.
Introduction: Renee
Winsky, President & CEO,
Maryland Technology
Development Corporation (TEDCO)
- From Outer Space to Your
Physician’s Office:
ArterioVisionÔ CIMT
Gary F. Thompson,
Chairman & CEO, Medical
Technologies International,
Inc.
- Homeland Security: USFA
Research Program for
Emergency Responder
Operational Safety
William Troup,
Fire Protection Specialist,
United States Fire
Administration, National
Fire Data Center
4:00-5:30 Region
Network Initiative
Moderator: John Emond,
NASA & FLC MAR Coordinator
·
Sally L. Sternbach,
Executive Director,
Rockville Economic
Development Inc.
·
Fizie Haleem,
Manager, Strategic
Development for Minority and
Women Businesses, Montgomery County
Department of Economic
Development
·
Ronald W. Kaese, M.B.A., M.S., M.E., Senior Program Manager, Federal
Lab Partnerships, Maryland
Technology Development
Corporation (TEDCO)
·
Jerry Giles,
Director of Finance and
Leader, Science & Research
Team Business Development
group Virginia Economic
Development Partnership,
Navigating the
·
Kenneth G. Okrepkie,
Vice President, Northeastern
Pennsylvania Technology
Institute
5:30-5:45 Tomorrow’s
Highlights, Sponsors
Acknowledgement
John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
5:45-6:30 Happy
Time/Cash Bar
6:30-8:00
Dinner/Speakers
Moderator: John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
NASA Centennial Challenges
Global Virtual Collaboratory
Dr. Peter VanVoris,
President – Van Voris
Consulting
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24,
2007
7:00-8:00
Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:05
Introductory Remarks
Dr. J. Scott Deiter,
NSWC Indian Head Office of
Technology Transfer and FLC
Chair
8:05-8:10
Tech Transfer Mechanisms
Used by Federal Agencies: A
Quick Reference Guide
Mary Archuleta,
Contr., Technology Transfer
Specialist – Marketing
Manager, Air Force Research
Laboratory, Kirtland AFB and
FLC Member-at-Large
8:10-10:10 Partnering
With Federal Labs
Moderator,
Dr. Thomas M.
Stackhouse, Assistant
Director, Technology
Transfer Center, National
Cancer Institute at
Frederick and FLC
Member-at-Large
·
Dr. Paul Mele,
Director, Office of Research
and Technology Applications,
U.S. Army Medical Research
and Material Command
·
Dr. Tomas M. Stackhouse,
Assistant Director,
Technology Transfer Center,
National Cancer Institute at
Frederick and FLC
Member-at-Large
·
Dr.
Rick Brenner,
Assistant Administrator
for Technology Transfer,
Agricultural Research
Service, Office of
Technology Transfer
and FLC
Member-at-Large
·
Ray Turcotte,
NASA Langley -
·
George Arnold,
FLC Host Agency
Representative, National
Institute of Science &
Technology
10:10-10:25
Break
10:25-10:50
Technology Transfer: An
Industry Perspective
Dr. Robert Coraor,
Manager, Technology
Transfer, Air Products &
Chemicals, Inc.
10:50-12:30
Technology Transfer and
Economic Development
Moderator:
James A. Poulos III,
Vice President, Technology
Transfer &
Commercialization, Maryland
Technology Development
Corporation (TEDCO)
Joe Zilcosky,
Emerging Technology
Specialist, Delaware
Department of Economic
Development
Dr. Anthony Green,
VP technology
Commercialization: Life
Sciences, Ben Franklin
Technology Partners, SE PA
Brian Darmody,
Associate Vice President of
Research and Economic
Development at the
University of Maryland and
Special Assistant Vice
Chancellor for the
University System of
Maryland
Denise Devine,
CEO & President, Nutripharm,
Inc. & Devine Foods Inc.
12:30-12:40
Afterthoughts and
Forethoughts from the Past
FLC Chair
Ed Linsenmeyer,
Immediate Past Chair of
the FLC, ORTA at NSWC
PCD(Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Panama City
Division)
12:40-1:45
Luncheon and Awards,
Moderator:
Lorraine Flanders,
Office of Technology
Transfer, Naval Surface
Warfare Center Dahlgren, FLC
MAR Deputy Coordinator &
FLC Awards Committee Chair
Hot
Technologies/Hot
Partnerships Contest
Formal FLC
MAR Awards
Reader: Ron Buckhalt,
Special Projects Director,
Office of Transfer, ARS,
1:45
Closing Remarks,
Looking Ahead, Adjourn
NAVIGATING TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
Federal Lab Consortium
Mid-Atlantic Regional
Meeting
Harbourtowne Resort, St.
Michaels, MD, October 22-24,
2007
MONDAY, OCT 22, 2007 PRE-FLC
CONFERENCE TRAINING SESSION
1:00-1:10
Welcome,
introductions, goals of
training session
John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
1:10-2:10 E-Tools of
the Trade
- Technology to Improve
Communications
Moderator: Ms. Laurie
Arrants, Technology
Transfer Coordinator,
National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and
Stroke, NIH and FLC
Member-at-Large
Tom Moreland,
Program Analyst, Office of
Technology Transfer CRADA
Program, ARS, USDA
The Share Point
communications software
package provides a single
point source for individual
sites, information,
tracking, templates, list,
multiple layers (documents,
folders, sites, links etc.)
document originality and
security. Share Point
allows control of members,
document control (read vs.
changes), organization and,
most important, simplicity.
Ajoy Prabhu,
Marketing Group Leader,
Office of Technology
Transfer, NIH
SYNAPSESM a
software tool is used by the
NIH Office of Technology
Transfer (OTT) to perform
high powered analyses
related to the marketing of
NIH and FDA technologies. SYNAPSESM
provides an integrated
way to mine data from
invention portfolios, grant
and patent databases, and
biomedical research and news
databases. The ability to
aggregate this information
quickly and seamlessly is
what makes this tool so
unique. SYNAPSESM
has made it possible for OTT
to reach a wider business
market by matching its
portfolio to the research
interests of biotechnology
and pharmaceutical
companies. OTT is able to
provide individualized and
targeted information to
companies that previously
were unaware of all the
scientific possibilities
available to them at NIH and
the FDA.
2:10-2:50 Where the
Rubber Meets The Road:
Evaluating the value of
intellectual property and
matching technology to
market needs
Moderator: John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
Michael Walker,
CEO, Ocean Tomo Federal
Services LLC
This presentation will show
ways that an intellectual
property merchant banc can
assist government entities
and prime contractor
entities to realize value
from their intellectual
capital equity, including
traditional patents, trade
secrets, trademarks, and
copyrights. Topics to be
covered include IP valuation
services, IP asset
sales/auctions, financial
testimony/surveys, license
management and royalty
audits.
Joseph Holmes,
CEO, Acuity Edge, Inc. &
Adjunct Professor, Duke
University
After first assessing the
opportunity to extract value
from an IP portfolio,
marketing and valuation
quickly become essential
ingredients to any
value-extraction
initiative. Marketing
embodies the strategy and
tactics employed to generate
demand for the IP destined
for sale and/or license.
Marketing in action includes
phases of preparation (e.g.,
pitch formulation and target
identification) followed by
execution (e.g., combining
pitch with targets to turn
prospects into qualified
leads). Valuation
encompasses the estimation
of asset value, which fuels
the perception of fairness
during downstream
negotiations. Valuation
requires a fundamental
understanding of the
product/market opportunities
that IP can create to enable
the estimation of value
scenarios. During this talk,
a mix of academic
fundamentals, practitioner
processes, and simple
examples will be provided to
demystify two topics that
are often considered more
art than science.
2:50-3:00 Case Study
Team
Objectives Overview
John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:30 Two
parallel, interactive case
study teams
There will be an
interactive, small group
session where a case study
on technology transfer will
be presented, assessed, and
the outcome discussed. Two
case study teams will be
formed in parallel each one
discussing a case study.
-
CRADA and Patent Licensing
Scenarios for Discussion
Dr. J. Scott Deiter,
Technology Transfer Director
- NSWC Indian Head Division
& Chair - Federal Laboratory
Consortium
A variety of case studies
will be presented on CRADAs,
intellectual property issues
and patent licensing.
-
Way Cool Technology Transfer
Challenge
Paul Fritz,
Technology Transfer Office,
Team Lead and ORTA,
NAWC-Patuxent River
4:30
Training session ends,
free time until reception
6:00-8:00 Reception
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007
7:00-8:00
Registration and
Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Conference
Opens,
welcome, overview of
conference
John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
8:15-9:00
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Alexander E. “Sandy”
MacDonald,
Deputy Assistant
Administrator for
Laboratories and Cooperative
Institutes, Office of
Oceanic & Atmospheric
Research, National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration
NOAA Research aims to anticipate societal and environmental
concerns of the 21st
century, providing the
timely and accessible
delivery of data, knowledge,
technology, and products to
decrease vulnerability and
enhance American
competitiveness. Dr.
MacDonald will highlight
NOAA research and
development accomplishments
and opportunities that
improve our understanding of
the Earth system, and the
partnerships that ensure
success. The presentation
will also explore the
challenges and opportunities
global climate change will
create over the coming
decades.
9:00-10:30 Patent Panel
The Patent Panel will
provide a cross-agency look
at the patent process
including reporting, market
analyses, and the
commercialization process.
Moderator: Rick Brenner,
Assistant Administrator of
ARS for Technology Transfer,
USDA and FLC
Member-at-Large
Mojdeh Bahar,
J.D., M.A., Technology
Licensing Specialist, Office
of Technology Transfer, NIH
and FLC
Member-at-Large
Paul Gottlieb/Assistant
General Counsel for
Technology Transfer
& Intellectual Property,
U.S. Department of Energy
Gail Poulos,
Supervisory Patent Advisor,
ARS, USDA
Partnering and Patents in
USDA Agricultural Research
Service
Town Hall open discussion,
led by Rick Brenner,
Agricultural Research
Service
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:15 Bio-Based
Polymers and Composites:
Tech Transfer Issues
Introduction: Rick
Brenner, Technology
Licensing Specialist, Office
of Technology Transfer, NIH
and FLC
Member-at-Large
Professor Richard Wool,
Professor, Chemical
Engineering, University of
Delaware
The bio-based materials
field presents significant
opportunities for the
development of new
intellectual property in
this $100B+ market and the
tech transfer issues with
this IP are discussed. The
conversion of biomass to
useful materials such as
polymers and composites has
considerable economic and
environmental value,
particularly in times of
global warming and
diminishing petroleum oil
reserves (t~25 yrs). This paper provides considerable detail on the technology
transfer issues associated
with the chemistry, physics
and engineering development
of plastics, adhesives,
composites, foams,
elastomers and coatings from
plant co-products such as
oils, starch, proteins,
lignin, and cellulose, as
well as animal processing
waste such as chicken
feathers and many other
natural products. Recent
advances in genetic
engineering, composite
science, and natural fiber
development offer
significant opportunities
for new, improved green
materials from renewable
resources that are
optionally recyclable,
biocompatible and
biodegradable, thereby
enhancing global
sustainability. By
selecting the fatty acid
distribution function of
plant oils, we show how the
molecular connectivity can
be controlled through
chemical functionalization
to produce linear, branched,
or cross-linked polymers
with useful thermal and
mechanical properties. The
resulting thermal and
mechanical properties are
described by new rigidity
percolation processes. The
chemical pathways used to
make polymers and composite
resins from plant oils are
described. Since all contain
high fractions of
triglycerides, the resulting
polymers are also
biocompatible and some
biodegradable. These
biobased materials can be
used
as adhesives, foams, films,
rigid or flexible plastics,
coatings, elastomers,
rubbers, composite resins,
carbon nanotubes dispersants
and nanoclay exfoliants. In
addition soft materials such
as Pressure Sensitive
Adhesives (PSA), foams,
coatings and elastomers (crosslinked
with intercalated nanoclays),
which are derived from
genetically engineered high
oleic oils, are
biocompatible and can be
used for tissue scaffolds
and wound healing. When such
biobased resins are combined
with natural fibers (plant
and poultry) starch and
lignin, new low-cost
composites are produced that
are economical in many
high-volume applications.
These high performance
composites can be used in
construction, furniture,
hurricane resistant housing,
agricultural equipment,
automotive sheet molding
compounds, civil and rail
infrastructures, marine
applications, electronic
materials, and sports
equipment.
11:15-12:00 International
Panel
Introductions: John Emond,
NASA & FLC MAR Coordinator
-- U.S./Canadian
Partnerships for Technology
Development
Jeffrey Matsuura,
Technology Partnering
Officer, Canadian Embassy
This presentation provides
an overview of Canadian
research and technology
commercialization
initiatives. It discusses
Canadian efforts to promote
international technology
development. The
presentation offers
suggestions on how
organizations in the U.S.
can begin to connect with
their counterparts in
Canada.
--
U.S. /New Zealand
Collaboration in Technology
Development
Brian Young,
Science and Technology
Counselor, New Zealand
Embassy
Like innovators in all
countries, people in New
Zealand’s government
laboratories and other
technology intensive
settings face challenges
with commercialization,
growing early stage
companies, and accessing
global markets. However,
some of these challenges are
relatively unique to New
Zealand, reflecting its
geographical remoteness and
the small size of its
domestic market.
International technology
transfer is one mechanism
that can be used to mitigate
these obstacles and
accelerate innovation.
Approaches to international
technology transfer by New
Zealand’s
technology-intensive
organizations range from
complex government-level
agreements through to nimble
deal-making with strategic
international partners by
spin-off and start-up
firms. This presentation
will briefly outline the
challenges for New Zealand,
and provide examples of
United States-New Zealand
collaboration in technology
development.
12:15-1:30 Lunch
Introduction: Lorraine
Flanders, Naval Surface
Warfare Center Dahlgren
Division & FLC MAR Deputy
Coordinator
Keynote Speaker:
Treasures of the Chesapeake:
Local Maritime Perspectives
Pete Lesher,
Curator of Collections,
Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum
1:30-2:30 Legislative
Issues Affecting Tech
Transfer: Focus on Bayh-Dole
Moderator and Speaker:
Gary K. Jones, FLC
Washington DC
Representative
John H. Raubitschek,
Patent Attorney, Army Night
Vision Laboratory, Former
Patent Counsel, Department
of Commerce
This presentation provides
an understanding of the Bayh-Dole
Act and associated
technology transfer issues
including the meaning,
procedures and intricacies
of DECs – Determination of
Exceptional Circumstances
Robert Hardy,
Director, Contracts and
Intellectual Property,
Council on Government
Relations
An overview of select recent
legislative actions having
some potential impact on the
technology transfer
community, with a focused
discussion on certain
salient aspects under Bayh-Dole
and a discussion of recent
developments and issues
involving the Bayh-Dole Act.
2:30-3:00 Federal
Labs and USPTO: Views from
Both Worlds
Introduction: John Emond,
NASA & FLC MAR Coordinator
Mojdeh Bahar,
Technology Licensing
Specialist, Office of
Technology Transfer, NIH
and FLC
Member-at-Large
The patent process and
challenges, from a lawyer
who worked in both
worlds: the review of
patents emerging from
federal labs, and now an
attorney with NIH submitting
patents for USPTO approval.
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 The Human
Element: How tech transfer
benefited individuals.
Introduction: Renee
Winsky, President & CEO,
Maryland Technology
Development Corporation (TEDCO)
The transfer of technology
from government labs to the
private sector has the
potential to enhance the
quality of life, and to save
lives. This session will
provide a personal account
of technology transfer and
benefit to life
- From Outer Space to Your
Physician’s Office:
ArterioVisionÔ CIMT
Gary F. Thompson,
Chairman & CEO, Medical
Technologies International,
Inc.
- Homeland Security: USFA
Research Program for
Emergency Responder
Operational Safety
William Troup,
Fire Protection Specialist,
United States Fire
Administration, National
Fire Data Center
4:00-5:30 Region
Network Initiative
Overview of past year’s
region network initiatives,
insights, follow-up plans.
Panel will include several
individuals from these
seminars.
Moderator: John Emond,
NASA & FLC MAR Coordinator
·
Sally L. Sternbach,
Executive Director,
Rockville Economic
Development Inc.
Cities: Your Small but
Mighty Partner: While
cities very likely represent
your smallest economic
development partners, they
offer significant
advantages. Their knowledge
of the local community and
its resources and assets,
their ability to move
quickly and to embrace good
ideas, and their tendency to
marshal the resources of
others and to work
collaboratively are all
hallmarks of economic
development organizations at
the municipal level.
·
Fizie Haleem,
Manager, Strategic
Development for Minority and
Women Businesses, Montgomery County
Department of Economic
Development
Dynamic Montgomery County,
Maryland, is home to many
Federal labs and agencies as
well as technology-rich
academic institutions and
high-tech companies. Learn
how these organizations are
interacting and performing
together.
·
Ronald W. Kaese, M.B.A., M.S., M.E., Senior Program Manager, Federal
Lab Partnerships, Maryland
Technology Development
Corporation (TEDCO)
TEDCO has many, productive
interactions with Federal
labs throughout Maryland,
facilitated by partnership
agreements with over a dozen
of the government’s major
labs. TEDCO – managed
showcases at Federal labs
are marketing models and
other “gateway” services and
financing assistance help
link businesses to the labs
for business growth and
technology development.
·
Jerry Giles,
Director of Finance and
Leader, Science & Research
Team Business Development
group Virginia Economic
Development Partnership,
Navigating the Changes in
Economic Development-
Sighting for the
Collaborative Lighthouse:
Economic Development at the
state and regional levels is
rapidly becoming a paradigm
in which Technology Based
Economic Development is the
rule and not the exception.
Innovation economy, "grow
your own", invest in R & D,
are the watchwords of the
new TBED paradigm. The
realities seem to demand a
"bending of silos" and focus
on catalyzing collaboration
across industry, academia,
and federal laboratory
infrastructure assets.
·
Kenneth G. Okrepkie,
Vice President, Northeastern
Pennsylvania Technology
Institute
Over the past year, the
Federal Lab Consortium
Mid-Atlantic Region
has expanded its efforts to
foster greater links between
federal labs, economic
development and other
organizations across the
region. A cross section of
representatives
from economic
development organizations
will provide their thoughts
on the roles they and the
FLC can play to foster
economic growth and vitality
in this region. Part of the
panel will provide an
interesting view of economic
development interaction from
city, county and state
perspectives.
5:30-5:45 Tomorrow’s
Highlights, Sponsors
Acknowledgement
John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
5:45-6:30 Happy
Time/Cash Bar
6:30-8:00
Dinner/Speakers
The dinner keynote
presentations will focus on
two "out of the box"
approaches to solving
technology challenges. The
Centennial Challenge program
seeks technology solutions
through prize competitions
in the spirit of Charles
Lindburgh and his
cross-Atlantic flight.
Innocentive's approach is to
use the Internet to pose
technical challenges, and
invite global responses to
meet the challenge.
Moderator: John Emond,
Collaboration Program
Manager, Innovative
Partnerships Program, NASA
Headquarters & FLC
Mid-Atlantic Region
Coordinator
NASA Centennial Challenges
How prize competitions can
be used to advance “out of
the box” innovative
approaches to technology
development; highlighting
recent technology
competitions
Global Virtual Collaboratory
Dr. Peter VanVoris,
President – Van Voris
Consulting
Use of the internet to pose
technical challenges and
invite global solutions
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24,
2007
7:00-8:00
Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:05
Introductory Remarks
Dr. J. Scott Deiter,
NSWC Indian Head Office of
Technology Transfer and FLC
Chair
8:05-8:10
Tech Transfer Mechanisms
Used by Federal Agencies: A
Quick Reference Guide
Mary Archuleta,
Contr., Technology Transfer
Specialist – Marketing
Manager, Air Force Research
Laboratory, Kirtland AFB and
FLC Member-at-Large
8:10-10:10 Partnering
With Federal Labs
Moderator,
Dr. Thomas M.
Stackhouse, Assistant
Director, Technology
Transfer Center, National
Cancer Institute at
Frederick and FLC
Member-at-Large
A range of federal agency
lab technology
transfer representatives
will provide an overview of
their lab's capabilities and
tech transfer efforts. This
will be followed by a
round-robin discussion of
roles, challenges and
opportunities present in
federal labs of the
Mid-Atlantic Region.
Specific questions to be
addressed include:
--What are the challenges
and opportunities associated
with your lab?
--What do you need from a
partner to help fulfill your
agency's mission, and what
can you provide current and
prospective partners to
help fulfill their
organization's mission?
--How do federal agencies
address technology transfer
national mandates and yet
remain responsive to
local/regional interests and
requirements for technology
development through
collaboration and
partnerships?
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Dr. Paul Mele,
Director, Office of Research
and Technology Applications,
U.S. Army Medical Research
and Material Command
Transferring Technology with
the U.S. Army Medical
Research & Materiel
Command: The USAMRMC
mission is to provide
medical materiel to sustain
the health, well-being and
military readiness of U.S.
service men and women. The
organization is deeply
engaged in R&D and
transition of drugs,
vaccines, devices and
medical information
technology.
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Dr. Tomas M. Stackhouse,
Assistant Director,
Technology Transfer Center,
National Cancer Institute at
Frederick and FLC
Member-at-Large
The National Institutes of
Health (NIH) is composed of
27 Institutes and Centers
(ICs) each with their unique
intramural research
programs. Each of these ICs
has the authority to partner
for research and
development, including
through the use of the CRADA
authorities. Licensing of
inventions arising from any
NIH intramural research
program is delegated to the
centralized NIH Office of
Technology Transfer. This
presentation will highlight
the various mechanisms to
form partnerships with NIH
IC with a focus on the
largest of the NIH
Institutes, the National
Cancer Institute (NCI). NCI
has developed several unique
mechanisms for partnering
that reach beyond the
standard CDAs, MTAs and
CRADAs. Some initiatives
and resources will be
briefly described that might
assist your organization to
move a technology into the
healthcare market.
·
Dr.
Rick Brenner,
Assistant Administrator
for Technology Transfer,
Agricultural Research
Service, Office of
Technology Transfer
and FLC
Member-at-Large
The United States Department
of Agriculture consists of
17 Agencies and 12 Offices.
Intramural scientific
research and development are
conducted principally in 3
Agencies: the Agricultural
Research Service (ARS), the
Wildlife Services of the
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service
(APHIS-WS), and the Forest
Service (FS). Of these, ARS
is the only agency whose
mission is entirely
research. Each of these
agencies has the broad
unique authority of USDA to
partner for research and
development, and each has
CRADA authority. Licensing
inventions arising from any
USDA intramural research
program is delegated to the
Office of Technology
Transfer in ARS. This
presentation will highlight
the various mechanisms to
form partnerships with
universities, other research
institutes, and the private
sector. New initiatives
also will be described that
further enhance the
capacities of these agencies
to transfer technologies to
the private sector for
commercialization.
·
Ray Turcotte,
NASA Langley -
Technology Transfer –
Partnering with NASA: The
overall NASA technology
transfer organization,
out-reach strategy and
processes are described.
The Innovative Partnerships
and the Centennial Challenge
Programs are discussed.
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George Arnold,
FLC Host Agency
Representative, National
Institute of Science &
Technology
10:10-10:25
Break
10:25-10:50
Technology Transfer: An
Industry Perspective
Dr. Robert Coraor,
Manager, Technology
Transfer, Air Products &
Chemicals, Inc.
Dr. Coraor will discuss
technology transfer from an
industrial viewpoint with
emphasis on the value of
using external resources to
assist in moving from
inventions to
commercialization more
quickly and effectively.
Accessing expertise and
technology developments from
federal laboratories as well
as other organizations plays
an important
role in Air Products'
innovation process.
Questions, comments and
discussion with the audience
will help each of us in
understanding the needs of
the other in technology
transfer and collaboration
relationships.
10:50-12:30
Technology Transfer and
Economic Development
Moderator:
James A. Poulos III,
Vice President, Technology
Transfer &
Commercialization, Maryland
Technology Development
Corporation (TEDCO)
Joe Zilcosky,
Emerging Technology
Specialist, Delaware
Department of Economic
Development
Dr. Anthony Green,
VP technology
Commercialization: Life
Sciences, Ben Franklin
Technology Partners, SE PA
Novel Multi-Institutional
Technology Transfer Models
as Engines for Economic
Growth: Current attitudes
towards the technology
transfer process vary
widely. However, the
consensus is the status quo
is unacceptable.
Institutions—government,
academic, research, are
perceived as greedy,
over-protective and
obstructionist. Companies
are perceived as
parsimonious,
over-protective and
obstructionist; clearly
common ground. Fortunately,
attitudes on both sides have
started to soften. This is
due, in part, to increased
pressures by institutional
administrators to create
value from their IP combined
with pressures on companies
to develop and commercialize
new technology and products
rapidly. As a result, both
sides are willing to look at
new models for technology
transfer with decreased
skepticism.
In 2000, the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania with its
founding partners, the
University of Pennsylvania,
Drexel University and Ben
Franklin Technology
Partners/SEP created a new
model for accelerating the
commercialization of
technology through the
creation of The
Nanotechnology Institute™ (NTI).
The partners recognized
early that any new model
would need to be focused on
a single technology base to
establish its credibility
and chose the newly emerging
field of nanotechnology.
The resulting product, the
NTI, contained a
revolutionary structure in
which 12 academic research
institutions entered into a
common framework in
Intellectual Property
management and Sponsored
Research Agreements.
The NTI brings the best
talent to bear on specific
technology areas from
multiple institutions
coupled with the elimination
of traditional barriers
between institutions and
companies and focusing on
technology transfer,
licensing and commercial
outcomes. The NTI funds
both translational research
and provides matching funds
for sponsored research. The
results are now bearing
fruit: an increase in
intellectual property
creation at a higher
rate than the
federally-funded research
programs of its member
institutions, an increased
rate of technology licensing
and an increase in the
number of spin-out
companies.
A second novel component of
the NTI is the
Nanotechnology
Commercialization Group (NCG),
consisting of three
technology transfer experts
combing and collating
nanotechnology-based IP from
among the NTI member
institutions. Their role is
to determine which IP can be
combined into unique
packages for “one-stop
shopping” for rapid
licensing and
commercialization. The NCG
has its own proof-of-concept
funds to provide grants
directly to institutional
researchers to support
projects with a high degree
of potential success.
The NTI was the first
organization to test this
model and has since been
emulated elsewhere. The key
accomplishment of the NTI is
the establishment of an
innovative structure within
which regional universities
collaborate effectively at
the faculty and
administrative levels to
promote a single emerging
technology platform with
potential payoff in economic
development.
Brian Darmody,
Associate Vice President of
Research and Economic
Development at the
University of Maryland and
Special Assistant Vice
Chancellor for the
University System of
Maryland
Academia, Universities As
Engines of Technology-Led
Economic Development: Beyond
Technology Transfer:
Universities are principal
engines of technology-led
economic development for
states and regions supplying
human capital and
technology. This
presentation will explore
the ways universities are
increasingly tied to the
economic well-being of their
respective states and
regions, and will summarize
programs at the University
of Maryland and ways
universities are documenting
their economic impact to
their stakeholders.
Denise Devine,
CEO & President, Nutripharm,
Inc. & Devine Foods Inc.
This is another
view of economic development
and the FLC, in this
instance evaluating factors
that may lead to success or
failure of a technology
transfer endeavor, and the
role these organizations
play in helping to bring
about technology transfer
success. Factors to be
considered in these
presentations include user
acceptance/need, technology
jump vs. modification of
existing technology, and the
extrapolation of cost and
performance emerging from
prototype development. A
general discussion will be
part of the session which
may also bring forward
questions, thoughts and
other reflections from the
previous conference
sessions.
12:30-12:40
Afterthoughts and
Forethoughts from the Past
FLC Chair
Ed Linsenmeyer,
Immediate Past Chair of
the FLC, ORTA at NSWC
PCD(Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Panama City
Division)
A quick tour down memory
lane of the past 15 years
and comments on possible
future paths for the FLC:
things that have worked,
things that have failed,
things that are repeated,
and things to be considered
for the future by regional
offices and the national
FLC.
12:40-1:45
Luncheon and Awards,
Moderator:
Lorraine Flanders,
Office of Technology
Transfer, Naval Surface
Warfare Center Dahlgren, FLC
MAR Deputy Coordinator &
FLC Awards Committee Chair
Hot Technologies/Hot
Partnerships Contest
Formal FLC MAR Awards
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