EASTERN SHORE FLC/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
Crystal Q Conference Center, Easton, Maryland

March 12, 2008

• 8:15 am:  Facility opens for exhibit setup

• 9:00-9:30 Registration, coffee, juice

• 9:30-9:40  Welcome, Opening Remarks, Seminar Intent
  • Adam Suri, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
• 9:40-12:15 Interplay of federal labs, economic development organizations, academia, and industry in fostering technology development in the Eastern Shore area of Maryland.
  • 9:40-10:10 Federal Lab panel, federal lab overview
    • Robert Griesbach, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
    • Robert Wood, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    • Mojdeh Bahar, National Institutes of Health Office of Technology Transfer
  • 10:10-10:50 Economic Development panel, economic development overview
    • Paige Bethke, Talbot County Economic Development
    • Cynthia Pyron, Caroline Technology Park
    • Mike Pennington, Tri-County Council, Lower Shore
    • James Poulos, Maryland Technology Economic Development Company (TEDCO)
  • 10:50-11:00  10 minute break
  • 11:00-11:30 Business panel, Eastern Shore business overview/profile with special emphasis on commercial R&D
    • Memo Diriker
    • James McNaughton, DelMarva Poultry Industry
    • Raphael Correa, Greater Salisbury Committee
  • 11:30-12:00 Academia panel, overview of commercializing technology from academic institutions
    • Mike Folkoff, Salisbury University
    • Charles Carr, University of Maryland
    • Elizabeth Spahr, Deputy Director, Horn Point, U of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
  • 12:00-12:15 Q/A

• 12:15-1:15 Lunch and Networking
  • 12:45-1:00 Luncheon Speaker:  Roger London, Chesapeake Crescent Initiative

• 1:15-1:45 Agreement Mechanisms for Partnerships
  • Mojdeh Bahar, National Institutes of Health, focus on CRADA
  • John Emond, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, focus on Space Act

• 1:45-2:10 Success Stories of Partnerships with Federal Labs
  • J.J. Lin, Imagilin Technologies, discusses new treatments for poultry parasite control
  • Steve Fujikawa & Woody Ruszala, IntelliTech Microsystems, Inc.,  present digital imaging/monitoring of vegetation using unmanned airborne vehicles/UAV) 
• 2:10-2:25 Break 
• 2:30-3:15  Open Forum Discussion on Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Collaboration and Partnerships, Eastern Shore
• 3:15-3:30 Next Steps/Follow-Up
  • What can be done to carry ideas forward and develop a specific action plan that will benefit federal labs, economic development organizations, academia, and industry in Eastern Shore technology development

• 3:30 Wrap-up and Adjourn
• 3:30-4:00 Exhibit take-down, informal networking among attendees