Regional Network Initiatives

The FLC MAR is reaching out throughout its geographic region to interact with economic development groups and, with them, to interact with regional businesses and academia.  The purpose is to foster technology transfer, technology development, and economic growth. In each region, the FLC MAR assigns one of its members as a lead contact to work with regional activists, engaging them in planning efforts to interact with the technology community in their respective areas.  If you are a technology transfer professional and wish to participate, please call or e-mail us.
 

In each area, we began with small, general, informal meetings to explore opportunities of mutual interest.  Progressively, the meetings are getting larger and more inclusive of industry and academia, and they are focusing more on the technical and commercialization needs of the individual areas.  The meetings provide an opportunity to network with representatives from the federal labs and other key players and to learn one another's needs, plans and programs, as well as to learn more about opportunities to transfer cutting-edge technologies for private sector business growth and development and to bring technologies of interest to the federal laboratories.
 

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DC Area

The FLC MAR DC area is comprised of the District of Columbia and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs.  It is the home of all of the agencies and many federal laboratories, including NIH, NIST, NOAA, FDA, NASA-GSFC, USDA-ARS-Beltsville, NSWC-Carderock, NSA, Army Medical, Navy Medical and NGA, to name only a few.

Bioinformatics 3/4/09
 

Northern Virginia Energy Innovation Forum
A Collaboration Event by the FLC MAR and Northern Virginia Economic Development Groups
October 1, 2008, Herndon, VA
http://www.cit.org/events/index.html.
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Generally described, the Southeastern Virginia portion of the FLC MAR includes the area that encompasses Fredericksburg to Charlottesville on the north, Blacksburg on the west and east through Richmond to Norfolk.
Planning meeting minutes 02/12/08  PDF 25K
Economic Development Seminar Agenda & Presentations, Williamsburg, 04/25/07

Planning meeting minutes 2/14/08, attendees, and overview slides
Economic Development Seminar Presentations, 01/24/07
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Eastern Shore

The Eastern Shore region encompasses the portion of Maryland, Virginia and Delaware that is east of the Chesapeake Bay.
 

Business Opportunities through Technology Transfer

January 29, 2009

Salisbury, Maryland

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Environmental, Bioproducts & Robotics References      

Eastern Shore Federal Laboratory Consortium Conference
9 AM - 4 PM, March 12, 2008
Easton, Maryland
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Northeastern Pennsylvania

The FLC MAR northeastern Pennsylvania is loosely centered in the Wilkes-Barre area of Pennsylvania, but technology transfer agents and economic development professionals from the southeastern and central portions of Pennsylvania are invited to participate as well.

Virginia

Southeastern Virginia Biomedical Technology Partnership Forum
June 15, 2010
Newport News, Virginia
www.hrtc.org/en/cev/486


FLC MAR Southeast Regional Meeting, Suffolk, VA, 8/10/06

ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
October 23, 2008, Virginia Modeling &
Simulation Center, Suffolk, VA
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The purpose of this meeting is to accelerate the introduction of new, robotic capabilities to the first responder community. Near-term technology transfer opportunities will be identified from federal labs and elsewhere and introduced to the attendees.  The opportunities will include:

Subject content will include a discussion of first responder requirements, unattended atmospheric monitoring, remote manipulation, handling of hazardous materials, safe movement, situation awareness & surveillance and communications/data relay.  Those in a position to accelerate the commercialization process are invited to attend.  Click HERE for further information.

West Virginia

All of West Virginia is considered in the FLC MAR West Virginia region, although most of the activity to date has been in the northern parts of the state.

Teaming to Win, May, 2008