SBIR Week

IN THE SOUTHEAST

North Carolina

Organization Host

First Flight Venture Center

Contact Information

Bridget McMinn
Director of Strategy and Innovation

South Carolina

Organization Host

USC/Columbia Technology Incubator

Contact Information

Jay Henderson
Business Development Associate
hender23@mailbox.sc.edu
https://www.usccolainc.org

Georgia

Organization Host

University of Georgia Innovation District

Contact Information

Christy Anderson
Administrative Associate
(706) 542-1673
Christy5@uga.edu
https://innovation.uga.edu

Virginia

Organization Host

Center for Innovative Technology

Contact Information

Robert Brooke
Dir. Federal Funding Program
(703) 689-3080
robert.brooke@cit.org
www.cit.org

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Introduction, U.S. Small Business Administration

John Williams, Director of Innovation and Technology for the Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) within SBA

Brittany Sickler, Senior Innovation Policy Advisor, OII, SBA

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Getting Started with SBIR/STTR

Moderator: Jennifer Shieh, Chief Scientist and Senior Technology Policy Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

Stephanie Fertig, HHS Small Business Program Lead, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

James Sweeney, Manager, SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Program (CRP), U.S. Air Force

Edward Metz, ED/IES SBIR Program Manager, U.S. Department of Education (DoED)

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Inside the Head of an Evaluator: Common Mistakes

Moderator: Elden Hawkes, Partnership and Innovation Specialist – SBIR/STTR, OII (SBA)

Ben Schrag, Senior Program Director for SBIR/STTR, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Dusty Lang, SBIR Management and Program Analyst, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Christopher O’Gwin, Outreach and Assistance Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Success in Phase I - Moving to Phase II and Beyond

Moderator: Erick Page-Littleford, Senior Technology Policy Advisor, OII (SBA)

Robert Vinson, Program Manager, SBIR, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Gynelle Steele, Deputy Program Executive for SBIR and STTR Programs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Brian Shipley, Commercialization Program Manager, U.S. Department of the Navy

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Presenter: Elizabeth Dougherty, Eastern Regional Outreach Director

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC)

Presenter: Benjamin Henry, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security

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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Introduction, U.S. Small Business Administration

John Williams, Director of Innovation and Technology for the Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) within SBA

Brittany Sickler, Senior Innovation Policy Advisor, OII, SBA