| Monday,
August 29, 2011 | |
| 5:00p |
Registration Desk Opens |
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5:30p
7:00p |
Networking Welcome Reception - Hors D'oeuvres & No Host Cocktails |
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| Tuesday,
August 30, 2011 - Day 1 |
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| 7:00a |
Registration Desk Opens |
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| 7:00a |
Networking Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00a |
Welcome - Ida Shum, FLC Far West Regional Coordinator
Review of the Local Resources and Research: |
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| 8:50a |
Investors Forum, a Perspective From Both Sides: How to Increase the Likelihood of Commercialization Success
Moderator: Brian Suh, Navy SSC Pacific
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| 10:10a |
Networking Break |
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| 10:30a |
Report on Return on Investment - State of Tech Transfer
Moderator: Rick Brenner, USDA/ARS
- Views on Federal Technology Transfer - Mary Beth Hughes, Science & Technology Policy Institute
- USDA: White House Initiative and its Implications to the Interagency Work Group (IAWG) for Technology Transfer - Rick Brenner, USDA/ARS
- LBNL Tech Transfer - Economic Impacts - Suzanne Storar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- DOI / USDA Collaboration - Rick Brenner, USDA/ARS
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| 12:00p |
Lunch |
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| 1:15p |
Training: New Ways to Monetize IP [IP Bundling, Auctioning and other Mechanisms]
Moderator: Genaro Mempin, LLNL
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| 2:30p |
DC Rep Update: Legislation Review
Gary Jones, FLC Washington DC Representative |
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| 2:45p |
Networking Break |
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| 3:15p |
Patent Reform and Current Legal Issues
Moderator: Susan Sprake, LANL
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| 4:30p |
Adjourn |
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| Wednesday,
August 31, 2011 - Day 2 |
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| 7:00a |
Registration Desk Opens |
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| 7:00a |
Networking Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00a |
Welcome - J. Susan Sprake, FLC Mid-Continent Regional Coordinator, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
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| 8:05a |
Review of the Facts - Japan's Tsunami and its Effect on the Future of Nuclear Power
Moderator: J. Susan Sprake, LANL
- Jor-Shan Choi - Berkeley Nuclear Research Center
- Susan Pickering - Sandia’s Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Programs
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| 9:15a |
Federal Funding and its Impact on Technology Transfer
Moderator: Ida Shum, LLNL
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| 10:15a |
Networking Break |
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| 10:40a |
Startups Using Federal Technologies
Moderator: J. Susan Sprake, LANL
- From Lab to Small Business to Fortune 500 - Mike Lyons, ZanttZ, Inc.
- Startup with USDA/ARS - Cindy Taylor Lawley, Illumina, Inc
- The L-1 Story - J. Susan Sprake, LANL
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| 12:00p |
Lunch
Introduction of Mojdeh Bahar, FLC Chair elect |
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| 1:20p |
TRAINING: Patenting/Marketing
Moderator: Brian Suh, Navy SSC Pacific
- Distinguishing Between a Strong Claim and Weak Claim - Ron Kaminecki, Dialog
- How to translate a patent claim into a successful marketing piece - Hannah Farquar, LLNL
- Leveraging software disclosures into licensable technologies - Aaron Sauers, LANL
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| 3:00p |
Networking Break |
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| 3:30p |
Entrepreneurship Programs
Moderator: Deb Covey, DOE Ames Laboratory
- Engaging Innovative and Entrepreneurial Thinking - Deb Covey, DOE Ames Laboratory
- Entrepreneurship University - Leah Rogers, LLNL
- Private Sector/ Investor Perspective - Mike Lyons, ZanttZ, Inc.
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| 4:30p |
Session Adjourns |
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| 6:00p |
FLC Far West / Mid-Continent Awards Reception
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| 6:45p |
Awards Dinner and Ceremony [View Awards]
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