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Virginia’s 2008 Advanced SBIR Forum

October 22, 2008, Herndon, VA
Current and prior SBIR/STTR award winners are invited to join us for a special Advanced SBIR Forum where you’ll learn advanced strategies and thoughts on how to get the most out of your SBIR/STTR and improve your odds of a successful commercialization and transition event. Derived from the SBIR-Max workshop CIT helped design and conduct over the past several years, this forum replaces Virginia’s annual SBIR conference this year. We hope you can join us!

Highlights Include:

The SBIR program is undergoing changes – make sure you keep up to speed on what these changes mean to you, and how they may lead to ways for you to make your proposal more competitive in an environment of ever-increasing competition.
Learn how to take full advantage of the benefit afforded to you as an SBIR/STTR recipient. These benefits are gaining more importance as the program evolves.
You won your award – congrats! The hard part is over, but the hard part has just begun. Learn how to manage your Phase I more effectively and increase your chance at receiving a Phase II and/or Phase III.
Keys to Strategic Planning, Strategic Alliances, and Customer Communications
Should congressional earmarks be a part of your Phase III funding strategy?
Strategic licensing to increase your incom
Meet with federal SBIR/STTR representatives

Tentative Agenda:

8-8:30	Check-in & Vendor Fair

8:30-8:45	Introductory Remarks

8:45-10:15:	Strategic Planning for SBIR Award Winners Presented by The SBIR Resource Center It's the Law

10:15-10:30:	BREAK, Visit with Exhibitors

10:30-Noon:	*Track A:* *Track A: Planning, Cost Estimating & Control of R&D Projects* Project Planning, Cost Estimating & Control *Track B-1:* Business Intangibles that Lead to Success (10:30-11:15AM) A look at how Value Stream Mapping, Lean Manufacturing, lean Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, and Continued Business Growth objectives can put you on a pathway to successful commercialization. Presented by the Virginia Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership (VPMEP) Tools for Successful Commercialization and Growth: Value stream mapping, Lean Manufacturing, Six sigma, Supply chain management *Track B-2:* Winning Congressional Earmarks (11:15:-Noon) -- Earmarks have been an effective way for some SBIR firms to secure Phase III funds. Learn what it takes to consider this approach in your business. Presented by Alan Dillingham of Alchemy Government Solutions Creating Golden Opportunities in the Federal Market

Noon-1:00:	Buffet Lunch and Vendor Fair

1:00-1:30:	Update on SBIR Reauthorization and What it Means to You

1:30-2:30:	Tips and Strategies on Transitioning DoD SBIRs The importance of identifying a program of record and the process of working with major and mid-tier primes is discussed on this important panel. Learn collaboration strategies, road blocks you will face and how to deal with them, and other tips on doing business with strategic partners to effectively transition SBIR’s. Panelists include: Rich Hendel, Senior Principal Specialist, SBIR Program Manager, Boeing; - Tips and Strategies on Transitioning DoD SBIRs Auggie Billones, Advanced Technology Programs, Lockheed Martin; - Transitioning SBIRs & STTRs Rob Fitzgerald, Executive Director, ManTech International Corp. - ManTech International Corporation Moderated by Dr. Alexander Stoyen, Dawnbreaker Others TBA Moderated by Dr. Alexander Stoyen, Dawnbreaker

2:30-2:45:	BREAK, Visit with Exhibitors

2:45-3:45:	Agency Transition Program Overviews: Agencies with official advanced transitioning/commercialization programs are invited to provide short overviews - Army - Navy - MDA - NSF - NIH - NASA

3:45 - 4:45 PM	“Phase II/Phase III – the Pursuit” Learn how to improve the chances of being invited to submit an application/proposal for, and win, Phase II funding. Presented by The SBIR Resource Center

4:45 – 5:30 PM	“Mailbox Money -- Strategic Licensing to Improve Cash Flow” An expert panel will discuss strategies and success stories on effective licensing, an underutilized tool to get more value, and income, from SBIR developed technologies. Moderated by Al Wurglitz, Principal, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

5:30-7PM	Networking Reception