Reminder – Still Time to Register for Bozeman SBIR Conference and Phase II Grant Proposal Training!

If you’re looking to fund your new product research and technology development, and subsequent business growth, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is often the best way to do so. Dozens of Montana companies have received over $80 million in recent years through this program, and unlike Venture Capital (very scarce in Montana) or bank loans, SBIR funding does not need to be repaid, nor do you give up any company equity.

You now have the opportunity to learn all about this $2 billion federal program specifically for small businesses, and meet with a dozen federal SBIR and STTR Program Managers, along with dozens of technology firms from around the nation, at an important 3-day event coming up in Bozeman, Sept. 11 – 13. Meeting face-to-face with these Program Managers, like meeting with key customers, is the very best way to understand their agency needs and gain a critical competitive advantage. This may well be your last chance for such an opportunity at any event in this region.

The 2006 SWIFT Tour http://techlinkcenter.org/cgi-bin/techlink/SBIR_SWIFTTour_Agenda.html
is the last such event planned, and likely your last chance to be able to schedule One-on-One meetings with up to a dozen federal SBIR/STTR Program Managers in an uncrowded setting and great locale! But you’d better hurry and register TODAY, as discounted registration prices are scheduled to double on Sept. 1. Please see http://sbir.mt.gov/SWIFTTour.asp

The Main Conference starts in Bozeman on Sept. 12th, with the following all included in the subsidized $135 registration fee*:

Detailed Agenda

Monday, Sept. 11th – Pre-Conference Seminars ($25 if registering separately)
9:00 – 10:30 The STTR Funding Opportunity
10:45 -3:30 Government Accounting for Small Business
12:30 Lunch (included)
3:30 – 5:00 Building & Protecting Your Intellectual Property
6:00 – 9:00 Evening Reception – hors d’oeuvres & no-host bar

Tuesday, Sept. 12th – Main Conference ($45 if registering separately)
7:00 Continental Breakfast (included)
8:00 Keynote Address
8:30 – 12:00 Presentations by 10 different SBIR/STTR Program Managers (see below)
9:00 – 12:00 Scheduled One-on-One meetings with 12 Federal SBIR/STTR Managers (see below)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch with Program Managers & Primes (included)
1:15 – 2:45 Working with Prime Contractors
3:00 – 5:00 SBIR Data Rights (Legal Issues presentation and Panel Discussion)
3:00 – 5:00 Generating Competitive DoD SBIR Proposals (Workshop)

Wednesday, Sept. 13th – Phase II Proposal Writing Workshop ($65 if registering separately)
8:00 – 4:00 Workshop by acclaimed SBIR consultants Jim & Gail Greenwood
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (included)

Federal SBIR/STTR Managers Scheduled to Present on Sept. 12:
Navy SBIR/STTR Program: Cathy Nodgaard, ONR SBIR Program Manager (2006.3 topics due Oct. 13)

Air Force SBIR/STTR Program: Steve Guilfoos, Air Force SBIR Program Manager (2006.3 topics due Oct. 13, 2007.1 draft topics now posted)

NIH SBIR Program: Jo Anne Goodnight, NIH SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator (proposals due Dec. 1, and additional deadlines)

NSF SBIR/STTR Program: Dr. Juan Figueroa, SBIR Program Manager (NSF 06-598 due Dec. 4)

NASA SBIR/STTR Program: E. James Chern, Goddard Space Flight Center SBIR/STTR PM (2006 proposals due Sept. 7)
Also participating: Chuck Griffin, Kennedy Space Flight Center SBIR/STTR PM
Helen Stinson, Marshall Space Flight Center SBIR/STTR PM
DHS Department of Homeland Security (HSARPA) SBIR/STTR Program: Elissa Sobolewski, SBIR/STTR Program Manager (2006.2 solicitation release very soon)

CBD SBIR Program: Larry Pollack, PM, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs

DOE DOE SBIR/STTR Program: Dr. Terry Payne, P.E., DOE SBIR/STTR Program Manager

DARPA SBIR/STTR Program: Connie Jacobs, SBIR/STTR PM, Small Business Advocate

Dept. of Transportation SBIR Program: Joe Henebury, DOT SBIR Program Director

Links:
Registration (click on "Start" in lower right-hand corner) https://app.mt.gov/cgi-bin/confreg/register/index.cgi?CONFERENCE_ID=381
Conference Agenda
Hotels
SWIFT Tour info page
Area Attractions

There are several outstanding free programs available to help Montana companies (and individuals starting a new company) compete more effectively in the SBIR and STTR programs, and go on to commercialize these new technologies – that’s why Montana easily ranks in the top 10 nationally in SBIR awards on a per capita or per GSP basis. See http://www.techlinkcenter.org/cgi-bin/techlink/sbir_montana.html for more information.

* Conference fees subsidized by generous grants from the Montana NSF EPSCoR Program

Best regards,

Ray Friesenhahn
SBIR & Technology Transition Manager
TechLink
900 Technology Blvd., Ste. A
Bozeman, MT 59718
Ph.: (406) 994-7726
Fax: (406) 994-7701
[email protected]

http://www.techlinkcenter.org/sbir

Authorized U.S. Department of Defense Partnership Intermediary per Authority 15 U.S.C. 3715

(See TechLink Success Stories at http://www.dtic.mil/techtransit/ under “Feature of the Month”)

***TechLink …a nationally recognized technology transfer center

(Many thanks to Ray Friesenhahn for passing this along. Russ)