TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom A
Defense TechConnect Innovation Keynotes: DOD Leadership, SBIR, ATI Consortia Spotlights, Resilience Week
US Armed Forces Color Guard, "The President's Own" US Marine Band Vocalist, U.S. Department of Defense
Jennifer Rocha, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI
Joe Bryan, Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Advisor for Climate, U.S. Department of Defense
ATI Consortia Spotlights Keynote Panel: ADC, NSC, CREaTe, and RISE
Vipin Arora, America's DataHub Consortium (ADC), Deputy Division Director, NCSES, NSF
Joe Kochan, Executive Director, National Spectrum Consortium (NSC)
Marty Ryan, Consortium for Rare Earth Technologies (CREaTe), Vice President for Naval Technologies, ATI
Michael Wu, Executive Director, Resilient Infrastructure and Secure Energy Consortium (RISE)
Caitlin Durkovich, Senior Director for Resilience and Response, National Security Council
John Williams, Director of Innovation & Technology, Office of Investment & Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee and Networking Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B
SBIR/STTR 101
Moderator:
John Williams, Director of Innovation and Technology, Office of Investment & Innovation
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch (on own)
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B
SBIR/STTR Agency Briefings
Agency presentations on current and upcoming funding opportunities. SBA overview of additional Agencies and closing brief. Agency reps will be available to speak with attendees in the Expo Hall 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Melissa Wong, Innovative Research Division, Department of Transportation
Edward Metz, ED SBIR Program Manager, Department of Education
Bob Renner, SBIR Program Outreach Manager, Department of Homeland Security
Eileen Chant, Outreach Program Manager, Department of Energy
Susan Celis, DoD SBIR/STTR Program Manager, Department of Defense
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
DTC Break
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Expo Hall Opens
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B
SBIR/STTR: Inside the Head of the Evaluators
Ben Schrag, NSF Program Director, SBIR/STTR Program Director
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B
SBIR/STTR: Conducting a Phase I
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Defense Innovation, SBIR/STTR Pavilion, ATI Consortia Pavilion, Resilience Week, and Smart Cities Expo & Reception
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
SBIR/STTR Pavilion Agency Meet and Greet, Expo Hall
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Resilience Week: Tech Transfer with Cyber CP Poster Sessions, Expo Hall
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom A
TechConnect Innovation Keynotes: DOD Leadership, ATI Consortia Spotlights, and Resilience Week
Roberto Guerrero, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Operational Energy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force-IE&E, US Air Force
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee and Networking Break
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B
SBIR/STTR: Navigating SBIR Agency Differences
Nancy Kamei, NCI Program Director, National Cancer Institute at NIH
11:15 AM - 12:20 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B
SBIR/STTR: Transitioning from Phase I to Phase II
Moderator:
John Williams, Director of Innovation and Technology, Office of Investment & Innovation
Dusty Lang, Director, SBIR Program, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch (on own)
Moderator:
Jennifer Rocha, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B
SBIR/STTR: Working With Defense Primes
Moderator:
Matt Williams, Director, Rapid Innovation Fund, Department of Defense (DoD)
Alf Carroll, SBIR Black Belt & Tech Transitions Lead, Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Craig Owens, Small Business Innovation Research Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
Paul Staszak, Defense, Space and Security (BDS) SBIR Focal, Boeing
Terrell Reid, Manager of Supplier Diversity Programs, Northrop Grumman Corporation
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
DTC Break
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Expo Hall Opens
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B
SBIR/STTR: How to Find Support Organizations
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
SBIR/STTR: Agency Meet and Greet, SBIR Pavilion, Expo Hall
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Defense Innovation, SBIR/STTR Pavilion, ATI Consortia Pavilion, Resilience Week, and Smart Cities Expo & Reception
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
SBIR/STTR Pavilion Agency Meet and Greet, Expo Hall
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Resilience Week Poster Sessions, Expo Hall
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom C
Security Innovation Challenge I
The Security Innovation Challenge - sponsored by the Homeland Security Technology Consortium and powered by TechConnect, a division of ATI - features a $25K prize pool and open innovation pitches in the area of identity management.
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom D
Readiness Innovation Challenge I
Join the nation's largest Readiness Innovation Acceleration and Prize program, a $50K Prize Pool representing TechConnect's 25 years of engaging in modeling and simulation development.
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: Medical, Biotech & Biodefense
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: Energy and AI/Data/Cyber
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
11:30 AM - 12:40 PM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: Energy, AI/Data/Cyber, Biomedical
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Resilience Week: Investor Appetite for Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Investments
This panel serves as a collaborative call for participants to test emerging technologies and security solutions, as well as workforce development activities.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom D
Readiness Innovation Challenge II
Join the nation's largest Readiness Innovation Acceleration and Prize program, a $50K Prize Pool representing TechConnect's 25 years of engaging in modeling and simulation development.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom C
Security Innovation Challenge III and Prize Announcement
The Security Innovation Challenge - sponsored by the Homeland Security Technology Consortium and powered by TechConnect, a division of ATI - features a $25K prize pool and open innovation pitches in the area of identity management.
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom D
Readiness Innovation Challenge III and Prize Announcement
Join the nation's largest Readiness Innovation Acceleration and Prize program, a $50K Prize Pool representing TechConnect's 25 years of engaging in modeling and simulation development.
12:45 PM
End of Conference