Program

Day-At-A-Glance

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Day 1 - Tuesday, September 22, 2026
8:00 AM	10:00 AM	Keynotes
10:00 AM	10:30 AM	Coffee Break
10:30 AM	11:15 AM	SBIR 101
11:15 AM	12:15 PM	SBIR Agency Reverse Pitches
12:15 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch (No Host)
1:30 PM	2:15 PM	Navigating Agency Differences
2:15 PM	2:30 PM	Break
2:30 PM	3:15 PM	Inside the Head of an Evaluator
3:15 PM	3:30 PM	Break
3:30 PM	4:15 PM	Finding Help - Getting Started
4:15 PM	6:00 PM	Reception
Day 2 - Wednesday, September 23, 2026
8:00 AM	10:00 AM	Keynotes
10:00 AM	10:30 AM	Coffee Break
10:30 AM	11:15 AM	Funding and Resources Support your Commercialiization Journey: Technical and Business Assistance
11:15 AM	11:30 AM	Break
11:30 AM	12:15 PM	Small Business Success Stories
12:15 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch (No Host)
1:30 PM	2:15 PM	Navigating Paths to Commercialization
2:15 PM	2:30 PM	Break
2:30 PM	3:15 PM	Research Security and Foreign Risk
3:15 PM	3:30 PM	Break
3:30 PM	4:15 PM	Prototype to Production
4:15 PM	6:00 PM	Reception
Day 3 - Thursday, September 24, 2026
9:00 AM	9:45 AM	Working with the Primes
9:45 AM	10:00 AM	Coffee Break
10:00 AM	10:45 AM	Ask Us Anything: SBIR/STTR Agencies
10:45 AM	11:00 AM	Coffee Break