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Thanks to all of our sponsors, volunteers, and participants who helped make SBIR04 such a success!
The Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the IEEE/Lasers & Electro-Optics Society

SBIR'04   -   Fall Workshop   -   www.ieee.org/sbir
"SBIR Grants for the Curious Engineer in Business"

8:30AM - 6:00PM, October 7-8, 2004, Sunnyvale, California

PURCHASE WORKSHOP CD-ROM

"It was an absolutely fantastic workshop, far exceeding my expectations. The insight I gained was invaluable to my efforts in building a sustaining business using government funds through SBIR and other related programs. Please extend my thanks to the entire staff for providing such a valuable tool." -Patrick Lee, Attendee.

"This workshop was well organized and very effective in scope. I've been doing workshops like this for years and the speaker lineup for this one was unparalleled to any I've seen." -Paul Chann, SBA.

"The feedback from attendees and speakers for the workshop was most positive. Due to its overwhelming success and benefit to the community, we will continue to hold this workshop every year" -Chris Simoneaux, SCV/LEOS Chair

Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants for the curious engineer in business.

The US government and other domestic agencies provide funding for projects and assistance for R&D to small businesses. Funds from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars are available for work on topics ranging from nanotechnology to astronomy.

This workshop is for engineers, entrepreneurs, and small business executives who wish to learn how to "read between the lines" of government solicitations and how to win grants and contracts. Learn how to mine these funding opportunities for competitive advantage, as part of a sustainable a start-up business model, reducing the need to burn cash or lose equity and IP.

• Learn about Government agency programs, needs, resources
  
  
• SBIR War Stories & Disasters for the Engineer in Business
  
  
• SBIR contracting for the INNOCENT Engineer in Business
  
  
• NASA Operations where Light makes Vehicles Lighter for the Curious Engineer in Business
  
  
• DOE Operations where Lasers Energize more than a Bunny for the Curious Engineer in Business
  
  

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PROGRAM: Thursday, October 7th, 2004

START	END	SESSION	SPEAKER/AFFILIATION	TOPIC/TITLE
0800	0830	Registration
0830		Workshop Start
0830	0845	P1	Dr. Anis Husain, Ziva Corporation	Welcome and Opening Remarks
0845	0915	P2	Dr. Milton Chang, Incubic	Keynote Lecture: "Insights on starting businesses"
0915	0955	S1.1	Paul Chann, US Small Business Administration	The Government Wants Your Inventions and Creativity
0955	1015	S1.2	Ms. Lola Robinson, SBA District Office	The SBA Financial Assistance Program
1015	1030	Coffee Break
1030	1115	S2.1	Geoff Lee, NASA Ames	SBIR, STTR, and BAA Funding: The Final Frontier
1115	1145	S2.2	Martin Zeller, NASA FWRTTC	Resources for Small Businesses From NASA’s Technology Transfer Program
1145	1245	Lunch
1245	1330	S3.1	Connie Pitcock, Lawrence Livermore National Lab	Lawrence Livermore National Lab Overview & Partnering for SBIR
1330	1400	S3.2	Michael LaLumiere, Berger Associates	Winning SBIRs/STTRs
1400	1415	S3.3	Chris Kniel, Berkeley National Lab	Resources at Berkley Lab and Partnership Opportunities"
1415	1430	Coffee Break
1430	1440	S3.1	Andrew Mendoza, San Jose Redevelopment Agency	The San Jose BioScience Center
1440	1500	S4.1	Dennis Matthews, NSF CBST, UC Davis	The NSF Center for BioPhotonics
1500	1530	S4.2	Dr. Michael M. Mueller, University Affiliated Research Center	The UC Discovery Grant Program
1530	1615	S5.1	Connie Jacobs, SBIR Program Manager, DARPA	$1 Billion - Department of Defense SBIR/STTR Program
1615	1700	S6.1	LT Carmelo M. Quijano Jr., U.S. Navy, Program Manager of the National Reconnaissance Office's Director's Innovation Initiative Program	The NRO Director's Innovation Initiative (DII)
1700	1730	S6.2	Knute Berstis, Dept. of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	SBIRs, Photonics, and the National Geodetic Survey
1750		Adjourn
1800	2100	No-Host Social at the Faultline

PROGRAM: Friday, October 8th, 2004

START	END	SESSION	SPEAKER/AFFILIATION	TOPIC/TITLE
0800	0900	Registration
0900		Tutorials Start
0900	1045	T1	Robert Lane, The Federal Technology Center	Getting Started in Federal Contracting
1045	1100	Coffee Break
1100	1200	T2	Robert Zielke, C&Z Inc.	Preparing for a Government Audit
1200	1300	Lunch
1300	1345	T3	Gail Schechter, Biointelligence	Anatomy of a Successful Grant
1345	1415	T4	Eric Wesoff, Sage Marketing Partners	A reviewer's perspective
1415	1500	T5	David Weinerth, TVC	Commercialization: Turning Technologies into Companies
1500	1515	Coffee Break
1515	1600	T6	Bob Thompson II, Lockheed Martin Space Systems	Federal Prime Contracts
1600	1715	P3	Dr. Phil Anthony, Storm Ventures Don Scifres, SDL Ventures Bill Nighan, Incubic Everardo Ruiz, Intel Capital Warren Packard, DFJ	Panel Discussion: Venture Capital and SBIR
1715	1730	P4	Anis Husain, Ziva Corporation	Closing Remarks
1730		Adjourn

Program in PDF Format (300kB)
The html version (this webpage) has the most up-to-date information

Schedule and speakers are subject to change

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HOSTED BY: The local chapter of IEEE-LEOS LOCATION: National Semiconductor Credit Union Auditorium 955 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, California DIRECTIONS: Do not rely on mapping software, because the building is next to the Sunnyvale/Santa Clara border, which confuses map software. Use map at right

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SPONSORS:

GOLD SPONSOR:

Photonics Spectra
Ionic Systems
Incubic


SILVER SPONSORS:

Alcoa
National Semiconductor
Netformx
Silicon Valley Photonics
NASA Tech Briefs
Elesys


BRONZE SPONSORS:

BioPhotonics International
The Entrepreneur Center
The Federal Technology Center
IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section
IEEE-SCV-CPMT
MIT Club of N. California
www.nanoSIG.org

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WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS:

The Workshop CD-Rom is now available
Payment may be accomplished through the SCV-LEOS paypal account.

	Price: $65.00 for non-IEEE members (includes domesstic shipping & handling)
	Price: $50.00 for IEEE members (includes domesstic shipping & handling)

For personal or company checks, pay to the order of "IEEE SCV LEOS"

Remit to:

Ram Sivaraman KLA-Tencor 145 Rio Robles MailStop J1229 San Jose, CA 95134

For more information:



REGISTRATION:

Registration is closed

SCV-LEOS will be offering a discount to IEEE members, and early registrants:

	ON OR BEFORE 09-20-2004	AFTER 09-21-2004
IEEE Menbers	$125.00	$175.00
Non-IEEE Menbers	$150.00	$200.00

Pay to the order of: IEEE/SCV-LEOS

Registration Form (365kB)

Remit to: IEEE/SCV-LEOS 345 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301

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SBIR04 FLYER:

Please download, print, and post, the SBIR04 flyer. PDF format [167kB] JPG format [248kB] GIF format [83kB] HTML format [88kB]

Permission is granted to copy, forward, and distribute the flyer by electronic and other means.

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MORE INFO: Official website is www.ieee.org/sbir

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MEDIA: For a press release: Media Alert 7/28/2004 [48kB]

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Revised October 12, 2004

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