Updated: November 15, 1996

"We are, in a way, a whole Nation of inventors and explorers... We believe in technology and we are determined to pursue it in all its manifestations... I do believe that the 21st century can be a Golden Age for all Americans."

President William J. Clinton, 1995 National Medal of Technology Ceremony

To facilitate the process of technology transfer and commercialization, the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) and Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) are sponsoring the fifth of six conferences designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses take advantage of emerging and existing technologies.

This conference will focus on these and other advanced technologies:

• Aerospace Technology
• Energy and the Environment
• Information and Communications
• Manufacturing

SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS

• Department of Commerce: EDA, BXA, Patent and Trademark Office, Technology Administration and Minority Business Development Agency
• Small Business Administration: Office of Veterans Affairs, DELTA Program, and Small Business Development Centers
• McDonnell Douglas Corporation
• Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center
• St. Louis County Economic Council
• St. Louis Defense Adjustment Program
• St. Louis Economic Conversion Project
• St. Louis Enterprise Centers
• St. Louis Procurement Assistance Center
• Washington University
• World Trade Center St. Louis
• Federal Laboratory Consortium
• Army Research Laboratory
• NASA Technology Transfer Centers
• St. Louis Business Finance Corporation
• St. Louis University
• Manufacturing Extension Center
• Electronic Commerce Resource Center
• Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence
• Office of Naval Research
• Department of the Air Force
• Department of Energy Defense Laboratories
• Navy Best Manufacturing Practices (BMP)
• Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO)
• Technology Transfer Business
• American Electronics Association (AEA)

• How to access federal laboratories: their technologies, facilities and scientists and engineers.
• Overview of the technologies available for commercialization from various featured organizations
• Information on business development outreach programs from federal, state and regional economic agencies.
• Overview of the SBIR, STTR and ATP programs with an up-to-the-minute review of where the programs are heading.
• Procedures for teaming with federal laboratories for joint R&D projects and CRADAs.
• Navy BMP - Best Manufacturing Practices - An effort to document best practices and share them with industry. Free software tools will be demonstrated and distributed.
• The Electronic Commerce Resource Center (ECRC) will assist you in understanding and implementing electronic commerce practices.
• BMDO - Learn about the cutting-edge defense technologies developed by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) and now made available to U.S. industry for use in the commercial marketplace.
• Listen to success stories from businesses who have made the transition from defense to commercial markets.
• The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) brings together federal laboratories and potential users of government- developed technologies. The FLC will show you how to access the vast technology resources and expertise of more than 400 federal R&D laboratories.
• Meet representatives from local business incubators
• Meet with Venture Capitalists looking for promising companies and technologies in which to invest.
• Meet with SBA and SBDC financing specialists seeking to help companies structure their businesses for diversification and expansion.
• Learn how to protect your intellectual property and technology.
• Needs Assessment Survey - The Needs Assessment Survey will match the diversification and competitiveness needs of your business with the resources of more than sixty federal and state agencies nationwide.
• Current market information on defense, dual-use, and commercial business opportunities in the Pacific Rim, Europe, Middle East, and Western Hemisphere.
• Meet other participants for networking and business opportunities. Bring 50 copies of your company brochure and we will display them

Each attendee will be given a copy of the newly released President's Report, "Technology in the National Interest," a catalog of technologies available for licensing from DOE Defense Laboratories, a set of briefing documents, information on other Government resources available, and a participants list. Attendees will also be able to meet one-on-one with speakers and exhibitors following each presentation.

8am	REGISTRATION
8:30am	WELCOME
	Chester J. Straub, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary For Program Operations, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
9:00am	WHAT'S OUT THERE? TECHNOLOGIES READY TO GO.
	Arnold Barnes, Technical Assistance Program Manager, Oak Ridge Center for Manufacturing Technology - DoE Small Business Initiatives Guy Hammer, Director, Technology Applications, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization CDR. Brad Halverson, DC, USN, Naval Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, IL LTC Lawrence A. Kosiba, USAF, Wright Patterson AFB
10:15am	REFRESHMENT BREAK ~ NETWORKING AND EXHIBITS
10:45am	WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?
	William Simon, NASA Technology Transfer Center, St. Louis Tom White, Regional Director, Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center Jeff Bullington, President, AMMPEC Edward Fickenscher, Director, Technology Management, Washington University
12 noon	LUNCH (NETWORKING & EXHIBITS)
1:00pm	INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
	Dennis G. Coleman, Executive Director, St. Louis County Economic Council
1:10pm	KEYNOTE ADDRESS
	Dr. Allen Atkins, Vice President, Product Application Technology, McDonnell Douglas
1:30pm	MARKETING/NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES EVERYWHERE
	Liam McMenamin & Margaret Cahill, Bureau of Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce Robert Marro, MidWest Regional Advisor, The Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce Jim Lavery - Office of Economic Conversion Information - Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce Susan Inslee, Director, World Trade Center St. Louis Ken Konchel, Director, St. Louis Procurement Assistance Center
2:45pm	REFRESHMENT BREAK ~ NETWORKING AND EXHIBITS
3:00pm	ELECTRONIC COMMERCE INITIATIVE
	James T. Fox, Outreach Consultant, Palestine ECRC
3:20pm	HOW TO MAKE THE TECHNOLOGY YOURS - LEGAL ISSUES
	Louis Falasco, Project Leader, Chemical Eng. Operations, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
3:45pm	CREATIVE FINANCING TECHNIQUES
	Anthony J. McMahon, Deputy District Director, U.S. SBA Rick Palank, Vice-President, St. Louis Business Finance Corporation Jeff Dee, St. Louis University SBDC Lance McCarthy, Director, Economic Development, St Louis Economic Conversion Project
4:30pm	WRAP UP AND FINAL REMARKS
5:00pm	PROGRAM ENDS

Holiday Inn Clayton Plaza, 7730 Bonhomme Avenue, Clayton, MO 63105. Tel: 314 863 0400 Fax: 314 863 8513. Cut off date November 4. $79 single $89 double + 13.975% hotel tax. Reservations after this date will be honored on a space and rate available basis. The hotel has plenty of parking space. Click here for a map from the airport. Click here for a local map

The names, agencies, exhibitors and technologies are those available at the time of publication. Additional information will be available from the organizers closer to the event date. Please contact DOC's Bureau of Export Administration's Liam McMenamin at (202) 482 2233 and Brad Botwin at (202) 482 4060; Bill Truitt in SBA's Office of Veterans' Affairs at (202) 205 7279 or Patrick McKeehan, St. Louis County Economic Council at (314) 889 3957.

Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact IDEEA, Inc. 6233 Nelway Drive, McLean, VA 22101-3141, (703) 760-0762.

In events of this nature views and opinions that are not necessarily those of the cosponsors may be expressed. SBA cooperation does not constitute or imply its endorsement of any opinions, products and/or services. All SBA programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. SBA Auth. 94-54-1374260-4.

Cost: $75 per person which includes coffee breaks, lunch, handouts and proceedings. ($95 at the door)

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