Conference Speakers
The following SBIR Federal Departments and Agencies have been invited to participate in the Conference. Speaker names listed below have confirmed their participation:
- Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Mr. Scott Dockum, Program Specialist, SBIR and Biomass Research and Development Initiative
- Department of Commerce (DOC)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Ms. Clara Asmail, NIST SBIR Program Manager - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
Mr. “Tab” Wilkins, NIST MEP Senior Technology Advisor - National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Ms. Kelly Wright, NOAA SBIR Program Manager
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Department of Defense (DoD)
- Mr. Joseph Misanin, DoD SBIR Program Coordinator
- Army:
Mr. Otho “Buddy” Thomas, Army SBIR Program Coordinator
Mr. Jean-Paul Hanna, Army SBIR Technical Assistance Advocate - Midwest Region (Phacil, Inc.) - Marine Corp:
Mr. Paul Lambert - Navy:
Ms. Summer Jones, SPAWAR Systems Command, SBIR Program Manager
Mr. Paul Lambert, Marine Corps Systems Command, SBIR Program Manager
- Department of Health & Human Services
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ms. Susan Pucie, National Heart Lung & Blood Institute SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Ms. Elissa Sobolewski, DHS SBIR Program Director
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Ms. April Richards, EPA SBIR Program Deputy Director
- National Aeronautical & Space Administration (NASA)
- Ms. Kimberly Hines, SBIR Technology Infusion Manager, NASA Ames Research Center
- Dr. Jim Chern, Goddard Space Flight Center, SBIR/STTR Technology Manager
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Dr. Daniel Senich, Industrial Innovation & Partnerships (IIP) Program Director, SBIR/STTR
Tentative list, will change based on availability
