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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Location
5:30p Registration Desk Opens Teton Room
5:30p
7:00p
Networking Welcome Reception - Hors D'oeuvres & No Host Cocktails Teton Room
Wednesday, September 1, 2010   -   Day 1 Location
6:45a Registration Desk Opens Lodge Room
6:45a
Networking Breakfast Buffet
Exhibit Hall
8:00a Welcome - J. Susan Sprake, FLC Mid-Continent Regional Coordinator
Review of the Local Resources and Research:
  • Grand Teton National Park - Sue Consolo-Murphy
  • Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center - Doug Tunison
  • Idaho National Laboratory - Frank Roberto
Lodge Room
9:15a Plugging the Hole: Case study on the Gulf Oil Disaster
  • J. Susan Sprake - Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
  • Steve Lieberman - SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific)
  • Bryan Bjorndal - Assure Controls, Inc.
Lodge Room
9:50a Technology Presentation from FLC Mid-Continent Award Winner
Robonaut2 - Ron Diftler, NASA Johnson Space Center
Lodge Room
10:00a
Networking Break
 
10:20a Training: Commercialization & Best Practices
Moderator: Caron O'Dower - KCP
  • Commercialization training highlighting success, tactics, best practices - Ryan Nichols, Excend Consulting Group
  • Training on developing training! - Courtney Price - VentureQuest
  • TechComm: A New Model for Transfer of Federal Technologies to the Marketplace - Wes Jurey, Center for Innovation, Arlington, TX
 Lodge Room
12:00p Lunch Exhibit Hall
1:10p Training: New Programs
Moderator: J. Susan Sprake, LANL
  • Programs from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Wendolyn Holland, DOE/EERE
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and Energy/Education - David Koegel, DOE
Lodge Room
1:40p Working with Legal Counsel and Moving Forward: Getting Them to "Yes"
Moderator: Ida Shum, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Lodge Room
3:00p
Networking Break
 
3:20p Meeting the Needs of the War Fighter
Moderator: Brian Suh, SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego
Lodge Room
4:30p
Adjourn (Evening on your own)
 
Thursday, September 2, 2010   -   Day 2 Location
7:00a Registration Desk Opens Lodge Room
7:00a
Networking Breakfast Buffet
Exhibit Hall
8:20a Welcome - Ida Shum, FLC Far West Regional Coordinator, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Lodge Room
8:40a Protecting Your Weak Links from Espionage
Moderator: J. Susan Sprake, LANL
  • Cyber Security and Awareness - Kathleen McDonald, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
  • Lessons Learned When You Ignore Export Control - Deb Covey, DOE Ames Laboratory
Lodge Room
9:40a FLC Washington DC Update
Introduction - Scott Dieter, FLC Chair
News From the Hill - Gary Jones, FLC Washington DC Representative
Lodge Room
10:00a
Networking Break
 
10:20a Beyond Petroleum: Review on New Technologies for Energy
Moderator: Ida Shum, LLNL
  • Next Generation Nuclear Power - Rafael Soto, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
  • Renewable Technologies - Matthew Ringer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
  • Bioenergy Research at ARS - Bryan Kaphammer, USDA/ARS
 Lodge Room
11:10a New Hoops in STEM Education Programs
Moderator: J. Susan Sprake, LANL
  • National Security Challenge - Duncan Stewart, Colorado Springs Technology Incubator
  • Emerging Minority Business Leaders Program (EMBL) - Rick Shindell, Zyn Systems
  • The NINE Program - Regan Stinnett, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
 Lodge Room
12:00p Lunch Exhibit Hall
1:10p New Laboratory Programs for the Entrepreneur
Moderator: J. Susan Sprake, LANL
Lodge Room
3:00p
Networking Break
 
3:30p Pitching Technologies to the Experts:
Moderator: Doruk Aytulu, LANL
Investor Panel: - Art Nutter-TAEUS, Duncan Stewart-CO Springs Technology Incubator & Richard Miller-NASVF, Erik Stenehjem, LLNL
Lodge Room
4:30p
Session Adjourns
 
6:00p FLC Mid-Continent / Far West Awards Reception Teton Room
6:45p Awards Dinner and Ceremony Teton Room