A collaborative workshop educating regional businesses on the best practices of working with Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division. “Doing Business and R&D with Crane” will provide an in-depth look at how to sell to Crane or engage with Crane as an entrepreneur to leverage Crane's SBIR|STTR funds, intellectual property, facilities and employees. Mr. Matt Burkett and Ms. Brooke Pyne from Crane will join speakers from LaDue Curran Kuehn for this workshop.
Agenda
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. (EDT) Continental Breakfast and Networking
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Federal Contracting and R&D – an Underutilized Resource for Our Region
(Dave Temeles, LaDue Curran Kuehn)
- Federal Contracting and R&D by the Numbers - a Regional vs. National Perspective
- Speaker Introductions, Agenda and Facilities
8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Contracting with Crane
(Matt Burkett, NSWC Crane)
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Leveraging Crane Lab Assets to Assist with the Commercialization of Your Technology
(Brooke Pyne, NSWC Crane)
- Technology Transfer: Licensing Technology and Accessing Facilities and Experts
- NSWC Crane SBIR/STTR Program: Funding Innovation
- Federal Lab Consortium (FLC) Midwest Assistance
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Workshop & Panel Discussion: Drilling Down on Specific Examples and Opportunities
(Matt Burkett, Brooke Pyne, Joel Neidig (ITAMCO), Dr. Michael Weatherly (C5BDI) and Mark Longe (C5BDI))
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Closing it Out: Regional Federally-Focused Initiatives and Q&A
(Dave Temeles)
- SBIR|STTR Accelerator
- Industry 4.0 Consortium
- Quick Launch Services
- Innov8in.com Federal Navigator
- Q&A
*Please note: if you type in the conference center name on Google maps, it displays incorrectly. The correct address is 1208 E. Douglas Rd. Mishawaka, IN 46545.