6.7.17 Innovative Business Road Trip SBIR Pueblo
The Southern CO SBDC and Colorado SBDC TechSource is presenting a one-day conference to help your small to mid-sized business improve award success on Contracting opportunities at the Federal and State levels as well as on Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants. Additionally, we will have a special guest representing the RoadX program of CDOT to talk about a new opportunity for innovative companies to get involved with CDOT. Presenters include Carolyn Terrell, SBA Colorado and SBDC consultants Stephanie Amend (Arrowhead Solutions), Yoriko Morita (Patents Integrated) Ed Kase (EKase Consulting), Rosy McDonough (Colorado MBO), and Cathy Kramer (Connect2DOT Program).
Attendees are welcome to register for just the morning (Contracting and Resource Conference), afternoon (SBIR Grant and Resource Conference) or plan to attend all day! Please register at the link at the very bottom of the page to register for just the afternoon.
The agenda for the afternoon includes the following:
SBIR Grant and Resource Conference: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
How to Protect Your Intellectual Property
You may have heard that intellectual property (IP) can be a key company asset, although what does that really mean for your business? Should you care about IP if you are not a technology business? If you have an innovative idea, how should you go about preventing others from copying your product? How much should you spend on IP protection, when you've got a limited budget? We'll address these questions and more and the answers may surprise you. Learn about the different forms of IP and how they can apply to your specific type of business. Let's talk about how to make IP decisions consciously and strategically.
SBIR Grants 101: The Agencies, the Topics, the Process, the Opportunities
Attendees will learn about what the Small Business Innovative Research Program is, which agencies participate, how the solicitation and proposal process works, as well as how to submit proposals. Best practices and pitfalls will also be discussed.
How to Write an SBIR Commercialization Plan
Your commercialization plan is a key element of your SBIR / STTR proposal. It is scored on its own merits like the technical content, with a strong score required to advance your proposal. Learn what elements are expected for both Phase I and Phase II and ways to find the information you need to author a strong commercialization plan.
Top 10 Mistakes in the SBIR World - Ensuring Success in Proposals and Performance
The SBIR/STTR program is a very competitive, but valuable program for small businesses. This session will provide guidance on how to make the most of the program and be successful with these special contracts/grants.
Resource Fair: presenting agencies will have informational resource booths available and representatives to connect with you one-one
*Who should attend? Science, technology, and innovation companies
Speakers include:
Cathy Kramer,Statewide Program Manager, Connect2DOT
Cathy Kramer has 25 years of marketing and management consulting experience, working with a range of clients from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Cathy has been a consultant to CDOT for 15 years providing technical assistance to construction and engineering firms and supporting the development and implementation of CDOT's DBE/ESB Programs. She has an extensive understanding of CDOT contracting and project delivery methods and has assisted hundreds of firms in marketing their services to CDOT and other government agencies.
Stephanie Amend, Founder, Arrowhead Solutions, LLC
Stephanie Amend's specializations include SBIR/STTR grants and contracts, government contracting, identifying topics and agency opportunities, capture management, proposal preparation, contract and subcontract management, subcontracts, accounting and compliance; Indirect Cost Rate Development. Clients include Vaisala, Radiasoft, Avosys, NDP, Sporian Microsystems, Standard Aero, among others.
Ed Kase, President, EKase Consulting
Ed Kase's specializations include Market research/sizing, SBIR/STTR, technology commercialization, business development, strategic plans, visualization, technical data analysis, numerical modeling, and high-performance computing. Clients include Aweida Venture Partners, Docsforce, Foresight Science & Technology, Kozio, Inc., Parallel Scientific Labs, and Prosocial Applications, among others.
Yoriko Morita, Founder and President, Patents Integrated
A Registered US Patent Agent and Certified Licensing Professional (CLP), Yoriko Morita's specializations include intellectual property (IP), patent licensing, IP strategy, patent portfolio management, IP law, patent prosecution, standard-essential patents, due diligence and patent standards.
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