WSSI 2006 Conference Information
The 2006 WSSI SBIR/STTR Conference is scheduled for Wednesday April 19 at the Cheyenne Holiday Inn. A full day of sessions is planned with lunch and evening banquet included in the registration fee.
The morning sessions will include presentations by representatives
from state and federal SBIR and support agencies. The two-track
afternoon sessions (Rookies & Veterans) will be presented by
representatives from Denver-based PBC, Inc., a national SBIR
full-service provider. Tucker Fagan, CEO Wyoming Business Council
will be the Awards Banquet keynote speaker.
Attendees are invited to attend Senator Enzi’s Wyoming Inventors
Conference on the following two days April 20 & 21, also at the Cheyenne
Holiday Inn. This popular event is increasingly well attended so make
your plans early. Contact Robin Baliley at 307-682-6268 or
Robin-Bailey@Enzi.Senate.gov for more information or to register for
the Enzi's Wyoming Inventors Conference.
AGENDA
WSSI CONFERENCE AGENDA
7:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome - Conference Co-Chairs
Bill Gern, UW VP Research & Economic Development
Bob Jensen, COO Wyoming Business Council
8:15 Overview of the Wyoming SBIR/STTR
Initiative (WSSI) and
SBIR & STTR Programs
Gene Watson, WSSI Program Manager
8:40 WSSI Phase 0 Program Overview
Kelly Haigler Cornish, WSSI Outreach Coordinator
9:00 USDA presentation – Andrew Wilson
9:30 Wyoming Support Resources
Manufacturing-Works – Larry Stewart
Small Business Development Center – Jill Kline
Research Products Center – Davona Douglass
10:00 Break - Sponsored by American National Bank
10:15 Wyoming Support Resources
(continued)
Market Research Center – Mike Lambert
Wyoming Technology Business Center – Jon Benson
Gro-Biz – Rudy Nesvik
10:45 How to Successfully Use the WSSI
Phase 0 Program
Mark Weitz – Incline LLC
Dave Bloom – Alces Technology, Inc.
Bob Viola – Square One Systems Design
12 -1 Networking Buffet Lunch
Break-out Sessions – presented by PBC inc., Denver
TRACK ONE (Rookies)
1:00 SBIR/STTR 101 (Mark Henry, PBC inc)
a.
Eligibility and structure of the programs
b.
Characteristics of each of the 11 agencies'
programs
2:00 Is the SBIR program right for you?
(Mark Henry, PBC inc)
a.
Pros and cons of the programs
b.
Descriptions of the companies that use and don't use
the programs
3:00 Break
3:15 Phase I proposal fundamentals (Mark
Henry, PBC inc)
a.
Getting ready to write a proposal
b.
Learning the various "rules" of the agencies
TRACK TWO (Veterans)
1:00 How to use the SBIR program to grow
a company
(Russ Farmer,
PBC inc. & Cliff Brown, ADA Technologies, Inc.)
a.
The "rules" and how to use them to win (Russ)
b.
Business models using the SBIR programs (Russ)
c.
How ADA uses the SBIR programs to create value for
shareholders (Cliff)
2:15 Accounting, budgeting and financial
issues
(Russ Farmer, PBC
inc)
a.
Accounting for Government contractors
b.
Budgeting: Proposals and Indirect rates
c.
Collecting the money
3:00 Break
3:15 Pulling the business components
together for an
“SBIR
Company”
a.
The end game
b.
IP Strategy
c.
Marketing Strategy
d.
Business infrastructure
e.
Exit strategy
5:00 Networking, Cash Bar
6:00 Awards Banquet
“Tales from the SBIR crypt” - Mark Henry, PBC Inc.
Tucker Fagan, CEO, Wyoming Business Council
"Wyoming's Economic Development Game Plan"
WSSI Champion Awards
POST CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Powerpoint presentations are available online
