The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer has developed a new online Advanced Course to explicitly teach researchers/entrepreneurs and those advising researchers/entrepreneurs on Product Development and the Innovation Process.

Overview: This class will train and expose students/researchers to engineering excellence best practices utilized to develop breakthrough products with an entrepreneurial perspective. Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses in response to identified opportunities. Entrepreneurs take prudent risks and they assess costs, market/customer needs and persuade others to join and help. An entrepreneur is usually a positive thinker and a decision maker The focus of this class is to provide product development tools to enable risk analysis through management by facts.

Instructor:
Dr. Arthur Gooray
Product Development Manager,
Eastman Kodak Company

Dates/Times:
This workshop course is offered evenings
Tuesday May 4, 9:00-10:30pm ET
Thursday May 6, 9:00-10:30pm ET
Tuesday May 11, 9:00-10:30pm ET
Thursday May 13, 9:00-10:30pm ET
Tuesday May 18, 9:00-10:30pm ET

Cost:
This workshop course is offered at an introductory cost of $100 instead of the regular cost of $300. For students and post-docs, the introductory cost is $35 (instead of the regular cost of $100)

A Day Devoted to Lab/Corporate Partnerships and Transferring R&D To Product to Market.

This is the most important SBIR conference of the year for small businesses participating, or wanting to participate in the NIH SBIR program.

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The 2010 forum is sponsored by the Navy Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Office and will be held June 7 - 9, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency, Crystal City, VA. Last year's forum was a huge success and this year promises to be even better.

Registration will open February 22, 2010 and additional details will be available soon. The Navy Opportunity Forum web site is located at www.navyopportunityforum.com

Modeled on the incredible success of the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Showcase in Washington, DC, this past March, TechConnect World is extending this opportunity to the West Coast and to a broader range of technology solutions.

Five world-class events combine to create an extraordinary week where innovative technology solutions are matched to real world business challenges. They are:

• NanoTech Conference & Expo
• Clean Technology Conference & Expo
• Microtech Conference & Expo
• Bio Nanotech Conference & Expo
• TechConnect Conference & Expo

TechConnect World brings together over 5,000 business and technical professionals including leading researchers, buyers, entrepreneurs, corporate business developers, investors, service providers, commercialization/tech transfer officers, industry analysts and members of the media.

The conference and exposition will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The Short Courses will take place on Monday June 21st, technical, business, and venture and partnering sessions will be scheduled from Tuesday June 22nd to Friday June 25th.

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