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From the Regional Coordinator’s Desk Dr. Mike Sullivan - Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, CA Far West Bulletin - Spring 2001 Issue
The 2001 FLC National Meeting is the setting for "A Global Technology Transfer Forum." The forum will represent a joint meeting between the FLC and the TransAtlantic Technology Forum (TTF). This joint meeting will include technology professionals from both U.S. and Europe. This is a positive step in fulfilling the FLC's Vision of transferring federal technologies into the global marketplace. Of special interest are the concurrent "Pace of Change" and "One World Economy" workshops that will help the FLC Vision become a reality.
A variety of training opportunities will be offered to the meeting attendees in addition to hot topic concurrent sessions, and the naming and spotlighting the winners of the FLC Awards for Excellence in Technology Transfer. An important feature will be Internet technology transfer organizations displaying and demonstrating their capabilities. I would like all FW attendees to explore the capabilities of these companies because the FW will be getting electronic data based Internet support for all ORTAs in the Region. I need your input to select the best services of the ORTAs in the Region.
There will also be a short Regional Meeting at the National Meeting. Unfortunately, because of the Joint Meeting with TTF, and International Concurrent sessions we have limited space and time. I was unable to change the program to accommodate the Regional needs.
We are in the process of gathering technology data, intellectual property information, key FLC documents, public relations information, and other outreach material to input to a CD card for marketing efforts for the Far West (FW) Region. Please contact me if you have ideas on what should be included on the card or would like to know more about the project.
The new Federal Resource Access Partnership (FRAP) questionnaire is ready for printing. The effort has been coordinated with the FLC (FW) Region, DOC Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, and Export Small Business Development Centers. The mail out sample will be received from Dunn & Bradstreet. The greater metropolitan area for the survey includes: Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Tucson, and Phoenix. ORTAs that have mailing list of companies that they would like to receive the FRAP, please provide the lists of companies to DelaBarre & Associates, Inc. (DBA). The FRAP questionnaire is available for review at http://www.zyn.com/flcfw. ORTAs should contact DBA to emphasize what assets in the following areas they would like to stress: Technologies, Intellectual Property, Facilities and Resources (unique to their location).
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