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From the Regional Coordinator’s Desk Mr. Kurt Buehler - Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, CA Far West Bulletin - Spring 2003 Issue We started the new year by attending and presenting at a number of technology based conferences. The FLC Far West and Mid-Continent Regions joined forces for presentations and a display booth at the National SBIR conference in Albuquerque, NM, March 11-14, 2003. Of the more than 650 attendees, about 500 were from the small business sector, and the balance from Universities, Federal Agencies, State and Local Governments. We talked with many businesses, cited various laboratory opportunities and distributed literature from our regions, as well as the FLC national organization. Dr. Mike Sullivan represented our region by giving presentations at two venues. He gave a presentation at the Nanotech Intellectual Property and Technology Showcase which was part of the annual Nanotechnology Investing Forum held in Palm Springs, CA. Dr. Sullivan also participated in the Stakeholder Forum on Technology for Visual Impairment, sponsored by the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology Transfer, held in San Francisco, CA, April 4-5, 2003.
The FLC Far West Region sponsored a training seminar, March 26, 2003, featuring Art Mortell, which was hosted at the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center in Port Hueneme, CA. More than 35 people attended this seminar and gave Mr. Mortell high marks for his presentation. The FLC annual meeting is May 5-9, 2003 in Tucson AZ. Plan to attend the Far West Regional meeting to be held on Wednesday, May 7, during the annual meeting. Dr. Mike Sullivan, the Far West Regional Deputy Coordinator, will be receiving the prestigious Metcalf award for outstanding service to the FLC. Mike is also running for the Vice Chair position in the upcoming FLC National election. The next regional meeting after Tucson will be in Hawaii, on the island of Oahu, August 18-21, in conjunction with the Hawaii technology transfer group consisting of small businesses, the University of Hawaii, the Office of Naval Research, and the Hawaii Federal Laboratories. This will be a joint meeting with the Mid-Continent Region, and the agenda will be available in Tucson, and on our web site at www.zyn.com/flcfw/meeting. We will also email a meeting announcement and agenda to each laboratory in the Far West Region and Mid-Continent regions. We have arranged for a block of government per diem rate rooms, but the number is limited, so you must register early in order to receive this special rate. Kurt Buehler |
