| Tuesday,
September 9, 2008 | Location |
| 5:30p |
Registration Desk Opens |
Gr. Mesa D |
6:00p
7:30p |
Networking Reception - Hors D'oeuvres & no host cocktails |
Gr. Mesa D |
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Wednesday,
September 10, 2008 - Day 1 | Location | |
| 7:00a |
Registration Desk Opens |
Gr. Mesa F |
| 7:00a |
Networking Breakfast Buffet |
Atrium 3 & 4 |
| 8:00a |
Welcome & Introduction to Colorado
Mike Crane, MC Regional Coordinator, Air Force Academy
- Host Laboratory - Tom Williams, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Gr. Mesa F |
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| 8:30a |
Keynote: Landspeed Louise Noeth - LandSpeed Productions
RDT&E in racing and world records
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 9:00a |
Energy Overview (Gov't): Technology Needs and Technology Offerings
Moderator: Susan Sprake, LANL, FLC Vice Chair
- Overview of Renewable Energy in the Oilfield: Technology in a Teapot, Tom Anderson, RMOTC
- Switch Grass, Wind and/or Solar - John Benner, NREL
- Clean Energy Technologies - John Mott, LANL
| Gr. Mesa F |
| 10:00a |
Networking Break |
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| 10:15a |
Sunshine to Petrol - Brent Burdick, Sandia National Laboratory
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 10:35a |
NASA Energy Overview
Moderator: Michelle P. Lewis, NASA JSC
- JSC's Sustainable Energy Project - Mike Ewert, JSC
- NASA Ames' Green Initiatives - Jeff Smith, Ames Research Center
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 11:15a |
Non-Traditional Energies
Moderator: Steve Lieberman
- Microbial Fuel Cell - Ken Richter, SPAWAR
- Microalgae as Biofuel Feedstock - Greg Mitchell, UCSD
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 11:55a |
Q&A
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 12:00p |
Networking Lunch |
Atrium 3 & 4 |
| 1:00p |
Energy Overview (Industry): Technology Needs and Technology Offerings (possibilities)
Moderator: Doug Tunison, RMOTC
- Eric Fischer - Nalco Mobotec
- In-situ Oil Shale Production Technology - Kevin Shurtleff, President, Mountain West Energy
- Non-Traditional Energies - Chris Guay, American Biodiesel, Inc. dba Community Fuels
- Growth Forum - Marty Murphy, NREL
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 2:20p |
New Energy Technology Programs and Opportunities
- David Koegel, DOE Office of Science
- Col Robert S. Fredell, USAFA
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 3:00p |
Networking Break |
|
| 3:30p |
FLC, CO-LABS CO-EDC - State / Regional Outreach and Partnering
- Jonita LeRoy - Emerging Industries and Advanced Technologies Div, Governor's Office of Economic Development and Int'l Trade
- DeAnne Butterfield - CO-LABS
- Bryan Willson, Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University
- SBIR & Federal Lab Partnering Update Rick Shindell
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 4:30p |
Introduction of Federal Lab Representatives
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 5:00p |
Break |
|
5:30p
7:00p |
Meet & Greet Reception
A place for industry, academia, state & local government folks to meet with federal laboratory representatives to discuss opportunities for future business
|
Centennial |
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Thursday,
September 11, 2008 - Day 2| Location | |
| 7:00a |
Registration Desk Opens |
Gr. Mesa F |
| 7:00a |
Networking Breakfast Buffet |
Centennial |
| 8:15a |
Welcome - Steve Lieberman, Far West Regional Coordinator
Introduction of Ida Shum, LLNL - incoming Far West Regional Coordinator |
Gr. Mesa F |
| 8:30a |
VCs and Entrepreneur in Residence Programs - Joel Serface, Kleiner Perkins |
Gr. Mesa F |
| 9:00a |
Talking to the Investment Community - how to get their attention?
- Successful Entrepreneurial Launches - John R. Deal, Purple Mountain Ventures
- Fruits of the Labor, Venture Capital Activity - Belinda Padilla, LANL
- Sandia's Entrepreneur in Residence Program - Brent Burdick
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 10:00a |
Networking Break |
|
| 10:30a |
Technology Bundling Update - Steve Lieberman, Navy SPAWAR (SSC, San Diego)
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 11:00a |
New Ways of Monetizing IP - Connie Chang, Ocean Tomo
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 11:30a |
Business Opportunities in Renewable/Alternative Energy - Tod Perry, NREL
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 12:00p |
Networking Lunch |
Gr. Mesa D |
| 1:30p |
Legislation Watch - Gary Jones, Washington DC Representative
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 1:45p |
STEM Activities and Diversification within Federal Labs: Funding rules & mechanisms, program examples
Moderator: tba
- Lynanne George, Air Force
- Jim Nations, RMOTC
- Bryan Dansberry, NASA JSC
- Casey DeRaad, AFRL Starbase
- David Foster, LANL
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Gr. Mesa F |
| 3:10p |
RnE2EW Translates to Renewable Energy & Efficiency Education On Wheels - NREL
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 3:30p |
Networking Break |
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| 3:30p |
Educational Outreach Van on-site Tour & Treats
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Outdoors |
| 4:30p |
FLC National Outlook - Scott Deiter, FLC Chair, Susan Sprake, FLC Vice Chair, Mike Crane, MC Regional Coordinator, Ida Shum, incoming FW Coordinator
|
Gr. Mesa F |
| 5:00p |
Adjourn |
|
| 6:00p |
Reception and Awards Presentation Dinner |
Centennial |
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