Proceedings of a National Science Foundation Workshop

Partnerships

Building a New Foundation for Innovation

Doubletree Hotel National Airport
Arlington, Virginia

 

Proceedings

Day 1—June 18, 2001

Opening Remarks

[Disclaimer]
Joseph Bordogna
Deputy Director, National Science Foundation

Overview

The Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Program

[Disclaimer]
John Hurt
Program Director, PFI, National Science Foundation
  Mariann (Sam) Jelinek
Program Director, Innovation and Organizational Change, National Science Foundation

Speakers

An Industry Perspective on Partnerships

[Disclaimer]
Egils Milbergs
President, National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing
A University Perspective on Partnerships

[Disclaimer]
Marye Anne Fox
Chancellor, North Carolina State University

Panel Discussion

Partnerships, Clusters, and Networks J. David Roessner, Moderator
Associate Director, Science & Technology Program, SRI International
Local and Regional View

[Disclaimer]
Richard Bendis
President, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC)
National View

[Disclaimer]
Kathleen (Taffy) Kingscott
Director, Public Affairs, IBM
International View

[Disclaimer]
Mary Good
Dean, Donaghey College of Information & Systems Engineering, University of Arkansas Little Rock

Speaker

The Importance of Sustainability and Ways to Achieve It

[Disclaimer]
Kent Hughes
Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars

Breakout Sessions

Session 1—From Research to Commercialization Resources:
Gary Holloway, Evendale Bearings, Seals and Drives
Kunigal Shivakumar,North Carolina A&T State University
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
Larry Farrar, Montec Research
Session 2—From Research to Commercialization

Resources:
Frederick Byron, Jr., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jaymie Chernoff, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jeremy Schaufeld, Mass Ventures Corporation  
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
Don Cotten, University of Southern Mississippi
Session 3—Infrastructure Development for Research
and Commercialization
Resources:
Ken Currie, Tennessee Technological University
James Green, Cumberland Emerging Technologies
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
William Sibley, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of
Science and Technology
Session 4—Infrastructure Development for Research
and Commercialization
Resources:
David Winwood, University of North Carolina
J. Ted Morris, NC Technological Development Authority, Inc.
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
Charles Moreland, North Carolina State University
Session 5—Workforce Development and Enhancement Resource:
Stephen Fonash, Pennsylvania State University
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
John Hurt, National Science Foundation
Session 6—Workforce Development and Enhancement Resource:
David Harris, University of Central Oklahoma
George Reeder, TVR Communications
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
Ann Redelfs, University of California, San Diego
Session 7—Intellectual Property Concerns & Barriers Resource:
Manuel Gomez, University of Puerto Rico
Victor Rivera, University of Puerto Rico
Abe Schwartz, Caribbean MicroParticles Corporation
[Disclaimer] Facilitator: Brian Jackson, RAND
Session 8— Intellectual Property Concerns & Barriers Resource: Joachim Kohn, Rutgers University, and Salvatore Romano, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials
[Disclaimer] Facilitator: Bruce McWilliams, The George Washington University

Proceedings
Day 2—June 19, 2001

Speakers

Venture Capital for Partnerships

[Disclaimer]
E. Roger Novak, Jr.
Founding Partner, Novak Biddle Venture Partners
Assessment and Performance Measures

[Disclaimer]
Maryellen Kelley
Partner, Pamet Hill Associates

Breakout Sessions

Session 1—Sustainability Resources:
Isadore Davis, Raytheon Defense Systems
Laura DeNinno, IT Cluster/ITASA
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
Kerry Davidson, Louisiana Board of Regents
Session 2—Sustainability Resource:
Donald Boyd, Mark Coburn
Marjorie Zack, University of Rochester; George Daddis, InSciTek Microsystems, Inc.
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
Walter Plosila, Battelle Memorial Institute
Session 3—Metrics, Evaluation,
and Assessment
Resource:
Mark Morgan, QRC Division of Macro International, Inc.
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
Julio Lopez-Ferrao, National Science Foundation
Session 4—Metrics, Evaluation,
and Assessment
Resource:
Christopher Hill, George Mason University
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
Jonathon Tucker, George Mason University
Session 5—Management and Financial Planning
Resource:
LeeRoy Bronner, Morgan State University
Philip Singerman, Maryland Technology Development Corporation
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
Arturo Bronson, University of Texas at El Paso
Session 6—Management and Financial Planning Resource:
Robert Heard, National Association of Seed & Venture Funds
[Disclaimer] Facilitator:
Philip Auerswald, Harvard University

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