In this context, Speakers are those persons who will participate in the informational and analytical working sessions and clinics which make up the Event Program - see Schedule. A few will play a role in both the Support Program and in the Tech Seeker Partnering sessions. They are so noted.
         Those SBIR Awardees and Tech Seekers who will play an active role in the program as what are called here Participants are so listed in that area of the site. In major part, these persons will have made applications to be considered
    • EITHER as presenters - those who have provided White Papers for Tech Seeker consideration
    • OR are involved as full-blown Tech Seekers - those actively participant in the pre-event SBIR ASSETs process


Program specifics as of this date - February 2008 - are still very much a work-in-progress. As the participation of particular individuals is confirmed, the full bios on each will be posted. Click on the name and the bio will appear in a separate window. Also listed here is the working title(s) of that person's session and a similarly prelimnary session description.
James H Belanger Burns & Levinson LLP, Boston MA
Alison Brown NAVSYS Corporation, Colorado Springs CO
Ronald E Cahill Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston MA
J Michael Cameron The Sherwin Williams Company, Cleveland OH
Blaine Childress Sealed Air Corporations, Duncan SC
Joseph J Cote Jr Cote Associates, Cambridge MA
James G Cullem Aurora Nova LLC, Topsfield MA
Jacob (Jesse) N Erlich Burns & Levinson LLP, Boston MA
Ann Eskesen Innovation Development Institute, Swampscott MA
Barbara A Fiacco Foley Hoag LLP, Boston MA
Rainer Fuchs Biogen Idec Inc, Cambridge MA
Albert Ge Novartis Consumer Health, Parsippany NJ
Chris L Gilmore Spirit AeroSystems Inc, Wichita KS
Jere Glover Small Business Technology Coalition (SBTC), Washington DC
Jo Anne Goodnight National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD
Peter Hardigan CRA International, Boston MA
Mildred Hastbacka TIAX LLC (formerly Arthur D. Little’s Technology & Innovation), Cambridge MA
Vera Hoffman Building Winning Businesses,
Peter Hornbeck Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers MA
Jeff Keller General Electric Global Research, Niskayuna NY
Al Lauritano BD Technologies, Research Triangle Park NC
Reid J Leonard Merck Research Laboratories, Boston MA
David P Metzger Arnold & Porter, McLean VA
Lawrence Nannis Levine, Katz, Nannis and Solomon, PC, Needham MA
Matthew M Nordan Lux Research, Boston MA
Gina O Connor Radical Innovation Group, Troy NY
David J Powsner Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston MA
Dianne M Proia Proia & Associates LLC, Newton MA
T James Rudd National Science Foundation, Arlington VA
John Rush Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers MA
Kevin M Shaw PriceWaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree, Boston MA
Rosanna Stokes Momentive Performance Materials, Huntersville NC
Art Sullivan Global Business Analysis, Gig Harbour WA
Carol Van Wyk former SBIR CPP Office of Secretary of Defense, Arlington VA
Brinda Wiita Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick NJ
Alessandro Zago Siemens Technology-to-Business Center, Berkeley CA