Southeast SBIR Conference

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Southeast SBIR Conference

• Sponsored by
• FAST University of Georgia SBDC
• NASA SERTTC Georgia Tech
• Ga. Governors Small Business Center
• N.C. Small Business Tech.Dev.Center
• S.C. Technology Alliance
• Needle Rosenberg

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Before We Begin

• Agenda
• One-on-one meetings
• Lunch other important issues
• NASA SERTTC

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Agenda

• 830 Welcoming remarks
• 900 SBIR Agency Overviews
• 1210 Lunch
• 115 Workshop Bill Tumblin
• 245 Winners Panel Discussion
• 345 Workshop Bill Tumblin

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One-On-One Meetings

• Tables in Exhibit Room
• Sign-up for time be on-time
• Practice your 2 minute elevator speech
• Ask questions
• Obtain contacts
• Not your technical people, but
• Limit meetings to 10 minutes

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Important Issues

• Breaks are in lobby area
• Fairly tight schedule to finish by 5
• Lunch buffet eat in Exhibit Rooms
• Restrooms are in lobby to the left
• Evaluations please fill-out

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NASASoutheast Regional Technology Transfer
Center at Georgia Tech
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About the SERTTC

• NASA sponsors six regional technology transfer
  centers (RTTCs)
• The Southeast RTTC is located at the Georgia Tech
• The SERTTC covers a nine-state region
• Each state is served by either a university
  or non-profit affiliate

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SERTTC Mission

• Promote the technology portfolio of NASA, with a
  heightened focus on the offerings of the three
  southeast Field Centers (Kennedy, Marshall, and
  Stennis)
• The portfolio includes
• Intellectual property
• Lab resources
• SBIR STTR Solicitations

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Commercializing NASA Technologies

• NASA has over 15,000 technologies in various
  stages of development, some of which have
  commercial potential http//technology.nasa.gov
• NASA has technical expertise that can be tapped
  into for product development.
• NASA is willing to fund (SBIR) the development of
  new technologies.

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SBIR STTR Solicitations

• In 2002 NASA made 295 SBIR STTR Phase I Awards
  totaling 21.3 million.
• Only four of these were to Georgia companies,
  despite the state being in the top 10 in both
  high-tech employment VC funding.

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SBIR Success in Georgia

• EnerTech Environmental, Inc.
• 1999 Phase I for waste carbonization
• Phase II awarded April 2001
• NASAs SBIR award has provided seed capital to
  enable us to enter other markets while meeting
  NASAs goals. Kevin Bolin, President

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Help with SBIR

• Assistance in identifying topics of interest
  guidance through process
• Assistance in locating specific NASA technical
  personnel
• Proposal review guidance
• Referrals for assistance in business, technical
  and market feasibility

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Georgia Tech Can Help You Access NASA Technology

• Contact
• John Mills
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail john.mills_at_edi.gatech.edu
• Web www.edi.gatech.edu/nasa