Strategic Alliances Workshop

Overview

Build a vital strategic partnership by participating in the ASU Technopolis Strategic Alliances Workshop sponsored by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP! The Strategic Alliances Workshop is targeted for SBIR/STTR proposal writers and award winners seeking to build a successful SBIR/STTR alliance.

Attendees will hear from, ASU Technopolis entrepreneurial coach, Sharon Ballard, and a group of guest speakers and panelists, including prime contractors, who will discuss an overview of strategic alliances, legal best practices and suggestions, an investors view of strategic alliances, how to build a successful alliance, as well as university and corporate perspectives of strategic alliances. The workshop includes a networking reception.

Guest speakers include Bob Rasmussen, Honeywell; Dr. Mukund Acharya, Honeywell; Emily Miao, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff; and Sharon Ballard, Enable Ventures.

Participants can register for the SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop on June 5, 2008, and the Strategic Alliances Workshop on June 6, 2008, for $350.

Program

• Topics covered in the workshop include Building a Successful SBIR/STTR Alliance, Meeting with Large, Prime Contractors, an SBIR/STTR Program Overview, and Networking Reception.
• The cost to attend the Strategic Alliances Workshop is $200 per participant.