Renewable Energy Technologies: SBIR/STTR Phase I + Tech Roadmap Course

Overview

The Renewable Energy Technologies SBIR/STTR Phase I and Technology Roadmap Course, exclusively sponsored by McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, is a combination workshop on Renewable Energy Technologies, and is an 8-hour workshop that examines SBIR/STTR Program funding opportunities for renewable energy technologies and innovations, and reviews the associated investment roadmap plans. This will be a highly interactive program to maximize opportunity identification, pre-proposal writing assistance, and how to discover and apply landscape and route roadmaps to your proposal work plan.

This workshop targets early-stage, first-time, writers of SBIR/STTR Program Phase I proposals. The workshop covers all agencies although special emphasis will be given to the Department of Energy. The SBIR Program can support business and product strategies with funding from the federal government, as an alternative to or in coordination with other forms of business financing. We will explore strategies and specific steps to attract commercialization partners, even at the Phase I stage of the SBIR Program. The SBIR/STTR Program is a great way to form commercialization relationships!

At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will have a clearer view of SBIR and STTR funding opportunities for renewable energy technologies and how their innovations fit in the landscape and route roadmaps of funding agencies, customers, and partners.

The SBIR/STTR Phase I + Technology Roadmap Course is exclusively sponsored by McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, and sponsored by City of Chandler, Ernst & Young, JDA Software, Salt River Project, City of Scottsdale, Squire Sanders, and City of Tempe.

Program

• Please bring your laptop to the workshop.
• Topics covered are: What are the funding opportunities in 2010 for SBIR and STTR Programs?; Who have the agencies funded to date?; Why are roadmaps useful – landscape and route maps – and who creates them?; Where do I find these roadmaps?; How can I use roadmaps to make my proposal more competitive?; Do partnering opportunities make sense to win $$$$?
• The first half of the program explores funding opportunities and include the latest news from the Reno 2009 National SBIR Conference, often available sooner than what are given on agency websites.
• The second half of this workshop reviews various roadmaps – expressions of investment strategies by agencies, industry associations and corporations – and how entrepreneurs can leverage them to make their proposals more competitive.
• Also included is a networking reception for attendees, coaches and speakers in the ASU SkySong’s SkyCafe.