Sponsored by The Patuxent Partnership (TPP)
and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
AGENDA
7:30A Check In / Networking
8:15A Introductions – Bonnie Green, TPP and Wynne Briscoe, SBDC
8:30A Mr. Tom Rudowsky, Deputy Commander, NAVAIR and Small Business Champion
9:15A Ms. Arveice Washington, Director, DoN, Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) Ms. Mercedes Thurston, DoN OSBP Mentor Protégé Program Manager
10:00A Break/Networking
10:15A Mr. Brian Shipley, Acting Director, DoN SBIR/STTR Programs
Ms. Kristi DePriest, NAVAIR SBIR/STTR Program Manager
11:00A Small Business Panel: SBIR Panel: Moderator: Rick Tarr, Director Tech Transfer Office, NAWCAD Panelists: Tom Sanders, Managing Director, CTSi; Darin Nielsen, CEO, ACE Consulting Group; Kristi DePriest, NAVAIR SBIR/STTR Program Manager, Petra Branthoover, NAVAIR Phase III Lead
Noon Lunch
1:00P SBDC Role – Wynne Briscoe
1:30P Mr. Edsel Brown, Chairman, Southern MD Minority Business Chamber of Commerce; former Assistant Director, SBA Office of Innovation and Technology (SBIR/STTR Programs)
2:00P Mr. Brandon “BW” Mason, Director, Tech & Innovation Team, UMD SBDC
2:45P TEDCO (Invited)
3:30P Closing Comments
REGISTRATION
Please register here OR via this link: https://paxpartnership.app.neoncrm.com/eventReg.jsp?event=1173&
$25 – TPP Members
$50 Non-Members
NO COST for military or government civilians
Questions, contact Bonnie Green, Executive Director, The Patuxent Partnership via email @ bonnie.green@paxpartnership.org.