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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
8:00am - 9:00am
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Breakfast
8:00am - 9:00am
PT
Breakfast
Location: Grand Ballroom III, 4th Floor, Grand Level
Sponsored By
8:00am - 5:00pm
PT
Registration
8:00am - 5:00pm
PT
Registration
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:30am - 9:00am
PT
Faster, Smarter Access to Tech Transfer Policy - Learn More about the FLC Greenbook App & FLC Business
8:30am - 9:00am
PT
Faster, Smarter Access to Tech Transfer Policy - Learn More about the FLC Greenbook App & FLC Business
Location: Grand Crescent, 4th Floor
Speaker:
Katherine Segreti
Demo
9:00am - 9:15am
PT
Welcome
9:00am - 9:15am
PT
Welcome
Location: Grand Ballroom I&II, 4th Floor, Grand Level
9:15am - 10:15am
PT
Keynote | Transcending Incrementalism
9:15am - 10:15am
PT
Keynote | Transcending Incrementalism
Location: Grand Ballroom I&II, 4th Floor, Grand Level
Keynote Speaker:
John T. Preston
– TEM Capital
10:00am - 5:00pm
PT
Exhibits Open
10:00am - 5:00pm
PT
Exhibits Open
Location: Grand Ballroom III, 4th Floor, Grand Level
10:15am - 10:45am
PT
AI Tools for Your Office with FirstIgnite
10:15am - 10:45am
PT
AI Tools for Your Office with FirstIgnite
Location: Grand Crescent, 4th Floor
Speaker:
Chase Bonhag
– FirstIgnite
Demo
Sponsored By
10:15am - 10:45am
PT
Break
10:15am - 10:45am
PT
Break
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer, 4th Floor, Grand Level
10:45am - 11:45am
PT
Lab Directors Forum
10:45am - 11:45am
PT
Lab Directors Forum
Location: Grand Ballroom I&II, 4th Floor, Grand Level
11:45am - 12:45pm
PT
Lunch
11:45am - 12:45pm
PT
Lunch
Location: Grand Ballroom III, 4th Floor, Grand Level
Sponsored By
12:15pm - 12:45pm
PT
Discover the FLC Learning Center
12:15pm - 12:45pm
PT
Discover the FLC Learning Center
Location: Grand Crescent, 4th Floor
Presenter:
Courtney Bronson
Demo
12:45pm - 1:45pm
PT
Coming to Terms with Term Sheets: IP Valuation in Licensing Negotiations
12:45pm - 1:45pm
PT
Coming to Terms with Term Sheets: IP Valuation in Licensing Negotiations
Location: Cascade I, 2nd Floor, Mezzanine Level
Speaker:
Martin Hindel
– National Institute of Standards and Technology
Speaker:
Sam Wiley
– Ocean Tomo, a J.S. Held company
Speaker:
Yash Vaishnav
– Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Speaker:
David McFeeters-Krone
– Intellectual Assets
Speaker:
Steven Ferguson
– NIH Office of Technology Transfer
Intellectual Property Management
12:45pm - 1:45pm
PT
Fixing the Hidden Bottleneck in Research Commercialization
12:45pm - 1:45pm
PT
Fixing the Hidden Bottleneck in Research Commercialization
Location: Vashon, 3rd Floor, San Juan Level
Speaker:
Angelique N. Adams
– Angelique Adams Media Solutions
Marketing/Business Development
12:45pm - 1:45pm
PT
The Use of Master IIAs to Catalyze Commercialization of Joint Inventions
12:45pm - 1:45pm
PT
The Use of Master IIAs to Catalyze Commercialization of Joint Inventions
Location: Cascade II, 2nd Floor, Mezzanine Level
Speaker:
T. Allen Morris
– Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
Speaker:
Jenish Patel
– Department of Veterans Affairs
Speaker:
Barry M. Datlof
– U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Agreements
2:00pm - 3:00pm
PT
CANCELED
: Modernizing DoW T2 for National Security and Economic Prosperity
2:00pm - 3:00pm
PT
CANCELED
: Modernizing DoW T2 for National Security and Economic Prosperity
Location: Cascade II, 2nd Floor, Mezzanine Level
Speaker:
Austin Leach
– TechLink
Operations/Administration
2:00pm - 3:00pm
PT
Practical Applications of AI to Accelerate Technology Transfer
2:00pm - 3:00pm
PT
Practical Applications of AI to Accelerate Technology Transfer
Location: Vashon, 3rd Floor, San Juan Level
Speaker:
Anh-Dung Le
– FedTech
Speaker:
Anne Marie Strategos
– FedTech
Speaker:
Brady Ryan
– FedTech
Marketing/Business Development
2:00pm - 3:00pm
PT
Protection of Federally Funded Inventions: Lessons from DOE National Labs
2:00pm - 3:00pm
PT
Protection of Federally Funded Inventions: Lessons from DOE National Labs
Location: Cascade I, 2nd Floor, Mezzanine Level
Speaker:
Eric Payne
– National Laboratory of the Rockies
Intellectual Property Management
3:00pm - 3:15pm
PT
Break/Poster Presentation
3:00pm - 3:15pm
PT
Break/Poster Presentation
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer, 4th Floor, Grand Level
Sponsored By
3:00pm - 3:30pm
PT
Supporting Technology Transfer from Ideation to Commercialization — with Clarivate IPfolio
3:00pm - 3:30pm
PT
Supporting Technology Transfer from Ideation to Commercialization — with Clarivate IPfolio
Location: Grand Crescent, 4th Floor
Demo
Sponsored By
3:15pm - 4:15pm
PT
An Introduction to NSF’s R&D, Workforce, and Education Surveys with a Focus on Statistics for the Federal R&D Enterprise
3:15pm - 4:15pm
PT
An Introduction to NSF’s R&D, Workforce, and Education Surveys with a Focus on Statistics for the Federal R&D Enterprise
Location: Cascade II, 2nd Floor, Mezzanine Level
Moderator:
John Bittman
– National Institute of Standards and Technology
Speaker:
Ronda Britt
– National Science Foundation
Speaker:
Christopher Pece
– National Science Foundation
Operations/Administration
3:15pm - 4:15pm
PT
Best Practices in Working With and Supporting SBIR
3:15pm - 4:15pm
PT
Best Practices in Working With and Supporting SBIR
Location: Vashon, 3rd Floor, San Juan Level
Speaker:
David Zimmerman
– Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Speaker:
Kirsten Hillyer
– Department of Energy
Speaker:
Stephen Luckowski
Speaker:
Genevieve Lind
– U.S. Small Business Administration
Marketing/Business Development
3:15pm - 4:15pm
PT
Invention Evaluation Committees - Establish, Staff, and Benefit From Yours
3:15pm - 4:15pm
PT
Invention Evaluation Committees - Establish, Staff, and Benefit From Yours
Location: Cascade I, 2nd Floor, Mezzanine Level
Speaker:
Jeff DiTullio
– U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Intellectual Property Management
4:30pm - 5:30pm
PT
Beyond the Lab: Using Professional Societies to Further Develop Your Career
4:30pm - 5:30pm
PT
Beyond the Lab: Using Professional Societies to Further Develop Your Career
Location: Cascade II, 2nd Floor, Mezzanine Level
Speaker:
Steven Ferguson
– NIH Office of Technology Transfer
Speaker:
Joy Goswami
– The Research Foundation for SUNY
Operations/Administration
4:30pm - 5:30pm
PT
Navigating Foreign Non-Government Partnerships: Considerations for Labs
4:30pm - 5:30pm
PT
Navigating Foreign Non-Government Partnerships: Considerations for Labs
Location: Vashon, 3rd Floor, San Juan Level
Speaker:
Andrew James Lenz
– U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center
Speaker:
Jason Martinez
– Sandia National Laboratories
Speaker:
Eric G. Rosenberg
– U.S. Cyber Command
Agreements
4:30pm - 5:30pm
PT
Prototyping for Success: VA Technology Transfer Assistance Program
4:30pm - 5:30pm
PT
Prototyping for Success: VA Technology Transfer Assistance Program
Location: Cascade I, 2nd Floor, Mezzanine Level
Speaker:
Trina Voss
– Department of Veterans Affairs
Intellectual Property Management
5:30pm - 6:00pm
PT
Mentorship Program Reception
5:30pm - 6:00pm
PT
Mentorship Program Reception
Location: Puget Sound,1st Floor, Lobby Level
6:00pm - 6:30pm
PT
Awards Reception
6:00pm - 6:30pm
PT
Awards Reception
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer, 4th Floor, Grand Level
6:30pm - 9:00pm
PT
Awards Ceremony
6:30pm - 9:00pm
PT
Awards Ceremony
Location: Grand Ballroom I&II, 4th Floor, Grand Level
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