[UCI-Calit2] SBIR/STTR Grant Development Series, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 4-6 pm

[Anna Lynn Spitzer]

Event:              SBIR/STTR Grant Development Series<http://www.octaneoc.org/event/sbirsttr-grant-development-series-4/>
Time:              4-6 p.m.
Date:                Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Location:        University Club, UC Irvine, 801 E. Peltason Dr., Irvine, CA 92618
Free to UCI students, faculty and staff


OCTANe and The Henry Samueli School of Engineering have formed a collaborative partnership in an effort to bring more small business innovation research grants to Orange County and the UCI campus. In addition to Samueli School faculty, UCI participation includes faculty from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, and School of Physical Sciences.

This program will provide a combination of educational sessions and direct coaching and submission support to assist up to six startup companies to target, create and submit grant applications for small business innovative research funding and it is expected that a significant number of these will receive this non-dilutive funding.  The funding ultimately is used to build new companies, create jobs and stimulate the economy.

We will kick off with an introductory seminar on April 16, 2014, quickly followed by a "hands-on" workshop for all interested groups that are considering applying for an SBIR or STTR grant.  The aim is to select up to six companies that match well with the expertise available on campus for direct consulting support in targeted agencies and creating grant submissions for the 2014 grant cycle.

Agenda:

4-4:30 p.m.                   Registration and Networking

4:30-5                            The importance of SBIRs to the Innovation Economy and UCI

5-5:20                            Overview of SBIR/STTR Process and opportunities to secure research funding and initial seed

5:20-5:40                       How SBIR Funding has been used to build and commercialize innovative technologies

5:40-6 p.m.                   SBIR Initiative: Process and Next Steps

[https://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/184471/demetri.jpg]Demetri Andrikos - director of licensing, Office of Technology Alliances at UC Irvine
Demetri leads all facets of intellectual asset management including invention disclosure evaluation, technology marketing, complex agreement drafting and negotiation, revenue generation, infringement investigation, management of outside patent and litigation counsel, campus and industry outreach programs, and advising campus constituents on matters pertaining to intellectual property.  He has been with UC Irvine since 2000.  Prior to that, he spent 12 years in industry, first as a senior design engineer at McDonnell Douglas, and later as a corporate licensing executive at Boeing and Litton Industries.  Demetri holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cal State University, Long Beach, and a JD from Southwestern University School of Law, and is a member of the California State Bar.

[https://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/184471/barnes2ckariweb.jpg]Kari Barnes - senior associate, Rutan & Tucker
Ms. Barnes is a senior associate in the firm's Intellectual Property Section focused on intellectual property strategic planning, patent prosecution, intellectual property-related due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, freedom to operate opinions, and patent infringement and validity opinions.



[https://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/184471/20120515octaneportraitsversion2.jpg]Matthew Jenusaitis - President & CEO, OCTANe
Matthew Jenusaitis joined OCTANe as president and CEO in June 2009. Previously, he spent 15 years at Boston Scientific, where he served in numerous executive marketing and general management positions. Matthew was also an executive in residence for the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, which led to him assuming the role of president of ev3 Neurovascular, one of Warburg's portfolio companies. He sits on the boards of Avantis Medical in Sunnyvale, Calif.; Creagh Medical in Galway, Ireland; NeuroInterventional Therapeutics in Pittsburgh, Penn.; and Pulsar Vascular in San Jose, Calif. He also sits on the advisory boards of Cornell's School of Biomedical Engineering, the University of California Bren School of Information and Computer Science, and the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences. Matthew holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering, cum laude, from Cornell University, a master of science in biomedical engineering from Arizona State University, and an MBA from UCI.

[https://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/184471/schmidmollyclosecrop.jpg]Molly B. Schmid - TriTech SBDC
Molly B. Schmid, Ph.D. is vice president of the Inland Empire network of the Tech Coast Angels and a member of the TCA Board of Directors. She has specific expertise in early-stage biotechnology companies, stemming from her own roles in scientific management, project leadership, and business development in three biotechnology companies. Her career has been equally split between academia and industry. Most recently, she was professor and entrepreneur-in-residence at Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences and adjunct professor at the Drucker School of Management in Claremont Calif., where she taught courses in drug discovery and entrepreneurship, and chaired the intellectual property committee.

[https://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/184471/img2077small.jpg]A. Lee Swindlehurst - assoc. dean, Research and Graduate Studies, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UCI
A. Lee Swindelhurst received the B.S., summa cum laude, and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in 1985 and 1986, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1991. From 1986-1990, he was employed at ESL, Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., where he was involved in the design of algorithms and architectures for several radar and sonar signal-processing systems. He was on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University from 1990-2007, where he was a full professor and served as department dhair from 2003-2006. From 1996-1997, he held a joint appointment as a visiting scholar at both Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, and at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. From 2006-07, he was on leave working as vice president of research for ArrayComm LLC in San Jose, Calif. He is currently the associate dean for research and graduate studies in the Samueli School and a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at UCI. His research interests include sensor array signal processing for radar and wireless communications, detection and estimation theory, and system identification, and he has more than 240 publications in these areas.

Light appetizers and beverages will be served.

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