Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy
National Research Council

Methodology Workshop: Assessment of Current SBIR Program Initiatives

8 October, 1998
NAS 150
National Academy of Sciences
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

12:00PM Lunch in the Members Room

12:15PM Welcome

Charles W. Wessner, National Research Council

12:20-12:30 Opening Remarks

Susan E. Haley, SBIR, Department of Defense

1:15PM Workshop Convenes in National Academy Building, Room 150

1:30PM Recent Private Sector Experience

Introduction: Lance Davis, DDR&E, Department of Defense

Jim LeMunyon, Sterling Semiconductor

Ting-i Wang, Scientific Technology Inc.

2:00PM The SBIR Fast Track Initiative and Proposed Research

Moderator: Ken Flamm, LBJ School of Public Affairs

The Fast Track Initiative

Jon Baron, SBIR, Department of Defense

Proposed Research

Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School

2:30PM Discussant

Peter Cahill, BRTRC, Inc.

2:45PM Research Perspectives

Moderator: Iain Cockburn, University of British Columbia

Scott Stern, Sloan School of Management, MIT

David Audretsch, Indiana University

Zolton Acs, University of Maryland

Frank Lichtenberg, Columbia University

Scott Wallsten, World Bank

3:45PM Program Manager Perspectives:

Lead Speakers:

Connie Jacobs, DARPA SBIR

Jeff Bond, BMDO SBIR

Comments and Observations

Ken Bannister, Army SBIR

Vinny Schaper, Navy SBIR

Jill Dickman, Air Force SBIR

Bill Burks, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) SBIR

Karen Pera, U.S. Special Operations Command SBIR

Teresa Puretz, OSD/DDR&E SBIR

John Williams, U.S. Navy

Jo Anne Goodnight, National Cancer Institute SBIR

4:15PM Concluding Remarks

Ken Flamm, LBJ School of Public Affairs

Background Paper:

Josh Lerner