Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

National Research Council

Symposium on

The Small Business Innovation Research Program:

A Review of Current Research

AGENDA

May 5, 1999

National Academy of Sciences

2100 C Street, NW

Washington, D.C.

8:15AM Continental Breakfast

8:45AM Welcome

Charles Wessner, National Research Council

8:50AM Introduction

Clark McFadden, Dewey Ballantine

9:10AM Part I: Improving Government Decision Cycles

Panel 1: Industry Views of SBIR Fast Track: Regional Case Studies

Moderator: Dennis Carroll, General Accounting Office

The Northeast: John Scott, Dartmouth College

The Southeast: Albert Link, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

The West and Southwest: Robert Wilson, University of Texas, Austin

Reid Cramer, University of Texas, Austin

Discussion

10:30AM Coffee Break

10:45AM Panel II: Assessing DoD’s Fast Track Initiative

Moderator: William Bonvillian, Office of Senator Joseph Lieberman

Survey Process and Results

Peter Cahill, BRTRC

11:15AM Social and Private Rates of Return

Albert Link, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

John Scott, Dartmouth College

Discussant: David Audretsch, Indiana University

12:00PM Lunch: Refectory

1:15PM Part II: The Many Faces of the SBIR Program

Panel III: Multiple Priorities for SBIR -- Commercialization versus Research –

The Program Manager’s Perspective

Moderator:Duncan Moore, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Robert Archibald, College of William and Mary

David Finifter, College of William and Mary

Discussants: Gregory Reck, NASA

Jon Baron, DoD

2:30PM Coffee Break

2:45PM Panel IV: From Laboratory to the Marketplace

Moderator: Scott Geesey, House Science Committee

SBIR’s Impact on Principal Investigators

David Audretsch, Indiana University

Biotechnology Awards in DoD and NIH

Maryann Feldman, Johns Hopkins

Discussants: Morrie Ruffin, Biotechnology Industry Association

Jo Anne Goodnight, National Institutes of Health

4:00PM Panel V: Roundtable on Current Policy Issues

Moderator: Charles Wessner, National Research Council

· Should the SBIR Set-Aside Percentage Be Increased?

· Should the Fast Track Initiative Be Continued?

· Multiple Award Winners: What’s a Mill?

· Should the Award Amount Be Increased?

· The Geographical Distribution of SBIR Awards: A Role for Outreach?

· Are Program Assessment Needs Being Met?

Discussants: Paul Cooksey, Senate Committee on Small Business

Jeff Grove, House Committee on Science

James Turner, House Committee on Science

David Goldston, Office of Congressman Boehlert

Open Discussion

5:30PM Reception in the Members Room