MSI Research Partnerships Conference 2006

Thursday, February 2, 2006

Welcome Address - UTPA President | NA |
Keynote Address - UT System Vice Chancelor for Research & Tech Transfer | NA |

9:30 - 10:30 AM Concurrent Sessions:
Session 1: Future Outlook Panel for ARL & AFRL | View Video |
Session 2: Future Outlook Panel for EPA & DOE | View Video |
Session 3: Future Outlook Panel for Intelligence Community & DHS/HSARPA | NA |

10:45 AM - 11:45 PM Concurrent Sessions:
Session 1: Future Outlook Panel for NSF & NASA | View Video |
Session 2: Future Outlook Panel for USDA/ARS | NA |
Session 3: Innovative Techniques to Build Research Capacity & Culture | NA |

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Luncheon - Keynote Address - Marcus Peacock | NA |

12:30 PM - 01:55 PM Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization Directors Panel | NA |

02:05 PM - 03:00 PM Concurrent Sessions:
Session 1: Targeted Opportunities in Advanced Materials | View Video |
Session 2: Targeted Opportunities in Modeling, Simulation, Computation, and Software for Complex Systems | NA |
Session 3: The ABCs of Contracting: Three Perspectives (Agency, Corporate and Institutions/Small Business) | View Video |
Session 4: Targeted Opportunities in Learning Sciences | NA |
Session 5: Encouraging Faculty Entrepreneurship | View Video |

03:15 PM - 04:15 PM Concurrent Sessions:
Session 1: Targeted Opportunities in Nanotechnology | View Video |
Session 2: Empty
Session 3 The ABCs of Contracting: Three Perspectives (Agency, Corporate and Institutions/Small Business) cont'd | View Video |
Session 4: Targeted Opportunities in Social Sciences | NA |
Session 5: Entrepreneur Programs at Universities - The Kauffman Foundation Initiative | View Video |

04:15 PM - 05:15 PM Concurrent Sessions:
Session 1: Targeted Opportunities in Brownfields, Lead/Asbestos, Clean Air, & Clean Water | View Video |
Session 2: Empty
Session 3: The ABCs of Contracting: Business and Proposal Development | View Video |
Session 4: Empty
Session 5: Avenues of Federal Contracting: Mentor Protégé Program | View Video |

06:30 PM - 09:00 PM Dinner Event - Shary Mansion - Keynote Address - Secretary of the U.S. Army | NA |


Friday, 3rd of February

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM Keynote Address - Special Assistant to the Secretary of the U.S. Air Force | NA |

09:45 AM - 10:45 AM Concurrent sessions:
Session 1: Targeted Opportunities in Biotechnology & Biodefense | NA |
Session 2: Targeted Opportunities in Cancer Research & Health Disparities | View Video |
Session 3:Corporate Panel: Where and How MSIs/Small Businesses Can Assist Meeting A Corporation's Mission & Goals | View Video |
Session 4: Tech Transfer & Intellectual Property | View Video |
Session 5: Challenges of Contracting - Accounting and Accountability | NA |

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent sessions:
Session 1: Targeted Opportunities in Information Analysis & GIS | View Video |
Session 2: Targeted Opportunities in Pharmaceutical Resource Branch, NIH - MBRS, NIAA | NA |
Session 3 Corporate Panel: Where and How MSIs/Small Businesses Can Assist Meeting A Corporation's Mission & Goals cont'd | View Video |
Session 4: Partnerships Models for Pipelining Students | View Video |
Session 5: What Happens When a Contract Goes Bad - Ways to Prevent a Catastrophe, Alternative Conflict Resolution | NA |

12:15 PM - 01:00 PM OSD Sponsored Luncheon | NA |
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM Keynote Address - DoD Principal Director for Equal Opportunity | NA |

01:45 PM - 03:15 PM HBCU / MI Advocacy Panel | View Video |

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM Concurrent sessions:
Session 1: Success Stories & Issues: Been There, Done That, Won't Do That Again | View Video |
Session 2: HBCU/MI Program Overview Panel | View Video |
Session 3: Collaborative Research and Work Through Multidisciplinary Projects | View Video |
Session 4: Targeted Opportunities in Autonomous Systems, Fuel Cells, Alt. Energy | NA |

06:30 PM - 09:00 PM Sponsored Social - Barbeque
Entertainment River Rock
Keynote Address: Ms. Anna Escobedo Cabral, U.S. Treasurer | NA |


Saturday, 4th of February

07:59 AM - 10:00 AM REGISTRATION / INFORMATION DESK OPEN
08:00 AM - 08:45 AM Continental Networking Breakfast
08:58 AM - 12:00 PM Business & Career Expo

09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Concurrent sessions:
Session 1: Partnering System for Universities - MOLIS / NSF Funded | View Video |
Session 2: Empty
Session 3: Partnering with Veterans & Service Disabled Veterans & Disabled Students | NA |
Session 4: Student Entrepreneurship: Incubating Youth Run Business, The Joy of Entrepreneurship at Any Age | View Video |
Session 5: Grants Workshop for Faculty | View Video |

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Concurrent sessions:
Session 1: Faculty Research & Education Opportunities with the DHS' S&T, University Programs Office | View Video |
Session 2: Subcontracting Primer for MSIs/Small Businesses | NA |
Session 3: Small Business Certifications, Loans, and Services | NA |
Session 4: Student Entrepreneurs - Examples of Student Projects | View Video |
Session 5 Grants Workshop for Faculty - cont'd (above continued) | View Video |

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent sessions:
Session 1: | View Video |

Part 1: Applications to Graduate Schools and the GRE
Part 2: Career Development Skills - CV Development & Interviewing Techniques
Part 3: Presenting an Effective Presentation

Session 2: The XYZ's of Contracting: Business Processes (NDAs, etc.) Undergraduate Research experience at TAMU | NA |
Session 3: SBIR/STTR | NA |
Session 4: Fellowships, Internships & Scholarships: Federal Agencies, Corporations, & Foundations | View Video |
Session 5 Grants Workshop for Faculty - cont'd (above continued) | View Video |

01:00 PM - 01:45 PM Plenary with Closing Remarks | NA |