North Carolina SBTDC Offering Technology Training for SBDCS

article prepared by Kay Etzler, SBIR Specialist for the North Carolina Small Business Technology Development Center

The North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) is hosting its second National Institute for Technology Development and Commercialization on May 3-6 at Wake Forest University. The institute is a national project of the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) held in cooperation with the Society of Research Administrators (SRA). The four-day program is specifically designed to build the capacity of SBDCs in technology development and commercialization. Targeted participants include SBDC state and regional directors, staff with technology responsibility, and SBDC host representatives (typically high-level university administrators or state economic development agency officials). 



The institute provides training and support for SBDCs interested in establishing technology specialty programs to serve the small and growing business community and foster technology-based economic development. Participants learn about the university technology transfer process, the unique development needs of start-up R&D companies, techniques to maximize SBDC's role with SBIR/STTR initiatives and opportunities, and options for partnering with both public and private-sector organizations to promote technology development and commercialization. 



For more information, contact Scott Daugherty, Executive Director, NC SBTDC, at 919/715-7272 or sdaugherty@sbtdc.org