Something for Every TBED-er in Final SSTI Conference Agenda

Sometimes quality takes longer to achieve than we'd like, but your patience paid off as SSTI has assembled one of our finest slates of sessions yet to anchor the 10th annual conference, Nov. 1-2, in Oklahoma City. Providing the core of the conference, the 24 sessions are structured to allow ample discussion time among participants, something we're told sets SSTI's conferences apart from the rest of the field.



Additionally, SSTI uses a two-stage survey process each summer to develop the conference agenda rather than having the agenda set by invitation or call for papers many months in advance. The result is all topics to be discussed were ranked as being of highest interest or most pressing need by SSTI's sponsors and affiliates -- your peers from around the country! Given the breadth and diversity of interests and perspectives present among SSTI's membership, the slate of sessions is assured to offer at least one topic of interest for nearly every component of the TBED community during each of the six time slots offering concurrent breakout sessions. In many cases there will be multiple sessions you'd like to attend, making the team-approach the best way to participate. Bringing multiple members of your state of local TBED community will also enable you to better transform the excitement and new knowledge gained at the conference into a solid action plan when you return home.



The following is a list of the sessions. Full descriptions and lists of speakers are available online at: http://www.ssti.org/Conf06/schedule.htm

• Latest Trends in Angel Investing
• Understanding the University's Role in Regional Economies
• TBED Clinic
• Is There a Future for U.S. Manufacturing?
• The People Piece of the Entrepreneurship Puzzle
• Forging Local-University Partnerships for Regional Growth
• Innovation and Creativity in City Regions
• Understanding Innovation and Product Development
• A Matter of Scale: Maximizing Impact from State TBED Investments
• Technology Industries' Views on University Collaboration
• Technology Commercialization Assessment and Mentoring
• Advocating for TBED
• Higher Ed and Competitiveness: Ending Our Bipolar Relationship with Higher Ed
• Commercializing Clean Energy Technologies
• From Concept to Commercialization The Oklahoma Strategy
• Seed Capital Programs: The Missing Link
• University Research Parks as Part of an Effective TBED Strategy
• Recent Research: Studies that Should Influence TBED Policy & Practice
• Cashing in on Nanotechnology
• New Trends in Commercialization and Intellectual Property Rights
• International Innovation Strategies: Lessons and Models for the U.S.
• Top Five Reasons Influencing Tech Firm Location Decisions
• STEM: What Works, What Doesn't