08/01/07 Roundtable

Reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research Program: National Academies' Findings and Recommendations

To read Senator Kerry's statement from this roundtable, please click here.

Event participants:

     Mr. Thomas J. Bond III
          Grant and Proposals Director, Technology Department,
          Association for Manufacturing Technology
     Mr. Edsel M. Brown, Jr.
          Assistant Administrator, Office of Technology, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development
          U.S. Small Business Administration
     Mr. Mark Clevey
          Executive Director, Small Business Foundation of Michigan
     Mr. Jonathan Cohen
          President and Chief Executive Officer, 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc.
     Dr. Ronald Cooper
          Policy Analyst, Office of Technology, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development
          U.S. Small Business Administration
     Mr. Jere W. Glover
          Of Counsel, Brand Law Group
     Ms. Jo Anne Goodnight
          NIH SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator, Office of Extramural Programs
          National Institutes of Health
     Mr. Bruce Held
          Program Director, Force Development and Technology Program
          The Rand Corporation
     Mr. Larry James
          Director, Small Business Division, Office of the Under Secretary for Energy
          U.S. Department of Energy
     Mr. David Metzger
          Partner, Arnold & Porter, LLP
     Dr. Kesh S. Narayanan
          Division Director, Industrial Innovation and Partnership, Directorate for Engineering
          National Science Foundation
     Ms. Linda Oliver
          Deputy Director, Office of Small Business Programs
          Office of the Secretary of Defense
     Mr. Carl Ray
          SBIR/STTR Executive Director, Commercial Technology Office, NASA
     Mr. C. Edward "Tee" Rowe, III
          Associate Administrator, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs
          U.S. Small Business Administration
     Dr. Jenny C. Servo
          President, Dawnbreaker, Inc.
     Dr. Michael Squillante
          Vice President of Research, RMD (Radiation Monitoring Devices)
     Mr. Roland Tibbetts
     Dr. Jose Velazco
          President, Microwave Technologies, Inc.
     Dr. Charles Wessner
          Director, Program on Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
          National Research Council