Technology Transfer 2005 Mid Atlantic Regional Support Office

1. Technology Transfer 2005Mid Atlantic Regional Support Office

2. What is theFederal Laboratory Consortium? • Nationwide network of over 700 Federal laboratories and R&D centers organized in 1974 and formally chartered by Congress in 1986 to promote and strengthen technology transfer throughout the U.S. • A forum that links technology with laboratory missions and the marketplace • 17 Departments and Agencies, conducting $70 billion in R&D annually and employing over 100,000 scientists and engineers.

3. What is theFederal Laboratory Consortium?(continued) Departments • Agriculture • Commerce • Defense • Army • Air Force • Navy • Education • Energy • Health and Human Services • Interior • Justice • Labor • Transportation • Veterans Affairs Agencies • Central Intelligence Agency • Environmental Protection Agency • National Aeronautics and Space Administration • National Science Foundation • Smithsonian Institute • Tennessee Valley Authority

4. The FLC Vision The vision of the FLC is to actively promote the fullest application and use of federal research and development (R&D) by providing an environment for successful technology transfer.

5. FLC Goals and Objectives • Enhance communication • Leverage R&D investments • Improve and innovate the technology transfer process

6. Strategies • Create innovative partnerships • Influence technology policy • Optimize diverse resources • Strengthen the FLC structure • Lead the vision • Project a positive and consistent image

7. Organization • Membership • Federal R&D laboratories and centers • Departments and agencies they represent • FLC Representatives • Each FLC member or group of members supports an FLC technology transfer representative

8. Organization(continued) • Governing bodies • Executive Committee • Vested with decision authority • Comprised of • Officers (e.g., FLC Chair and Vice-Chair) • Six Regional Coordinators • NIST representative

9. Organization(continued) • Executive Board • Makes policy in response to issues raised by membership • Comprised of • Members of Executive Committee • Eight At-Large Representatives • Chairs of FLC Committees

10. Geographical Organization

11. Regional Organization • Provides improved communication and accessibility to individual laboratories in each region • Holds periodic meetings of regional member laboratories • Regional Structure • Each region elects a Regional Coordinator and Deputy Regional Coordinator • Regional Coordinator serves as major link in the FLC system

12. FLC Projects • Training • Awards • Networking • Web Site: www.federallabs.org • Locator Service • Publications and Newsletter • Legislation Intelligence • Exposition Sponsorship • Communities of Interest Fire Fighting Disability Technologies

13. FLC Technology TransferActivities and Services • National interagency network of member laboratories and centers essential to effective technology transfer program • Significantly improves public and private access to Federal technology • Accessible through FLC Representatives, Regional Coordinator, Laboratory Locator, or officers • Puts the potential user in contact with appropriate Federal laboratory experts

14. FLC Technology TransferActivities and Services(continued) • Electronic communications system • State-of-the-art electronic communications system links FLC Representatives • Up-to-date web site that provides FLC members and potential partners with • Data about technology transfer within the laboratories • Launch pad to hundreds of Federal laboratory web servers • Access to searchable databases

15. FLC Technology TransferActivities and Services(continued) • Go to www.federallabs.org • Click on the Locator icon • Fill out the Form • Click Submit

16. FLC National Meeting • May 1-6, 2005 • Training • Networking • Awards • Presentations and Performances • Department/Agency Planning Meetings • At least 5 participants from ARL and Edgewood CB Center

17. FLC Mid Atlantic Regional • September 13-15, 2004 • Hershey Lodge, Hershey, PA • Program Intermediaries Linking TT Strategies to Agency Strategies Fortune 500 Company Tech Transfer Requirements NIH-Organized Session Communities of Interest Best Practices Awards Training

18. Calendar • March 28-30, 2005 World’s Best Tech Arlington, TX • May 1-6, 2005 FLC National Orlando, FL • May 25-26, 2005 Community/Federal Maryland R&D Partnerships • Sept 13-15 FLC Regional Hershey, PA • Sept 27-28,2005 Manufrg Acceleration Gaithersburg, MD • Novr 2-3, 2005 Preparing Mind for Silver Spring, MD Peak Performance

19. Contact FLC Chair Ed Linsenmeyer, FLC Chair Naval Surface Warfare Center - Coastal Systems Station 6703 West Highway 98 Panama City, FL 32407-7001 850-234-4161, phone 850-235-5374, fax LinsenmeyerEC@ncsc.navy.mil, e-mail

20. Contact Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator Dr. J. Scott Deiter, Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator Indian Head Division Naval Surface Warfare Center 101 Strauss Avenue Indian Head, MD 20640-5035 301-744-6111, phone 301-744-6425, fax DeiterJS@ih.navy.mil, e-mail

21. Mid Atlantic Support Office • Pendulum Management LLC 11452 State Road 62, Suite 218 Charlestown, IN 47111 www.pendulumsite.com John Eichelberger, Contractor 407-947-6443 jeichelberger@pendulumsite.com