Funding and Partnering Opportunities with the U.S. Department of Energy - Summer 2020 Webinar Series
This webinar series connects early- and growth-stage companies, accelerators and incubators, and university entrepreneurial scientists and engineers to the Department of Energy’s latest program initiatives and partnering opportunities. It will provide attendees with an opportunity to hear from DOE’s senior leaders and program managers, those who are the administrators and decision-makers for current and upcoming funding and partnering opportunities.
Paul M. Dabbar
Under Secretary for Science, DOE
Conner Prochaska
Chief Commercialization Officer, DOE
Matt Biasiny
Manager, Chair, DOE Technology Transfer Working Group
In this session, we hear from Paul Dabbar, on the challenges and opportunities currently facing America’s scientific and technological leaders on topics such as human health, quantum networks, AI, and more. Conner Prochaska, on how startups can harness the power of the DOE’s multi-billion-dollar research enterprise to discover, build, and evaluate new products and services. And Matthew Biasiny, on partnership models and DOE technical assistance, maturation, and commercialization programs that focus on supporting business growth in the United States.
Michael Paulus
Director Technology Transfer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
John A. Carlisle
Director of Chain Reaction Innovations, Argonne National Laboratory
Dan Miller
Director of Innovative Crossroads, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tom Boussie
Managing Director, Cyclotron Road Activate Global, Inc.
In this session you will hear about the latest Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Programs (LEEPs) that the DOE is offering. LEEPs are two-year fellowship programs that offer the opportunity to work with researchers at U.S. national laboratories to perform early-stage research and development that supports the launch and growth of their startup companies. This webinar introduces the three DOE LEEP nodes: Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory, Cyclotron Road at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Innovation Crossroads at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Rene Sells
Manager of Business Development, Sandia National Laboratories
Todd Pray
Chief Strategic Partnerships Officer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Aaron Tremaine
Division Director of RF Accelerator Research, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Elsie Quaite Randall
Deputy Director, Innovation and
Partnerships Office
Learn about all of the resources that the Lab Innovation Networking Center (LINC) has available for you. LINC provides a front door to the four Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories in the San Francisco Bay Area, linking corporations, startups, and investors to DOE’s world-class research and unique facilities. SLAC National Accelerator, Lawrence Berkeley, Sandia, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories are part of DOE’s 17-lab complex and roughly $12-billion dollar per year research and development portfolio.
This webinar talks about SBIR/STTR programs. These are congressionally mandated programs that enable small businesses to explore their technological potential and provide them with the incentive to profit from the commercialization of newly developed technology. With an annual budget of $3.6 billion government-wide, these programs provide critical funds for startups to introduce innovative technologies to market while meeting agencies’ specific R&D needs. Hear about the structure of the programs, how to apply for these grants, and how to leverage the SBIR/STTR to go from proof of concept to the commercialization stage.
Martin Schoonen
Associate Laboratory Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Priscilla D. Antunez PhD
Assistant Director for Strategic Partnerships at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Dennis Mills
Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Photon Sciences, Argonne National Laboratory
Simon Bare
Senior Distinguished Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
The webinar explores how the private sector research community can access and leverage advanced research facilities, such as synchrotron light sources and nanoscale research centers across the country, that are funded by DOE's Office of Science. These facilities are maintained and operated as shared resources for the scientific community and staffed by experts to assist users.
Conner Prochaska
Chief Commercialization Officer, DOE
Blake Marshall
Technology Manager, DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office
Emma White
Associate Scientist, Ames Laboratory
Chris Spadaccini
Director of the Center for Engineered Materials and Manufacturing, LLNL
Lonnie Love
Group Leader of ORNL's Manufacturing Systems Research Group at ORNL
Andy Myers
Technology Transfer Lead, Kansas City National Security Campus
This webinar will explore how entrepreneurs, early and growth-stage startups, major companies, and universities can access and leverage advanced research facilities and capabilities at Ames Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. These facilities are maintained and operated as shared resources for the scientific community and staffed by experts to assist users. Learn about the U.S. DOE´s research and developments in partnership with industry, academia, and government agencies to advance AM toward broader commercial adoption, strengthen U.S. competitiveness.
Jason Stolworthy
Director of Technology Deployment, Idaho National Laboratory
Eric Payne
Senior Licensing Executive, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Zack Baize
Office of Technology Transitions, DOE
This webinar focuses on how entrepreneurs and businesses can participate in DOE’s upcoming Technology Commercialization Fund call. DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions shares key information about the program as well as a practical guide and tips for how to find eligible technologies that match your area of technology interest, who to contact at the labs, and how to form a relationship with a National Laboratory to develop a TCF proposal. Lastly you can hear about specific examples of TCF projects that were successful in the past, and examples of available technologies that could be the subject of a TCF project with a private company.
Laurie Bagley
Head of Technology Transfer, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
David Lee
Technology Transfer Associate, US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center
David Pronchick
Assistant Department Head, Contracting Services Department, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) is the formally chartered, nationwide network of over 300 federal laboratories, agencies, and research centers that fosters commercialization best practice strategies and opportunities for accelerating federal technologies from out of the lab and into the marketplace. Learn how partners outside the federal labs, agencies, and research centers can engage with the FLC for collaborative research, licensing, and entrepreneurship opportunities.
Jennifer Garson
Senior Advisor, Water Power Technologies Office, U.S. DOE
Cedar Blazek
Project Manager, Buildings Technology Office, U.S. DOE
Diana Bauer
Senior Technical Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Office, U.S. DOE
Sean Porse
Data, Modeling, and Analysis Lead in the Geothermal Technologies Office, U.S. DOE
Katherine Harsanyi
Program Manager, Office of Technology Transitions, U.S. DOE
This webinar will provide an overview of DOE’s prize competitions and challenges, and will highlight current opportunities from DOE’s Offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and Technology Transitions (OTT). Get a general overview of prize competitions including the Water Power Technologies Office prize portfolio, the Geothermal Manufacturing Prize, the Water Security Grand Challenge, the Energy Program for Innovation Clusters Prize, and current and future competitions from the Building Technologies Office.
This webinar focuses on how the Lab Partnering Service (LPS) contextualizes information from the multitude of scientific domains across the DOE. The LPS informs investment decisions, increases marketplace competitiveness, and enables technology transfer by connecting investors to experts, competitive technology, world-class facilities, and streamlined partnering opportunities. This webinar features how the LPS engages customers through its interface, information, and connections, and how you can turn information into actionable insights, and connect with the expertise of the National Laboratories.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) brings economically viable cleantech innovations to market. IEC serves private and public funding partners by leveraging the capabilities at NREL and other labs, as well as by activating and connecting their network of cleantech startups, investors, and industry partners. IEC programs and initiatives are designed to address barriers and support the innovation continuum from ideation to product
Conner Prochaska
Chief Commercialization Officer
Robinson Hernandez
Executive Director, Urban Tech Hub @ Company
Learn how startups can harness the power of the Department of Energy’s multi-billion-dollar research enterprise to discover, build, and evaluate new products and services with Conner Prochaska, DOE Chief Commercialization Officer. He will describe the current challenges and opportunities that America’s scientific and technological leaders are facing, covering a wide range of topics like human health, quantum networks, AI, and more.