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Technology commercialization expertise
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2008 Annual Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, March 4 – SEMINAR and BUFFET DINNER

(USIC members and National Lab representatives)

Promises and Pitfalls: Doing Business in Russia and the Broader Region

Sarah C. Carey, Partner, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P.

Dinner Seminar made possible by General Motors

Wednesday, March 5 – USIC BUSINESS MEETING

(USIC Members only)

Registration/Seated Breakfast	Business Meeting Board of Directors Elections Legislative Briefing
Members’ Breakfast made possible by Gallagher Malloy & Georges

Wednesay, March 5 – USIC ANNUAL MEETING

(open to all)

Morning program	USIC President’s Report, Gerson Sher Keynote Speaker: THE HONORABLE STEVEN PIFER Senior Advisor with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine from 1998-2000
11:30 – 1 p.m.	Department of Energy Presentation William H. Tobey, Deputy Administrator, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration Special Presentation in Honor of Senator Pete V. Domenici Larry G. Stolarczyk, Chairman, President, and CTO, Stolar Research Corporation Kenneth E. Baker,Principal Assistant Deputy Director, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration Senator Pete V. Domenici Overlooked Intellectual Property Issues: Avoiding Pitfalls that Impact Commercialization James G. Gatto, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Luncheon made possible by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
1:30 – 5:30 p.m.	Panel Discussions and Professional Sessions Presentation on Capabilities at National Laboratories Chair, Kumar Rohatgi, Brookhaven National Laboratory David Ehst, Argonnne National Laboratory Paris Althouse, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Building Partnerships for Peace: GIPP Success Stories Chair, Larry G. Stolarczyk Chairman, President, and CTO, Stolar Research Corporation Ruslan Valiev, Institute of Physics of Advanced Materials, Nanocenter, UFA State Aviation Technical University Michael Jacoby, Co-director of the NAP Biosciences Division, Northwest Agriculture Products James Spearot, Director, General Motors Chemical and Environmental Sciences Laboratory Igor Barsukov, Manager, High Temperature Technologies, Superior Graphite Investment in Russia’s High Tech Sector: Challenges and Opportunities Chair, Sarah C. Carey, Partner, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P. Mohsen A. Khalil, Director, Global Information & Communication Technologies, The World Bank Group Leon A. Polott, President, 5iTech, LLC John T. Connor, Third Millennium Russia Fund Scott Blacklin, Vice President, Emerging Markets, Public Sector, Cisco Systems, Inc.
CHAIRMAN’S RECEPTION (open to all)	Reception made possible by Nukem, Inc.

Thursday, March 6 – USIC Board of Directors’ meeting

USIC Members Visit Representatives on Capitol Hill