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  • Technology commercialization expertise
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2009 Annual Meeting Agenda

Theme: Expanding Opportunities in Technology Commercialization

Click on the day for the tentative full schedule and speakers:

Tuesday, March 10

Wednesday, March 11

Thursday, March 12

Tuesday, March 10

Capitol Hill Visits for USIC members

6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Buffet Dinner and Seminar: Welcoming USIC members, prospective members, government
leaders, lab partners & friends. Sponsored by Stolar Research Corp
6:45 – 7:15 p.m. USIC’s New Opportunities in Membership & Business Development

Donna Anderson, Membership Marketing Director;

John Peel, Vice President
7:15 – 8:00 p.m. Enhancing Global Security: A New Role for Industry.
Anne Harrington, Director, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences.
8:00-8:30 p.m. Dessert & Networking

Wednesday, March 11

8:30 – 10:15 a.m. Members Breakfast and Business Meeting including Board of Directors election (USIC members only) Sponsored by NUKEM, Inc.
OPEN MEETING: Welcoming USIC members, prospective members, government leaders, lab partners & friends.
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break, Networking & Displays
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Introductions: Chairman, Tom Shelton

USIC Report: President, Gerson Sher
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. DOE Address

Monte Mallin, Director, Global Security Engagement & Cooperation
11:30 – Noon Keynote Address

Manufacturing Possibility: Expanding Resources to Meet Global Challenges

Brian Finlay, Co-director, Cooperative Nonproliferation Program, The Henry L. Stimson Center.
Lunch and afternoon program sponsored by RussTech Language Services, Inc.
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Buffet Lunch
1:30 – 1:45 p.m. USIC’s New Membership Opportunities

Donna Anderson, Membership Marketing Director
1:45-3:00 p.m. Success Stories from USIC members:


Ken Bower, Trace Photonics

Leonid Kelner, Fenix Technologies, Inc.

Terry Lowe, Manhattan Scientifics

Dave Trudil, New Horizon Diagnostics
3-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-4:15 p.m. Emerging Technologies in the FSU


Tim Murray, Deputy Executive Director (Acting)

Partnering and Sustainability Department,

International Science and Technology Center (Moscow)

Victor Korsun, Deputy Executive Director,

Science and Technology Center Ukraine

5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Chairman’s Reception

Embassy Suites, 1250 22nd St. NW, Washington, DC 20037

Thursday, March 12

8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. USIC Board of Directors meeting

Capitol Hill Visits for USIC members