US Coast Guard RDC New London, CT FLC NE Regional Fall Meeting Sep October Robert M. Braun, Northeast Region Coordinator Day 1 - Welcome

The Research and Development Center (RDC) in New London, Conn. is the Coast Guard's sole facility performing research, development, test and evaluation in support of the service's major missions. 27 October Boston NYC USCG RDC

The FLC Northeast Region consists of all the New England states, New York, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico, with approximately 35 member R&D laboratories. These laboratories represent a variety of agencies (i.e., Departments of Commerce, Energy, Defense, Transportation, etc.). The mission of the FLC is to add value to the federal agencies, laboratories, and their partners to accomplish the rapid integration of research and development resources within the mainstream of the U.S. economy

27 October Benefits to Industry 1.Better serve government customers. 2.Leverage R&D costs → $B R&D/Ȼ license cost 3.Make use of government facilities (e.g., for product testing) 4.Make use of the expertise of federal scientists and engineers in nearly every discipline 5.Exclusive licenses to government technology may provide a business the needed edge 6.Reduce product development costs, development cycle and time to market. Benefits to Academia and Nonprofits 1.Researchers participate in proposals and joint ventures for R&D grants. 2.Close contact with leading technologists in both government and industry. 3.Provide students with valuable experience and contacts when entering the job market. 4.Leverage R&D Resources

27 October Benefits for State and Local Economic Development 1.Economic development agency efforts benefit by partnering with Federal labs. 2.From education to health to crimefighting and many others, may result in job creation, better products, improved quality of life, and a more positive future for citizens. Benefits to the Government 1.Mission-oriented R&D, leverages dollars when academic or industrial researchers provide needed expertise on collaborative efforts 2.When technology moves out of the laboratories and is put to new uses, the return on R&D investment is improved 3.Speeds the movement of technology to the field 4.Revenue resulting from royalty payments to the Federal laboratory and researchers 5.Strengthens the economy – new products, services

Day 1USCG RDT&E New London, CTDay 1 WednesdaySeptember 10, :00 –9:00 AMBreakfast On Your Own/Sign in 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome to FLC Northeast Regional Fall Meeting, Introduction of new RC. Robert Braun - U. S. Army ARDEC (PICA) Michael Larkin - Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) 9:15 - 9:30FLC National Status UpdateGary Jones - FLC 9:30 – 10:00 Overview of US Coast Guard R&D Center New London, CT Bert Macesker - USCG R&D 10: :15Break 10: :30 FLC - NE National and Regional Awards Program. Results from Last year and plans for this year Michael Larkin - NUWC 10: :30 Fraunhofer intro & interests in collaboration with Federal labs for energy technology. Dr. Prabhakar Singh - Fraunhofer Center for Innovation at UCONN 11:30 - Noon Interests in Federal laboratory energy R&D collaboration and licensing Alexandra Adler - New England Clean Energy Council Johanna Wolfson ‐ Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems Noon-1:00 PM Lunch / NetworkingLunch 1:00 - 1:30 The University’s view of technology transfer with Federal labs Judith Sheft - NJIT 1:30 – 2:00 A small business view of working with Federal Labs via CRADA vs. Contract Dr. Lenore Rasmussen - RasLabs, Inc. 2:00 – 2:30 Commercialization Efforts at the AFRL Information Directorate Franklin Hoke - AFRL 2:30 – 3:00New Technology & T2 developments at BNLMike Furey - Brookhaven National Lab 3:00 – 3:30Break 3:30 – 5:00Tour of USCG RDT&E New London, CTAll 6:30 PMDinner - Coast Guard Academy O'Club featuring a presentation of the Arctic Shield 2014 trip. All - Please be sure to bring $35 cash for dinner expenses. Day 2USCG RDT&E New London, CTDay 2 ThursdaySeptember 11, :00 – 9:00Breakfast On Your Own / Sign in 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome to Day 2 of FLC Northeast Regional Fall Meeting. Robert Braun - PICA 9:15 – 10:00 The US ecosystem for manufacturing innovation and how US federal labs might play a greater role Sujai Shivakumar - National Research Council 10: :15Break 10:15 – 11:00 Topics from the annual Navy ORTA/Legal meeting Dr. Theresa Baus – NUWC & roundtable 11: :30 Transition of the FLC NE to new leadership and redefinition of the FLC NE goals and mission Robert Braun - Army PICA Michael Larkin - NUWC 11:30 - NoonOpen Forum {Town Hall)All Revision 10/27/ October 20156