The National SBIR Conferences are the most important meetings the Federal Government holds to
inform small companies about the over $2 billion Federal R&D funding opportunities for these firms in
FY96. The conferences are sponsored by Department of Defense and the National Science
Foundation, in association with 19 other federal agencies. This year's meetings will be held in
Washington, D.C. at the Hyatt Regency, Crystal City from October 16-18, 1995 and in Salt Lake City,
UT at The Salt Lake City Marriott from October 30-November 1, 1995. Program managers from major
Federal R&D agencies will hold seminars and private one-on-one meetings.
The National Science Foundation and Department of Defense are pleased to announce the
establishment of the National Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Conferences web site at
www.seeport.com/SBIR/95gener1.htm. An ftp server is now also available at ftp.seeport.com and a
listserver at list at seeport.com. Your message to the listserver should be JOIN SBIR. This message
should be on the first line of your e-mail.
Also holding "one-on-one" meetings will be representatives from some of the country's largest
corporations who are seeking technology they can help commercialize. Experts hold seminars in
fields from proposal preparation to government cost accounting to commercialization.
