JUNE 9-11, 2025 | AUSTIN, TX
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  2024 Program  


This program will continue to develop with new keynote, speaker and innovator confirmations, so please continue to check these pages for additional highlights.

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Monday June 19

7:00Registration
8:00TechConnect World Innovation Conference - Plenary Keynotes
8:45Coffee Break
9:00Challenges and Technologies in Critical Mineral Mining
9:00SPM: Dynamic Processes at Solid-liquid Interfaces
10:40SPM: Dynamic AFM
9:00Carbon Nanostructures & Applications
9:00Sustainable Polymers
9:00Additive Manufacturing: Materials Innovation
9:00AI Innovations I
9:00Energy Storage: Keynotes
10:40Energy Storage: Flow Batteries
9:00Industrial Decarbonization: Global Views
9:00Composites: Keynotes
9:00Tissue Engineering
9:00Photonics
9:00Novel Chemical & Physical Sensors
9:00TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Space, Defense, Mobility
9:00TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Manufacturing, Instrumentation
8:00SBIR/STTR Innovator Training Workshop (Additional Fee Required)
9:00Army xTech Startup Summit (Private Meeting)
10:30Health Tech and Space Sprint - Sponsored by Brycetech
10:45TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Biotech, Pharma, Health
10:30TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Advanced Materials & Chemicals I
12:00Lunch Break
12:00TechConnect Business Team Meet & Greet
1:30Fusion Manufacturing Innovation Challenge - UK Atomic Energy Authority & Commonwealth Fusion Systems
2:40Fusion Manufacturing Innovation Challenge - UK Atomic Energy Authority & Commonwealth Fusion Systems
1:30CHIPS: Current Challenges and New Solutions to Boost Domestic Chips Manufacturing I
1:30Extraction of Critical Minerals
1:30SPM: Machine Learning & Automation
3:00SPM User Facilities Leadership Panel
1:30Synthesis of Novel 2D materials
1:30Additive Manufacturing: Digital
1:30AI Innovations II
1:30Thermal Energy & Storage
1:30Industrial Decarbonization: CCS & Hydrogen
1:30Bio-based Nanomaterial
1:30Composites II
1:30Medical Device Technologies
1:30Biosensors & Medical Applications
1:30TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Energy, Efficiency, Environment
1:30TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Advanced Materials & Chemicals II
1:30NSF Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA) - Partnering (Pre-Registration Required)
1:30SBIR/STTR Innovator Training Workshop (Additional Fee Required)
1:30Army xTech Startup Summit (Private Meeting)
3:00Legal Perspective: Strategic IP and Funding Considerations for Innovative Companies
4:00Student Leaders Conference - Welcome
4:00TechConnect Innovation Showcase Reception, Corporate Scout Speed Dating, Army xTech Showcase, Poster Session I (4:00 - 6:00)
4:00TechConnect Business Team Meet & Greet
4:00TechConnect Corporate Scout Speed Dating
4:00Graphene & Carbon Nanostructures - Posters
4:00Polymers - Posters
4:00Additive Manufacturing - Posters
4:00Advanced Materials for Engineering Applications - Posters
4:00Energy Storage - Posters
4:00AI Innovations - Posters
4:00Industrial Decarbonization - Posters
4:00Bio-based Materials - Posters
4:00Tissue Engineering - Posters
4:00Medical Devices - Posters
4:00Sensors & Lab-on-a-Chip - Posters

Tuesday June 20

7:00Registration
8:30Joint TechConnect & SBIR/STTR Keynote Program
9:00Medical & WMD Countermeasures Summit - Keynote (CWMD/MCDC Members meeting)
10:00Coffee Break - Sponsored by REI
10:00EPA Student Breakout (Private Meeting)
10:30CHIPS: Keynotes
10:30Functional Coatings
10:30Rare Earths & Critical Materials - Keynotes
10:30SPM Based Chemical Spectroscopy
10:30Materials Innovation for Commercialization of Fusion Energy: Keynotes
10:302D Materials Based Devices
10:30Additive Manufacturing: Machines
10:30Emerging Battery Chemistries
10:30Industrial Decarbonization: Bioresources
10:30Molecular Modeling
10:30Bio-based & Bio-inspired Materials
10:30Quantum Information Sciences & Technologies
10:30Nano4Earth - National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
10:30Navy MANTECH Advanced Manufacturing Challenge
10:30TechConnect Innovation Pitches: AI, Data, Cyber, Software
10:30TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Electronics, Sensors, Communications
10:30SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: SBIR 101
11:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: Reverse Pitches
10:30Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP), Annual Principal (PI) Meeting: Session 1 Accelerators for Security and Medicine
10:30Army xTech Startup Summit (Private Meeting)
11:00Medical & WMD Countermeasures Summit - (CWMD/MCDC Members meeting)
12:00Lunch Break
12:00TechConnect Business Team Meet & Greet
12:00EPA P3 National Student Design Competition Showcase
1:00Navy MANTECH Advanced Manufacturing Challenge
2:30Navy MANTECH Advanced Manufacturing Challenge
1:30CHIPS: Advanced Metrology to Ensure Success for Next Generation Semiconductors
1:30Membranes
1:30REE: Advances in Solvent Separation Technologies
3:00REE: Advances in Solid-Liquid/Ion-Exchange Separation Technologies
1:30SPM in Biology & Medicine
1:30Materials Innovation for Commercialization of Fusion Energy
1:30Graphene and 2D Materials for Energy Related Applications
1:30Advanced Manufacturing Innovation
1:30Battery Innovation
1:30Sustainability & Efficiency Innovations
1:30AI for Materials
1:30Innovations in Precision Health and Diagnostics for Health Wellness
1:30Micro & Bio Fluidics, Lab-on-a-Chip
1:00Student Leaders Conference - Career Pathways Panel
1:30TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Energy, Efficiency, Environmental II
1:30TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Electronics, Sensors & Communications
2:30Student Leaders Conference - FAIR data session
3:00TechConnect Innovation Pitches: AI, Data, Cyber, Software II
3:00Spark Notes: How the Federal Government is Catalyzing Clean Energy Innovation
1:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: Navigating Agency Differences
1:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: DoD Deep Dive
2:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: SBIR Success Stories
3:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: Getting Help
2:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: NSF Deep Dive
2:30SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: NIH Deep Dive
3:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: NASA Deep Dive
3:30SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: DOE Deep Dive
1:00Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP), Annual Principal (PI) Meeting: Session 2 NIR Laser Technologies for Scientific Research
2:00Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP), Annual Principal (PI) Meeting: Session 3 MIR and LWIR Laser Technologies for Scientific Research
3:00Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP), Annual Principal (PI) Meeting: Session 4 High Power Industrial Accelerator Technologies - RF Sources
3:40Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP), Annual Principal (PI) Meeting: Session 5 High Power Industrial Accelerator Technologies - Linacs
4:40Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP), Annual Principal (PI) Meeting: Working with the DOE National Laboratories' Accelerator R&D Capabilities - information session open to all
1:30Army xTech Startup Summit (Private Meeting)
1:00CBRN Defense Modernization Challenge - Protection (MCDC & CWMD Sponsored)
2:00CBRN Defense Modernization Challenge - Medical (MCDC & CWMD Sponsored)
3:00CBRN Defense Modernization Challenge - Medical (MCDC & CWMD Sponsored)
4:00CBRN Defense Modernization Challenge - Sensors (MCDC & CWMD Sponsored)
4:00TechConnect Innovation Showcase Reception, SBIR/STTR Program Office Meetup, Army xTech Showcase, Poster Session II (4:00 - 6:00)
4:00TechConnect Business Team Meet & Greet
4:00EPA P3 National Student Design Competition Showcase
4:00SBIR/STTR Pavilion
4:00Materials Characterization - Posters
4:00Materials for Sustainable Building - Posters
4:00Nanparticle Synthesis & Characterization - Posters
4:00Rare Earths & Critical Materials - Posters
4:00Advanced Manufacturing - Posters
4:00Sustainability & Efficiency Innovations - Posters
4:00AI for Materials - Posters
4:00Fuel Cells & Hydrogen - Posters
4:00Precision Health - Posters
4:00Drug Delivery & Vaccines - Posters
4:00Printed & Flexible Electronics - Posters
4:00Student Leaders Conference - Posters

Wednesday June 21

8:30Registration
8:00SBIR/STTR Agency Table Tops - 8:00am-12:00pm
8:30R&D Capital Summit - Networking
9:00R&D Capital Summit - Fireside with Office of Strategic Capital
10:00R&D Capital Summit - Investing in Disruption
11:00R&D Capital Summit - View from the Top: Perspectives from Market Leaders
9:00CHIPS: Advances in Packaging for New Chips Innovation
9:00Materials Characterization
9:00Materials for Sustainable Building
9:00Nanoparticle Synthesis & Characterization
9:00Rare Earths and Permanent Magnets - Innovations & Challenges
9:00SPM: Nanomechanics & Tribology
9:00Advanced Materials for Engineering Applications
9:00Printed & Flexible Electronics
9:00Recent Advances in Hydrogen
9:00TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Biotech & Medical
9:00TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Manufacturing, Instrumentation II
10:00Student Leaders Conference - Coffee with Mike Kiley: Informal Entrepreneurship Q&A
10:30TechConnect Innovation Pitches: Medical Devices & Materials
9:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: Inside the Head of an Evaluator
9:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: Working with DoD Primes
10:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: Executing My Award
10:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: Cybersecurity Resources for Small Business Research
11:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: Spotlight - Federal Resources to Support Climate Solutions
11:00SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: Phase III
9:00Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP), Annual Principal (PI) Meeting: Session 1 - Industrial Partnerships in Accelerator Technology
10:30Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP), Annual Principal (PI) Meeting: Session 2 - Accelerator Physics and Simulation
9:00DOE Federal Laboratory TTO Senior Manager Meeting (Private Meeting)
9:00Army xTech Startup Summit (Private Meeting)
1:00Lockheed Partner Meeting (Private Meeting)
7:30Medical & WMD Countermeasures Summit - (CWMD/MCDC Members meeting)
7:30Light Breakfast and Check-in
12:00Lunch Break
1:30SPM: Voltage Modulated SPM Modes
12:40Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP), Annual Principal (PI) Meeting: Session 3 Superconducting Accelerator R&D
2:20Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP), Annual Principal (PI) Meeting: Session 4 New Particle Sources and Accelerator Concepts
1:00SBIR Breakout Meeting (Private Meeting)
1:30DOE Federal Laboratory TTO Senior Manager Meeting (Private Meeting)
1:00Medical & WMD Countermeasures Summit - (CWMD/MCDC Members meeting)
1:00SBIR/STTR ESO Meeting (Private Meeting)
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