FLC T2 Event: Partnering for Success, Meet the Federal Labs

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February 8, 2024

FLC T2 Event: Partnering for Success, Meet the Federal Labs

  Sheraton Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

This event will provide an overview of the technologies and resources at federal labs. Our goal is that this event will provide the seeds for future growth, innovation and partnerships between the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Puerto Rico and our federal laboratories. 

Target Audience:

  • Federal agencies and labs seeking partners
  • Businesses and entrepreneurs seeking federal partners
  • Businesses and start-ups in Puerto Rico

Two registration options:

If you have any questions regarding registration and/or walk-in registrations, please contact Adham Alayash at [email protected] 

 

Conference Hotel

The event will take place at the Sheraton Resorts and Casino San Juan. Please contact the hotel directly to make your hotel reservations.

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Do you qualify for room tax exemption?

Act No. 272-2003, as amended, and Regulation No. 8395 of October 14, 2013, empowers the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to issue an authorization for exemption from the room tax.

Eligible guests are:

  1. Artistic and technical staff of Motion Picture Companies (who use the facilities of a hotel in Puerto Rico as a result of filming a film project).
  2. Employees of the Federal Government (Official Business)
  3. Military (Official Business)
  4. Consular and Diplomatic Corps (In accordance with OFM)
  5. Credit Unions (Official Matter and in accordance with the provisions of the Law)
  6. University of Puerto Rico system (Official Matter and in accordance with the provisions of the Law)
  7. American Red Cross (Official Matter and by order of the U.S. Supreme Court)

Here is the link to use for tax exemption purposes.

Conference Agenda (All times in AT)

8 a.m. Registration/Check in, Breakfast (San Felipe/San Cristobal)
9 a.m.

Opening Remarks

  • Welcome
    • David Lee, DEVCOM AC
    • Laurie Bagley, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
    • Joe DiRenzo, U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center
  • FLC Overview
    • Paul Zielinski, FLC 
    • Whitney Hastings, National Cancer Institute
  • Keynote: Honorable Humberto Mercader Perez, Deputy Secretary for Strategy, Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DEDC)
10 a.m.

Defense/Security

  • Department of Defense
    • David Lee, U.S. Army DEVCOM AC
    • Annie Bullock-Yoder, U.S. Navy NSWC Crane Division
    • Valerie Larkin, U.S. Navy NSWC Division Newport
    • James Bieryla, Department of the Air Force
    • Jeff DiTullio, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers DEVCOM
  • Department of Homeland Security
    • Matt Romano, R&D Technologist, U.S. Coast Guard
    • Kalpana Reddy, DHS S&T Transportation Security Labs
11 a.m. Networking Break
11:10 a.m.

Cyber/Information Systems

  • Martin J. Hindel, Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Linda Burger, Department of Defense, National Security Agency
  • David Kistin, Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories
11:40 a.m.

Energy

  • David Kistin, Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories
12:10 p.m. Networking Lunch
1 p.m.

Health

  • National Institutes of Health
    • Whitney, Hastings, National Cancer Institute
    • Vladimir Popov, Frederick National Lab
    • Sabarni Chaterjee, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • David Lee, Army, Defense Health Agency
  • Stefan Susta, Veterans Administration
  • Alice Welch, Food and Drug Administration
2 p.m.

Agriculture/Environment

  • Derek Parks and Jennifer Stewart, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Sharon Soucek, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • Paul Zielinski, Other Resources - Department of Interior, Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency
2:30 p.m. Networking Break
2:45 p.m.

Aerospace

  • Christie Funk, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • James Bieryla, Department of the Air Force
  • Andy Myers, Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Agency, Kansas City National Security Campus
3:30 p.m.

Partnering and Resources (Where to Find Support)

  • Ramon Vega Alejandro, P.E., DBA, Executive Director PriMEX, Manufacturing Extension Partnership
  • Brittany Sickler, Small Business Innovation Research
  • Keishla Tirado, Small Business and Technology Development Center
  • Manuel Labato, University of Puerto Rico
  • Matt Romano, U.S. Coast Guard San Juan
  • Marisol Faberlle, FDA, San Juan Medical Products Lab
  • Valentina Pirazzi, Puerto Rico Science & Technology Trust Representative
4:50 p.m. Closing Remarks
5-6 p.m. Networking Reception

Schedule subject to change. Download the schedule with speakers here.