1. Gateway to Tech Transfer in Montgomery County, MD Gateway to Innovation – Industry’s Partnership Link with Federal Labs and Academia

2. Strategic Plan Four objectives:Education, Connectivity, Community Building, and Fostering New Opportunities Build easy access to federal and academic TTOs (tech transfer offices) and provide business relationships for TTOs to local small businesses

3. FLC Partnership Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer - Partnership cultivated since 2004 Participating Affiliate Member of Mid-Atlantic Region since 2008 Presented at 3 M/A meetings and 1 national meeting

4. FedTechNet Network of federal lab TTOs Created in 2008 Group served as review committee for T² Strategic Plan and other DED generated documents Formed basis for Tech Transfer Speakers Series, launched in October 2010

5. Gateway to Innovation Created as portal for tech transfer requests for information Platform for LinkedIn Group members Information center located at William E. Hanna, Jr. Innovation Center in Rockville

6. Calendar postings of Tech Transfer events with archived presentations, local resources, federal laboratories in Montgomery County, technology locators, funding resources, more. www.techtransferconnection.com

7. Tech Transfer Speakers Series Launched in 2010 Average 25-35 attendees Features federal and academic tech transfer professionals or panels Hosted at WHIC on second Wednesday of each month More than 800 registrants http://techtransferspeaker s.eventbrite.com http://techtransferspeaker

8. Chief Science Officer Development Bootcamp Award winning program – 2012 FLC State/Local Region Award DED partnership with Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences at NIH, Montgomery College, FLC, and Human Workflows Business applicability review by MedImmune CEO Dr. Bahija Jallal Certificate of completion co-signed by FAES and MC 53 graduates – 21 career placements from 5 graduating classes

9. Client Assistance and Referral Direct assistance to clients with new start up business, financing, space, IP, or other needs Introduction of companies for partnering or business development opportunities Entrepreneurial mentoring for CSO Bootcamp, INNoVATE, T2 Speakers Series and I2C Conference attendees

10. IP Database More than 200 companies in County identified as funded and with IP Companies can be sorted by industry Many companies are in incubators

11. Innovation 2 Commercialization Conference – 10/24/13 Annual Conference held at Universities at Shady Grove, University of MD Systems Co-Chair:FLC www.federallabs.orgwww.federallabs.org 3 plenary sessions: Innovation, Financing, Commercialization 140 attendees – 35% researchers/entrepreneurs Hosted ConnecTech, Table Hosts, Exhibits www.i2cconference.com for photos, bios, etc. www.i2cconference.com