April 28 - May 2, 1996
Radisson Hotel Santa Fe
750 North St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Tel: 1-505-982-5591
Fax: 1-505-988-2821
Technology Transfer Society
23 N. Main Street, Suite C
Franklin, IN 46131
Tel: (317)738-3908 Fax: (317)738-3980
Email: t2s@iquest.net
http://157.185.5.3/defaulttts.html
Engineering Foundation
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212)705-7836 Fax: (212)705-7441
Email: engfnd@aol.com
Co-Chairs
Sally A. Rood
National Technology Transfer Center
Tel: 1-703- 518-8800 x.224 Fax: 1-703- 518-8986
E-mail: rood@nttc.edu
Louis G. Tornatzky, PhD
Southern Technology Council
Tel: 1-919-941-5145 Fax: 1-919-941-5594
E-mail: ltorn@southern.org
Frank Penaranda
U.S. Department of Commerce
Tel: 1-202-501-2388 Fax: 1-202-219-8667
E-mail: fpenaranda@banyan.doc.gov
F. Timothy Janis, PhD
ARAC
Tel: 1-317-738-3908 Fax: 1-317-738-3980
E-mail: t2s@iquest.net
James F. McGovern, PhD, PE
University of Georgia
Tel: 1-706-542-6283 Fax: 1-706-542-6189
E-mail: mcgovern@uga.cc.uga.edu
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Social Hour (hosted bar)
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Dinner
Welcome
Sylvester R. Houston, President
Technology Transfer Society
Herman Bieber
Engineering Founation
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Social Hour/Networking (Cash bar)
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7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet
8:30 am - 10:00 am CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
Moderator: Sally A. Rood, Associate Director
National Technology
Transfer Center - Washington Operations
Through the Underbrush: The Intersection of Politics and Methodology
Louis G. Tornatzky, Director
Southern Technology Council
PLENARY DISCUSSION - Introduce conference themes, reach consensus
on conference goals, establish baseline definitions
Discussion Leader: Michael Odza, Publisher
Technology Access
10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pm PLENARY PANEL - MEET YOUR PARTNERS AND YOUR
ENEMIES: MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS
AND SETTINGS
Moderator: F. Timothy Janis, Executive Director, ARAC
University Technology Transfer and Licensing - Teri F. Willey,
Associate Director, Purdue Research Foundation
Assessing Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer Effects
Frank Penaranda
Office of Technology Competitiveness
U.S. Department of Commerce
Industry Approaches to R&D Management and Measurement
Albert H. Rubenstein
Industrial Engineering Department
Northwestern University
Evaluating the Technology Brokering Function
Gary Sera, Director
Mid-Continent Technology Transfer Center
Comments from the floor (other stakeholders, sectors)
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch
LUNCH SPEAKER
Economic Impact of Technology Licensing: Measuring
Induced Investment
Lori D. Pressman, Assistant Director
Technology Licensing Office
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CHARGE TO DISCUSSION GROUPS!
James F. McGovern, University of Georgia
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm CONCURRENT DISCUSSION GROUPS
Topic 1 - University Technology Management
Topic 2 - Federal Sector
Topic 3 - Industry Measurement Efforts
Topic 4 - Intermediaries, Technical Assistance, Econ. Dev.
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Social Hour (Cash Bar)
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner
DINNER SPEAKER
Milestones in Technology Program Evaluation
Barry Bozeman, Director
School of Public Policy
Georgia Tech
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm RAPPORTEURS' REPORTS and feedback from the floor
Moderator: F. Timothy Janis
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Social Hour (cash bar)/Networking
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7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet
8:30 am - 10:00 am MEASURING STATE PROGRAMS AND LABORATORY AND
UNIVERSITY PARTNERING
Moderator: Frank Penaranda
State Government Technology Program Evaluation Efforts
Julia Melkers
Public Administration School
Georgia State University
Measuring ROI for a Public Venture Fund, or "ROPI"
Richard A. Bendis, President
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation
Manufacturing Extension Center Measurement Activity
Lawrence T. McGeehan, President
Ben Franklin Technology Center of Western Pennsylvania
Measuring University/Industry Cooperative Research Centers and
Engineering Research Centers
Dennis O. Gray
North Carolina State University
10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pm CHARGE TO DISCUSSION GROUPS!
James F. McGovern, University of Georgia
THREE CONCURRENT DISCUSSION GROUPS (same topic)
Topic - Organizational Incentives and Disincentives for
Measurement and Evaluation
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm RAPPORTEURS' REPORTS and feedback from the floor
Moderator: F. Timothy Janis
3:00 pm
Afternoon free, or ad hoc sessions
Dinner on your own
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7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet
8:30 am - 10:00 am APPROACHES TO MEASUREMENT AND DESIGN
Moderator: Louis Tornatzky
Performance Evaluation and Experimental Design
Robert Boruch
University of Pennsylvania
Benchmarking Manufacturing Processes and Outcomes
Marie Jones, Program Manager of Training and Tools
Performance Benchmarking Service
Industrial Technology Institute
Measuring a Federal Technology Development Program
Robert F. Dundervill, Director, Washington Operations
National Technology Transfer Center
Measuring National Laboratory Technology Transfer
Roger A. Lewis (invited)
Technology Partnerships Office
U.S. Department of Energy
10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS (include
brief presentations, group discussion)
Benchmarking
Louis Tornatzky
Cost-Benefit Analyses
Jan L. Youtie
Economic Development Institute
Georgia Tech
Measuring the Commercial Impact of Inventions
Marilyn A. Brown, Deputy Director - Energy Program
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch - Networking
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm CONCURRENT DISCUSSION GROUPS
Topic - Use of Data for Program Management and Improvement
Topic - Outcomes vs. Process/Practice
Others topics - To be determined
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm AD HOC SESSIONS , Social Hour (hosted bar) and
POSTER/TABLE SESSION
6:30 pm Dinner and Show - at Santa Fe Music Hall
(beverages are not included)
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7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet
8:30 am - 10:00 am RAPPORTEURS' REPORTS and feedback from the floor
Moderator: F. Timothy Janis
WRAP UP "RAP" SESSION - All Rapporteurs
Facilitator: Michael Odza
10:00 am - 10:15 am Coffee Break
10:15 am - 12:30 am FUTURE DIRECTIONS/REQUIREMENTS
Susan Cozzens, Director, Policy Support Office
National Science Foundation
Irwin Feller, Professor of Economics
Pennsylvania State University
Moderator/Discussant: Louis Tornatzky
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch
LUNCH SPEAKER
Painting a Vision of the Future
To be announced
2:00 pm Adjournment
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