This workshop focused on helping entrepreneurs and companies become more effective in developing and commercializing innovative, new technologies that, when successful, translate to significant commercial payoff using the experience and successes of NIST’s Advanced Technology Program (ATP). ATP staff and recipients discussed how the application of ATP technical and business planning criteria has assisted U.S. companies in creating new commercial realities.

ATP’s partnerships with companies of any size helps them pursue pathbreaking, innovative technologies deemed too technically risky for conventional funding. These technologies, when successful, can translate to significant and broad national economic benefits. When these companies, or teams of companies and other research entities, successfully meet ATP’s technical and business planning criteria, ATP provides R&D funding to help bridge the gap between the research lab and the marketplace. It is these criteria that form the framework for realizing the benefits of successful planning.

ATP investments span a wide range of R&D, with significant concentrations in electronics, photonics, and information technologies; chemistry and materials; and biotechnology and life sciences. ATP investments reflect the priorities of its recipients, touching virtually all segments of the U.S. economy.

Speakers:

Michael Schen, Group Leader
Information Technology and Electronics Office

Frank Barros, Business Specialist
Information Technology and Electronics Office

Dilip Banergee, Program Manager
Chemistry and Life Sciences Office