LEARN HOW TO TAP INTO A BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS RESOURCE Learn how to tap into a billion dollar business resource at the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Southeast Conference, November 1-3, 1999, in the Miami Beach Fontainebleau Hilton. The SBIR Program is the nation's largest source of early-stage technology financing. In FY 2000, the federal government will award over 1.2 billion dollars in grants to small high-tech companies (up to 500 employees), to conduct cutting-edge R&D in a wide range of fields. Terms are extremely favorable and the small business partner keeps the commercial rights to any resulting intellectual property. Get the information your business needs to successfully compete for and manage SBIR awards at the Southeast SBIR Conference Nov. 1-3. Featuring leading federal procurement experts from the Department of Defense, NASA, and the National Science Foundation, this highly-interactive, comprehensive event will cover the basics of SBIR, how the program really works (and how to make it work for you), and its rapidly-changing dynamics. Workshops will focus on how to develop winning proposals, how to value and protect your technology assets, and how to raise money. A networking reception will provide the opportunity to meet the SBIR program managers and many award-winning companies. The SBIR conference is part of Tech East'99, America's premier showcase of new technologies and partnership opportunities. Sponsored by NASA, Tech East '99 features hundreds of free exhibits demonstrating new inventions and products available for commercial development. For more information, visit www.techeast.net or call 1-800-258-0201. WEB: Click here for complete details on the SBIR Southeast, http://www.techeast.net. E-MAIL: Click here to contact conference management., joe@abptuf.org. Posted 10/26/99 (W-SN395084).

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