Seeding the Way: Connecting Small Businesses to Local SBIR Resources

Join the University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) and the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA)for a morning of presentations and panels on local resources available to Tucson small businesses looking to secure SBIR funding. This event will take place on Friday September 16, 2022 from 10am-2pm at Tech Parks Arizona.

Throughout the day attendees will hear from different organizations on the role they play in assisting small businesses on their SBIR journey. From SBIR program managers, to various support organizations, each perspective offered will provide important insight in how to best leverage opportunities and resources for local startups. Below is the agenda for the day.

Agenda:

10:00am | Registration/Networking

10:30am | Opening Remarks: Kyle Hohmann, Arizona Commerce Authority

10:35am | Opening Keynote Presentation: Manny Oliver, SBIR Director, US Department of Energy Office of Science

11:05am | Presentation: Proposal Review Pima County Small Business Development Center & AZPTAC

11:35am | Presentation: Incubator Services-Eric Smith, Executive Director, UACI

12:05PM | Lunch + UACI Tour

1:00pm | Panel Presentation – SBIR Success Stories, Moderator: Kyle Hohmann

1:30pm | Presentation: Kyle Hohmann, The Arizona Commerce Authority

2:00pm | Closing Remarks

More About UACI:

The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) is a startup incubator network with outposts across the Southern Arizona region and a mission to grow scalable science and technology startup ventures that fuel the Arizona economy. For nearly two decades, the program has directly served over 200 companies and impacted thousands of entrepreneurs. This is done through providing access to people, programming and places that help entrepreneurs take their companies from idea to market. Startups go through a structured program that takes them through a continuum of education provided by mentors, advisors and community collaborators.

More About ACA:

The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) is the state's leading economic development organization with a streamlined mission to grow and strengthen Arizona’s economy. The ACA uses a three-pronged approach to advance the overall economy: recruit, grow, create – recruit out-of-state companies to expand their operations in Arizona; work with existing companies to grow their business in Arizona and beyond; and partner with entrepreneurs and companies large and small to create new jobs and businesses in targeted industries.