NASA Glenn Research Center, Building 500, Cleveland, OH --August 12, 2008--You are invited to join an amazing group of marketing professionals, academics, scientists, engineers, manufacturers, industry leaders, and inventors on August 12th (2008) at NASA/Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Building 500 Auditorium from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM for a conclave that demonstrates the value of a new product development platform for inventors and manufacturers.

An idea without a process for implementation goes nowhere. You will not want to miss this rare opportunity to hear manufacturers and process experts tell it like it is.

• Learn how you can adopt business culture change.
• Discover how the same process used by the scientist works
for the independent inventor, the contract manufacturer, and for you.
• Listen to case studies about what to do and not to do from veteran
inventors, product developers and contract manufacturers.
• Learn about the array of community and governmental resources
from those providing the services.
• Understand the steps required to present your product to a
manufacturer. Learn to navigate the process.
• Witness the unveiling of the National Association of Home
Builders Research Center four-part commercialization tool set.

Advanced Registration is Required.

$25 admission includes continental breakfast and lunch. Registration automatically qualifies you for a free 6-month membership in GarageInventorLive.org. Due to security requirements on federal property, all attendees must pre-register and produce a government issued photo ID for entrance. Auditorium seating is limited. Please register early to guarantee your seat. Click Here to Register today!

Conference-at-a-Glance

Registration
7:00 AM - 8:20 AM
Continental Breakfast and Networking

Program begins promptly at 8:30 AM

8:30 AM - 8:50 AM
Moderator, Dick Clough, President
Dick Clough & Co., and President, NOCA, Marketing Communication Industry Council for N.E. Ohio

Frank Bird, Publisher
INSIDE BUSINESS MAGAZINE

8:50 AM - 9:20 AM
Howard Ross, PhD, Associate Director of Planning & Evaluation
NASA
“The NASA spin-offs: How they've changed our daily lives.”

9:20 AM - 9:30 AM
Debbie Drossis, Esq., Legal Counsel
International Federation of Professional Technicians & Engineers, Local 28
NASA
“Supporting an environment for research and testing”.

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Mary Kaye Denning Founder & Chief Nudger
Garage Inventor Live.Org
Re-inventing "Made in the U.S.A." A new product development platform for Inventors and manufacturers.

Break
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM

Keynote Speaker

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Mike Heil, PhD, President and CEO, Ohio Aerospace Institute
"How research and development supports American manufacturing"

Principal Speakers

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sheila G. Bailey, PhD Scientist NASA - Photovoltaic and Space Environments Branch
"We learned a lot on the way to the moon: the same research and development process work for you."

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Ed Keshock, PhD, P.E., Professor Cleveland State University
"Perspectives of Engineering Design."

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Scott Sommers, Director of Marketing, Henkel Corporation
"Getting an audience with Henkel: How to navigate the culture"


Lunch and Networking
11:45 AM - 12:55 AM



Afternoon Session Speakers

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Randy Cantrell, PhD, Manager of Innovation Research National Association of Home Builders Research Center
"Introduces newly developed commercialization tools for innovators and inventors."

Joe Fields, P.E Contract Manufacturer, Fields Process Technology and Leroy Ozanne, Inventor & Builder, Ozanne Construction Ozanne and Fields will discuss with Cantrell their experience using thenew commercialization tools.

1:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Break

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Steve Peplin, CEO and Peter J. Accorti, President Talan Products, Inc.Contract Manufacturers Case histories: what works and what doesn't.


Afternoon Session Panels
THE GARAGE INVENTOR SUPPLY CHAIN™
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Step 1: the power of a solution with a marketing plan

Panel Discussion

Moderator, Gary Schoeniger, CEO elientrepreneur.com - entrepreneurship education

Panelists
Curtis Taylor, President Process4, Inc. - Product Design and Development
Ty Haines, VP Manufacturing Services Wire-Net
Ken Robertson, Principal MarketPro Services - Marketing Communications
Steve Hatkevich, Director Research and Development, American Trim
Dawn Clark, Executive Director, Cleveland Engineering Society
Mary Kaye Denning, Chief Nudger GarageInventorLive.org

THE GARAGE INVENTOR SUPPLY CHAIN™

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Step 2: the power of a solution vetted by experts

Panel Discussion

Moderator Gary Schoeniger, CEO elientrepreneur.com - entrepreneurship education

Panelists
Tracey Nichols, Director of Economic Development, City of Cleveland
Ty Haines, VP Manufacturing Services Wire-Net
Mike Kaminski, Senior Consultant, MAGNET
Dave Karpinski, Vice President, Technology Innovation, VP of Innovation NorTech
Kathy Needham, Chief of Technology Transfer NASA
Laura E. Steinbrink, Director of Regional Partnerships, Fund for Our Economic Future
Mary Kaye Denning, Chief Nudger GarageInventorLive.org

4:30 PM
Closing Remarks

Thank you for coming. WE can cultivate inventors, renew contract manufacturing and re-invent "Made in USA".

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