Speaking Engagements

The FED and associates actively participate as presenters and keynote speakers at conferences and events focused on science and technology innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship through small business and university collaborations. In collaborations with other non-profit, public, and private organizations, we create and facilitate panel discussions and workshops on topics represented by the following:

Small Business & Entrepreneurship

• White House Initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Workshop – Collaborations and Partnerships Between University and Industry to Attract Federal and Private Funding; Mary Ann Beyster and June Chocheles (2009) - Download PDF
  
• Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Workshop, Collaborations to Win SBIR/STTR and other Federal Funding That Supports Research and Development; Mary Ann Beyster (2009) - Download PDF
  

• SBIR Beyond Phase II Conference – Phase III Funding; Mary Ann Beyster (2009)
• SBIR Beyond Phase II Conference – Encouraging Industry-University Partnerships; June Chocheles (2009)
• SBIR Beyond Phase II Conferences – Small Business Success Stories; Mary Ann Beyster and June Chocheles (2007, 2008)
• Small Business National Conference, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) – Technology Innovation and Economic Development Through Small Business; Mary Ann Beyster, June Chocheles, Babak Nouri, Larry Trammell, and Mary Walshok (2008)
• CONNECT Workshop – Doing Business in Washington; Mary Ann Beyster and June Chocheles, moderator and panel participant (2009)
• Alabama A&M (Agricultural and Mechanical) University – Power of the Individual; Mary Ann Beyster, luncheon keynote speaker (2009)

Employee Ownership

• ESOP (Employee Stock Option Plan) Foundation annual luncheon – Applied Research & Education on Broad-Based Ownership to Shape Our Next Generation Leadership; Mary Ann Beyster (2009) - Download PDF
  

• Venture Capital (VC) Roundtable – Applied Research & Education on Broad-Based Ownership to Shape Our Next Generation Leadership; Mary Ann Beyster, luncheon speaker (2009)
• University of California San Diego (UCSD) Entrepreneur Challenge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan, Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), SAIC Small Business Conference – Advancing Entrepreneurship Through Ownership; Mary Ann Beyster (2008, 2009)
• UCSD, Carnegie Mellon, San Diego State University, BIOCOM CEO Forum, CONNECT Hall of Fame, ESOP Foundation annual luncheon, Financial Executive International, San Diego Rotary Club – The SAIC Solution; J. Robert Beyster (2007, 2008)
• MIT Enterprise Forum (co-produced by FED and CONNECT) – Re-Envisioning the Company: Shared Capitalism through Employee Ownership; David Binns, Dr. Joseph Blasi, Dr. Art Boni, and Anthony Mathews (2009)
• MIT Enterprise Forum (co-produced by FED and CONNECT) – Lessons Learned from SAIC; Scott Horsley, J. Robert Beyster, Tom Darcy, Bill Roper, and Gene Ray (2007)