DARPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and

Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

Industry Day Meeting Announcement

 INDUSTRY DAY MEETING:

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) will host an Industry Day meeting on September 6-8, 2016 at the DARPA Conference Center located at 675 N. Randolph St. Arlington, VA 22203.

MEETING OBJECTIVE AND DESCRIPTION:

Industry Day meetings are held to promote teaming arrangements; provide potential proposers with information to aid their decision on whether to respond to a Government research and development announcement; and to increase efficiency in proposal preparation and evaluation. Industry Day meetings are open only to registered attendees.

The focus of this Industry Day meeting is to pre-release draft topics that DARPA expects to be published in the DoD SBIR 2016.3 and STTR 2016.C announcements.  Participating DARPA topic authors will present a technical briefing, followed by a Q&A session, and will conduct one-on-one appointments for interested attendees in accordance with the posted schedule. 

The event will be conducted at the UNCLASSIFIED security level. See the registration website for DARPA Conference Center visitor requirements. All presented materials and Q&A sessions will be posted for public access after the meeting on the SBIR/STTR Interactive Topic Information System (SITIS) website:  https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

The registration website will open Monday, August 8, 2016 at 8:00AM EDT and will close when capacity is reached, but not later than Friday, August 26, 2016 at 5:00PM EDT.

Visit https://SBIR_IndustryDay.darpa.mil to: view the agenda, obtain directions to the facility and security requirements, register for the event, and schedule one-on-one appointments with topic authors.

Due to space limitations of the conference facility, no more than two representatives per company may attend, and the maximum attendance for each day will be limited to 150 registrants. There is no registration fee to attend.

Email questions to: [email protected]

NOTE: Attendance at this meeting is voluntary, and discussions with topic authors and SBPO staff should not be considered as a formal announcement to receive proposals, or as negotiations in contemplation of any contractual work for DARPA. Attendance is not required to propose to any existing or future announcements. DARPA will not provide reimbursement for any costs incurred to attend this Industry Day meeting.

Visit https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/ for information and submission instructions regarding this and other SBIR/STTR announcements.