Senator Ernst's Entrepreneur Expo 2023 | Senator Joni Ernst | 22 September 2023 | Iowa State University's Scheman Building, 1805 Center Drive, Ames, IA 50011, USA

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Iowa State University's Scheman Building
Iowa State University's Scheman Building, 1805 Center Drive, Ames, IA 50011, USA

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Event Date Fri Sep 22 CST (about 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EST): Fri Sep 22 2:00am - Fri Sep 22 2:00am
Location Iowa State University's Scheman Building
1805 Center Drive, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Region Americas
Details

This expo is the best opportunity of the year for Iowa’s small businesses to learn about federal, state, and local government contracting opportunities, and federal innovation programs. The goal of this event is to introduce Iowa’s small businesses to the federal marketplace, providing an opportunity to learn how to sell their goods and services to the federal government and engage with federal innovation-focused programs, such as the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Wendy Wintersteen
President, Iowa State University

Senator Joni Ernst
Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship

Diana Kautzky
President & Owner, Deaf Services Unlimited

Senator Joni Ernst
Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship

The Honorable Doug Bush
Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology

Michael MacKay (Moderator)
National Security Advisor, Senator Joni Ernst

Samantha Ferm-LeClare
Government Contracting Specialist, CIRAS APEX Accelerator

Maria Doedtman
Capital Construction and IDV Branch Chief, AMD Construction, Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration

Shane McCall
Equity Partner, Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC

Anne McMahon
SBIR/STTR Statewide Program Coordinator, BioConnect Iowa

Jason Kessler
NASA SBIR/STTR Program Executive

Dr. Genevieve Lind
NOAA SBIR Program Manager

Dr. Ben Schrag
NSF SBIR/STTR Program Director and Policy Liaison

Ray Hansen (Moderator)
Counselor, Iowa Small Business Development Center

Justin Niceswanger
Government Contracting Specialist, CIRAS APEX Accelerator

Arveice Washington
Deputy Director, U.S. Navy Office of Small Business Programs

Kelly Freel, CPPB
Government Contracting Specialist, CIRAS APEX Accelerator

Col. Elliott Leigh
AFWERX Director and Chief Commercialization Officer of the U.S. Air Force

Lisa Sanders
USSOCOM Director, Science and Technology

Dr. Matthew Willis
Director of Army Prize Competitions and the U.S. Army Applied SBIR Program

Katherine Koleski
Director of Congressional Affairs and Policy, Defense Innovation Unit

Jon Darsee
Chief Innovation Officer, University of Iowa

Stephanie Fertig
Director, NIH Small Business Program