Upcoming and Recent Events

Upcoming Events

SBIR Connect
Mark your calendar and connect with others at SBIR Connect. Take time to connect and share your small business innovation research (SBIR) experiences with others. No registration is necessary and there is no cost to attend.

SBIR Connect-Lexington is the second Tuesday of each month (4:00-6:00 PM) at Village Host, 431 Old Vine Street, Lexington, KY.
SBIR Connect-Louisville is the second Thursday of each month (4:00-6:00 PM) at iHub, 204 South Floyd Street, Louisville, KY.

There is no formal agenda and we encourage you to pass the information to others to join the SBIR Connect groups. No one should disclose any proprietary information during their conversation. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more details regarding SBIR Connect.

June 11-12, 2013
KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (NIH Focus) with speaker Lisa Kurek; read more...

August 29, 2013
Ninth Annual Kentucky Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Conference (KIEC); read more...

Past Workshop/Conference Descriptions

KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (General Focus) with speaker Bob Berger; read more...

SBIR/STTR Phase II Proposal Preparation Workshop - Jim Greenwood; read more...

KY SBIR/STTR Conference with Federal Program Managers; read more...

Conference photos are available on the KSEF Facebook page, organizers of the events

Previous KSEF Workshops & Conferences

2012

June 1, 2012 -- KIEC 2012 (eighth annual Kentucky Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference) in Louisville; see http://kiec.kstc.com
May 30 through June 1, 2012 -- 14th Annual NIH SBIR/STTR Conference in Louisville; see http://nih.kysbir.com
January 10 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase II Workshop in Louisville; speaker Jim Greenwood

2011

September 19-20 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (NIH Focus) in Louisville; speaker Lisa Kurek
August 9 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (General Focus) in Lexington; speaker Bob Berger
May 26 -- KIEC 2011 (seventh annual Kentucky Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference) and sixteenth EPSCoR Joint Annual Conference in Louisville
April 1 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (General Focus) in Louisville; speaker Bob Berger
March 7 -- KY SBIR/STTR Conference in Lexington, with Federal Program Managers
February 21-22 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (NIH Focus) in Lexington; speaker Lisa Kurek
January 27 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase II Workshop in Louisville; speaker Jim Greenwood

2010

November 11 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (General Focus) in Lexington; speaker Bob Berger
October 7-8 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (NIH Focus) in Louisville; speaker Lisa Kurek
May 10-11 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (NIH Focus) in Lexington; speaker Lisa Kurek
April 6 -- KIEC 2011 (sixth annual Kentucky Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference) in Lexington
March 22 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (General Focus) in Louisville; speaker Bob Berger
January 13 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase II Workshop in Lexington; speaker Jim Greenwood

2009

October 6-7 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (NIH focus) in Louisville; speaker Lisa Kurek
August 27 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (General Focus) in Lexington; speaker Bob Berger
April 7 -- KIEC 2009 (fifth annual Kentucky Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference) in Louisville
March 26 -- SBIR/STTR Conference in Lexington, with Federal Program Managers
February 17-18 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (NIH focus) in Louisville; speaker Lisa Kurek
February 5 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop (General Focus) in Lexington; speaker Bob Berger
January 22 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase II Workshop in Lexington; speaker Jim Greenwood

2008

October 13 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop in Louisville; speaker Bob Berger
October 7-8 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop in Lexington; speaker Lisa Kurek
April 24-25 -- KY 2008 SBIR/STTR Conference in Louisville, with Federal Program Managers
April 17 -- KIEC 2008 in Lexington
March 3-4 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop in Louisville; speaker Lisa Kurek
February 26 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop in Lexington; speaker Bob Berger

2007

September 11-12 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop in Louisville; speaker Lisa Kurek
March 9 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop in Lexington; speaker Lisa Kurek
March 8 -- KY SBIR/STTR Conference in Lexington, with Federal Program Managers

2006

October 17 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop in Lexington; speaker Bob Berger
October 10-11 -- KY SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop in Louisville; speaker Lisa Kurek

KSEF Event Speakers

Robert Berger, PhD - Workshop Speaker

Dr. Robert Berger is uniquely qualified to advise companies on how to prepare winning proposals in the SBIR and STTR programs. From 1995 until 2003, he was one of only ten SBIR Program Managers in the Federal government and only one of five STTR Program Managers. In this capacity, Dr. Berger was responsible for designing and running the annual SBIR and STTR competitions at the Department of Energy, with final responsibility for the selection of all awards in these programs.

Jim Greenwood - Workshop Speaker

Mr. Jim Greenwood has been active in SBIR since the program's inception, teaching firms how to write competitive SBIR proposals. Along with his wife and business partner Gail, they created an SBIR/STTR outreach program in New Mexico and trained SBDC counselors and manufacturing extension agents to identify candidates for SBIR funding. They have critiqued SBIR and STTR proposals for hundreds of firms. Read more...

Lisa Kurek - Workshop Speaker

Ms. Lisa Kurek is Managing Partner of BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting LLC and has spent her entire career in the life sciences. Her experience includes R&D, product development, sales and marketing, business development and executive management. Trained in bioengineering, Ms. Kurek began her career at Baxter developing medical devices. During 12 years at Millipore Corporation, she made the transition from the laboratory into marketing, then worldwide product management, and finally into sales and sales management.