SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:30 – 9:00 A.M.
Registration
9:00 – 9:15 A.M.
Opening Remarks – PVAMU in the Twenty-First Century
Dr. Charles A. Hines, President, Prairie View A&M University
Dr. E. Joahanne Thomas-Smith, Provost & Vice President
For Academic Affairs, Prairie View A&M University
Dr. Willie F. Trotty, Vice President for Research & Development, PVAMU
9:15 – 9:30 A.M.
The New Economy and the Academia - How Do We E-Engineer
Ourselves to Respond at The Speed Of Demand
Dr. A. Anil Kumar, Director of Research & Special Assistant to the
President for Science Technology, PVAMU
9:30 – 10:00 A.M.
Technology Licensing – What Is It and How Can You Benefit From It?
Mr. Dudley Houghton and Mr. Darrell Kuhn, Technology Licensing Office,
The Texas A&M University System
10:00 – 10:30 P.M.
Technology Licensing and Intellectual Property
Dr. Mary Huffine, University of Houston – Research & Intellectual Property
Management
10:30 – 10:45 A.M.
10:45 – 11:45 A.M.
Networking Break
Academia-Government-Community-Industry Collaborative Partnerships
– Success Stories
Mr. Gregory Allen, Fulton County Business Incubator, Atlanta
Ms. Bridget Smalley, UH-NASA Technology Commercialization Incubator
11:45 – 12:00 Noon Funding Opportunities With the Department of Energy
Mr. Bahman Yazdani, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, College
Station
12:00 – 1:00 P.M.
LUNCHEON
Where are They Now – PVAMU Graduates in Successful Businesses
Mr. Larry Lockhart, Enviro’Study Int’l, Houston
Ms. Helen Callier, BradLink Web Design, Houston
Mr. Kevin Jones, Temac Solutions, Houston
1:00 – 1:30 P.M.
Role of Small Business Development Centers in Community Economic
Development
Ms. Phillis Golden Nelson, Blinn College
1:30 – 1:45 P.M.
Business Development Activities Supported by PVAMU
Mr. Willie A. Tempton, Vice President for Finance & Administration,
PVAMU
1:45 – 2:15 P.M.
Minority Institutions Technology Support Services (MITSS) – A Prime
Example of A Contracting Opportunity With the Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA)
Dr. Willie F. Trotty, Vice President for Research & Development, PVAMU
Ms. LeeAnn Standish, Science Applications International Corporation
2:15 – 3:00 P.M.
Technology Transfer Activities at PVAMU – A Sample
Dr. Raul Cuero, Recipient of the First Ever Scientific/Technological Patent
Approved for PVAMU, Cooperative Agricultural Research Center,
PVAMU
Dr. Raghava Kommalapati, Civil Engineering, PVAMU
Dr. Hylton G. McWhinney, Chemistry, PVAMU
3:00 – 4:00 P.M.
Panel Discussion – Interaction between Industry and Academia
4:00 P.M.
Adjournment