[news.announce.conferences] Tech Transfer - Consortia Conference

babcock@milano (Jim Babcock) (12/03/89)

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     CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: Technology Transfer - Private Consortias
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                  "Consortia and Technology Transfer
                     Private Sector Initiatives"

                IC2 Institute, First Floor Auditorium
                  The University of Texas at Austin
                         December 3-5, 1989


                            Sponsored by:

                  The University of Texas at Austin
                            IC2 Institute
                     Graduate School of Business
                      College of Communication

        Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation

             National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

             KMPG Peat Marwick High Technology Practice

                       Center for the New West

               Technology Transfer Society of America

                           RGK Foundation

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			P R O G R A M
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Keynote Panel:  Leadership Perspectives on Technology Transfer
     Grant Dove, Chairman and CEO, MCC
     Robert Noyce, CEO and President, SEMATECH
     Ed Miller, President, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

Organizational Culture and Technology Transfer
     Bill Curtis, Director, Design Process Group, Software Technology
       Program, MCC
     Debra Amido-Rogers, Manager, Digital Equipment Corporation
     Wendell Fields, Coporate Engineering, Hewlett-Packard
     Rakesh Kishan & Michael Rubin, Molinaro/Rubin Associates, Inc.

Policies and Procedures for Technology Transfer
     William Evans, Professor, The Wharton School, University of
       Pennsylvania
     Larry Novak, Manger of Technology Transfer, SEMATECH
     Claude Del Fosse, Vice President, Software Productivity
       Consortium

Overcoming Barriers to Technology Transfer
     Raymond W. Smilor, Executive Director, and David V. Gibson,
       Senior Research Fellow, IC2 Institute, The University of Texas
       at Austin
     John Hesselberth, Director of Corporate R&D Planning, E.I. Du
       Pont de Nemours
     Warren Siemens, Director of Technology Transfer, Martin Marietta
       Energy Systems, Inc.

Asian Perspectives on Consortia and Technology Transfer
     Takashi Kurozumi, Deputy Director, Research Center, ICOT
     Fumihiko Kamijo, Director, Info Technology Promotion Agency of Japan
     Alan Engel, President, ISTA, Inc.

European Perspective on Consortia and Technology Transfer
     Herve Gallaire, Director des Applications, Bull SA
     Dieter Schutt, Coporate Technology, Siemens AG

New Initiatives in Consortia and Technology Transfer
     Syed Z. Shariq, Secretary General and CEO, The Joint Enterprise
     Grant Brewen, Director Biotechnology Research & Devel. Corp.
     Louis Higgs, Senior Fellow, Center for the New West



                           AGENDA

                  CONSORTIA and TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
                     Private Sector Initiatives

                IC2 Institute, First Floor Auditorium
                  The University of Texas at Austin
                         December 3-5, 1989


Sunday, December 3

     6:00 p.m.        Reception
                      Guest Quarters Hotel

Monday, December 4

     8:00 a.m.        Bus departs Guest Quarters Hotel

     8:15 a.m.        Registration at IC2 Institute
                      2815 San Gabriel, Austin, Texas

     8:30 a.m.        Welcome and Introduction
                      Dr. Robert E. Witt
                      Dean, College and Graduate School of Business
                      The University of Texas at Austin

     8:45 a.m.        Keynote Panel:
                      Leadership Perspectives on Technology Transfer

                         Moderator:  George Kozmetsky
                                     Director, IC2 Institute
                                     The University of Texas at Austin

                      Grant Dove
                      Chairman and CEO
                      Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp.
                      (MCC)

                      Robert Noyce
                      CEO and President
                      SEMATECH

                      Ed Miller
                      President
                      National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

     10:15 a.m.       Break


   10:30 a.m.       Session II
                      Organizational Culture and
                      Technology Transfer

                         Moderator:  Fred Williams
                                     Professor, College of
                      Communication
                                     The University of Texas at Austin


                      Bill Curtis
                      Director, Design Process Group
                      Software Technology Program
                      MCC

                      Debra Amidon-Rogers
                      Manager, U.S. Sponsored Research
                      Digital Equipment Corporation

                      Wendell Fields
                      Corporate Engineering
                      Hewlett Packard

                      Michael Rubin and Rakesh Kishan
                      Molinaro/Rubin Associates, Inc.

     12:20 p.m.       Lunch

     1:30 p.m.        Session III
                      Policies and Procedures for
                      Technology Transfer

                         Moderator:  James Babcock
                                     Manager, Shareholder Relations
                                       & Technology Transfer
                                     Software Technology Program
                                     MCC

                      William Evan
                      Professor, The Wharton School
                      University of Pennsylvania

                      Larry Novak
                      Manager, Technology Transfer
                      SEMATECH

                      Claude Del Fosse
                      Vice President, Technology Transfer
                      Software Productivity Consortium


     3:00 p.m.        Break

   3:30 p.m.        Session IV
                      Overcoming Barriers to Technology Transfer

                         Moderator:  James Wyckoff
                                     President, Technology Transfer
                                       Society

                      Raymond W. Smilor, Executive Director
                      and David V. Gibson, Senior Research Fellow
                      IC2 Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

                      John Hesselberth
                      Director, Corporate R&D Planning
                      E.I. Du Pont de Nemours

                      Warren Siemens
                      Director, Technology Transfer
                      Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.

     5:00 p.m.        Adjourn

     5:10 p.m.        Bus returns to hotel

     5:50 p.m.        Bus departs for Ranch

     6:30 p.m.        Barbeque Dinner at Kozmetsky Hill Country Ranch
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Tuesday, December 5

     7:45 a.m.        Bus departs Guest Quarters Hotel

     8:00 a.m.        Session V:
                      Asian Perspectives on Consortia
                      and Technnology Transfer

                         Moderator:  Mark Eaton
                                     Director, Associated Programs
                                     MCC



                      Mr. Mark Kurozumi
                      Deputy Director, Research Center, ICOT

                      Dr. Fumihiko Kamijo
                      Director, Information Technology Promotion
                      Agency of Japan

                      Dr. Alan Engel
                      President, ISTA, Inc.

     9:30 a.m.        Coffee Break

   9:45 a.m.        Session VI:
                      European Perspectives on Consortia
                      and Technology Transfer

                         Moderator:  Ted Ralston
                                     International Liaison Office
                                     Representative
                                     MCC

                      Professor Doctor Dieter Schuett
                      Corporate Technology
                      Siemens AG

                      Dr. Herve Gallaire
                      Direction des Applications
                      Bull SA

     11:00 a.m.       Session VII:
                      New Initiatives in Consortia
                      and Technology Transfer

                         Moderator:  Kirsten Nyrop
                                     Director, High Technology Program
                                     KMPG Peat Marwick

                      Syed Z. Shariq
                      Secretary General and CEO
                      The Joint Enterprise

                      Grant Brewen
                      Director, Biotechnology Research and
                      Development Corporation

                      Louis Higgs
                      Senior Fellow
                      Center for the New West


     12:15 a.m.       Closing Keynote

                      Lee Mercer
                      Deputy Undersecretary for Technology
                      U.S. Department of Commerce

     1:00 p.m.        Lunch.


                      Logistical Information

Registration Questions:  Call CT2 Conference Coordinator, RGK
                         Foundation, (512) 474-9298

Program Questions:       Contact Elaine Chamberlain, IC2 Institute,
                         (512) 478-4081.  FAX (512) 499-0245.

Hotel Information:       A block of rooms has been reserved until
                         November 20 for a special rate at Guest
                         Quarters Hotel, 303 E. 15th St., Austin
                         Texas 78701.  Cost: $65/single;$75/double.
                         For reservations: Call---
                         (512) 478-7000 or FAX (512) 478-5103.
                         Please be sure to tell them you are
                         participating in the Consortia and
                         Technology Transfer Conference.  The cost
                         includes complimentary continental breakfast.
                         Parking is $3.00 per day.  Check-in time is
                         3:00 p.m.; check-out time is 1:00 p.m.

Ground Transportation:   Free shuttle van service is provided from the
                         airport to hotel.  Use the white coutesy
                         phones located by the baggage pickup area.
                         (Cab will cost about $7.)

                         A bus will provide pickup and drop off
                         service from the hotel lobby to the
                         conference site for each day of the
                         conference.

Opening Reception:       A welcoming reception will be held on
                         Sunday, December 3, 1989, 6:00 p.m. at
                         Guest Quarters Hotel.

Meals:                   Complimentary continental breakfast is
                         provided by the hotel.  Lunch each day and a
                         Texas hill country barbeque dinner on
                         Monday evening are included as part of the
                         registration fee.

                    Conference Registraion Form
   Consortia and Technology Transfer:  Private Sector Initiatives
                         December 3-5, 1989
                            Austin, Texas

Circle Preference:  Dr.   Mr.   Mrs.   Ms.   Prof.

Name:   _________________________________________________________
        Last                  First                       Initial

Title:  _________________________________________________________

Organization:  __________________________________________________

Address:  _______________________________________________________

          _______________________________________________________
          City                 State                     Zip Code

Telephone:     Work:_____________________

               Home:_____________________
          (home number for emergency use only)

Which conference activities do you plan to attend?
     Sunday, December 3 evening reception                  ___________
     Monday, December 4 (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)            ___________
     Monday, December 4 Hill Country Barbeque              ___________
     Tuesday, December 5 (8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)           ___________

Please mail this registration form  along with the registration fee of
$295.00 before November 28, 1989  to:   CT2 Conference Coordinator, RGK
Foundation, 2815 San Gabriel,  Austin,  TX   78705-3594.  Phone: (512)
474-9298, Fax: (512) 499-0245 (or e-mail to <babcock@mcc.com>)

Please make checks payable to RGK Foundation.


HOTEL RESERVATIONS:

If you require a hotel room, contact the following hotel  by
November 22, 1989:   Reservations Manager, Guest Quarters, 303 West
15th Street, Austin,  Texas    78701.
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