Date Created:
April 3, 2001
Last Update:
June 14, 2005
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About the Meeting
What will technology
look like in the year 2020? What existing technologies will have merged
with others to form new frontiers and how will those frontiers impact
our life styles? Will "smart" technology create new opportunities
that pass by today's hot trends? Will new frontiers provide new tools
to continue mining new materials and technology? The ATP National
Meeting focused on the technology crossroads that will
lead us from today to the frontiers of tomorrow.
The ATP National
Meeting was held from June 3-5 in Baltimore, Maryland
at the Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel, within a few
blocks of the Inner Harbor Waterfront.
Keynote Speakers
- Christopher
Reeve
Actor and Biomedical Research Advocate
- Peter
Schwartz, CEO of Global Business Network and author of The
Long Boom
- Peter
Boer, President & CEO, Tiger Scientific and a noted futurist.
Highlights of the Meeting
- Frontier
Forums
- Poster
Sessions
- ATP/Industry
Showcase
- Interactive
Networking Opportunities
Who Attended our National Meeting
- High-Tech
Companies
- Scientists
- Engineers
- University
Researchers and Administrators
- Venture Capital
Funding Groups
- ATP Awardees
- Representatives
from:
- State
Technology offices
- State
and Local Government Economic Development Offices
- Technology
Associations
- Small
Business Development Centers
About ATP
The Advanced Technology
Program (ATP) bridges the gap between the research lab and the marketplace,
stimulating prosperity through innovation. Through partnerships with
the private sector, ATP's early stage investment is accelerating the
development of innovative technologies that promise widespread benefits
for the nation. As part of the highly regarded National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST), the ATP enables industry to leverage
R&D resources, extending its technological reach for the benefit
of the nation.
Technology research
in the private sector is driven by today's global economic realities
which force companies to make narrower, shorter-term investments
in R&D that maximize return to the company quickly. The ATP
views R&D projects from a broader perspective. The bottom line
for ATP is the national benefits beyond the commercial payoffs to
enter the marketplace. In sharing the relatively high risks of technologies
that could potentially make a broad range of new commercial opportunities
feasible, the ATP fosters projects with a high payoff for the nation
as a whole, in addition to a direct but smaller return to the innovators.
The ATP is designed to stimulate joint research ventures that link
small, medium, and large companies, states, universities, and other
organizations with end users to solve common problems with unique
technical hurdles.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
As part of the
Commerce Department's Technology Administration, the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) works to promote U.S. economic
growth by collaborating with industry to develop and apply technology,
measurements, and standards. NIST carries out its mission through
a portfolio of four major programs:
- Measurement
and Standards Laboratories that provide technical leadership
for vital components of the nation's technology infrastructure
needed by U.S. industry to continually improve its products and
services;
- the Advanced
Technology Program, which accelerates the development of innovative
technologies for broad national benefit through R&D partnerships
with the private sector;
- grassroots
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
with a nationwide network of local centers offering technical
and business assistance to smaller manufacturers; and
- highly visible
quality outreach program associated with the Malcolm
Baldridge National Quality Award that recognizes continuous
improvements in quality management by U.S. manufacturers and service
companies.
In fiscal year
2001, NIST is operating on a budget of about $720 million with nearly
3,200 staff members at its sites in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Boulder,
Colorado. News and general information about NIST programs and services
are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nist.gov,
or you can call general inquiries at (301) 975-NIST (975-6478) or
e-mail: inquiries@nist.gov.
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