Registration begins: 5:30 pm to 6 pm

Program begins promptly at 6 pm

MC:Nina Pascucci

First Speaker:Mr. Martin Drake

Martin (Marty) A. Drake,Chief, Science and Technology Division &Command Science Advisor,U.S. Central Command.He will be talking about USCENTCOM, its concerns in the USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR), and the requirements of USCENTCOM.

U.S. Naval Academy graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. Completed the Senior Executive Fellows course at Harvards Kennedy School of Government.

Served 28 years in the U.S. Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer in five separate ships; commanding two USS PEGASUS (PHM-1) and USS THORN (DD988). Focus while assigned in surface ships was Weapons and Combat Systems. Held principal staff positions ashore in the U.S. Naval Academy (Instructor), Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (Chief of Exercises), Naval Amphibious School (Deputy Director for Total Quality Leadership), a first tour in Commander, U.S. Central Command (Chief of Exercises; Division Chief, Transformation and Integration; Deputy Director, Resources and Assessment); and Office of the Secretary of Defense (Military Advisor to the Director, Defense Research and Engineering).

Currently employed as the Chief of Science and Technology Division and Command Science Advisor to U.S. Central Command located in Tampa, Florida. Directs a staff chartered to conduct discovery, research, analysis, and sponsor development of new and emerging technologies and techniques which have the potential to provide solutions to Headquarters and Component validated Joint needs. Additionally, pursues integrating and non-material solutions to satisfy current and future military operational capability gaps. Holds a Level III Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering (SPRDE) qualification for Technology Management. Frequently lectures on technology impacts to the current and future military force.

Second Speaker: David Rios, TBA

Third Speaker: Jerry Hultin

Urban life is exploding around the world: in the next 3 decades, cities will expand to include 3 billion more people, many of them under 30 years of age. As a result, cities around the world including the United States are under greater and greater stress: congestion and pollution; infrastructure in desperate need of repair and expansion, citizens expecting greater access via mobile and the cloud, flat economies, and overly leveraged with debt. One very easily can paint a bleak picture of the urban future.

Yet, by combining the innovative insights and spirit of citizens with the technological advances of the 21st century mobile phones, sensors, GPS, data and advanced analytics, the internet and the cloud the world is seeing exciting new approaches to these urban challenges.

Join with me in my role as chairman of Global Futures Group and take a look at this future. Together, we can identify new opportunities for growth and change here in NYC and around the world. Join me in learning how you can be one of the growing number of citizens, entrepreneurs, innovators, non-profits, small businesses, and high-tech corporations who are designing and building the smart cities of the coming decade. At the same time, I will let you know how you can participate in NYCs first smart cities week coming in the spring of 2017.

Fourth Speaker:Anastacia Salcedo, Author ofCombat-Ready Kitchen:http://anastaciamarxdesalcedo.com/about-the-book/

Fifth Speaker:GeoffOrazem

Innovation efforts and small business engagement across the US Government

This talk will discuss the various innovation and small business programs (contracting and grants) across the US Government. Attendees will learn where they should look for funding and support opportunities and how to access them.

Geoff Orazem is the CEO and Founder of Eastern Foundry, an incubator for government contractors in Crystal City VA. Geoff is a former Marine infantry platoon commander who served in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Following the Marine Corps he attended Harvard Law School after which he returned to Iraq as a Tribal Affairs officer with the Iraqi Transportation Network (ITN). Following the ITN he began working in McKinsey and Co.'s DC office as an Engagement Manager.

Lightning Talks:

Brendan Hart, Prosper

Juanita Koilipillai, Waverley Labs

Sean Petterson, StrongArm Technologies

Nicolas Visnick, BotFactory

Meetup Mashup Participants:

Technology Transfer Days Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Technology-Transfer-Days/

Information Architecture Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/information_architecture/

Semiotics Web Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/SemioticsWeb/

OWASP Brooklyn Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Brooklyn/

Do you require any special accommodations? If so, please let us know: info@technologytransferdays.org