ACS Webinars™ Programs and Funding Opportunities for Manufacturers, Businesses

News media and others interested in the chemical sciences are invited to join the next in a series of American Chemical Society (ACS) Webinars™ focusing on programs and funding opportunities for manufacturers and small chemical businesses.

Scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 28, from 2 – 3 p.m. EDT, the free ACS Webinar™ will feature Ben Vickery, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), speaking on how companies or organizations can leverage a product, technology, capability, or product idea to create business opportunities. Vickery serves as Senior Technical Advisor for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership  (MEP) at NIST.

ACS Webinars™ connect you with experts and global thought leaders in the chemical sciences, management and business to address current topics of interest to scientific and engineering professionals. Each webinar includes a short presentation followed by a Q & A session. News media and scientists can tune into the conference without charge but must register in advance.
    
Participants will learn:
• How Technology Acceleration strategy can help small chemical manufacturers solve challenges in technology transfer and commercialization.
• How to find solutions for an unmet technology need – MEP’s Technology Scouting initiative.
• How to leverage a product or idea using MEP’s Technology-Driven Market Intelligence (TDMI) initiative

Vickery manages a number of MEP’s Technology Acceleration initiatives, including Technology Scouting, a pull-based approach to technology transfer and commercialization, and Technology Driven Market Intelligence, which helps companies or organizations better understand how a product, technology, capability, or product idea might be leveraged to create business opportunities. He received an M.S. in Public Policy and a B.S. in History, Technology & Society from the Georgia Institute of Technology.