[Fornlist] lunch/lecture by Alan Liby, "Establishing New Partnerships with Industry" @1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike

[Bob Costner]

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Greetings, Friends. Please join us for another interesting and certainly
very salient and topical program: 

January 21, 2009 Friends of ORNL Lunch/Lecture
"Establishing New Partnerships with Industry"
Alan Liby, Manager of Industrial and Economic Development Partnerships, ORNL

Abstract: 
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory is home to a remarkable collection of
scientific facilities, equipment, and researchers that rivals the best in the world.
Among the Laboratory's missions is the effort to make the new technologies
developed with these unique resources available for national and regional
economic growth through technology commercialization. The Oak Ridge Science
and Technology (S&T) Park at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will facilitate new
collaborations with industry and university partners, forming new pathways to
move cutting-edge technologies into the marketplace. 

The first phase of the S&T Park is now open for business. Opportunities abound
to work side by side with ORNL researchers to address critical scientific
challenges and to grow new companies that will strengthen America's
competitiveness for decades to come. When totally built out, the S&T Park will
support a total of 500,000 square feet of offices and laboratories in a campus
environment consistent with ORNL's modernization efforts.


Wed. 21 January 2009: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike see directions below

Speaker's bio below.

Lunch by the Soup Kitchen will be $7.00 and includes at least 2 choices of
hot soup, choice of sandwich, pickle, chips, choice of iced tea or hot coffee,
and choice of dessert.

As always, registered professional engineers who attend shall receive
one (1) PDH certificate. 

NOTICE - NOTICE

Members wishing to submit renewal dues by mail
can make a check for $20.00 payable to FORNL
and mail it to:

Treasurer, Friends of ORNL
214 Park Lane
Oliver Springs, TN 37840
Non-members who wish to join should also mail a 
check for $20.00 payable to FORNL and mail it to
the same address. [Note that the dues cover the
fiscal year starting on October 1 of each year.]
Non-members should also submit the following information:

Name
Mailing address
e-mail address (if applicable)

NOTICE - NOTICE

MONTHLY AGENDA:

11:00 am Socializing and coffee 
11:30 am Lunch served 
11:50 am Annual Meeting
12:00 noon Lecture begins 
12:45 pm Q&A 
1:00 pm Adjourn

HEADS UP: 

February 18 - Wayne Manges, Industrial Wireless Program
March 18 - TBD
April 15 - Bob Perlack, Potential capacity for US lands to produce ethanol


DIRECTIONS TO MEETING LOCATION

Our meeting location is the white-colored
building at 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike (State Highway 95)
between Taco Bell and Applebee's
at the intersection of the Turnpike and
Rutgers Ave (at Traffic Light #7).

At the south-west corner of the white-colored building
there is an entrance with a canopy.
Caution - - there is an additional entrance with
a canopy close by - - the entrance we use is that
closest to the Jameson Inn. The glass door is identified as
"The University of Tennessee - University Outreach & 
Continuing Education."

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alan Liby is Manager, Industrial and Economic Development Partnerships at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory. As a member of the Partnerships Directorate, he
works with industry, universities, and regional economic development
organizations to develop and implement strategies to use ORNL resources to
support new business creation and existing industry growth and
competitiveness. He leads initiatives in technology commercialization,
entrepreneurial development and industrial partnerships.

Dr. Liby has more than 30 years experience in research, engineering and
business management. He co-founded Manufacturing Sciences Corporation and
relocated the company from Boulder, Colorado to Oak Ridge in 1984. As
President until its sale to British Nuclear Fuels in 1998, he led the company in
its growth from 3 to more than 200 employees with more than $40 million
capital investment in Oak Ridge. Prior to joining Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
he worked as a consultant to small businesses and led technology road mapping
projects at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Y-12 National Security
Complex. Earlier employment included positions with the US Army, General
Electric, Dow Chemical and Rockwell International. He earned Metallurgical
Engineer, MS and PhD degrees from the Colorado School of Mines and served
as an adjunct faculty member at that institution. He is a past chairman of the
East Tennessee Economic Council and currently serves in board positions for the Oak Ridge
Utility District, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board,
Technology 2020, Fairview Technology Center, SunTrust Bank, and the Emory
Valley Center Foundation.

- 
Robert Costner
http://www.fornl.org