[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 232 (Friday, December 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75242-75243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30629]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Advanced Technology Program; Announcement of Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
invites interested parties to attend a meeting on ``Advanced Technology 
Development and Commercialization Opportunities.'' The Advanced 
Technology Program (ATP) partners with industry on high-risk, high 
technology research in technologies ranging from advanced manufacturing 
to medicine and from advanced materials to microelectronics. This 
conference will bring together entrepreneurs, researchers, business 
specialists and program managers from business, universities and 
federal agencies to discuss R&D funding opportunities for taking a new 
product from the lab to the marketplace. This meeting is targeted to 
minority entrepreneurship.

DATES: The Conference will be held on December 4-5, 2000. The meeting 
begins at 9:00 am on December 4 and

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the meeting adjourns at 12:30 pm on December 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Conference Center at Clark 
Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, you may 
telephone Rex Pelto at (301) 975-3918 or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
1988 (Public Law 100-418, 15 U.S.C. 278n), amended by the American 
Technology Preeminence Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-245), directed the 
establishment of ATP. The purpose of the ATP is to assist United States 
businesses to carry out research and development on high-risk, high-
pay-off, emerging and enabling technologies.
    The workshops that will be offered at this meeting will help bridge 
each step along the high-risk technology development and 
commercialization path. In addition, minority entrepreneurs will 
present success stories. A number of federal agencies will be 
represented at this meeting, and corporations and federal agencies will 
also be available.
    Information on the meeting agenda and registration requirements can 
be found at the following website: http://www.seeport.com/Conference/conferences.htm. The registration fee is $125.00 when received by 
November 28, 2000. (After November 28, the fee is $150.00). 
Registration includes bus transportation from the hotel to the 
university, coffee breaks, lunch and conference materials.

    November 27, 2000.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 00-30629 Filed 11-30-00; 8:45 am]
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