As facilitators of this SBIR conference, the SBIROK planning committee would like to thank all of our generous sponsors, exhibitors, speakers, committee members and volunteers for their support and hard work at the first SBIR/STTR conference held in Oklahoma City. Kudos to the staff of the convention center and hotel for making sure that every need was met and all speakers had what they needed for their presentations.

It is also important to us to thank the voluminous numbers of attendees who really demonstrated to our Federal and State partners, the importance and the need for “Making Connections” here in the heartland of America. Your participation and effusive comments told us that the conference was a success and all the detail work to make this happen was worthwhile and appreciated.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Technology administers the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program. Through these two competitive programs, SBA ensures that the nation's small, high-tech, innovative businesses are a significant part of the federal government's research and development efforts. Eleven federal departments participate in the SBIR program; five departments participate in the STTR program awarding $2 Billion to small high-tech businesses.

> SBIR.gov
> Small Business Administration
> Grants.gov
> Dept. of Agriculture
> Dept. of Defense
> US Air Force
> US Army
> US Navy
> DARPA
> Missile Defense Agency
> Dept. of Education
> Dept. of Energy
> Environmental Protection Agency
> Dept. of Health and Human Services
> National Cancer Institute
> National Institutes of Health
> Dept. of Homeland Security
> NASA
> National Institute of Standards and Technology
> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
> National Science Foundation
> Dept. of Transportation

OCAST is the agency within Oklahoma who works with the SBIR program on a state level.  For more information, please contact Tessa North at 405-319-8410 or find more information on the OCAST website here.