BEST FEST '12 PROGRAM

8:30 -  9:00   Registration and Coffee

9:00 -  9:30   Opening Remarks: David Kenney, President & Exec. Director, Oregon BEST

9:30 -10:30   Keynote Speaker: Karina Edmonds, Technology Transfer Coordinator,
                     U.S. Energy Dept.

10:30-11:00   Commercialization Case Study

11:15-12:15   Simultaneous Research Tracks: Profiling Innovative Research and
                      Understanding Commercial Activities

                         • Behavior Toward Efficiency 

                         • District-Scale Technologies 

                         • Energy Storage

12:15 - 1:30   Catered Lunch

12:30 - 1:30   Research Poster Session

1:30  -  3:00   Simultaneous Research Tracks: Profiling Innovative Research and
                      Understanding Commercial Activities

                         • From Fossil to Forest: New and Emerging Bioenergy Technologies

                         • Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

                         • Demonstrating New Technologies: Lessons from the Field

3:30  -  4:45   Concurrent Sessions:

                         • Innovative Funding and Financing Approaches 

                         • Topical Salons

                         • Innovative Commercialization Models

                         • Student Innovators
                            Student-Industry Project Presentations & Opportunities

4:45  -  5:15   Closing Plenary

5:15  -  6:00   Reception and Continuing Poster Session