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About This Event

Join the AFCEA Small Business Committee on May 14th for our next Small Business Breakfast event where Capt Uzarski, Director, NavalX, and Mr. Brian Shipley, Director, Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Program, will discuss the Department of the Navy’s innovation ecosystem and SBIR/STTR/STP lifecycle. Capt Uzarski will focus on current priorities inside NavalX including the Tech Bridge Network, projects for Navy customers (PEO and fleet), Tech Scans, and Prize Challenges. Mr. Brian Shipley will highlight the SBIR/STTR life cycle, diving into differences across Phase II and Phase III awards as well as the SBIR/STTR Transition Program (STP).

We’ll dig deeper into various resources available to small businesses at different stages of the process. The event will include an open forum for attendees to ask questions to better understand how to identify relevant opportunities and how best to engage with the Department of the Navy to support their innovation capabilities.  

Registration Fees

It is not necessary to be a member of AFCEA NOVA to attend our events. But once you come to an event, we think you'll want to be!

AFCEA Member

$55

AFCEA Non-Member

$65

Government/Military*

$0

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On-Site AFCEA Member

$65

On-site AFCEA Non-Member

$75

*Reserved for current federal government and active duty military – excludes reservists not on orders and government contractors. Must have a valid .gov or .mil email address. All reservists must attend in uniform and their current role must be relevant to the speaker topics. A reservist may be asked to provide proof of relevancy to their assigned duty station.

AFCEA NOVA has organized this event making a good-faith effort to meet the requirements of a “widely attended gathering,” (WAG) as defined in federal government ethics regulations applicable to executive agency employees and officials. It is recommended that federal government invitees receive written authorization from their agency designee prior to attending this event.

Agenda

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Breakfast and Networking8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Small Business Presentation8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Speaker

Director, NavalX
U.S. Navy
Captain Joel Uzarski is a Surface Warfare Officer Acquisition Professional (SWO AP) hailing from Ada...(read more)
Director, Small Business Innovation Research, Small Business Technology Transfer Programs
U.S. Department of the Navy
Brian Shipley is the Director for the Department of the Navy (DON) Small Business Innovation Researc...(read more)