Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
29-4-1993 1:00 PM
End Date
29-4-1993 4:00 PM
Description
A growing commitment to better harness the unparalleled potential of Federal R&D to enhance and support U.S. economic growth and industrial competitiveness has emerged in tandem with the on-going shift in national priorities. One indication of this commitment is NASA's initiative to establish the basis for a National Technology Transfer Network. This effort directly supports NASA's shared mission with all Federal R&D agencies to transfer Federally-funded technologies to commercial and industrial applications throughout the U.S. economy. Under NASA's leadership, six Regional Technology Transfer Centers (RTTC) and the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) currently operate as the core elements of an innovative national network to transfer Federal technology to the marketplace.
This paper will review the key factors and considerations that shaped—and continue to influence--the development of the RTTCs and the NTTC. Also, the future role of the national network in support of emerging technology policy initiatives will be explored.
Paper Session III-C - Strategic Factors in the Development of the National Technology Transfer Network
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
A growing commitment to better harness the unparalleled potential of Federal R&D to enhance and support U.S. economic growth and industrial competitiveness has emerged in tandem with the on-going shift in national priorities. One indication of this commitment is NASA's initiative to establish the basis for a National Technology Transfer Network. This effort directly supports NASA's shared mission with all Federal R&D agencies to transfer Federally-funded technologies to commercial and industrial applications throughout the U.S. economy. Under NASA's leadership, six Regional Technology Transfer Centers (RTTC) and the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) currently operate as the core elements of an innovative national network to transfer Federal technology to the marketplace.
This paper will review the key factors and considerations that shaped—and continue to influence--the development of the RTTCs and the NTTC. Also, the future role of the national network in support of emerging technology policy initiatives will be explored.
Comments
30 Years of Progress, Spinoffs from Space Technology
Session Chairman: Doris J. Rouse, Director, NASA Technology Applications Team, Research Triangle Institute
Session Organizer: Don Capone, Southern Technology Application Center, Kennedy Space Center