Fuentek President On Panel For White House Lab-To-Market Cross-Agency Summit

WASHINGTON, DC, May 24, 2013 (Press-News.org) Fuentek, LLC (http://www.fuentek.com/), a consulting firm based in Apex, N.C. that provides intellectual property (IP) and technology transfer services, has announced that Laura Schoppe, president, served as an external expert panelist for the Lab-to-Market Cross-Agency Summit. Sponsored by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the summit took place on May 20. As an expert in innovation and commercialization, Schoppe was asked to provide feedback on enhancing lab-to-market programs for the benefit of the public. The federal government invests over $140 billion in research and development annually—through research institution grants, small business contracts, and civil servant research efforts—and OSTP convened the panel to help maximize the return on investment for the US taxpayer. The summit allowed experts and federal lab staff to explore current programs and discuss challenges as well as potential solutions.

Along with other experts from industry, academia and the finance sector, Schoppe discussed ways to leverage synergistic missions between federal agencies, align federal research activities with economic development needs, as well as more efficiently and effectively bring research innovations to the market.

The all-day summit, which was held at the White House Conference Center, resulted in a list of recommendations that will be documented in a memo to the President.

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"Our candid discussions with the federal agencies having to implement the White House's future policies and recommendations were very productive and encouraging," said Schoppe. "I feel privileged to have been included on such a panel of experts and look forward to seeing continued improvements in how federal labs bring value to the economy."

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ABOUT FUENTEK, LLC:
Fuentek, LLC is a consulting firm that provides intellectual property and technology transfer services. With a specialization in technology commercialization and the Symbiotic Innovation approach to open innovation, Fuentek works with a wide variety of clients to identify promising technologies and assist them in converting their ideas and inventions into marketable products. Drawing upon its unique combination of technical, business and commercialization expertise, the firm is one of the largest NASA contractors in North Carolina and has helped organizations around the world find the technology they need through licensing as well as collaborative research and development (R&D) partnerships. Led by President Laura A. Schoppe, a 2008 recipient of the prestigious Triangle Business Journal Women In Business award, Fuentek also offers training workshops, guidebooks, white papers and websites to help clients and other technology transfer professionals improve effectiveness in managing their intellectual property. Recognized as a top women- and minority-owned small business in North Carolina for the past five consecutive years, Fuentek has been featured on National Public Radio and in the book The New Small: How a New Breed of Small Businesses is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies. The firm has received numerous awards for its work, including an entrepreneurial Pinnacle Business Award from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. For more information, please call (919) 249-0327 or visit Fuentek's website at http://www.fuentek.com.

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