2024 IEEE-USA IWRC Aerospace and Defense

From 3-4 December, the IEEE-USA Innovation, Workforce, and Research Conference (IWRC) will bring together stakeholders from industry, government, and academia in Huntsville, Alabama, to meet, learn, talk, and discuss the CHIPS Act and other government programs that promote innovation and small business in the southeast. The event includes an evening reception on Tuesday, 3 December, and a full day workshop on Wednesday, 4 December.

Through the CHIPS Act, Congress has allocated $56 Billion for chip manufacturing in the United States with a mandate that the government funding should be allocated throughout the United States. This event will give you an opportunity to meet potential partners from the U.S. federal agencies and learn more about how you can contribute to the Alabama and the southeast innovation ecosystem.

Industry: Gain access to potential partners in the federal government, information on tech transfer programs, access to federal SBIR and other research programs.

Government officials from the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies are coming to Huntsville looking for partners – like you! Learn about government programs to promote innovation and small business. Meet potential partners at Alabama Universities. Learn more about the CHIPS Act and how it relates to Alabama. Congress has allocated $56 Billion for chip manufacturing in the US. If you think that’s all going to Texas and California, you are wrong.

Academia: Gain access to federal grant program officials, information on grant processes, connections with potential business partners, and education on the tech transfer process.

Come learn about potential government funding! Government grant officials from the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies are coming to Alabama to meet with the Alabama tech sector and engineers/ entrepreneurs like you! CHIPS Act requires more resources to flow into states like Alabama – government needs partners to make that happen. Learn how to partner with local small businesses.

Government: Access to local engineers/ entrepreneurs who are interested in learning more about federal government grants and becoming a part of the Alabama innovation economy. Help you to promote government programs in the southeast while fulfilling Congressional mandates.

• 3 December IWRC reception at the Space and Rocket Center.
• 4 December IWRC conference sessions with continental breakfast and lunch provided at the Huntsville Marriott at the Space and Rocket Center.

The event can be found here.

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