Organizations interested in presenting products or services to companies in the robotics and remote systems industry are invited to exhibit at the American Nuclear Society's Seventh Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems. This biannual conference will be held in Augusta, Georgia from April 27 to May 1 and focuses on using robotics and remote systems in hazardous and radioactive environments to avoid exposing workers to dangerous conditions.
The exhibition will be held in the AugustaĞRichmond County Civic Center in Augusta. Booths are available at $900 per 80 square feet. Exhibitors will receive one full conference registration and four exhibitors' passes per booth. Choice locations and spaces are assigned upon receipt of applications and payments, which must be postmarked by January 31.
For additional information, call Randy Singer at (803) 725-2407; or e-mail him at randy.singer@srs.gov. The Web site is http://www.srs.gov/general/news-notes/ans/robotic_topical.html.
If you would like to have your company included in an on-line vendor information database, check out the Internet homepage for the Ground Water Remediation Technologies Analysis Center (http://www.gwrtac.org).
GWRTAC was established through a cooperative agreement between the National Environmental Technology Applications Center and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. GWRTAC's role is to collect, compile, assimilate, and provide current information concerning ground water remediation technologies.
GWRTAC is currently collecting and compiling information for their vendor information database, which allows vendors to enter general information and detailed descriptions of their services. The database also provides links to other information servers. Interested companies may either complete and submit an on-line vendor information form, or print a copy of the form and fax to Kathy Jacox at (412) 826-5552.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced via the World Wide Web its participation in the fiscal year 1997 Small Business Innovative Research program. On December 2, DOE released a solicitation calling for proposals in technical areas, such as basic energy sciences, health and environmental research, high-energy and nuclear physics, magnetic fusion energy, computational and technology research, energy efficiency and renewable energy, nuclear energy, fossil energy, environmental management, and nonproliferation and national security. To read the solicitation and find out how to respond, access the Web at http://sbir.er.doe.gov/sbir.htm. The closing date for receipt of proposals is March 3, 1997.
The goal of the SBIR program is to increase small business participation in commercializing technology developed through federal research and development. DOE and other federal agencies whose extramural R&D budgets are over $100 million annually (Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, National Air and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation) have set aside 2.5 percent of their R&D budgets for the FY97 SBIR program. Phase I awards are given for exploring the feasibility of innovative concepts. Each Phase I award can total up to $75,000 for six months. Phase II awards are given for principal R&D efforts. Each Phase II award can range up to $750,000 for a two-year period. Awardees are competitively selected on scientific and technical merit.
