Obama Stimulus Package Opportunities Explained

Obama's Stimulus Plan American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA):
What You Need to Know (unconference)
When: March 24, 2009 - 5:00pm-7:00pm
Where: NedSpace 920 SW Third (between Taylor & Salmon) Portland, Oregon 97204
Cost: free
Please RSVP
Presented by the Software Association of Oregon

The time is short - we as a community have just a couple of weeks to get ideas to the Governor's created group the Oregon Way to be included in stimulus-related grant activities. This is a unique time to compete for job-creating, infrastructure-developing, regional economy-changing investments...get involved!

Come + learn about the initiative and then brainstorm as a community how to best leverage this one-time opportunity!

Come with your ideas and your computer - we will be posting the ideas generated at this meeting to our Wiki so we can help put them into the appropriate format and vet them through the correct channels.

Click to download Oregon's ARRA Guide

At this event we will discuss the top 5 Stimulus opportunities for Oregon technology companies:

1.) HealthCare IT (pg 42)
Discussion Moderated by Bill Hersh, Chair Medical Informatics, OHSU
• Health Information Technology Competitive Federal Grants - $2 billion

2.) Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) (not in linked document)
Discussion moderated by Rich Bader, CEO, EasyStreet
• $4.7B for competitive grants from the NTIA

3.) Energy Efficiency (pg 17)
Discussion moderated by the Clean Technology Alliance, Climate Solutions or Energy Trust of Oregon
• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Competitive Federal Block Grants - $3.2 billion

4.) Renewable Energy (pg 17)
Discussion moderated by Brent Gunderson, President, Pacific Solar Supply
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Federal Competitive - $16.8 billion

5.) Smart Grid (pg 20)
Discussion Moderated by Mike Hoffman, VP Business Development, PowerMand
• SmartGrid Investment Program Federal Competitive - $4.5 billion

Other mentionable fund opportunities that won’t directly be discussed:
• Transportation Electrification - $400 million
• Advanced Battery Manufacturing - $2 billion
• Science Program - $1.6 Billion
• Biomedical Research - $8.7 billion

Event Moderator:
Harvey Mathews, President, Software Association of Oregon

Many thanks to Mark Ace and Cayuse for their help in making sure we have adequate technology to make these proposals come together in a timely fashion and ensure that they get to the correct people.

Agenda:
- Outline goal of this meeting and process for getting ideas recorded and to the right parties (5 minutes)
- Walk through the linked Stimulus Guide document, highlighting the areas we think are most applicable for tech companies (30 minutes)
- Present the Focus of the Governor’s created group called the Oregon Way and contacts (5 minutes)
- Lead a brainstorm of the grant proposals (60 minutes)
- Re-convene and share ideas (15 minutes)

After this event we only have 2-3 weeks to get these ideas compiled into proposals and to the Oregon Way. Community collaboration is essential to making this happen and time to act on this opportunity is now!

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