Speaking Engagements

Stephen is a frequent public speaker, and has been invited to discuss various topics by the following organizations (partial listing):

Innovation Management

  • Academic Impressions
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
  • AUTM Annual Meeting
  • AUTM Graduate Course
  • BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization) conference
  • The Conference Board
  • Confluence Rome (multiple years)
  • Emory University / Goizueta Business School
  • Georgia Tech Alumni Association 
  • Georgia Tech classes (various)
  • IBF Tech Transfer Conference
  • ICE/IEEE International Technology Management Conference
  • IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Innovation
  • MIT Enterprise Forum
  • National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2)
  • NCR executive leadership team
  • NCR technology staff
  • NSF National Innovation Network (NSF-NIN)
  • Southeastern University Research Association
  • Startup Campinas (Brazil)
  • State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI)
  • Technology Transfer Society (TTS)
  • Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
  • Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (Santiago) 
  • University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP)
  • University of Campinas (Brazil)
  • World’s Best Technologies Forum

Startups & Entrepreneurs

  • Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
  • Atlanta Tech Village 
  • Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs Exchange
  • CIO Magazine Executive Council
  • Corporate IP Roundtable
  • CREATE-X
  • Founders Institute
  • Geekend Savannah
  • IBF Clean-Tech Conference
  • Kentucky Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference
  • nightLIGHT
  • NPR Marketwatch
  • PBS “Need to Know” (TV show)
  • TenWest

Venture Capital

  • AeA Investment Conference
  • CapVenture
  • Coastal Beta Exchange
  • FastTrac TechVentures
  • Georgia State University Law School
  • National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF)
  • PWC MoneyTree
  • Tennessee Valley Venture Forum
  • TIE-Atlanta
  • USA Today
  • VC-Angel Roundtable
  • Venture Capital Institute (VCI)
  • Venture Capital Investment Competition
  • Venture Market South 

Economic Development

  • America’s Competitiveness Forum/U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Arizona Association for Economic Development
  • ASEE Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration
  • Breakfast Club of Tucson
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • C-SPAN
  • Georgia Chamber of Commerce
  • Georgia CIO Leadership Association
  • Georgia Economic Development Authority (GEDA) Conference
  • Georgia General Assembly (multiple committees)
  • Georgia State Science and Technology Strategic Plan Joint Study Commission 
  • Hunan Agricultural University (China)
  • Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce economic development mission to Brazil
  • Metropolitan Pima Alliance
  • Minority Business Development Center (MBDA)
  • Pima Association of Governments (PAG)
  • Southern Arizona Leadership Council (SALC)
  • Southern Economic Development Council
  • Southern Growth Policies Board
  • ThincSavannah
  • University of Pretoria (South Africa)
  • University of Trento (Italy)
  • US AID Synergy Conference (Manila)
  • US Chamber of Commerce
  • US Economic Development Administration (EDA) annual conference

Aerospace 

  • Aerospace States Association legislative dinner 
  • America’s Aerocluster Conference
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 
  • Atlanta Science Tavern 
  • CNN (multiple broadcasts)
  • Commercial Spaceflight Federation
  • DM50 (Davis-Monthan AFB)
  • DragonCon (science track, multiple years)
  • Governor’s Office, Sonora, Mexico
  • International Space Development Conference (ISDC)
  • Liberty Middle School
  • The Mars Society LibertyCon (science track, multiple years)
  • Mining Law Summit
  • NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
  • NASA Interstellar Workshop
  • President’s Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy (the “Aldridge Commission”)
  • Space Access Conference (multiple years)
  • Space Frontier Foundation
  • Space Investment Summit
  • Space Venture Finance Symposium
  • Tech High School
  • The Westminster Schools
  • Woodward Academy

Updated May 2020.