Greetings from the birthplace of aviation here in Dayton, Ohio! I'm Sabra Tomb, your Midwest Regional Coordinator. We're so excited to put together a new quarterly newsletter to stay in touch with all of the Midwest labs and update you on what is happening within our region.
Since March of 2020, we have adapted to a new and different environment both at work and at home. The FLC itself has made many changes and adjusted to meet the needs of the federal labs.
You can see these changes from supporting two virtual National Meetings and our regional Midwest-Southeast meeting last fall, as well as numerous training opportunities. The FLC’s Executive Board is holding quarterly virtual meetings to continue to build and promote the new Educate, Facilitate, and Promote committees. These committees are paving the way towards exciting new goals including enhancing the recognition and prestige of the awards given at National and Regional meetings, developing a training framework, and improving internal and external participation.
We are planning to hold the 2021 Midwest-Southeast regional meeting virtually from September 21 to 23, but look forward to seeing all of you in person for the 2022 meeting in Panama City, FL! More information about this year’s meeting is later in the newsletter.
I’d like to introduce the new deputy regional coordinator, Annie Bullock-Yoder. Annie is a T2 and IP Specialist from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division in southern Indiana. If you haven’t had a chance to meet her at the Midwest networking event at the National Meeting, please reach out to her!
As you read through the newsletter, if you have feedback for us or want to see something regularly, please do reach out and let us know!
We want to make this newsletter a productive and informative source of information for all of our regional labs and look forward to your insight.
The Midwest and Southeast will be holding an Industry Day event with the theme Artificial Intelligence (AI). Our labs, partners, and state and local industry will have the opportunity to connect and discuss technologies around AI research.
The Southeast Region recently launched a webinar series called “Lab Showcase” where labs have an opportunity to show off their technologies and T2 successes! This series is not limited to the southeast. Please reach out to us if you are interested in having your lab showcased!
We want to Hear from You
If you have some great pictures of your lab's successful T2 activities, submit now for the 2022 FLC Planner. The deadline for submissions is July 16. Click here for more information.
If you have any good news stories, interesting partnerships, or just want to reach out to connect, we want to hear from you! Promote your Lab's success in the FLC Success Stories section of the website. Click here to learn more.
Be sure to send us Lab Updates or Regional Events to promote. And get involved. The success of the FLC is the result of our outstanding community of volunteers. Join us and volunteer.
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