Come learn about how you can expand your consulting business by working with the SBA to gain access to high-tech small businesses. Peter Salmon will give a broad-ranging presentation covering Invention, Patents, SBIR Grants and his new flip chip connector technology. Peter's talk will be of interest to a broad range of technologists, as well as to those interested in the art of creation. Gerd will provide an introduction to the marketing and sales cycles, and then will present proven techniques which can be used to win sales projects in a competitive market without sacrificing price. Join a discussion about the new CNSV website including the design decisions involved and the technology behind the site. You've got a website, but are you doing a good job of marketing yourself and your business? Why should you bother? Unless you are so busy with work that you never need to attract new clients, you may be missing your best opportunity to convince companies to engage you as a consultant. Would you like to know how the rich save money on taxes (legally)? Some of their strategies may apply to you. Come and hear John Peplowski -- and maybe you can apply some of his wisdom to your own financial situation. John is an experienced speaker on wealth accumulation during our working, that is consulting, years. This all-day Saturday seminar attracted a capacity crowd of about 90. The seminar consisted of single- and dual-track talks. A zip file is available which contains the program and twelve presentations by these eight speakers: Carl Angotti, Brian Berg, Bob Gauger, Kathryn Gutierrez, Kim Parnell, David Pregeant, Mike Silverman and Ken Wada. This presentation will outline some of the unique features of product development in the medical device industry. Learn what engineers can do to improve product reliability during the manufacturing phase. Dr. Hakim M. Mesiwala will provide an overview of the field of Digital Signal Processing (DSP).