A--Small Business Event The Army Research Laboratory is holding an Open House for the Open Campus on Tuesday & Wednesday, December 9 & 10, 2014 in the Adelphi, Maryland vicinity.

The US Army Research Laboratory is seeking partners interested in collaborative opportunities in fundamental research in the areas of Human Sciences, Information Sciences, Sciences for Lethality and Protection, Sciences for Maneuver, Materials Research, Computational Sciences, and Assessment and Analysis. This is a save the date notice. Pending appropriate approval, ARL intends to conduct an Open House in support of our Open Campus Initiative December 9th & 10th. ARL's Open Campus collaboration model is centered on mutual scientific interest and investment by all partners. Open Campus partners work side-by-side with ARL research scientists and engineers, share ARL's specialized research facilities, bring ARL researchers to their institutions to communicate a perspective on research conducted in federal laboratories, and become part of the broader DoD network. ARL is opening areas of its Adelphi Laboratory Center to host visiting scientists and engineers, including foreign nationals, and envisions future construction of new facilities to host partners, with laboratory and office space to serve academia, industry, and small businesses, and to incubate entrepreneurial startups. The registration site is now open. Please go to: www.arlopencampusopenhouse.com to register. Registration is limited to the first 400 participants, and will close on or before November 30, 2014. The Army Research Laboratory is holding an Open House for the Open Campus on Tuesday & Wednesday, December 9 & 10, 2014 in the Adelphi, Maryland vicinity. The goal of this event is to introduce the Science and Technology (S&T) community to ARL's research scientists and engineers with whom you might collaborate, and to ARL's specialized laboratory facilities that are available to support joint research. This two-day event features a variety of scheduled presentations, tours and an opportunity to meet one-on-one with some of the Army's leading researchers. During the event, ARL Director Dr. Thomas Russell will present the ARL Open Campus philosophy. Defense and Government leaders will speak to the wider impact of ARL's Open Campus approach. Other speakers will highlight ARL's seven S&T Campaign areas (Computational Sciences; Materials Research; Sciences for Maneuver; Information Sciences; Human Sciences; Sciences for Lethality and Protection; and Assessment and Analysis) highlighting strategic research collaboration opportunities. The ARL Open Campus Open House will include tours of ARL's laboratories and opportunities for in-depth discussions with ARL research scientists and engineers. Who should attend? Innovators of all types: Academic Vice-Provosts for Research, Deans, and Professors; Industry Technical Staff and Management; Small and Large Businesses; Business Developers; Government Research Laboratory Technical Staff and Management. Additional information may be found at ARL's Open Campus home page: www.arl.army.mil/opencampus.