CLDP sponsored the participation of three technology transfer specialists from Armenia and one technology transfer specialist from Georgia to attend the 2013 Association of Technology Managers (AUTM) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas on February 27 – March 2, 2013.  The event gave the participants an opportunity to participate in interactive workshops designed for technology transfer managers and to network with seasoned technology transfer professionals to guide the progress of their newly established centers.

CLDP hosted U.S. Consultations on Innovation and Technology transfer from July 7-July 21, 2012 in Washington, DC, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Stillwater, Oklahoma for Armenia and Georgia. The 19 participants from both countries included representatives from the leading academic institutions, NFSAT, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Intellectual Property Rights Center of Armenia, the Georgian Technology Transfer Center (GTTC), National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, and Georgian business associations.

Begun as a small joint venture between USAID and Commerce to help the Former Soviet Bloc countries of Eastern Europe transition to more market-oriented economies, CLDP has expanded to help meet the legal technical assistance needs of more than 50 countries in Eurasia, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. On February 23rd, CLDP celebrated 20 years of technical assistance in commercial law.
 

In response to a request by Armenia's Prime Minister to the Department of Commerce, CLDP ran a follow-up workshop in Yerevan on Technology Transfer and Technology Licensing for inventors, scientists, and researchers.