Mountain Time
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
8:00 am Call
to Order, Agenda Review, and New Member Introduction
Dr.
James Serum, VCAT Chair
Dr.
Patrick Gallagher, NIST Deputy Director
8:10 am NIST
Deputy Director’s Update
Dr.
Patrick Gallagher, NIST Deputy Director
·
Status of NIST
·
Safety at NIST
·
Focus for October
VCAT Meeting
9:25 am Discussion
on NIST Deputy Director’s Update
9:55 am Break
10:10 am SESSION
I: NIST’S Roles in Innovation
10:10 am Review
NIST’s Roles in Innovation
Mr. Eric Steel, Director, NIST Program
Office
10:40 am Discussion
of NIST’s Roles in Innovation
11:30 am Lunch
12:15 pm SESSION
II: External Relationships
12:15 pm Review
of NIST’s Strategic Partnerships
Mr. Eric Steel, Director, NIST Program Office
12:45 pm Benefits
of the JILA Partnership to Technology Advancement
Dr. Russell Moore, Associate Vice Chancellor of
Research, University of
Colorado-Boulder
1:05 pm NIST & SRC Nanoelectronics Research Initiative: Partnership for Innovation
Dr. Jeff Welser, Director, SRC Nanoelectronics Research
Initiative
1:25 pm Overall Discussion of the Value, Types
and Roles of NIST’s Partnerships
Dr. Vinton Cerf, VCAT Vice Chair
2:10 pm Break
2:15 pm Laboratory
Tours
- Chip-scale Atomic Clocks, Magnetometers and Gyroscopes
Dr. John Kitching and Dr. Elizabeth Donley
Optical Frequency Measurements Group, Time & Frequency Division, Physics Laboratory
- Quantum Computing with Superconducting Artificial Atoms
Dr. Katarina Cicak and Dr. Robert Schwall
Quantum Devices Group, Quantum Electrical Metrology Division, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
- How Symmetric is the Electron? The EDM Project and More
Dr. Eric Cornell, Quantum Physics Division, JILA-University of Colorado
- Ultracold Gas Of Polar Molecules
Dr. Debbie Jin, Quantum Physics Division, JILA-University of Colorado
- Frequency Comb “Breathalyzer”
Dr. Jun Ye, Quantum Physics Division, JILA-University of Colorado
4:45 pm Adjourn for the Day
Day 2: Wednesday,
October 29, 2008
8:30
am SESSION III: NIST’s Strategic
Plan
8:30 am Overview
of NIST’s Strategic Plan
Dr.
Patrick Gallagher, NIST Deputy Director
8:45 am Update
on Biosciences Strategic Plan
Dr. Jason Boehm, Senior Program Analyst, NIST Program Office
9:05 am NIST's Nanotechnology Strategy
Dr. Robert Celotta, Director, Center for Nanoscale
Science and Technology
9:35 am NIST Strategic Facilities Plan
Ms. Stella Fiotes, Chief Facilities Management Officer
9:55 am Break
10:10 am Summary
of NIST’s Strategic Planning
Dr.
Patrick Gallagher, NIST Deputy Director
10:15 am Overall
Discussion on NIST’s Strategic Plan
11:00 am SESSION
IV: VCAT Feedback for Annual Report
Dr.
James Serum, VCAT Chair
Dr. Vinton Cerf, VCAT Vice-Chair
12:30 pm Adjourn
last updated: 11/03/08
