AGENDA

VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY (VCAT)
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Gaithersburg, MD

 

(Attendees are asked to contact Denise Herbert [denise.herbert@nist.gov] by February 1, 2008)

 

February 5 - 6, 2008

Employees Lounge

 

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

 

 8:30 a.m.        Welcome and VCAT Agenda Review                      

Dr. David Spong, Chair

 

 8:35 a.m.        Overview of President’s FY 2009 Budget Proposal and Draft Three-Year Programmatic Plan for NIST

Dr. James Turner, Acting Director, NIST

 

 9:00 a.m.        Discussion

 

 9:30 a.m.        Annual Report Preparation

-         Review and Comment on Pre-Defined Outline and Working Document of Report Provided by VCAT 

-         Review and Comment on overall NIST Recommendations

 

10:30 a.m.       Break

 

10:45 a.m.       Break-out Sessions:  Three Subcommittees Each Prepare Bullet-Point Charts Capturing the Recommendations Made During the Previous Year and Additional Ones Based on the NIST Draft 3-Year Plan.

 

12:00 p.m.       Lunch

 

 1:00 p.m.        Resume Break-out Sessions

 

 2:00 p.m.        Reconvene as Full Committee  

Report-outs by Subcommittees for Review, Comment, and Approval of the Full Committee

 

 3:30 p.m.        Break-out Sessions 

Draft Report Sections Incorporating Feedback from Full Committee

 

 5:00 p.m.        Adjourn for the Day

 

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

 

 8:30 a.m.        Meet as Full Committee   

Review Draft and Finalize Full Report

 

10:00 a.m.       Break

 

10:15 a.m.       Other Business

·        Election of Chair & Vice-Chair

·        2008 Agenda Items to Consider

·        Develop Structure/Schedule for Subcommittees

·        Meetings:  Statute Says At Least Two Meetings a Year

o       Is the February Meeting Considered One of the Two?

o       Does VCAT Want Meetings More Frequently than two times a year?

·        Are closed sessions requested for these future meetings?

·        Confirm Future Meeting Dates

o       Existing schedule:

Ø      April 8-9, 2008, Gaithersburg

Ø      August 12-13, 2008 Boulder, CO

o       Alternative Dates Discussed in Charleston:

Ø      June 10-11, 2008, Boulder, CO

Ø      October 28-29, 2008, Gaithersburg, MD

 

12:00 p.m.       Meeting Adjourns

 

 

 

Tentative Future Meeting Dates

April 8-9, 2008, Gaithersburg, MD

August 12-13, 2008, Boulder, CO

…others TBD