Agenda of the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Boulder, CO - Room 1107

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Theme: Measurement Science and Standards for Bioscience and Nanotechnologies

8:30 am VCAT Meeting Begins: Welcome
Ms. Deborah Grubbe, VCAT Chair

8:35 am NIST Update and VCAT Agenda Review
Dr. William Jeffrey, NIST Director

8:50 am Discussion on NIST Update

9:00 am Systems Medicine: Measurement and Computational Challenges in the Emergence of Predictive, Preventive, Personalized and Participatory Medicine
Dr. Lee Hood, President, Institute for Systems Biology

9:45 am Discussion on Systems Medicine

10:00 am Break

10:15 am Vision and Overview of NIST's Bioscience and Health Care Activities
Dr. Laurie Locascio, Division Chief, Biochemical Science Division, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory

10:55 am Discussion on Vision and Overview of NIST's Bioscience and Health Care Activities

11:10 am A Metrology Infrastructure for Innovations in Cell-Based Technologies
Dr. Anne Plant, Group Leader, Cell and Tissue Measurements, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory

11:40 am Discussion on A Metrology Infrastructure for Innovations in Cell-Based Technologies

11:55 am Picnic Lunch with Boulder Staff

12:45 pm Research at the NIST's Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST)
Dr. Robert Celotta, Director, CNST

1:15 pm Discussion on Research at the CNST

1:30 pm Overview of JILA
Dr. Steven Cundiff, Chief, Quantum Physics Division, Physics Laboratory

1:50 pm Discussion on JILA Overview

2:00 pm Break

2:15 pm Overall Discussion of Measurement Science and Standards for Bioscience and Nanotechnologies
Individual VCAT Member's Views

2:35 pm Laboratory Tours at JILA

4:45 pm Adjourn

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