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October 2016 VCAT Meeting Agenda
AGENDA
VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Katharine Blodgett Gebbie Laboratory Building, Room 1A116
Boulder, Colorado
October 18, 2016
| Session I: Welcome, Update from the Director, and Safety | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Call to Order Rita Colwell, Chair, Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology |
| 8:35 a.m. | NIST Update Willie E. May, NIST Director and Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology |
| 9:20 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:35 a.m. | Safety Update Rich Kayser, NIST Chief Safety Officer |
| 9:50 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| Session II: Critical Facets of the NIST Core | |
| 12:45 p.m. | Evolution of the NIST Research Agenda Kent Rochford, NIST Associate Director of Laboratory Programs |
| 1:05 p.m. | Discussion |
| 1:40 p.m. | Facility Needs of NIST's Scientific Work Clyde Messerly, Chief, Design and Construction Division, NIST Office of Facilities and Property Management |
| 1:55 p.m. | Discussion |
| 2:20 p.m. | Importance of an Open Research Environment Willie E. May |
| 2:35 p.m. | Discussion |
| 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| Session III: Updates on Major Programs | |
| 3:10 p.m. | Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Carroll Thomas, Director, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program |
| 3:30 p.m. | Cybersecurity Convening Activities Chuck Romine, Director, NIST Information Technology Laboratory |
| 3:50 p.m. | Redefinition of the SI Jim Olthoff, Director, NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory |
| 4:10 p.m. | Communications Technology Laboratory Dereck Orr, Acting Director, NIST Communications Technology Laboratory |
| Session IV: Deliberations and Adjourn | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Closing Thoughts Willie E. May |
| 5:00 p.m. | Public Comments |
| 5:30 p.m. | Deliberations |
| 6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Created September 27, 2016, Updated August 13, 2025