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Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT)

June 2014 VCAT Meeting Agenda

AGENDA
VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Administration Building, Portrait Room
Gaithersburg, MD
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

ALL VISITORS MUST PRE-REGISTER TO BE ADMITTED
Contact stephanie.shaw [at] nist.gov (Stephanie Shaw) by June 2, 2014

Session I - Overview and Safety
8:15 a.m.	Call to Order Tony Haymet, VCAT Chair
8:20 a.m.	Thoughts on Transition of NIST Leadership Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
8:55 a.m.	Discussion
9:15 a.m.	Safety Update Richard Kayser, Chief Safety Officer
9:30 a.m.	Discussion
9:40 a.m.	NIST Update and Agenda Review Willie May, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs and Deputy Director
10:15 a.m.	Discussion
10:35 a.m.	Break
Session II – Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program
10:50 a.m.	MEP Update Phil Singerman, NIST Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services
11:05 a.m.	MEP Program Perspective Vickie Wessel, Vice Chair, MEP Advisory Board and Founder and President, Spirit Electronics, Inc. Jeffrey Wilcox, Member, MEP Advisory Board and Vice President for Engineering, Lockheed Martin Corporation Ed Wolbert, Member, MEP Advisory Board and President, Transco Products, Inc.
11:45 a.m.	Discussion
12:05 p.m.	Lunch
Session III – Disaster Resilience Capabilities and Authorities
1:00 p.m.	Context Setting Willie May, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs and Deputy Director
1:10 p.m.	Disaster Resilience Capabilities and Authorities Jason Averill, Acting Chief, Materials and Structural Systems Division, Engineering Laboratory
1:50 p.m.	Discussion
Session IV – Cybersecurity
2:05 p.m.	Subcommittee on Cybersecurity - Progress Report Roberto Padovani, Chair, VCAT Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
2:25 p.m.	Discussion
2:40 p.m.	Break
Session V: Public Comment
2:50 p.m.	Public Comment
Session VI: Future Focus of the VCAT
3:20 p.m.	Priorities and Challenges for NIST and Focus of VCAT in the Next Year Willie May, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs and Deputy Director
3:50 p.m.	Wrap-up Tony Haymet, VCAT Chair
4:00 p.m.	Adjourn

Created May 12, 2014, Updated September 9, 2021