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Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT)

June 2017 VCAT Meeting Agenda

AGENDA
VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Administration Building, Portrait Room
Gaithersburg, MD
June 13-14, 2017

Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Session I: NIST Update
8:30 a.m.	Call to Order Rita Colwell, VCAT Chair
8:35 a.m.	NIST Update Kent Rochford, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology & Acting Director
9:00 a.m.	Discussion
9:30 a.m.	Security Update Kent Rochford, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology & Acting Director & Rich Kayser, NIST Chief Safety Officer
9:50 a.m.	Discussion
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Budget Review Kent Rochford, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology & Acting Director
11:10 a.m.	Discussion
11:45 a.m.	Lunch
Session II: NIST Laboratory Programs Strategic Planning
12:45 p.m.	Associate Director of Laboratory Programs Strategic Planning Overview Laurie Locascio, Acting Associate Director of Laboratory Programs
1:30 p.m.	Update on NIST Bioscience Program Kelley Rogers, Technical Program Director for Biosciences, Material Measurement Laboratory
2:00 p.m.	Discussion
2:30 p.m.	Update on NIST Information Technology Research Charles H. Romine, Director, Information Technology Laboratory
3:00 p.m.	Discussion
3:30 p.m.	Adjourn
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Session III: Safety Update
8:30 a.m.	Call to Order Rita Colwell, VCAT Chair
8:35 a.m.	Safety Update Rich Kayser, NIST Chief Safety Officer
8:50 a.m.	Discussion
Session IV: Developing Organizational Flexibility
9:05 a.m.	NIST Laboratory Structure Jason Boehm, Director, NIST Program Coordination Office
9:25 a.m.	Discussion
Session V: Next Steps and Adjourn
10:30 a.m.	Next Steps
10:50 a.m.	Public Comments
11:00 a.m.	Adjourn

Created May 31, 2017, Updated September 9, 2021