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October 25, 2022 VCAT Agenda

VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Webinar – 10:00 am – 5:30 pm ET
October 25, 2022

10:00 am

Call to Order and Roll Call
Dr. Mehmood Khan – Chair, VCAT

Session I:  Special Session

10:05 am

NIST Update on Safety Incident
Dr. Laurie Locascio – Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director

10:15 am

Discussion

Session II: Programmatic and Operational Updates

10:30 am

NIST Update and Agenda Review 
Dr. Laurie Locascio – Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director

10:50 am

Discussion

11:15 am

Safety Update 
Dr. Elizabeth Mackey – Chief Safety Officer and Director of the Office of Safety, Health and Environment

11:30 am

Discussion

11:45 am

Budget Overview
Dr. Heather Evans – Director, NIST Program Coordination Office (Acting)

12:00 pm

Discussion

12:15 pm

Extended Break/Lunch

Session III:  CHIPS Session

1:30 pm

CHIPS Overview 
Dr. Jason Boehm, NIST Chief of Staff
Dr. Eric Lin, Interim CHIPS R&D Program Director
Mr. Michael Schmidt, CHIPS Program Office Director

1:50 pm

Discussion

3:15 pm

Break

Session IV:  Subcommittees Session

3:30 pm

Subcommittees

4:30 pm

Group Discussion

4:45 pm

Plan Forward (VCAT) 
Dr. Mehmood Khan – Chair, VCAT

5:00 pm

Public Comment

5:05 pm

Wrap-Up

5:30 pm

Adjourn

Created October 18, 2022, Updated October 25, 2022