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January 4-5, 2023, NIST Safety Commission Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, January 4, 2023
9:00 amCall to Order, Roll Call and Opening Remarks
Mark Peters – Chair, NIST Safety Commission
9:10 amFACA Briefing
Jennifer Chung – Senior Counsel for Advisory Committees, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce
9:25 amWelcome and Charge to the Commission
Dr. Laurie Locascio – Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
9:40 amDiscussion
9:50 amNIST Safety Management System
Dr. Elizabeth Mackey – Chief Safety Officer and Director of the Office of Safety, Health, and Environment
10:15 amDiscussion
10:25 amBreak
10:40 amNIST Center for Neutron Research Safety Briefing
Dr. Robert Dimeo – Director, NIST Center for Neutron Research
11:05 amEngineering Laboratory Safety Briefing
Dr. Joannie Chin – Director, Engineering Laboratory
11:30 amDiscussion
11:40 amLunch
12:30 pmFocus Group 1 – Discussion with Organizational Unit (OU) Directors
1:25 pmFocus Group 2 – Discussion with Division Chiefs
2:50 pmBreak
3:05 pmFocus Group 3 – Discussion with Members of the Office of Safety, Health, and Environment
4:15 pmWorking Session
4:45 pmPublic Comment
5:00 pmAdjourn

 

Thursday, January 5, 2023
9:00 amCall to Order
Mark Peters – Chair, NIST Safety Commission
9:05 amFocus Group 4 – Discussion with Members of the Office of Facilities and Property Management
10:05 amBreak
10:15 amFocus Group 5 – Discussion with Long Tenure Scientists and Division Safety Representatives
11:30 amLunch
12:05 pmTravel to NFRL (bus pickup at the entrance near the Red Auditorium)
12:15 pmTour of the National Fire Research Laboratory
12:40 pmTravel to NCNR
12:50 pmTour of the NIST Center for Neutron Research
1:15 pmTravel to the NIST NanoFab
1:25 pmTour of the NIST NanoFab
1:50 pmTravel to Administration Building 101
2:00 pmBreak
2:10 pmFocus Group 6 – Discussion with Early and Mid-Career Scientists and NIST Associates
3:20 pmFocus Group 7 – Discussion with Technicians
4:20 pmWorking Session
5:00 pmAdjourn

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Created January 3, 2023, Updated March 14, 2025