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NIST Safety Commission

March 9-10 NIST Safety Commission Meeting Agenda

This meeting will take place in Boulder, Colorado. Times listed here are in Mountain Time.

Thursday, March 9, 2023
8:30 am	Call to Order and Roll Call Dr. Mark Peters – Chair, NIST Safety Commission
8:35 am	Annual Ethics Briefing Rebecca Hermanowicz – Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce
8:50 am	NIST Director's Update Dr. Laurie Locascio – Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
9:05 am	Discussion
9:15 am	NIST 2023 Safety Culture Survey Crystal Cannan – Director, Workplace Training and Safety Services, National Safety Council
9:45 am	Discussion
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am	Listening Session 1 – Discussion with Boulder Technical Division Chiefs
11:30 am	Listening Session 2 – Discussion with NIST Boulder Laboratory Director and NIST Boulder Operations Director
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Listening Session 3 – Discussion with Members of the Boulder Safety, Health, and Environment Division
2:00 pm	Listening Session 4 – Discussion with Boulder Researchers on Safety Risk Analysis for Hazardous Materials, Processes, and Conditions
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Listening Session 5 – Discussion with NIST Associates
4:15 pm	Working Session
4:45 pm	Public Comment
5:00 pm	Adjourn

Friday, March 10, 2023
8:30 am	Call to Order Dr. Mark Peters – Chair, NIST Safety Commission
8:35 am	Lab Tour: Wineland's Nobel and its Legacy In 2012, Dave Wineland won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his advances in laser cooling and trapping ions. Ten years later, this work has rapidly advanced quantum computing, precision timekeeping, and more. Host: Dr. John Bollinger – Physicist and Group Leader, Ion Storage Group, Physical Measurement Laboratory
9:15 am	Travel Time
9:30 am	Unrehearsed Discussion with Researchers in Multiple Labs
12:10 pm	Lunch
12:50 pm	Subcommittees – Findings and Observations Hazard Analysis and Risk Management – Joseph Kolly and Allison Jones Incident Investigations, Corrective Actions, and Follow Up – James Bagian and Craig Merlic Safety and Culture – Darryl Hill and David Hofmann
2:20 pm	Break
2:30 pm	Working Session
4:00 pm	Adjourn

Download a PDF version of the agenda.

Created February 15, 2023, Updated March 9, 2023