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June 14-15, 2022 VCAT Agenda

VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)
9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD 20850
Room 3A-3D
Hybrid Meeting
June 14-15, 2022

June 14, 2022

Session I:  NIST Programmatic Updates

9:00 am

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

9:05 am

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

9:30 am

Discussion

9:45 am

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

10:05 am

Discussion

10:15 am

NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Update
Dr. James Olthoff – Associate Director for Laboratory Programs, NIST
Dr. Robert Dimeo – Director, NIST Center for Neutron Research

10:35 am

Discussion

10:45 am

Break

11:05 am

Surfside Investigation Update
Mr. Glenn Bell – Associate Lead Investigator, Champlain Towers South NCST Investigation, and Research Civil Engineer, NIST Engineering Laboratory

11:25 am

Discussion

11:35 am

Budget Overview
Dr. Jason Boehm – Director, NIST Program Coordination Office

11:55 am

Discussion

12:05 pm

Extended Break/Lunch

Session II:  NIST Director Vision

1:00 pm

NIST’s Efforts to Support America's Competitiveness in the Global Economy
Dr. Laurie Locascio – Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director

1:30 pm

Discussion

2:00 pm

Break

Session III:  Planning Session

2:10 pm

Discuss VCAT Focus for Year Ahead
Dr. Jason Boehm – Director, NIST Program Coordination Office

2:15 pm

Part I: Advancing NIST’s Mission and Improving Visibility and Awareness of NIST

3:15 pm

Part II: NIST’s Role in Workforce Development

3:45 pm

Part III: Alignment of NIST Labs, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), and Manufacturing USA

4:15 pm

Discussion

4:45 pm

Adjourn

June 15, 2022

Session IV:  Working Session

9:00 am

Call to Order
Dr. Mehmood Khan – Chair, VCAT

9:05 am

Working Session
Dr. Mehmood Khan – Chair, VCAT

11:30 am

Public Comment

11:45 am

Adjourn

Created June 10, 2022, Updated June 14, 2022