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October 2024 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
October 29-30, 2024

Day 1: October 29, 2024
NCCoE, Room 3A-3D, 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD 20850

Session I:  Operational Updates 
9:00 a.m.Call to Order and Roll Call
Mr. Jason Matusow – Chair, VCAT
9:05 a.m.Welcome Remarks & Meeting Pre-read
Dr. Laurie Locascio – Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
9:10 a.m.Discussion
9:20 a.m.  Discussion on Safety at NIST
Panel discussion with OU Directors:
Dr. Joannie Chin – Director of Engineering Laboratory
Dr. Jerry Fraser – Deputy Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory
Mr. Del Brockett – Associate Director for Management Resources
Session II:  Programmatic Updates 
9:50 a.m.Intersections of AI Work at NIST – a Discussion with VCAT
Dr. Laurie Locascio – Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
10:20 a.m.Discussion
10:50 a.m.Break
11:00 a.m. Discussion on Global Standardization
Dr. Jayne Morrow – Senior Advisor for Standards Policy
Dr. Stephanie Hooker – Director of Standards Coordination Office (pending confirmation) 
11:30 a.m.Discussion
12:00 p.m.Lunch
Session III: Programmatic Focus on CETs 
Part I: Research Updates
1:15 p.m.Post-Quantum Cryptography and Cybersecurity  
Dr. Dustin Moody – Mathematician, Information Technology Laboratory 
1:30 p.m.Discussion
1:45 p.m.Advanced Communications
Dr. Melissa Midzor – Director of the Communications Technology Laboratory Dr. Nada Golmie – NIST Fellow
2:00 p.m.Discussion
2:15 p.m.Break
2:30 p.m.CHIPS Metrology Program 
Dr. Marla Dowell – Director of CHIPS Metrology Program and NIST Boulder Laboratory
2:45 p.m.Discussion
Part II: Future Opportunities
3:05 p.m.Opportunities for Convergence within CETs – a Discussion with VCAT
Dr. Laurie Locascio – Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
Dr. Chuck Romine – Associate Director for Laboratory Programs
3:45 p.m.Break
Session IV:  Special Topic Highlight
4:00 p.m. Special Topic Highlight: Disaster Resilience
Disaster and Failure Studies – Mr. Jason Averill, Deputy Director of the Engineering Laboratory
Fire Research and Wildland-Urban Interface Fire – Dr. Matt Hoehler, Chief of the Fire Research Division of the Engineering Laboratory 
Forward-looking Building Codes – Dr. Terri McCallister, Deputy Chief of the Materials and Structural Systems Division of the Engineering Laboratory
4:20 p.m.Discussion
Day 1 Closing Session
4:40 p.m.Wrap-Up
Mr. Jason Matusow – Chair, VCAT
4:50 p.m.Public Comment
5:00 p.m.Adjourn

Day 2: October 30, 2024
Building 101, Executive Conference Room, 100 Bureau Dr., Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Session I:  Closed Session on NIST Budget 
9:00 a.m.Closed Session on NIST Budget
10:45 a.m.Open Topic Discussion/Wrap-up
11:00 a.m.Adjourn
Created October 23, 2024, Updated October 29, 2024