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Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT)

June 2019 VCAT Meeting Agenda

VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY National Institute of Standards and Technology Portrait Room, Administration Building, Gaithersburg, MD June 4-5, 2019
Session I: NIST Update
Session II: Administration’s Priorities for Science and Technology
Session III: NIST Strategic Plan – Positioning for a Changing S&T Environment
Session IV: Update on NIST Activities in Emerging Technologies
Session V: Update on NIST Lab to Market Activities
Session VI: APS Perspectives & NCNR Overview
June 4, 2019
8:30 am	Call to Order and Introductions Dr. Rita Colwell - Chair, VCAT
8:35 am	NIST Update and Agenda Review Dr. Walter Copan - Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
9:20 am	Discussion
9:35 am	Overview of the Administrations Priorities for Science and Technology Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier – Office of Science and Technology Policy Director
10:05 am	Discussion
10:25 am	Break
10:45 am	NIST Strategic Planning Overview Dr. Jason Boehm – Director NIST Program Coordination Office
11:15 am	Discussion
11:45 am	VCAT Group Photo
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:25 pm	Overview of the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Dr. Lynne Parker – Office of Science and Technology Policy
1:55 pm	Discussion
2:10 pm	Update on the Development of the Federal Strategy for Engagement in AI Standards Development Dr. Charles (Chuck) Romine – Director, NIST Information Technology Laboratory
2:40	Discussion
2:50 pm	Update on NIST Activities in Support of the NQI Dr. Carl Williams – Acting Director, NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory
3:20 pm	Discussion
3:30 pm	Unleashing American Innovation - Next Steps Dr. Walter Copan - Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
3:50pm	Discussion
4:00 pm	Adjourn Meeting
June 5, 2019
8:30 am	Call to Order Dr. Rita Colwell - Chair, VCAT
8:35 am	APS Neutron Perspectives – Global & Domestic Context Dr. Julia Phillips – American Physical Society
9:20 am	Discussion
9:30 am	NCNR Overview Dr. Rob Dimeo – Director, NIST Center for Neutron Research
10:15 am	Discussion
10:25 am	nSoft Consortium - Industry Impacts on Development of Neutron-Based Measurement Science Dr. Ron Jones – Director, nSoft Consortium, NIST Material Measurement Laboratory
10:40 am	Discussion
10:55 am	Panel Discussion – Customer Viewpoints on NCNR Facility Use Dr. Despina Louca, Dr. Young Lee, Dr. Hubert King, Dr. Norman J. Wagner, and Dr. Michael Hore,
11:25 am	VCAT Member Q&A with Panel and Discussion
11:55 am	Member Discussion and Wrap Up and Public Comment Dr. Rita Colwell - Chair, VCAT
12:00 pm	Adjourn

Created May 20, 2019, Updated March 14, 2025