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Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT)

October 25, 2022 VCAT Agenda

VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY National Institute of Standards and Technology Webinar – 10:00 am – 5:30 pm ET October 25, 2022
Session I: Special Session
Session II: Programmatic and Operational Updates
Session III: CHIPS Session
Session IV: Subcommittees Session
10:00 am	Call to Order and Roll Call Dr. Mehmood Khan – Chair, VCAT
10:05 am	NIST Update on Safety Incident Dr. Laurie Locascio – Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
10:15 am	Discussion
10:30 am	NIST Update and Agenda Review Dr. Laurie Locascio – Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
10:50 am	Discussion
11:15 am	Safety Update Dr. Elizabeth Mackey – Chief Safety Officer and Director of the Office of Safety, Health and Environment
11:30 am	Discussion
11:45 am	Budget Overview Dr. Heather Evans – Director, NIST Program Coordination Office (Acting)
12:00 pm	Discussion
12:15 pm	Extended Break/Lunch
1:30 pm	CHIPS Overview Dr. Jason Boehm, NIST Chief of Staff Dr. Eric Lin, Interim CHIPS R&D Program Director Mr. Michael Schmidt, CHIPS Program Office Director
1:50 pm	Discussion
3:15 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Subcommittees Subcommittee on Visibility Efforts – Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, Subcommittee Chair Subcommittee on Workforce Efforts – Dr. Gail Folena-Wasserman, Subcommittee Chair Subcommittee on Alignment of Manufacturing Efforts – Mr. David Vasko, Subcommittee Chair
4:30 pm	Group Discussion
4:45 pm	Plan Forward (VCAT) Dr. Mehmood Khan – Chair, VCAT
5:00 pm	Public Comment
5:05 pm	Wrap-Up
5:30 pm	Adjourn

Created October 18, 2022, Updated March 13, 2025