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February 2015 VCAT Meeting Agenda
AGENDA
VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Administration Building, Portrait Room
Gaithersburg, MD
February 4-5, 2015
ALL VISITORS MUST PRE-REGISTER.
Contact stephanie.shaw [at] nist.gov (Stephanie Shaw) by January 28, 2015
| Wednesday, February 4, 2015 | |
| Overview and Safety | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Call to Order Tony Haymet, VCAT Chair |
| 8:40 a.m. | NIST Update and Agenda Review Willie E. May, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Acting NIST Director |
| 9:50 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:00 a.m. | Safety Update Richard Kayser, Chief Safety Officer |
| 10:10 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:20 a.m. | Break |
| 10:35 a.m. | Changes to Congressional Landscape - Likely Priorities and Impact to NIST |
| 10:55 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:05 a.m. | Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014 (RAMI) Mike Molnar, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Office, NIST |
| 11:25 a.m. | Discussion |
| VCAT Annual Report | |
| 11:35 a.m. | Deliberations and Presentation on Observations, Findings, and Recommendations of 2014 Annual Report Tony Haymet, VCAT Chair |
| 12:35 p.m. | Lunch |
| Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Context Setting Willie May, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Acting NIST Director |
| 1:40 p.m. | State of the Program - Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Phillip Singerman, Associate Director IIS Vickie Wessel, Chair, MEP Advisory Board Bernadine Hawes, Member, MEP Advisory Board |
| 2:10 p.m. | Discussion |
| Baldrige Performance Excellence Program | |
| 2:20 p.m. | State of the Program - Baldrige Performance Excellence Program Bob Fangmeyer, Director BPEP Warren Harris, Member, Baldrige Board of Overseers Al Faber, President & CEO, Baldrige Foundation |
| 3:05 p.m. | Discussion |
| 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | VCAT Annual Report Discussion, continued |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn Day 1 |
| Thursday, February 5, 2015 | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Call to Order Tony Haymet, VCAT Chair |
| NIST International Programs and Engagements | |
| 8:40 a.m. | Context Setting and Examples of Current NIST Global Engagements Willie E. May, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Acting NIST Director |
| 9:25 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:35 a.m. | Stakeholder Perspective Joe Bhatia, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), American National Standards Institute (ANSI) |
| 9:55 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:05 a.m. | Break |
| 10:20 a.m. | Stakeholder Perspective Lonnie Spires, President USA Operations, Trescal |
| 10:40 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:50 a.m. | Final Discussion on 2014 Annual Report and Discussion of Future Meeting Topics and VCAT focus for 2015 |
| 11:30 a.m. | Meeting Adjourn |