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Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT)

June 2011 VCAT Meeting Agenda

AGENDA
VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY (VCAT)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD
June 7-8, 2011
Administration Building, Portrait Room

Tuesday, June 7, 2011*
8:30 am	Call to Order and Announcements Vinton Cerf, VCAT Chair
Session I: NIST Update and Operational and Management Issues
8:35 am	Agenda Review and NIST Update Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
9:50 am	Discussion
10:05 am	Break
10:20 am	Update on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) and Proposed Changes Harry Hertz, Director, BPEP, NIST
10:40 am	Discussion
10:50 am	Progress Report on the NSTC Subcommittee on Standards Mary Saunders, Director, Standard Coordination Office, NIST
11:10 am	Discussion
Session II: NIST Role in Advanced Manufacturing
11:20 am	Session Introduction and Charge to the VCAT (no slides) Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
11:30 am	Key Elements for a Comprehensive Manufacturing Strategy Robert Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
11:50 am	Discussion
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Overview of the Administration's Priorities in Advanced Manufacturing Jason S. Miller, Special Assistant to the President for Manufacturing Policy, The White House, National Economic Council
1:20 pm	Discussion
Session III: NIST Role in the President's Wireless Innovation Initiative (WIN)
1:30 pm	Session Introduction and Charge to the VCAT (no slides) Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
1:40 pm	Overview of the WIN Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer and Associate Director for Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
2:00 pm	Discussion
2:10 pm	Break
Session IV: Concurrent VCAT Subcommittee Meetings
2:30 pm	VCAT Subcommittee on Public Safety Networks: Vinton Cerf, Subcommittee Chair (Executive Conference Room) VCAT Subcommittee on Manufacturing: Alan Taub, Subcommittee Chair (Portrait Room)
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
8:30 am	Reconvene Concurrent VCAT Subcommittees
10:45 am	Adjourn VCAT Subcommittees and Break
Wrap-Up and Plans for Future Activities
11:00 am	Wrap Up Discussion and Plans for Future Activities (Portrait Room) Vinton Cerf, VCAT Chair Alan Taub, VCAT Vice Chair
Noon	Adjournment
*Public comments will be inserted in the afternoon of June 7 if needed.

Created June 8, 2011, Updated September 9, 2021