News & Views item - November 2010

 

 

 The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Scheduled to Meet November 4 - Update. (November 3, 2010)

The US President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is scheduled to meet bimonthly and is an advisory group of some of the US' leading scientists and engineers. They directly advise President Obama and the Executive Office of the President making policy recommendations in the areas where an understanding of science, technology, and innovation is key to forming policy that works for the benefit of the nation. PCAST is administered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

The Council currently consists of 20 members and is co-chaired by John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Eric Lander, Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Professor of Biology at MIT and Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School.

The agenda for the November 4, 2010 meeting published November 2, 2010 is given below. It is scheduled to begin at 00:30 November 5, 2010 Australian Eastern Daylight Time and will be webcast through www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/pcast.

TFW will make an archived copy of the webcast available within several days following the end of conference.

 

The Updated agenda is given below: