News & Views item - November 2010

 

 

 Webcast of the November 4, 2010 Meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. (November 5, 2010)


Eric Lander Opens November PCAST and Introduces Charles Vest
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9:00 am --Welcome from PCAST Co-Chairs

       
Eric Lander, Co-Chair, PCAST

9:05 am -- National Academies Study: Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5
        Speaker: Charles Vest
, President, National Academy of Engineering

9:35 am -- National Research Council Study: S&T Strategy of Six Countries: Implications for the United States
        Speakers: Dan Mote
, President Emeritus, University of Maryland, College Park
                 
John Gannon, President, BAE Systems Intelligence & Security

10:05 am -- National Academies Study: Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at a Crossroads
        Speakers: Freeman Hrabowski
, President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
                  Peter Henderson and Earnestine Psalmonds, National Academies staff

10:35 am -- Science, Technology, and the Quadrennial Defense Review
        Speaker: Al Shaffer
, Principal Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering

11:05 am -- JASON Study: S&T for National Security
        Speaker: Michael Gregg
, Professor of Oceanography, University of Washington

11:35 am -- PCAST Study Update: Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program

12:05 pm -- Public Comment

12:30 pm -- Adjourn