The Webcast of the 7^th (July 16, 2010) PCAST Meeting of the Obama Administration. (July 22, 2010)

The US President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology met on Friday, July 16, 2010 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. The three scientific envoys have their say.

The archive of the webcast is now available.

The agenda:

• 10:00 am  Welcome from PCAST Co-Chairs
       John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology;
                              Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); Co-Chair, PCAST
       Eric Lander, Co-Chair, PCAST
  
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• 10:15 am  Overview of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
       Patrick Gallagher, Director, NIST
  
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• 11:15 am  Science, Technology, and Diplomacy
       Bruce Alberts, Science Envoy, Indonesia
       Elias Zerhouni, Science Envoy, Algeria
       Ahmed Zewail, Science Envoy, Egypt and Member, PCAST
  
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• 12:30 pm Lunch
  
   

• 2:00 pm  Public Comment
  
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• 2:30 pm  PCAST Activity Update

● Health Information Technology Study

● Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Study

● President’s Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC)

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• 5:00 pm  Adjourn PCAST Meeting