The National Science Board (NSB) will meet on December 12, 13 and 14, 2011, to address science and engineering, as well as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education issues of interest to the National Science Foundation (NSF). The meeting will be webcast as well.
Members of the media and the public are invited to open portions of the meeting. Please go to the Public Meeting Schedule on the NSB website for the webcast link and full agenda.
Some of the scheduled meeting highlights are listed below.
Highlights include:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Committee on Programs and Plans
The NSB will discuss:
The NSB will receive information on:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011
9:00 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. - Committee on Strategy and Budget Subcommittee on Facilities
The Subcommittee will discuss its Mid-scale Instrumentation Report to Congress.
9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. - Committee on Strategy and Budget
The Committee will discuss the Mid-scale Instrumentation Report to Congress from its Subcommittee on Facilities.
CSB will have a presentation from Dr. Sally J. Rockey, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research on NIH strategic planning and communications.
The Committee will also discuss potential new strategies for strategic planning.
1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Committee on Education and Human Resources
Dr. Michael Feder, Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Dr. Douglas Clements, Distinguished Professor, University of Buffalo, SUNY, will speak on STEM-related topics.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011
11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Committee on Strategy and Budget Task Force on Data Policies
The Task Force will discuss approval of its recommendations and report.
11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. - Plenary Open
Presentation by Dr. Alex Szalay, Alumni Centennial Professor of Astronomy, Professor in the Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, on "Data Driven Discovery in Science."
Visit the National Science Board's Public Meeting Schedule for the full meeting agenda.
The NSB is the 25-member policymaking body for NSF and advisory body to the president and Congress on science and engineering issues. Drawn from industry and universities, and representing a variety of science and engineering disciplines and geographic areas, NSB members are selected for their eminence in research, education or public service, and records of distinguished service. NSB members are appointed for six-year terms. The NSF director is an ex officio member of the NSB. Learn more about the NSB and its current composition on the NSB website.
Note: Reporters are invited to attend all open sessions, subject to provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act. All sessions will be held at the NSF headquarters, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Va. Journalists interested in attending and covering the meeting and/or interviewing NSF or NSB officials should contact Dana Topousis at 703-292-7750 or dtopousi@nsf.gov by 1:00 p.m. on Monday, December 12, 2011, to make arrangements.
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