Agenda

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Oct 15-16, 2008 - Room 1235, Stafford I
Wednesday, Oct 15
General Session
8:15 AM
Orientation session for new members (Alan Tessier ERE Executive Secretary)
9:00 AM
Welcome and introductions (Susan Stafford, Chair, ERE AC)
Goals of meeting; Approval of minutes
9:15 AM
Updates on NSF Interdisciplinary activities
Center for Research at the Interface of the Mathematical and Biological Sciences
(Mary Ann Horn - MPS)
Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (Alan Tessier - BIO)
Coupled Natural Human Systems (Tom Baerwald – SBE)
Cyber Enabled Discovery and Innovation (Eduardo Misawa - ENG)
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
Interdisciplinary activities at NSF (James Collins Assistant Director liaison ERE)
Introduction of Dr. Timothy Killeen, Assistant Director - GEO
Break
11:15 AM
Presentation by Dr. Simon Levin (Princeton University)
12:15 PM
Working Lunch
Discussion with Dr. Levin, AC and WG ERE
1:30 PM
Updates on Cyberinfrastructure
Community-based Data Interoperability Networks – INTEROP, and DataNet
programs. (Sylvia Spengler - CISE)
Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observing Networks
(Peter McCartney – BIO)
2:15 PM
Discussion with Dr. Jeannette Wing (Assistant Director CISE)
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Proposed policy on Data Management Plans (Lucille Nowell – OCI)
3:45 pm
Workshop Report out and Discussion (Dennis Bartels, Susan Stafford)
Green Book Report status and discussion
5:00 PM
Adjourn for day
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Thursday, Oct 16
General Session
9:00 AM
Reconvene – Preparation for visit with NSF Director
9:30 AM
Visit with Dr. Arden Bement, NSF Director
10:30 AM
Break
10:45 AM
Highlighting NSF investments in Climate Change
Report (Melissa Summers – OLPA)
Video (Cliff Braverman - OLPA)
11:15 AM
Emerging Topics in Biogeochemistry (Barbara Ransom – GEO)
11:30 AM
Engineering programs in ERE
“ENG & ERE: Now, and the future” (Bruce Hamilton, ENG)
12 noon
Promoting Transformative Research (Clifford Gabriel - OIA)
Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID), and
EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) to replace the Small
Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) program
12:20 noon
Future planning and wrap up (Susan Stafford)
1:00 PM
Adjourn meeting
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