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 1 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 2
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