DRAFT, 3/04/2010
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
March 18-19 - Room 375, Stafford I
Thursday, March 18
8:00 AM
Orientation session for new members
8:45 AM
Welcome and introductions, Joe Travis, Chair, AC-ERE
Approval of minutes; Goals of meeting; Introduction of new members
9:00 AM
Status of Outreach Activities Related to AC-ERE Report, Transitions and Tipping Points in
Complex Environmental Systems, Joe Travis, Chair
9:15 AM
Update on NSF and ERE Activities, Tim Killeen, GEO Assistant Director and NSF ERE
Coordinator
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Federal R&D Budget 101, Joel Parriott, OMB Program Examiner
11:15 AM
Break
11:30 AM
Lunch Presentation: Discussion with Shere Abbott, Associate Director for Environment,
OSTP with AC-BIO, Room II-555
1:00 PM
Break
1:30 PM
Panel of NSF Assistant Directors and Senior Mangers to Discuss the NSF Science,
Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Portfolio, Joann Roskoski, Acting
AD/BIO, Ed Seidel, Acting AD/MPS, Jose Munoz, Acting Director, OCI, Tim Killeen,
AD/GEO, Judy Sunley, Deputy AD/SBE, Debbie Crawford, Deputy AD/CISE, Scott Borg,
Section Head/OPP
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Preparation for visit with NSF Director
4:00 PM
Visit with Dr. Arden L. Bement Jr., NSF Director
5:00 PM
Adjourn for day
Friday, March 19
9:00 AM
Reconvene, Joe Travis, Chair
9:15 AM
Information Item: Briefing on NSF Climate Change Communications Project, NSF Office
of Legislative and Public Affairs
10:00 AM
Presentation on FY 2010 Climate Research Investment
 Water Sustainability and Climate, Robert Detrick, EAR/GEO
 Ocean Acidification, David Garrison, OCE/GEO
 Climate Change Education, Karen Oates, DUE/EHR
 Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction Using Earth System Models, Eric Itsweire,
OCE/GEO
 Dimensions of Biodiversity, Penny Firth, DEB/BIO
11:30 AM
Break
11:45 AM
Discussion of the Strategic Future of AC-ERE, Joe Travis, Chair
1:00 PM
Adjourn meeting
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