August 10-11, 1999
Basic
Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) Meeting |
Gaithersburg
Marriott Washingtonian Center
9751 Washington Blvd.
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
Phone: 301/590-0044
Questions?
Call or email Sharon J.
Long, SC-10, 301/903-5565
REVISED DRAFT AGENDA
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Tuesday,
August 10, 1999 |
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8:00am - 8:15am |
Coffee |
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8:15am - 8:30am |
Introductions |
Geraldine Richmond,
BESAC Chair |
8:30am - 9:30am |
Comments from the Director, Office of
Science |
Martha Krebs, Director, Office of Science |
9:30am - 10:30am |
Report of the Workshop on Complex
Systems |
Charles Shank, Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
10:30am - 11:00am |
Break |
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11:00am
11:30am |
Security Issues at the DOE Laboratories |
Bill Nay, Office of Science |
11:30am - 1:00pm |
Lunch |
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1:00pm 2:00pm |
Comments from the Director, Office of
Basic Energy Sciences |
Patricia Dehmer, Director,
Office of Basic Energy Sciences |
2:00pm 3:00pm |
Review of the Basic Energy Sciences
Advisory Committee "Where Weve Been and Where Were Going" |
Geraldine Richmond |
3:00pm - 4:00pm |
Report from the Director of the
Advanced Light Source |
Daniel Chemla, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory |
4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Break |
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4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Neutrons Past, Present and
Future |
Iran Thomas, Deputy Director, Office of
Basic Energy Sciences |
5:00pm - 5:15pm |
Public Comment |
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5:15pm |
Adjourn |
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Wednesday, August 11, 1999 |
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8:00am -
8:15am |
Coffee |
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8:15am
9:15am |
Report on the Spallation
Neutron Source |
David Moncton, Executive
Director, Spallation Neutron Source |
9:15am
9:45am |
Nanoscience Initiative |
Douglas Lowndes, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory |
9:45am -
10:15am |
Council Panel Workshop
Report / Material Sciences and Geosciences |
Paul Alivisatos, University
of California, Berkeley |
10:15am
- 10:45am |
Break |
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10:45am
- 11:15am |
Council Panel Workshop
Report / Chemical Sciences |
Tony Cheetham, University
of California, Santa Barbara |
11:15am
- 11:45am |
Review of E-Beam Centers |
John Stringer, EPRI |
11:45am
- 12:00pm |
Public Comments |
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12:00pm |
Adjourn |
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D.C. Area
Weather
Reservations: A block of rooms is available for BESAC members and a
limited number of invited non-goverment speakers/guests at $115.00/day. The
government rate of $115.00 is also available. Please contact Sharon J. Long, SC-10, (301/903-5565) if you have questions concerning use of the block of
rooms or if you experience difficulty acquiring a government rate.
Recommended Shuttle Services from Nearby
Airports:
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International (BWI) Airport (40 minutes away) - SuperShuttle (800) 258-3826
A fleet of
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a.m. daily. Twenty-four hour advance reservations are recommended. Call SuperShuttle at 800-BLUEVAN (1-800-258-3826).
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