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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 

 

Tuesday, August 10, 1999

 

8:00am - 8:15am

Coffee  

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  

11:00am – 11:30am

Security Issues at the DOE Laboratories Bill Nay, Office of Science

11:30am - 1:00pm

Lunch  

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 We’ve Been and Where We’re 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   

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Neutrons – Past, Present and Future Iran Thomas, Deputy Director, Office of Basic Energy Sciences

5:00pm - 5:15pm

Public Comment   

5:15pm

Adjourn   

Wednesday, August 11, 1999

  

8:00am - 8:15am

Coffee     ---

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      ---

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         ---

12:00pm

Adjourn            ---

 

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.

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