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Agenda - September 12, 2006

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology


Tuesday, September 12, 2006


The George Washington University
Marvin Center
Continental Ballroom 800 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052


Meeting Agenda


9:00 AM

Meeting Convenes
Opening Remarks of Co-Chairs

9:10 AM

Advanced Energy Technologies
   

Presentation by Dr. Richard Hamilton, President and CEO, Ceres Corp.

Overview of PCAST report, "The Energy Imperative, Technology, and the Role of Emerging Companies" (E.F. Kvamme)


11:00 AM  

Lunch break

1:30 PM  

Ethics and Emerging Technologies
    Presentation by Dr. Leon Kass, Member and former Chair of the President’s Council on Bioethics (no slides)

2:45 PM 

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD)
   

Presentation on Subcommittee activities (G. Scalise/D. Reed)

Briefing of Global Networking & IT Competitiveness "snapshot" (B. Lal, IDA/STPI)


4:30 PM  

Public Presenters

5:00 PM

Meeting Adjourns