Agenda
Day One: Tuesday, February 8, 2000
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7:00 |
REGISTRATION BEGINS |
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Setting the Scene |
Chair: Edgar A.Starke, Jr. |
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8:00 |
Welcome, Edgar A.Starke, Jr., University of Virginia, NMAB Chair |
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8:15 |
Keynote Address, Senator Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico) |
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9:00 |
Why Materials?, Thomas W.Eagar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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9:15 |
The Timeline of Materials Development, Arden L.Bement, Jr., Purdue University |
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9:45 |
BREAK |
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Overview of the Issues |
Chair: Julia M.Phillips |
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10:00 |
Structural Materials, James C.Williams, Ohio State University |
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10:15 |
Functional Materials, James W.Mitchell, Lucent Technologies |
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10:30 |
The Role of Government, Thomas A.Weber, National Science Foundation |
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10:45 |
Panel Discussion |
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11:45 |
LUNCH |
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Recent Studies and Symposia |
Chair: Thomas W.Eagar |
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1:00 |
Materials Science and Engineering: Forging Stronger Links to Users, Dale F.Stein, Michigan Technological University |
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1:45 |
Materials XXI, R.G.“Gil” Gilliland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Materials in Information Technology |
Chair: Robert C.Pfahl, Jr. |
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2:00 |
Materials and Electronic Interconnects, Andrew E.Lietz, HADCO Corporation |
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2:30 |
Materials Research for Computing and Communication, Paul S.Peercy, University of Wisconsin |
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2:45 |
Materials, Materials Processing, and the Future of Information Technology, Lawrence Dubois, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
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3:00 |
Panel Discussion |
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3:30 |
BREAK |
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Materials in Health and Biotechnology |
Chair: Michael Jaffe |
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3:45 |
Overview, Robert Z.Gussin, Johnson & Johnson |
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4:15 |
Technical Perspective 1, Galen D.Stucky, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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4:30 |
Technical Perspective 2, Robert Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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4:45 |
Government Perspective: Materials for a Healthy Life, John T.Watson, National Institutes of Health |
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5:00 |
Panel Discussion |
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5:30 |
RECEPTION |
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Day Two: Wednesday, February 9, 2000
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Congressional Perspectives |
Chair: Sylvia M.Johnson |
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8:00 |
Panel Discussion by Congressional Staff, Arun Seraphin, Office of Senator Joseph Lieberman; Scott Lockledge, Office of Representative Vernon Ehlers; Michal Freedhoff, House Science Committee, Energy and Environment Subcommittee |
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9:30 |
BREAK |
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The Role of Materials in National Security |
Chair: Alan G.Miller |
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9:45 |
Meeting the Challenges of Aerospace, David O.Swain, The Boeing Company |
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10:15 |
The Role of Materials in National Security, C.Paul Robinson, Sandia National Laboratories |
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10:30 |
The Role of Materials in National Security: The Past, the Present, the Future, Maxine Savitz, Honeywell |
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10:45 |
Government Perspective, Lewis E.Sloter II, U.S. Department of Defense |
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11:00 |
Panel Discussion |
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Materials, Jobs, and the Economy |
Chair: Sylvia M.Johnson |
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11:30 |
Materials, Jobs, and the Economy, Duncan Moore, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
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12:15 |
LUNCH |
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Materials and Energy and the Environment |
Chair: Lisa Klein |
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1:15 |
Overview, Robert C.Pfahl, Jr., Motorola |
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1:45 |
Materials as Illusions (Almost), Robert A.Frosch, Harvard University |
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2:00 |
Technical Perspective, John Ehrenfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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2:15 |
Government Perspective, Denise Swink, U.S. Department of Energy |
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2:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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Conclusion |
Chair: Edgar A.Starke, Jr. |
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3:00 |
Wrap-up Discussion |
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3:15 |
ADJOURN |
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