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Meeting Agendas
FIRST MEETING
June 13–14, 2001
Holiday Inn Georgetown
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, June 13, 2001
Closed Session
8:00 am
Convene; introductions; goals for the meeting
—Norman Augustine, Chair
Open Session
9:00 am
Public introductions; study/meeting plan
—Norman Augustine
9:15 am
White House discussion; purpose of this study and charge to the committee
—Richard Russell, Chief of Staff, Office of Science and Technology Policy
—Marcus Peacock, Associate Director, Natural Resource Program, Office of Management and Budget
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10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Sponsoring agency discussion
Future role of astronomy and astrophysics; management philosophy for science individual investigator grants and science projects/missions; interagency cooperation in addressing science questions of mutual interest
—Daniel Goldin, Administrator, NASA
—Edward Weiler, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science, NASA
—Joseph Bordogna, Deputy Director, NSF
—Wayne Van Citters, Acting Director, Astronomical Sciences Division, NSF
Noon
Lunch
1:00 pm
Insights based on recent NRC reports
–Federal Funding of Astronomical Research
—John Huchra, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Co-chair, NRC Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics
–Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium
—Joseph H.Taylor, Princeton University, Co-chair, NRC Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee
2:00 pm
Managing international participation in major ground-based projects and programs: Reflections of a former European Southern Observatory Director General
—Riccardo Giacconi, Associated Universities, Inc.
2:30 pm
Professional society perspectives
–American Astronomical Society
—Marcia Rieke, University of Arizona
–Solar Physics Division
—Judy Karpen, Naval Research Laboratory
–High Energy Astrophysics Division
—Alice Harding, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
–Division for Planetary Sciences
—Mark Sykes, University of Arizona
Small undergraduate college perspective
—Frank Winkler, Middlebury College
3:45 pm
Break
4:15 pm
Smithsonian Institution: Overview and role in supporting research in astronomy and astrophysics
—Irwin Shapiro, Director, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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4:45 pm
Private observatory perspective: Management and funding of private observatories
—Joseph Miller, University of California, Santa Cruz, Director, University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory
5:15 pm
Public comment session
—David Helfand, Columbia University
Closed Session
6:15 pm
Committee deliberations
7:00 pm
Adjourn for the day
Thursday, June 14, 2001
Open Session
8:00 am
Reconvene
—Norman Augustine
Views of former agency managers: Management experiences; interagency cooperation
—NASA: Lennard Fisk, University of Michigan
—NSF: William Harris, University of South Carolina
9:00 am
NSF Management Organization Roundtable
Initial statements; discussion; question-and-anser session
–Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
—William Smith, President
–Associated Universities, Inc.
—Riccardo Giacconi, President
–National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
—Paul Goldsmith, Director
–National Center for Atmospheric Research
—Tim Killeen, Director
–Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory Laboratory
—Gary Sanders, Deputy Director
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am
Congressional perspective: House Science Committee
—Sharon Hays, Staff Director, Research Subcommittee
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Closed Session
11:30 am
Working lunch
Needs of astronomy and astrophysics?
—Norman Augustine
1:00 pm
Adjourn
SECOND MEETING
July 12–13, 2001
Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory
Menlo Park, California
Thursday, July 12, 2001
Closed Session
8:00 am
Convene
—Claude Canizares, Acting Chair
Open Session
9:00 am
Perspective on astronomy at NSF
—Robert Eisenstein, Assistant Director, NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate
9:30 am
NSF-DOE joint committee structure: Nuclear Science Advisory Committee
—Ernest Moniz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (by telephone)
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
National Observatories discussion
–National Radio Astronomy Observatory
—Paul Vanden Bout, Director (by telephone)
–National Optical Astronomy Observatory
—Jeremy Mould, Director
–National Solar Observatory
—Steven Keil, Director (by telephone)
11:15 am
Lunch
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Closed Session
Noon
Committee deliberations
—Claude Canizares
Open Session
2:00 pm
NSF director’s perspective
—Rita Colwell, Director, NSF
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Gemini Observatory: past/current project management and international program issues
—Matt Mountain, Director
Closed Session
3:15 pm
Continue deliberations
—Claude Canizares
6:00 pm
Adjourn for the day
Friday, July 13, 2001
Closed Session
8:00 am
Reconvene; continue deliberations
—Claude Canizares
Open Session
11:30 am
Department of Energy’s role in supporting astrophysics: boundaries, funding and facilities, strategic planning, high-energy physics community research trends
—Peter Rosen, Associate Director, DOE Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics (by telephone)
—P.K.Williams, Senior Program Officer, DOE Division of High Energy Physics (by telephone)
—Jim Stone, Physicist, DOE Division of High Energy Physics (by telephone)
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Closed Session
Noon
Working Lunch
—Claude Canizares
1:00 pm
Adjourn
THIRD MEETING
July 31–August 1, 2001
National Research Council
Washington, D.C.
This meeting was closed in its entirety.
Tuesday, July 31, 2001
8:00 am
Convene
Committee deliberations and report drafting
—Norman Augustine, Chair
6:00 pm
Adjourn for the day
Wednesday, August 1, 2001
8:00 am
Reconvene
Committee deliberations and report drafting
—Norman Augustine
1:00 pm
Adjourn
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