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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2001. U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10190.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2001. U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10190.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2001. U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10190.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2001. U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10190.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2001. U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10190.
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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)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2001. U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10190.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2001. U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10190.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2001. U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10190.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2001. U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10190.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2001. U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10190.
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In its fiscal year 2002 budget summary document the Bush administration expressed concern—based in part on the findings and conclusions of two National Research Council studies—about recent trends in the federal funding of astronomy and astrophysics research. The President's budget blueprint suggested that now is the time to address these concerns and directed the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish a blue ribbon panel to (1) assess the organizational effectiveness of the federal research enterprise in astronomy and astrophysics, (2) consider the pros and cons of transferring NSF's astronomy responsibilities to NASA, and (3) suggest alternative options for addressing issues in the management and organization of astronomical and astrophysical research. NASA and NSF asked the National Research Council to carry out the rapid assessment requested by the President. This report, focusing on the roles of NSF and NASA, provides the results of that assessment.

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