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Meeting Agendas
MEETING 1 ROME, NEW YORK
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Closed session
8:00 am
Working breakfast
Open session
9:30
Car pool to AFRL Information Directorate (AFRL/IF)
10:00
Welcome and introductions (Alan McLaughlin, committee chair)
10:10
Charge to the committee and discussion of goals (Clifford Rhoades, head of Mathematics and Space Sciences Directorate, AFOSR).
10:30
Overview of Air Force IS&T priorities and Air Force long-term challenges (Robert Herklotz, AFOSR).
11:15
Overview of the AFRL/IF and its response to Air Force IS&T priorities and Air Force long-term challenges (Nort Fowler, chief scientist, AFRL/IF).
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12:30 pm
Lunch
1:15
Parallel sessions. Committee breaks into groups to learn more about AFRL/IF’s major areas.
3:15
Break
3:30
Overview of IS&T-related research sponsored by the AFOSR Mathematics and Space Sciences Directorate (AFOSR/NM); summary of investments and funding mechanisms; discussion of AFOSR/NM’s program-planning process and reviews (Clifford Rhoades, head, AFOSR/NM).
4:30
Discuss with Air Force staff the flow of knowledge between AFOSR/NM and AFRL/IF, AFRL’s connections to the broader research community, the transition of advances from AFOSR and AFRL into Air Force technology, and other issues raised during the day.
5:30
Adjourn
Closed session
7:00 pm
Committee working dinner
Friday, February 25, 2005
Open session
8:00 am
Working breakfast
8:30
Discussion with Brendan Godfrey, AFOSR director, on interplay between AFOSR and other AFRL directorates in addressing Air Force S&T goals and how the Air Force decides whether or not it needs to sponsor or conduct R&D in a given area, particularly for R&D related to IS&T and command and control.
9:15
Discussion with Shankar Sastry, University of California at Berkeley, and Janos Sztipanovits, Vanderbilt University, both members of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, on the recent review of AFOSR’s IS&T research.
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9:45
Discussion with Clifford Rhoades and other AFRL/IF and AFOSR/NM staff, as needed, about the information received on February 24 to identify gaps and how to fill them. Identify site visits, telephone calls, and background information that the committee should pursue.
11:00
Break
Closed session
11:15
Committee discussion of preliminary impressions
12:15
pm Lunch
1:00
Report from Elwyn Berlekamp, who attended the January program review of AFOSR’s research consortium on space situational awareness.
1:30
Develop initial points of committee consensus and identify topics for investigation.
3:00
Develop plans for site visits and identify any additional information needs.
3:30
Adjourn
MEETING 2 HAMPTON, VIRGINIA
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Closed session
7:45 am
Working breakfast
Open session
8:45
Committee will be picked up by a shuttle from the hotel lobby for travel to Langley AFB.
9:15
Welcome (Alan McLaughlin, committee chair) Overview of the Air Combat Command (Janet Fender, ACC chief scientist, and Gen Maluda, head of ACC Communications and Directorate).
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9:45
Presentation on communications and information systems (Col Kemp).
10:30
Presentation on the Air Force Information Warfare Center (John Kretzer).
11:15
Presentation on the Operations Directorate for Information Operations (Lt Col Lance).
11:45
Presentation on requirements, ACC Information Operations (Col Anninos and Lt Col Sowell).
12:15
pm Lunch with open discussion
1:00
Presentation on selected IS&T challenge areas identified by the C2ISR Center (Jon Vona).
3:00
Presentation on funding mechanisms used by AFOSR/NM (John Tangney), followed by general discussion with AFOSR/ NM program managers.
4:00
Wrap-up discussions
5:00
Adjourn
Closed session
7:00
Working dinner
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Closed session
8:00 am
Working breakfast
8:30
Discussion of preliminary drafts
Noon
Lunch
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12:45 pm
Continue discussions. Develop plans for additional information gathering and writing. Issue assignments.
2:00
Adjourn
MEETING 3 WASHINGTON, D.C.
Monday, June 6, 2005
Closed session
8:00 am
Working breakfast
8:30
Discuss progress since last meeting and plan for the current meeting.
9:45
Break Open session
10:00
Discuss goals of study with Tom Cruse, chief technologist, AFRL. Brendan Godfrey, head of AFOSR, will also participate.
Closed session
11:15
Discuss Chapters 1 and 2 of the draft report
12:15
pm Lunch
1:00
Impressions of AFRL’s Human Engineering Directorate (Steve Cross, based on his recent visit there).
1:30
Discuss Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of the draft report
3:30
Break
3:45
Discuss Chapters 7 and 8 of the draft report
5:00
Identify questions for tomorrow’s discussion with AFOSR program managers.
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5:30
Reception
6:30
Working dinner
8:00
Adjourn
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Open session
8:00 am
Working breakfast
8:30
Discussion with AFOSR program managers regarding their current program and the committee’s open questions.
Closed session
9:30
Revisit topics from Monday’s discussion
10:00
Break
10:15
Discuss Chapter 6 of the draft report; convergence on research priorities under different funding scenarios.
Noon
Lunch
12:45 pm
Identify additional research topics and/or information-gathering trips needed to explore topics or develop background. Identify other issues and recommendations.
2:00
Detailed plans for completing the report
3:30
Adjourn
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