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Suggested Citation:"C Workshop Agenda and Participant List." National Research Council. 2006. Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11642.
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Workshop Agenda and Participant List

AGENDA

January 23, 2006

10:00 a.m.

Session 1: Welcome and summary of goals of the workshop

Moderator: D. Black

 

NASA introductory remarks (S. Pace)

Overview of the Vision for Space Exploration

 

NASA’s needs and expectations for the study

 

NASA’s exploration plans and systems architecture (M. Hecker)

Major goals, elements, segments, and time line

 

Roles of NASA centers, industry, and academia

 

Top-level workforce implications

 

NASA’s space and Earth science plans and directions (K. Ledbetter)

Major goals, elements, segments, and time line

 

Roles of NASA centers, industry, and academia

 

Top-level workforce implications

 

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Session 2: Survey of relevant data and prior studies

Moderator: R. Colladay

 

Broad assessments of the U.S. S&E workforce

National Science Foundation studies of enrollment and graduation trends (J. Burrelli)

RAND Corporation studies (J. Birkler)

 

National Research Council studies (B. Barnow)

 

Roundtable discussion with presenters and all participants

Suggested Citation:"C Workshop Agenda and Participant List." National Research Council. 2006. Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11642.
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Assessments of aerospace workforce issues

Booz Allen Hamilton study for the National Reconnaissance Office (J. Williams)

 

Aerospace Commission study (J. Douglass)

 

NASA studies

 

 

 

—In-house studies (T. Dawsey)

 

 

 

—NASA Advisory Committee study (G. Kulcinski)

 

 

Roundtable discussion with presenters and all participants

 

5:30 p.m.

Reception and dinner

January 24, 2006

9:00 a.m.

Session 3: Factors that are impacting workforce supply and demand: the current picture, trends, and projections

Moderator: K. Thornton

 

Perspective from industry (A. Aldridge, Lockheed Martin)

Anticipated needs for technical disciplines, skills, and levels of training

Experience and outlook regarding recruitment and retention

 

Competition from other fields or sectors

 

Policy and marketplace impacts

 

International considerations, including the impact of export controls and national security constraints

Adequacy of training options

 

Perspective from federal government (William Berry, Department of Defense)

Anticipated needs for technical disciplines, skills, and levels of training

Experience and outlook regarding recruitment and retention

 

Competition from other fields and sectors

 

Policy impacts

 

International considerations, including the impact of export controls and national security constraints

Adequacy of training options

 

Perspective from academia (J. Burns, University of Colorado, Boulder)

Anticipated needs for technical disciplines, skills, and levels of training

Experience and outlook regarding student recruitment

 

Competition from other academic concentrations

 

Policy and marketplace impacts

 

Impediments to providing training in needed technical disciplines and skills

International considerations, including the impact of export controls and national security constraints

Roundtable discussion with presenters and all participants

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

Suggested Citation:"C Workshop Agenda and Participant List." National Research Council. 2006. Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11642.
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1:00 p.m.

Session 4

Moderator: J. Rothenberg

 

Panel discussion of recurring themes and key issues drawn from the prior sessions (D. Giddens, T.K. Mattingly, R. Torbert)

 

Roundtable discussion with all participants, including NASA representatives

2:00 p.m.

Summary remarks by chairs

 

3:00 p.m.

Adjourn

PARTICIPANTS

Committee Members

Burt Barnow, Johns Hopkins University

David Black, Universities Space Research Association

John Douglass, Aerospace Industries Association

Daniel Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

William Pomerantz, X PRIZE Foundation

Joseph Rothenberg, Universal Space Network

Kathryn Thornton, University of Virginia

Speakers

Arnold Aldrich, Lockheed Martin

William Berry, Department of Defense

John Birkler, RAND Corporation

Jack Burns, University of Colorado, Boulder

Joan Burrelli, National Science Foundation

Ray Colladay, Lockheed Martin (retired)

Toni Dawsey, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Don Giddens, Georgia Institute of Technology

Michael Hecker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Gerald Kulcinski, University of Wisconsin

Ken Ledbetter, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Scott Pace, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Roy Torbert, University of New Hampshire

John Williams, Booz Allen Hamilton

Guest Experts

Bill Adkins, U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee

Marc Allen, NASA

Portonovo Ayyaswamy, University of Pennsylvania

Jeff Bingham, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee

Sue Hegg, The Boeing Company

Terri Lomax, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Adam London, VENTIONS, LLC

T.K. Mattingly, U.S. Navy (retired)

Suggested Citation:"C Workshop Agenda and Participant List." National Research Council. 2006. Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11642.
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Richard Obermann, U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee

Trish Pengra, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Marcia S. Smith, Congressional Research Service

Jean Toal-Eisen, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee

Suggested Citation:"C Workshop Agenda and Participant List." National Research Council. 2006. Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11642.
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Suggested Citation:"C Workshop Agenda and Participant List." National Research Council. 2006. Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11642.
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Suggested Citation:"C Workshop Agenda and Participant List." National Research Council. 2006. Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11642.
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Suggested Citation:"C Workshop Agenda and Participant List." National Research Council. 2006. Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11642.
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In January 2006, the President announced a new civilian space policy focusing on exploration. As part of its preparations to implement that policy, NASA asked the NRC to explore long-range science and technology workforce needs to achieve the space exploration vision, identify obstacles to filling those needs, and put forward solutions to those obstacles. As part of the study, the NRC held a workshop to identify important factors affecting NASA’s future workforce and its capacity to implement the exploration vision. This interim report presents a summary of the highlights of that workshop and an initial set of findings. The report provides a review of the workforce implications of NASA’s plans, an assessment of science and technology workforce demographics, an analysis of factors affecting the aerospace workforce for both NASA and the relevant aerospace industry, and preliminary findings and recommendations. A final report is scheduled for completion in early 2007.

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