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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Sessions and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Improving the Air Force Scientific Discovery Mission: Leveraging Best Practices in Basic Research Management: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21804.
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Workshop Sessions and Speakers

SESSION 1 APRIL 27- 28, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering

Dr. David Walker (SES)

Air Force Research Laboratory

Maj Gen Thomas Masiello, Commander

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Dr. Thomas Christian (SES), Director

Panel Discussion with AFOSR Program Staff on “Finding”

Dr. John Luginsland, Program Officer, Laser and Optical Physics

Dr. Enrique Parra, Program Officer, Ultrashort Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions

Lt Col Victor Putz, Program Officer, EOARD Physics

Maj Justin Silverman, Staff Judge Advocate

Panel Discussion with AFOSR Program Staff on “Funding”

Mr. Mark Amundson, Program Element Monitor, Basic Research (AQRT)

Dr. Michael Berman, Program Officer, Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry

Mr. Phillip Cherbaka, Director, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

Mr. Rickey Lawrence, Chief, Finance

Ms. Dorothy Howe, Deputy Chief of Contracting

Panel Discussion with AFOSR Program Staff on “Forwarding”

Dr. Van Blackwood, Principal Assistant to the Chief Scientist

Dr. Tatjana Curcic, Program Officer, Atomic and Molecular Physics

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Sessions and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Improving the Air Force Scientific Discovery Mission: Leveraging Best Practices in Basic Research Management: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21804.
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Dr. Hugh Delong, Program Officer, Natural Materials and Systems

Ms. Molly Lachance, Program Analyst, Digital Outreach

Dr. Kent Miller, Program Officer, Space Sciences

Former AFOSR Directors

Dr. Joe Janni

Dr. Lyle Schwartz

Dr. Pat Carrick (SES)

Dr. Tom Russell (SES)

Dr. Brendan Godfrey

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

Dr. Robbin Staffin (SES), Director of Basic Research

Defense Technical Information Center

George Lembrick (SES), Deputy Administrator

Christopher Thomas (SES), Administrator

Office of Science and Technology Policy

Chris Fall, Assistant Director for Defense Programs

Chief Scientists from the Air Force Major Commands

Janet Fender, Air Combat Command

Don Erbschloe, Air Mobility Command

Doug Beason, Air Force Space Command (retired)

Azar Ali, Pacific Air Forces

SESSION 2 MAY 27-28, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C.

Air Force Chief Scientist

Dr. Mica Endsley

Air Force Research Laboratory

Dr. Morley Stone, Chief Technology Officer

Past NSF Director’s Perspective

Dr. Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland

Army Research Office

Dr. Dave Skatrud (SES), Director

Department of Energy Office of Science

Dr. Linda Blevins, Senior Technical Advisor, Office of the Deputy Director for Science Programs

Office of Naval Research

Dr. Walter Jones (SES), Executive Director

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Sessions and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Improving the Air Force Scientific Discovery Mission: Leveraging Best Practices in Basic Research Management: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21804.
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University Approaches to Managing Basic Research

Dr. Bill Bonvillian, Director, MIT Washington Office

Dr. Steve Cross, Executive Vice President for Research, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Denis Wirtz, Vice Provost for Research, Johns Hopkins University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Sessions and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Improving the Air Force Scientific Discovery Mission: Leveraging Best Practices in Basic Research Management: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21804.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Sessions and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Improving the Air Force Scientific Discovery Mission: Leveraging Best Practices in Basic Research Management: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21804.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Sessions and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Improving the Air Force Scientific Discovery Mission: Leveraging Best Practices in Basic Research Management: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21804.
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In 2015, the Air Force Studies Board conducted a workshop, consisting of two data-gathering sessions, to review current research practices employed by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Improving the Air Force Scientific Discovery Mission summarizes the presentations and discussions of these two sessions. This report explores the unique drivers associated with management of a 6.1 basic research portfolio in the Department of Defense and investigates current and future practices that may further the effective and efficient management of basic research on behalf of the Air Force

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