Appendix D
Committee Meeting Agendas
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC
| 10:00–10:15 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
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Robert Wallace, Committee Chair |
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| 10:15–11:00 a.m. |
The Charge to the Committee and Discussion |
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Shawn L. Fultz, Special Projects Coordinator, Center for Tobacco Products, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
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| 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Agent-Based Tobacco Model Developed for the Center for Tobacco Products, Part 1 |
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Nancy Brodsky, Theresa Brown |
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Model Development Team, Complex Adaptive System of Systems (CASoS) Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories |
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| 12:00–12:15 p.m. |
Questions |
| 1:15–2:15 p.m. |
Agent-Based Tobacco Model Developed for the Center for Tobacco Products, Part 2 |
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Nancy Brodsky, Theresa Brown, Patrick (Pat) Finley |
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Model Development Team, Complex Adaptive System of Systems (CASoS) Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories |
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| 2:15–2:45 p.m. |
Committee Questions and Discussion |
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Nancy Brodsky, Theresa Brown, Patrick (Pat) Finley, Thomas Moore, Stephan (Steve) Verzi |
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Model Development Team, Complex Adaptive System of Systems (CASoS) Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories |
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| 3:00–4:00 p.m. |
Overview: An Agent-Based Model to Study Market Penetration of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Discussion |
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Margaret Eppstein, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont |
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| 4:00–5:00 p.m. |
Evidence of Social Interactions in Drug Initiation and Discussion |
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Jonathan P. Caulkins, Professor of Operations Research and Public Policy, Heinz College of Public Policy and Management, Operations Research Department, Carnegie Mellon University |
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| 5:00–5:15 p.m. |
Public Comment |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Closing Comments/Adjourn Open Session |
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Robert Wallace, Committee Chair |
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Thursday–Friday, April 17–18, 2014
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC
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Thursday April 17, 2014 |
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| 9:00–9:15 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
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Robert Wallace, Committee Chair |
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| 9:15–9:45 a.m. |
Dynamics of Social Networks and Influence |
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Tom Valente, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California |
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| 9:45–10:15 a.m. |
Exploring Network Effects and Tobacco Use with SIENA |
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David Schaefer, Associate Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University |
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| 10:15–10:45 a.m. |
Discussion |
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David Schaefer |
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Tom Valente |
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| 11:00–11:30 a.m. |
Social and Behavioral Sciences for Tobacco Use |
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Joseph Cappella, Gerald R. Miller Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania |
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| 11:30–11:45 a.m. |
Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher (via phone), Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. |
Discussion |
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Joseph Cappella |
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Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher |
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| 12:15–1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:15–2:45 p.m. |
Agent-Based Models: Lessons and Policy Implications from Relevant Models |
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Ross Hammond, Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Social Dynamics and Policy, Brookings Institution |
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| 2:45–3:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion—Reflections on the Day/ Follow-Up Questions |
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Joseph Cappella |
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Ross Hammond |
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David Schaefer |
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Tom Valente |
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| 3:30–3:45 p.m. |
Public Comment |
| 3:45 p.m. |
Closing Comments/Adjourn Open Session |
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Robert Wallace, Committee Chair |
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Friday, April 18, 2014 |
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| 8:45–9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
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Robert Wallace, Committee Chair |
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| 9:00–9:40 a.m. |
Overview of Opinion Dynamics Modeling, Strengths/Weaknesses, Implications for Policy and Clarifying Questions from Committee Members |
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Sidney Redner, Professor, Physics Department, Boston University |
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| 9:40–10:00 a.m. |
Andreas Flache (via phone), Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| 10:00–10:35 a.m. |
Decision Making and Risk Perception |
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Ellen Peters, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Behavioral Decision Making Initiative, Ohio State University |
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| 10:35–11:30 a.m. |
Discussion—All Speakers |
| 11:30–11:45 a.m. |
Public Comment |
| 11:45 a.m. |
Adjourn Open Session |
June 26, 2014
Keck Center
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC
| 8:15–8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
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Robert Wallace, Committee Chair |
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| 8:30–9:15 a.m. | Agent-Based Tobacco Model Developed for the Center for Tobacco Products—An Update |
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Nancy Brodsky, Thomas Moore |
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Sandia National Laboratories |
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| 9:15–9:45 a.m. |
Discussion/Q&A |
| 9:45–10:15 a.m. | Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS)—Examples of Agent-Based Modeling |
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Joshua Epstein, Professor, Emergency Medicine, Departments of Applied Mathematics, Economics, Biostatistics, International Health, Civil Engineering, Environmental Health Sciences, and the Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University; External Professor, Santa Fe Institute |
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| 10:15–10:35 a.m. |
Discussion/Q&A |
| 10:50–11:20 a.m. |
Finding the Unknown Unknowns: Using Dynamic Models to Identify and Reduce Uncertainty in Regulatory Analyses |
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Scott Spak, Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Public Policy Center, University of Iowa |
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| 11:20–11:40 a.m. |
Discussion/Q&A |
| 11:40 a.m.–12:15 p.m. |
Understanding Fundamental Model Uncertainties and Their Decision-Making Implications: Lessons from Energy Policy |
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Alan H. Sanstad, Staff Scientist, Sustainable Energy Systems Group, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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| 12:15–12:40 p.m. |
Discussion/Q&A |
| 12:40–12:45 p.m. |
Closing Comments/Adjourn Open Session |
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Robert Wallace, Committee Chair |
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