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Agenda of February 24-25, 1999, BESAC Meeting

Agenda for the
Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) Meeting
Gaithersburg Hilton Hotel
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Questions?   Call/email Sharon Long, SC-10, 301/903-5565

Wednesday, February 24, 1999

8:00am - 8:30am Coffee  
8:30am - 9:00am Introduction Geraldine Richmond
Chairman of BESAC
University of Oregon
9:00am - 10:00am Comments from the Director, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (FY 2000 Budget Request) Pat Dehmer, Director
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
10:00am - 10:30am Solid State Sciences Committee (SSSC):
Report on Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics
Venky Narayanamurti
Harvard University (presented by
Jim Roberto)
10:30am - 11:00am Break  
11:00am - 11:45pm Update on Neutron Science Activities in BES Iran Thomas, Director
Material Sciences Division
11:45am - 1:00pm Lunch  
1:00pm - 1:45pm Scientific Simulation Initiative (SSI) - Federal and DOE Perspectives Dan Hitchcock, Mathematical Information and Computational Sciences Division
1:45pm - 2:30pm Scientific Simulation Initiative (SSI) - BES Perspective Bill Kirchhoff
Chemical Sciences Division
2:30pm - 3:00pm Report of Planning Activities for the Workshop on Complex Systems Mark Alper
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
3:00pm - 3:30pm Break  
3:30pm - 4:15pm Comments from NIH on Needs and Opportunities in Synchrotron Radiation in Macromolecular Crystallography (OSTP Report) Marvin Cassman, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH and Chair, OSTP Interagency Working Group on Structural Biology at Synchrotrons
4:15pm - 4:45pm High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) - Current Activities and Response to BESAC Review Jim Roberto
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4:45pm - 5:15pm Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) - Projected Scientific Programs and Neutron Science User Group Formation Thomas Mason
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
5:15pm - 5:30pm Public Comment  
6:00pm - 7:00pm Dinner – O'Donnell's Seafood Restaurant
311 Kentland Blvd,
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-5447
Phone: (301)519-1650
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Menu/Reservations
Restaurant Review

Thursday, February 25, 1999

8:15am - 8:45am Coffee  
8:45am - 9:45am Comments from the Director, Office of Science
(FY 2000 Budget Request)
Martha Krebs, Director
Office of Science
9:45am - 10:45am Report of the BESAC Panel on Novel, Coherent Light Sources Steve Leone, Chair BESAC Panel on Novel, Coherent Light Sources
10:45am - 11:15am Break  
11:15am - 11:30am Report of Planning Activities for the BESAC Panel Review of the BES Electron-Beam Microcharacterization Centers John Stringer, Chair BESAC Panel on Review of E-Beam Microcharacterization Centers
11:30am - 12:00pm Old Business/ New Business  
12:00pm - 12:15pm Public Comment  
12:15pm Adjourn  
 

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