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Space Studies Board and Board on Physics and Astronomy Joint Meeting Fall 2024

November 19 - 22, 2024

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The 189th meeting of the Space Studies Board will be held November 19-21, the meeting of the Board on Physics and Astronomy will be held November 20-22. November 20-21 will be a joint session.

To watch online, registration is not necessary; please visit the following links:

SSB, November 19th: https://vimeo.com/event/4621894
SSB-BPA Joint, November 20th: https://vimeo.com/event/4621899
SSB-BPA Joint, November 21st: https://vimeo.com/event/4621899 UPDATED LINK (before lunch)
BPA, November 21st: https://vimeo.com/event/4621906 (original link; after lunch)
BPA, November 22nd: https://vimeo.com/event/4621909

Limited in-person seating is available; to register, please email arebholz@nas.edu.

Agenda In Brief

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024

SSB OPEN SESSION: https://vimeo.com/event/4621894
10:00 AM Opening Remarks, Dr. Margy Kivelson
10:05 AM Update and Discussion with NASA SMD, Dr. Nicola Fox*
11:05 AM Break (15 minutes)
11:20 AM Update and Discussion with NOAA NESDIS, Dr. Stephen Volz*
12:05 PM Lunch Break
12:20 PM Lunch Presentation: Update from the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, Dr. Asha M. George
12:50 PM Break (10 minutes)
1:00 PM ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) Mission Update, Dr. Olivier Witasse* & Dr. Claire Vallat*
1:40 PM Plasma Acceleration in Near-Earth Space, Dr. Vassilis Angelopoulos
2:20 PM Break (15 minutes)
2:35 PM New Horizons Science to Date, Dr. Alan Stern*
3:15 PM Space Sustainability/Orbital Debris at NOAA, Mr. Richard Dalbello*
3:45 PM Space Sustainability/Orbital Debris at NASA, Mr. B. Alvin Drew, Jr.
4:15 PM SSB Open Meeting Adjourns, Members move to Executive Session; Break (15 minutes)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2024

JOINT SSB-BPA OPEN SESSION: https://vimeo.com/event/4621899
9:45 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks, Dr. Margy Kivelson & Dr. Jill Dahlburg
9:50 AM Status of the Space Weather Roundtable, Dr. Sarah Gibson
10:05 AM Gravitational Waves and LISA, Dr. Ira Thorpe* & Dr. Nora Lützgendorf*
10:50 AM Break (20 minutes)
11:10 AM Discipline Committees Panel; Moderator: Dr. Margy Kivelson
- Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dr. Rachel Osten
- Committee on Solar and Space Physics, Dr. James Clemmons
- Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space, Dr. Anne Nolin
- Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science, Dr. Marty Gilmore* & Dr. Karyn Rogers*
- Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space, Dr. Jessica Scott*
- Committee on Planetary Protection, Mr. David P. Fidler
12:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM Report Briefing: NASA at a Crossroads, Mr. Norm Augustine*
2:15 PM CORF Update, Dr. Scott Paine*
2:30 PM LEO Spacecraft Proliferation and its Impact on Astronomy Observations, Dr. Connie Walker
3:10 PM Report Briefing: Thriving on Our Changing Planet, Dr. Christian D. Kummerow & Dr. Anna M. Michalak
3:40 PM Open Meeting Adjourns, Members move to Executive Session; Break (15 minutes)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2024

JOINT SSB-BPA OPEN SESSION: https://vimeo.com/event/4621906
8:25 AM Opening Remarks, Dr. Margy Kivelson & Dr. Jill Dahlburg
8:30 AM NASA Astrophysics Update, Dr. Mark Clampin*
9:15 AM NSF Astronomy Update, Dr. R. Chris Smith*
10:00 AM Break (15 minutes)
10:15 AM Spectrum Management at the NSF/NASA/NOAA Panel
- Dr. Ashley VanderLey*, NSF
- Ms. Lynna McGrath, NASA
- Mr. Beau Backus*, JHU APL/NOAA
11:30 AM Joint Open Meeting Adjourns

BPA OPEN SESSION: https://vimeo.com/event/4621906
1:15 PM Opening Remarks, Dr. Jill Dahlburg
1:20 PM Update on Entanglement, Dark, and Normal Matter, Dr. Marianna Safronova
2:00 PM Thunderstorms Bubble and Burst with Ionizing Radiation, Dr. Eric Grove
2:40 PM CAMOS Update, Dr. Mette Gaarde* & Dr. Prem Kumar*
3:05 PM Break (15 minutes)
3:20 PM Report Briefing: High-Magnetic-Field Science in the United States, Dr. Peter Littlewood*
4:00 PM CMMRC Update, Dr. Leslie Momoda
4:25 PM Open Meeting Adjourns, Members move to Executive Session, Break (15 minutes)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2024

BPA OPEN SESSION: https://vimeo.com/event/4621909
9:00 AM Opening Remarks, Dr. Jill Dahlburg
9:05 AM DOE Office of Science (SC) Update, Dr. Linda Horton*
9:45 AM Update from the NSF Division of Materials Research, Dr. Germano Iannacchione
10:25 AM Break (20 minutes)
10:45 AM Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Dr. Irina Pala*
11:15 AM Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC), Dr. Troy Alexander*
11:45 AM An Overview of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Naval S&T Strategy, Dr. Thomas C. Fu*
12:15 PM Closing Remarks, Dr. Jill Dahlburg
12:20 PM Open Meeting Adjourns

Materials

  • Fox - Update and Discussion with NASA SMD
  • Volz - Update and Discussion with NOAA NESDIS
  • George - Update from the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

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arebholz@nas.edu

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