An ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Research Council's STS Program, in collaboration with the NRC's Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES) and Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB), will develop agendas for two workshop events focusing on issues related to the energy-water nexus. These events will be held in conjunction with the May and December 2014 meetings of the STS Roundtable. The events will feature invited presentations and discussion and will focus on the following tasks:

· Continuing to discuss a strategy for addressing the energy-water nexus in various sectors;
· Identifying data and research needs for addressing energy-water linkages, including ways to leverage ongoing data collection and dissemination efforts;
· Refining mechanisms for encouraging partnerships among key players in all sectors and furthering technological innovation to advance the field; and
· Examining linkages beyond those of energy and water, to include land use, transportation and technology.
The purpose of these events will be to encourage participants to leverage the initiatives currently underway in various sectors related to the energy-water nexus and to encourage broader thinking about these types of complex sustainability issues. The committee will plan and organize the events, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. Brief, individually-authored summaries of the events will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines and will be distributed broadly to interested parties. These meetings are expected to inform future dialogue and discussions of the Roundtable.