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Suggested Citation: "Agenda." National Research Council. 2001. Materials in the New Millennium: Responding to Society's Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10187.

Agenda

Day One: Tuesday, February 8, 2000

7:00

REGISTRATION BEGINS

 

Setting the Scene

Chair: Edgar A.Starke, Jr.

8:00

Welcome, Edgar A.Starke, Jr., University of Virginia, NMAB Chair

8:15

Keynote Address, Senator Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico)

9:00

Why Materials?, Thomas W.Eagar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:15

The Timeline of Materials Development, Arden L.Bement, Jr., Purdue University

9:45

BREAK

Overview of the Issues

Chair: Julia M.Phillips

10:00

Structural Materials, James C.Williams, Ohio State University

10:15

Functional Materials, James W.Mitchell, Lucent Technologies

10:30

The Role of Government, Thomas A.Weber, National Science Foundation

10:45

Panel Discussion

11:45

LUNCH

Recent Studies and Symposia

Chair: Thomas W.Eagar

1:00

Materials Science and Engineering: Forging Stronger Links to Users, Dale F.Stein, Michigan Technological University

1:45

Materials XXI, R.G.“Gil” Gilliland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Materials in Information Technology

Chair: Robert C.Pfahl, Jr.

2:00

Materials and Electronic Interconnects, Andrew E.Lietz, HADCO Corporation

2:30

Materials Research for Computing and Communication, Paul S.Peercy, University of Wisconsin

2:45

Materials, Materials Processing, and the Future of Information Technology, Lawrence Dubois, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

3:00

Panel Discussion

3:30

BREAK

Materials in Health and Biotechnology

Chair: Michael Jaffe

3:45

Overview, Robert Z.Gussin, Johnson & Johnson

Suggested Citation: "Agenda." National Research Council. 2001. Materials in the New Millennium: Responding to Society's Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10187.

4:15

Technical Perspective 1, Galen D.Stucky, University of California, Santa Barbara

4:30

Technical Perspective 2, Robert Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4:45

Government Perspective: Materials for a Healthy Life, John T.Watson, National Institutes of Health

5:00

Panel Discussion

5:30

RECEPTION

Day Two: Wednesday, February 9, 2000

Congressional Perspectives

Chair: Sylvia M.Johnson

8:00

Panel Discussion by Congressional Staff, Arun Seraphin, Office of Senator Joseph Lieberman; Scott Lockledge, Office of Representative Vernon Ehlers; Michal Freedhoff, House Science Committee, Energy and Environment Subcommittee

9:30

BREAK

The Role of Materials in National Security

Chair: Alan G.Miller

9:45

Meeting the Challenges of Aerospace, David O.Swain, The Boeing Company

10:15

The Role of Materials in National Security, C.Paul Robinson, Sandia National Laboratories

10:30

The Role of Materials in National Security: The Past, the Present, the Future, Maxine Savitz, Honeywell

10:45

Government Perspective, Lewis E.Sloter II, U.S. Department of Defense

11:00

Panel Discussion

Materials, Jobs, and the Economy

Chair: Sylvia M.Johnson

11:30

Materials, Jobs, and the Economy, Duncan Moore, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

12:15

LUNCH

Materials and Energy and the Environment

Chair: Lisa Klein

1:15

Overview, Robert C.Pfahl, Jr., Motorola

1:45

Materials as Illusions (Almost), Robert A.Frosch, Harvard University

2:00

Technical Perspective, John Ehrenfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2:15

Government Perspective, Denise Swink, U.S. Department of Energy

2:30

Panel Discussion

Conclusion

Chair: Edgar A.Starke, Jr.

3:00

Wrap-up Discussion

3:15

ADJOURN

Suggested Citation: "Agenda." National Research Council. 2001. Materials in the New Millennium: Responding to Society's Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10187.
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Suggested Citation: "Agenda." National Research Council. 2001. Materials in the New Millennium: Responding to Society's Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10187.
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