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Board on Physics and Astronomy

Board on Physics and Astronomy
Meeting Agenda
April 28-29, 2000

Washington, DC

Friday, April 28, Georgetown Facility, Green 104

08:00

Continental Breakfast

 

08:30

CONVENE
Introductions

Robert C. Richardson, Vice Chair, BPA

08:45

Research and the DoD

 

 

Introductory Comments

R. C. Richardson

09:00

DDRE

Robert Trew, Research Director

10:00

BREAK

 

10:30

ONR

Charles Roberson

11:00

The View from the Weapons Labs

Stephen Younger, Assoc. Dir. For Nuclear Weapons, LANL

11:30

LUNCH

 

12:30

RECONVENE

 

 

Science Talk: Next-Generation Space Telescope

Steve Beckwith, STScI

14:00

News from the Agencies

 

 

NSF

Robert Eisenstein

 

DOE/BES

Pat Dehmer

 

NASA

Alan Bunner

15:30

BREAK

 

16:00

BPA Project Reviews

 

 

Solid State Sciences Committee

Myriam Sarachik

16:45

Committee on Radio Frequencies

Paul Steffes

17:30

Physics Survey Overview (closed session)

Tom Appelquist

18:15

RECEPTION
DINNER

 

 

Saturday, April 29, Georgetown Facility, Green 130

08:30

Continental Breakfast

 

09:00

More News from the Agencies
DOE/HENP


Peter Rosen

09:30

BPA Project Reviews (Continued)

 

 

FAMOS Update

Kumar Patel

 

Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics

John Huchra

10:30

BREAK

 

11:00

Fusion Science Committee (closed session)

Charles Kennel

11:45

Astronomy Survey (closed session)

Joseph Taylor and Chris McKee

12:30

LUNCH

 

13:30

BPA Executive Session (closed session)

R. C. Richardson

14:30

ADJOURN

 

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