Office of Science and Technology Policy
| For Immediate Release Contact: 202/456-6108 | February 15, 2000 |
MEDIA ADVISORY
President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
To Meet on Thursday, February 17, 2000
The President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) will meet in an open plenary session on Thursday, February 17th at 1:00 PM in the Truman Room of the White House Conference Center.
Jack Lew, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, will describe the President's FY 2001 R&D budget, and Al Teich of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will present an analysis of the budget.
Next, a panel of agency and university representative will focus on the S&T workforce needs of the 21st century. The panel will be composed of David Pierce, President and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, Carolyn Hock, Director of Workforce Policy for the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development in the Division of Regional Development, Patricia McNeil, Assistant Secretary of Education, and Judy Sunley, Assistant Director in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation.
Agenda
President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
White House Conference Center
Truman Room, Third Floor
726 Jackson Place, NW
Washington, DC
February 17, 2000
Plenary Session
1:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
1:05 p.m. Reports from Associate Directors and Panel Chairs
1:30 p.m. Presentation and Analysis of the FY 2001 Budget
Jack Lew, Director, Office of Management and Budget
Al Teich, Director of Science & Policy Programs, AAAS
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Presentations on S&T Workforce Development
Arthur Bienenstock, Associate Director for Science, Office
of Science and Technology Policy
David Pierce, CEO and President, American Association of
Community Colleges
Carolyn Hock, Director of Workforce Policy for the
Maryland Department of Business and Economic
Development in the Division of Regional Development
Patricia McNeil, Assistant Secretary, Department of
Education
Judy Sunley, Assistant Director in the Directorate for
Education and Human Resources, National Science
Foundation
5:00 p.m. Public Comment
5:15 p.m. Adjourn
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