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National Academy of Sciences
500 Fifth Street NW, Washington DC
October 9, 2003

8:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Welcome
8:40 AM Congressional Perspective
9:00 AM National Research Council Recommendations
9:30 AM

Current Federal Activities:

10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Chanrge to Morning Breaking Groups - Scientific Priorities for NOAA Program
10:50 AM

Morning Breakout Groups:

  • Marine animals as models for study of human disease
  • Organism-derived pharmaceuticals and biotoxins
  • Marine diseases: infectious and non-infectious
  • Impacts of ocean health on coastal ecosystems and human
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Reports from Morning Breakout Groups
2:00 PM Charge to Afternoon Breakout Groups - Definition of NOAA Program Elements
2:05 PM

Afternoon Breakout Groups:

  • Extramural grant program
  • NOAA centers and internal research
  • Relationship to ocean observing and other programs
  • Education, traineeships and distinguished scholars
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM Report from Afternoon Breakout Groups
4:30 PM Remarks by VADM Conrad Lautenbacher, NOAA Administrator
5:30 PM Adjourn
 


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