AGENDA
COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMS AND PLANS
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

National Science Foundation
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room 1235

Open Session: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

1. Approval of Minutes for March 2008
   
   
2. Committee Chairman's Remarks
   
   
3. Status Reports:
     - Subcommittee on Polar Issues
     - Task Force on Sustainable Energy
   
   
4. NSB Information Item: National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and National Solar Observatory (NSO) - Future Action Item on a 5-year Cooperative Agreement Proposal from the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)
   
   
5. NSB Information Item: Protein Data Bank
   
   
6. Discussion Item: Update on Review of MREFC Process
   
   
7. Discussion Item: Report to Congress on Interdisciplinary Research
   
   
8. Science Presentation: Dr. David Lightfoot, Assistant Director, SBE

   Title: "The Intertwinement of Fundamental Work in the SBE and Natural Sciences"

Closed Session: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

9. Committee Chairman's Remarks
   
   
10. NSB Action Item: Track-2 High-Performance Computing
    
    
11. NSB Action Item: Competition for the Management and Operation of the National Center for Atmospheric Research

Sonya Mallinoff
Executive Secretary