Speeches

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Dr. James M. Turner:

• Remarks by Dr. James M. Turner, Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Construction Industry Institute Annual Meeting, Keystone, Colorado, Aug. 7, 2008

• Remarks by Dr. James M. Turner, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Black History Month Colloquium at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Feb. 20, 2008

• Presentation by Dr. James M. Turner, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, to Senior Officials of Trade and Professional Associations, "President’s FY 2009 Budget Request for the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Advancing Innovation for Economic Growth, Safety & Security," Feb. 14, 2008 [pdf]

• Remarks as prepared for delivery by Dr. James M. Turner, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, to the First Arab Conference for Calibration and Measurement in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 6, 2007

• Remarks by Dr. James M. Turner, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce Colloquium for the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Nov. 1, 2007

• Remarks by Dr. James M. Turner, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, to Sponsors Reception for the American Chemical Society National Awards, Oct. 30, 2007

Dr. William Jeffrey:

• Remarks as prepared for delivery by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, to the National Council For Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM) Annual Washington Policy Conference, June 28, 2007, entitled, “Making Manufacturing a National Priority"

• Remarks as prepared for delivery by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, to the Access to STEM Talent PostDoc Conference, June 27, 2007, entitled, "Access to STEM Talent"

• Remarks by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, to Americas Competitiveness Forum, June 12, 2007, entitled, "Building the Innovation Infrastructure" [pdf]

• Presentation by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, to Industry and Trade Associations, February 5, 2007, entitled, "The President's FY 2008 Budget Request for the National Institute of Standards Technology... Part of the President's American Competitiveness Initiative." [pdf]

• Remarks by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the National Conference on Weights and Measures, Chicago, IL, July 11, 2006

• Remarks by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Council on Chemical Research, Tuscon, AZ, May 3, 2006.

• Remarks by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at NIST's Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day, March 27, 2006.

• Remarks by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the National Technology Transfer Act Standards Luncheon, Washington, D.C., March 6, 2006.

• Presentation by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, to Industry and Trade Associations, February 21, 2006, entitled, "The President's FY 2007 Budget Request for the National Institute of Standards Technology... Part of the President's American Competitiveness Initiative."

• Remarks by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, NIST, at the National Medal of Technology Dinner, Washington, DC, February 13, 2006.

• Speech by Dr. William Jeffrey, Director, NIST, entitled, "Montana's Legal Environment: Are We Open for Business?", at the 2006 Economic Outlook Seminar, Montana, February 2, 2006.

Dr. Hratch Semerjian:

• Presentation by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, NIST, at the Science-Engineering-Technology Working Group entitled, "NIST ... Enabling the Future ... Innovation Trade, Security and Safety," May 10, 2005.

• Presentation by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the IEEE-National Capital Area Awards Banquet, entitled, "Nation's Innovation Agenda...NIST Contributions," April 16, 2005.

• Presentation by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Engineering R&D Symposium, Washington, DC, entitled, "NIST...Enabling the Future...Innovation, Trade, Safety and Security...and Jobs," April 6, 2005.

• Presentation by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at Bucknell University, entitled, "Cornerstone of the Innovation Infrastructure," March 29, 2005.

• Presentation by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at Bucknell University, entitled, "Innovating Innovation," March 29, 2005.

• Briefing on the Department of Commerce, Technology Administration FY 2006 Budget Request by Under Secretary for Technology Phillip Bond and Acting NIST Director Hratch Semerjian, February 8, 2005.

• NIST Overview by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, to Agilent, January 12, 2005. [pdf]

• Presentation by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, to Al Frink entitled, "NIST Contributions to Manufacturing and the Economy, June 28, 2004.

• Presentation by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the IRI Annual Meeting, May 16, 2004, entitled, "NIST…Enabling the Future: Innovation, Trade, Security, Jobs"

• Presentation by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, to visitors from the State of Texas, April 19, 2004.

• Presentation by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, at the Measurement Science Conference Symposium and Workshop, Anaheim, CA, January 16, 2004, entitled, "Metrology in th 21st Century: NIST's Role" [PDF]

• Presentation by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, at the 2nd International Meeting on Metrology and Innovation for Competitiveness, Brazil, November 5, 2003, entitled, "From Cubits to Qubits: New Trends in Metrology." [PDF]

Dr. Arden Bement:

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, at the NNI Grand Challenge Workshop on Instrumentation and Metrology, January 27, 2004.

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, at the NSF Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Protection for SCADA & IT, October 20, 2003.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology at the Groundbreaking for the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology II, Rockville, MD, September 25, 2003.

• Presentation by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology at the NCSLI Symposium on August, 18, 2003, entitled, "At the Forefront of Advanced Technology A Spectrum of Metrology" [pdf format]

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Discovery Forum II, Peoria, IL, entitled, "The Nation's Science and Technology Infrastructure: Paving the Way for the 'NEXT Big Thing'", May 1, 2003.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology at the Forum on New Directions in Manufacturing at the National Academy of Sciences, March 27, 2003.

• Presentation by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology at the Briefing for American Chemical Society's Board of Director, March 23, 2003. [pdf format]

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology at Brazil Technology Day, Gaithersburg, MD, February 23, 2003.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, at the National Research Council Forum on the 25th Anniversary of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, February 20, 2003.

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, entitled, "Working on the Nation's S&T Infrastructure: Strengthening the Capacity for Discovery and Innovation" at the National Meeting of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents, December 8, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, At Ribbon Cutting for NIST SPHERE, November 6, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, entitled, "Bridging Cultural 'Divides' in the S&T Enterprise" at the Pre-Conference Workshop of the 2002 Industrial Physics Forum, October 27, 2002.

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Conference on The Engineer's Role in Homeland Security, New York City, October 18, 2002.

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, at the World Standards Day Dinner, Washington, D.C., October 16, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Biometrics Conference, Crystal City, VA, September 24, 2002.

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Pervasive Computing 2002 Conference, Gaithersburg, MD, September 18, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the World Trade Center News Media Briefing, August 21, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Construction Industry Institute, August 7, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the NIST Center for Neutron Research Recognition Event, August 5, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the National Electrical Manufacturers Association Board of Governors Meeting, July 18, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the National Conference on Weights and Measures Annual Meeting, on July 16, 2002.

• Dinner address by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the NEMI 2002 Roadmap Workshop, entitled, "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom - But How Do You Know How Much?", June 19, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the ANSI Board of Directors Luncheon, March 21, 2002.

• Banquet address by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, for the 2nd USA-China Seminar of Technical Innovation, March 19, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, entitled, "Technologies for the Warfighter and Industry," presented at the 5th Annual Business Development Symposium Sponsored by NAVAIR and the Patuxent Partnership, March 18, 2002.

• Opening remarks by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at a Media Roundtable, January 16, 2002.

Other DoC and NIST Managers:

• Remarks by Dr. Richard Kayser, Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Conference on Precision Measurements with Slow Neutrons, Gaithersburg, MD, April 5, 2004.

• Remarks by John Marburger, John Marburger, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President at the NIST AML Dedication Ceremony, June 21, 2004.

• Presentation by Under Secretary for Technology Phillip Bond and NIST Director Arden Bement, at the Department of Commerce entitled, "FY 2005 President’s Budget RequestTechnology Administration," February 6, 2004. [PDF]

• Prepared Remarks for Samuel Bodman, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, at the Department of Commerce-National Federation of the Blind Event, International Braille and Technology Center, October 24, 2002.

• Remarks by Mr. Phillip Bond, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Commerce, at the NIST Center for Neutron Research Recognition Event, August 5, 2002.

• Remarks by Mr. Samuel Bodman, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, at the NIST Center for Neutron Research Recognition Event, August 5, 2002.

• Remarks by Benjamin Wu, Deputy Under Secretary for Technology, at the NIST Nanotechnology Open House, Gaithersburg, MD, June 20, 2002.

• Remarks by Dr. Samuel Bodman, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce, before the Latin American e-Government and Information Technology Conference, August 16, 2001, Palo Alto, CA.

• Remarks by Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation at the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Ceremony, April 6, 2001, Crystal City, VA.

• Remarks by Donald Evans, Secretary of Commerce, before the Global Internet Summit, March 7, 2001, Reston, VA.

• Remarks by Donald Evans, Secretary of Commerce, at the NIST Centennial Gala, March 6, 2001, Washington, DC.

• Remarks by Thomas A. Manuel, Chair, NIST Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, at the NIST Centennial Gala, March 6, 2001, Washington, DC.

• Remarks by Karen Brown, Acting NIST Director, at the NIST Centennial Gala, March 6, 2001, Washington, DC.

• Remarks by Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), at the NIST Centennial Gala, March 6, 2001, Washington, DC.

• Message from U.S. President George W. Bush, congratulating NIST on Its Centennial, March 5, 2001.

• Presentation by Dr. Karen Brown, Acting NIST Director, to the SPIE Symposium on Microlithography, February 26, 2001, Santa Clara, CA. Presentation entitled: "Beyond the Wall: Technologies for the Future" [pdf format]

• Presentation by Dr. Karen Brown, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Symposium on Standards Setting and the Rate of Technology Development, February 17, 2001. Presentation entitled, "Standards, Today and Tomorrow: Will There Be a World of Difference?"

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Karen Brown, Acting Director, NIST, at the Digital Cinema 2001 Conference, January 11, 2001, Gaithersburg, MD.

• Presentation by Dr. Richard Kayser, Director, Technology Services, NIST, at the ILAC 2000 Conference, October 30, 2000. Presentation entitled, "How the Mutual Recognition Arrangement Among National Metrology Institutes Supports Laboratory Accreditation." (Also available in PDF format)

• Remarks by Cheryl Shavers, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, Press Briefing to Announce Advanced Encryption Standard, Gaithersburg, MD, October 2, 2000.

• Remarks by Ray Kammer, Director, NIST, Advanced Encryption Standard Announcement, Gaithersburg, MD, October 2, 2000.

• Prepared Remarks for Ray Kammer, Director, NIST, EBook 2000, Washington, DC, September 25, 2000.

• Speakers' (Edited) Remarks at the Advanced Measurement Laboratory Ground Breaking Ceremony, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, June 9, 2000. Includes remarks from NIST Director Ray Kammer, Under Secretary of Technology Cheryl Shavers, Secretary of Commerce William Daley, Senator Sarbanes, Senator Mikulski, and County Executive Doug Duncan.

• Remarks by Ray Kammer, Director, NIST, at a Press Briefing on Minority Serving Institutions, February 4, 2000.

• Remarks by Gary Bachula, Deputy Under Secretary for Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, delivered at the Conference on "New Challenges for Measurements and Standards in a Deregulated Electric Power Industry", Arlington, VA, December 7, 1999.

• Remarks by William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce, to the NIST-Cosponsored National Manufacturing Summit, Washington, DC, September 22, 1999.

• Remarks by Karen Brown, Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, to the National Conference of Standards Laboratories, Charlotte, NC, July 13, 1999.

• Remarks by Gary Bachula, Acting Under Secretary, Technology Administration, at the Maine-NIST Partnership Event, Augusta, ME, June 10, 1999

• Remarks by Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, May 10, 1999, honoring Dr. John Cahn, Winner of the President's National Medal of Science.

• Remarks by Robert E. Hebner, Acting Director, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, NIST, at the American Power Conference, Chicago, IL, April 7, 1999, entitled, "The Importance of U.S. Standards in the Global Power Business."

• Prepared remarks for Raymond Kammer, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology before the Symposium on the Advanced Technology Program: Challenges and Opportunities, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, National Research Council, Washington, DC, March 29, 1999.

• Remarks by Raymond Kammer, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Unveiling of Prototype Encasement for the Charters of Freedom, National Archives, March 17, 1999.

• Remarks by Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, March 8, 1999, at the Dedication Ceremony of the Advanced Chemical Sciences Laboratory (ACSL) Building.

• Remarks by Raymond Kammer, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Quality Education for Minorities/Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Network, Washington, DC, February 26, 1999.

• Remarks by Raymond Kammer, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the SIMnet Launch, Gaithersburg, MD, December 4, 1998.

• Remarks by Robert Hebner, Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the SIMnet Launch, Gaithersburg, MD, December 4, 1998.

• Remarks by Robert Hebner, Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Symposium on Enabling Technologies for Law Enforcement, The International Society for Optical Engineering, Boston, MA, November 5, 1998.

• Remarks by Robert Hebner, Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the 25th BCR Anniversary Conference, Brussels, November 3, 1998, entitled, "Research and Technological Development on Standards, Measurements and Testing in the U.S.A.".

• Prepared Opening Remarks by Raymond Kammer, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Electronic Book Conference, October 8, 1998.

• Remarks by Commerce Deputy Secretary Robert L. Mallett, at the 21st Information Systems Security Conference, Crystal City, VA, October 5, 1998.

• Prepared Remarks by Raymond Kammer, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association, Washington, DC, October 2, 1998.

• Prepared Remarks by Robert E. Hebner, Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the Fall 1998 Public Lecture Series: Technology Standards and Standardization Processes, Stanford University, September 24, 1998, entitled, "Standards and Trade -- Who Really Cares?"

• Remarks by Commerce Deputy Secretary Robert L. Mallett, at the ANSI/NIST Standards Summit, Washington, DC, September 23, 1998.

• Remarks by Dr. Robert Hebner, Acting Deputy Director, NIST, at the Federal Technical Standards Workshop, Washington, DC, August 4, 1998.

• Remarks by Mr. Raymond G. Kammer, Director, NIST, at the National Conference of Standards Laboratories 1998 Workshop and Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, July 20, 1998, entitled, "Towards a Better Measurement System: Opportunities and Challenges for NIST and the U.S. Metrology Community."

• Remarks by Dr. Robert Hebner, Acting Deputy Director, NIST, at the Ninth Air Force Worldwide Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory Workshop, Granville, OH, June 29, 1998, entitled, "The Future of Commercial and Military Measurements, Calibrations, and Standards."

• Remarks by Mr. Raymond G. Kammer, Director, NIST, at the 1998 NEMI Roadmap Workshop, Chicago, IL, June 23, 1998, entitled, "A New, "New Paradigm" for Government-Industry Cooperation?"

• Remarks by Robert Mallett, Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce, at the ASME-Industry Standards Summitt, Washington, DC, April 15, 1998.

• Opening remarks by Mr. Raymond G. Kammer, Director, NIST, at the 1998 International Conference on Characterization and Metrology for ULSI Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, March 23, 1998, entitled, "NIST and the Semiconductor Industry: A Four- Decade Partnership Focuses on the Future"

• Remarks by Mr. Raymond G. Kammer, Director, NIST, at the American National Standards Institute Board Meeting, West Conshohocken, PA, March 18, 1998.

• Remarks by Dr. Robert Hebner, Acting Deputy Director, NIST, at the APEC R&D Leaders Forum in Taipei, Taiwan, March 12, 1998, entitled, "Industrial Innovation in the United States: The Complementary Role of the Federal Government".

• Remarks by Dr. Robert Hebner, Acting Deputy Director, NIST, at the APEC Workshop on Access and Diffusion of Technical Research and Development Information to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Taipei, Taiwan, March 11, 1998, entitled, "The NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Improving the Technological Capability, Productivity and Competitiveness of Smaller Manufacturers".

• Statement by Mr. Raymond G. Kammer, Director, NIST, before the House Committee on Science Subcommittee on Technology, February 26, 1998: A Review of the FY 1999 Administration Request for the Technology Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Robert Hebner, Acting Director, NIST, at the Photonic Center Inaugural Symposium, Boston, MA, October 23, 1997.

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Robert Hebner, Acting Director, NIST, at the Optical Society of America Fall Executive Forum, Washington, DC, September 29, 1997.

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Richard H.F. Jackson, Director, Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, NIST, at the Fall Meeting of the Council on Engineering and Technology, Manufacturers Alliance, Gaithersburg, MD, September 18, 1997.

• Prepared Remarks by Dr. Robert Hebner, Acting Director, NIST, at the National Conference on Weights and Measures, Chicago, IL, July 22, 1997.

• Opening Remarks by Dr. Robert Hebner, Acting Director, NIST, at the 4th Annual National Technology Conference, April 16, 1997.

• Remarks by Dr. Robert Hebner, Acting Director, NIST, at the International Symposium on the Year 2000, June 9, 1997.

• Remarks by Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director, NIST, on the Information Revolution: Software's Critical Connection presented at the National Software Summit Conference, Washington, DC, November 3, 1995.

• Remarks by Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director, NIST, on the National Information Infrastructure: A Revolution for the Millennium presented at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, October 4, 1995.

• Remarks by Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director, NIST, on the Role of Technology in the Global Marketplace presented at the Trade and Technology Seminar Series, University of Maryland, March 7, 1995.

• Remarks by Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director, NIST, to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) on the Administration's activities in the National Information Infrasturcture (NII), June 26, 1994.

Essays

• Essay by Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director, NIST, entitled, Making the R&D Connection: A Perspective on the University Role, prepared for the AAAS Next Wave Forum, June 1996

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