Agenda

US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

INFORMATION MEETING – NSEC: CENTER FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY

NSF Room 1235, Monday, September 20, 2004

AGENDA

8:30am Refreshments

9:30am – 9:45am Welcome to NSF

Wanda E. Ward, Acting Assistant Director, SBE

John Brighton, Assistant Director, ENG

9:45am – 10:30am Introduction to NNI, NSE and the NSEC-CNS Competition

Michael Roco, NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Rachelle Hollander, NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

10:30am – Noon General Discussion; 3-minute Participant Presentations (One per institution) on their activities relevant to CNS.

Lunch; Informal Discussion and Interactions

1 :00pm – 2:30pm What is a Successful Center?

Brainstorming Session about Research, Outreach and Involvement, Education, International Efforts

2:30pm – 3:30pm Networking Opportunities