The first meeting of the committee was held February 26-27, 2014 at the National Academy of Sciences Building (2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037).

Public Agenda

February 26, 2014 – CLOSED SESSION (Committee and NRC staff only)

February 27, 2014 – (Room 250)

9:00 a.m. – Welcome and introductions
9:15 a.m. –  Discussion of the Statement of Task and the Intent of the Sponsor
10:45 a.m. – Break
11:00 a.m. – Panel Discussion of the Statement of Task
11:45 a.m. – Summary of discussion
12:30 p.m. – Open Session Adjourns

Presentations

• Friedrich Srienc, National Science Foundation – Statement of Tasks and Intent of Sponsor
• Joseph Graber, US Department of Energy – DOE: Biological and Environmental Research
• Alicia Jackson, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – DARPA
• Barbara Gerratana – Engineering Biology for Biomedical Research

For more information, please visit the National Academies current projects system.