June 6-7, 2005

June 6-7, 2005

Topics: News from BES; Report ofthe Committee of Visitors for the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; News from the Office of Science; Report from the BES Solar Workshop; Perspective on Science Funding and Budgeting from the Office of Management and Budget; Update from the Nanoscale Science Centers; Final Report of the BESAC Subcommittee on Theory and Computation; Follow-on Discussion of BESAC Workshop on Grand Challenges.

1) News from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences Patricia Dehmer, BES ppt
2) Report of the Committee of Visitors for the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division Gordon Brown, Stanford University ppt
3) News from the Office of Science Raymond Orbach, SC ppt
4) Report from the BES Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Effective Solar Energy Utilization Nathan Lewis, Cal Tech ppt
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5)Perspective on Science Funding and Budgeting from the Office of Management and Budget Joel Parriot, OMB ppt
6) Update from the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) Robert Hwang, BNL ppt
7) Update from The Molecular Foundry Paul Alivisatos, LBNL ppt
8) Update from the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) Julia Philips, SNL Toni Taylor, LANL ppt
9) Update from the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) Derrick Mancini, ANL ppt
10) Update from the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) Linda Horton, ORNL ppt
11) BES Reflections on the BESAC Report on Theory and Computation Richard Hilderbrandt and Harriet Kung, BES ppt
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