Agenda

Tuesday, March 25th     1:00 pm Welcome & introductions 2:00 pm Discussion of NSF TeraGrid program    Steve Meacham, NSF, Office of Cyberinfrastructure To review all formal position papers received go to: http://teragridfuture.org To comment – register for an account 5:00 pm Adjourn 6:30pm Dinner – Acadiana restaurant     901 New York Ave, NW Bayou Room Washington, DC 202-222-0987   Wednesday, March 26th     8:00 am Breakfast 8:30 am Welcome   Craig Stewart, CASC Chair 9:00 am Discussion of NIST programs and research activities   Cita Furlani, Director, Information Technology Lab 10:00 pm Break 10:30 am National Academy of Sciences report “Advanced Research Instrumentation & Facilities”   Richard Bissell, Executive Director, Policy & Global Affairs National Research Council   11:30 am CASC Business Meeting   Finances/Membership report – Dick Pritchard, Secy/Treasurer CASC – 20th Anniversary 2009 – Jim Pepin, Clemson Brochure – cover competition – Tom Furlani, University@Buffalo 12:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm   Discussion - NIH, CSTC and other programs   Brian Athey, University of Michigan 1:30pm CASC Business Mtg cont.   Website – review, renew – Jess Cannata, Georgetown University Review of By-Laws – Vijay Agrawala, PSU 2:30pm Discussion of Department of Energy, FY ’08 budget & beyond   Fred Johnson, Acting Director, Computational Science Research & Partnerships 3:30pm Opportunities & Challenges of Multi-Scale Computational Engineering   Douglass E.Post, Chief Scientist & CREATE Program Manager DOD High Performance Computing Modernization Program 4:30pm CASC Business Meeting, Continued   OSC Software Initiative – Stan Ahalt, Vice Chair, OSC Federal Relations report – Sue Fratkin, Washington Liaison   Future Meetings   Summer  – ???? consider Boston, August 27-28, 2008? Program to include: Discussion of NAS report on “Toward Better Understanding the Potential Impact of High End Computing on Science and Technology” Scott Weidman, staff SC’08 – Luncheon Tuesday, Nov. 18th Shoreline Grill - Austin Texas  6:30 pm Dinner   Old Ebbitt Grill 675 15th Street, NW., Atrium Washington, DC 202–347-4801   Thursday, March 27th   8:00 am Breakfast 9:00 am Discussion of Federal Networking Council report   Administration plan for “Trusted Internet Connections” program Chris Greer, Director, National Coordination Office Grant Miller,National Coordination Office 10:00 am Discussion of proposals for reauthorization of the NITRD legislation   Jim Wilson, Staff, House Science Committee, Subcommittee on Research & Education   House Science Committee, Subcommittee on Technology & Innovation   Michael Quear, Staff , subcommittee 11:00 am Discussion of Security Issues in Networking and Computing   Rodney Petersen, Coordinator of EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and NetworkSecurity Task Force 12:00 pm Lunch

 

Location:

1201 New York Ave., NW  - 4th floor conference center

Hotel:

Morrison Clark Inn
1015 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Main # - 202 898-1200
Fax # - 202-371-0377

Rate is $199 a night
Room block starts on Monday night, March 24th and goes through Thursday night, March 27.
CASC meeting is Tuesday afternoon through Thursday morning.

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