[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 189 (Thursday, September 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60564-60565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25000]


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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY


President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Notice 
of Meeting: Open Regional Meeting of the President's Council of 
Advisors on Science and Technology, Working Group on Advanced 
Manufacturing

ACTION: Public Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for an 
open regional meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science 
and Technology (PCAST), Working Group on Advanced Manufacturing, and 
describes the functions of the Council and its Working Group.

DATES: October 14, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Georgia Tech Hotel and 
Conference Center, 800 Spring Street, NW., Atlanta, GA 30308.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The President's Council of Advisors 
on Science and Technology (PCAST), Working Group on Advanced 
Manufacturing will hold its first regional meeting at the Georgia 
Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 
October 14, 2011.
    Advanced manufacturing will provide the basis for high-quality jobs 
for Americans and sustain U.S. competitiveness in the 21st century. To 
ensure that the United States attracts manufacturing activity and 
remains a leader in knowledge production, PCAST recommended in its June 
2011 ``Report to the President on Ensuring American Leadership in 
Advanced Manufacturing'' that the Federal government create a fertile 
environment for innovation and make investments to ensure that new 
technologies and design methodologies are developed in the United 
States, and that technology-based enterprises have the infrastructure 
to flourish here.
    On the basis of that report, President Obama established PCAST's 
AMP Steering Committee to provide additional advice to the government 
on how to catalyze investment in and deployment of emerging 
technologies with the potential to transform U.S. manufacturing. In 
addition, the AMP Steering Committee is to identify the collaborative 
approaches needed to realize these opportunities. During this regional 
meeting, members of the public will have an opportunity to provide 
their thoughts on:
     Technology development.
     Education and workforce development.
     Facility and infrastructure sharing.
     Policies that could create a fertile innovation 
environment.
    Please note that because PCAST operates under the provisions of 
FACA, all public comments and/or presentations will be treated as 
public documents and will be made available for public inspection, 
including being posted on the PCAST Web site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information regarding the meeting 
agenda, time, location, and how to register for the meeting is 
available on the PCAST Web site at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast/amp. Questions about the meeting agenda should be directed to 
[email protected]. For questions regarding the facility and location-focused 
questions, please contact those listed at http://advancedmanufacturing.gatech.edu/contact. Please note that public 
seating for this meeting is limited and is available on a first-come, 
first-served basis.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Council of Advisors on 
Science and Technology (PCAST) is an advisory group of the nation's 
leading scientists and engineers, appointed by the President to augment 
the science and technology advice available to him from inside the 
White House and from cabinet departments and other Federal agencies. 
See the Executive Order at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. PCAST 
is consulted about and provides analyses and recommendations concerning 
a wide range of issues where understandings from the domains of 
science, technology, and innovation may bear on the policy choices 
before the President. PCAST is administered by the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy (OSTP). PCAST is co-chaired by Dr. John P. 
Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology,

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and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office 
of the President, The White House; and Dr. Eric S. Lander, President, 
Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 
Harvard.
    Meeting Accomodations: Individuals requiring special accommodation 
to access this public meeting should e-mail [email protected] at least ten 
business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can 
be made.

Ted Wackler,
Deputy Chief of Staff.
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