[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 70781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29432]


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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: December 5, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Bechtel Engineering Center, 
Sibley Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 
94708.
    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 a regional meeting at the University of 
California, Berkeley from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on December 5, 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 
Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (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 at http://ampsf.org. For questions regarding the facility and 
location-focused questions, please send an email to [email protected].
    Please note that public seating for this meeting is limited and is 
available on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional regional 
meetings are scheduled in Cambridge, Massachusetts (November 28), and 
Ann Arbor, Michigan (December 12).
    More information about AMP is available at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast/amp and www.eere.energy.gov/amp. Questions about AMP should 
be directed to [email protected]. For those who would like to get involved 
in AMP, but are unable to attend the regional meetings, you may visit 
the section entitled ``Get Involved'' at http://www.eere.energy.gov/amp.

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, 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 Accommodations: Individuals requiring special accommodation 
to access this public meeting should email [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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