[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30829-30830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13872]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee; Notice of 
Partially Closed Meeting

    The Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC) 
will meet on July 20 and 21, 2017, 8:30 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time), 
at the University of California, Berkeley, Toll Room, Alumni Hall, 
Berkeley, CA 94720. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Export Administration on emerging technology and research 
activities, including those related to deemed exports.

Agenda

Thursday, July 20

Closed Session

Friday, July 21

Open Session
    1. Welcome Remarks & Update of ETRAC activities.
     Status of Industry Sectors being reviewed by the ETRAC: 
Electronics & Graphene Circuits, Graphene metamaterials, Robotics and 
Big Data, Optoelectronics & Photonics, Additive Manufacturing, Advanced 
materials, Autonomous Technology, and Hypersonics.
    2. Export Control Issues and Research Being Conducted at the 
University of California-Berkeley.
    3. Update on Export Control Issues.
    4. Presentation by Jeff Welser, Vice President-IBM & Director of 
the Almaden Research Laboratory, San Jose, CA.
     Current research on: Cognitive Computing, Quantum 
Computing, Nanobiotechnology, Carbon nanotubes, Computational materials 
science, Amorphous semiconductors, and Atomic storage.
    5. Comments from the Public.
    6. Review of current emerging technology issues.
     Report on Tech Connect Conference and U.S.-European 
Scientific Research Collaboration Matchmaking event.
    Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the provisions 
relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C., App. 2, 10(a)(1) and 
10(a)(3).
    The open sessions will be accessible via teleconference to 25 
participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the 
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
[email protected] no later than, July 13, 2017.
    A limited number of seats will be available for the public session.

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Reservations are not accepted. To the extent that time permits, members 
of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public 
may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting. 
However, to facilitate the distribution of public presentation 
materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests that 
presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the 
meeting to Ms. Springer via email.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on February 
22, 2017, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, that the portion of the meeting dealing with matters 
of which would be likely to frustrate significant implementation of a 
proposed agency action as described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be 
exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 
U.S.C., App. 2, 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the 
meeting will be open to the public.
    For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202) 482-2813.

Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-13872 Filed 6-30-17; 8:45 am]
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