[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 53181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21678]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Notice 
of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 
92-463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces 
the following meeting:

    Name And Committee Code: Advisory Committee for Mathematical and 
Physical Sciences (#66).
    Date and Time:
October 23, 2019; 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
October 24, 2019; 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
    Place: NSF, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 (Open 
Meeting).
    To attend the meeting in person, all visitors must contact the 
Directorate for MPS at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to arrange 
for a visitor's badge. All visitors must access NSF via the Visitor 
Center entry adjacent to the south building entrance on Eisenhower 
Avenue on the day of the meeting to receive a visitor's badge. It is 
suggested that visitors allow time to pass through security screening.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Nad[egrave]ge Aoki, National Science Foundation, 
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room C 9015B, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; 
Telephone: 703/292-4934.
    Summary of Minutes: Minutes and meeting materials will be available 
on the MPS Advisory Committee website at http://www.nsf.gov/mps/advisory.jsp or can be obtained from contact person listed above.
    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, recommendations and counsel 
on major goals and policies pertaining to MPS programs and activities.

Agenda

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

--Call to Order and Official Opening of the Meeting--Anne Kinney, 
Assistant Director, MPS
--FACA and COI Briefing--Tomasz Durakiewicz, MPS
--Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes (2 meetings)--Catherine T. Hunt, 
MPSAC Chair
--UPDATE: MPS--Anne Kinney, Assistant Director, MPS
--AST COV Report Presentation--Roger Brissenden, Harvard-Smithsonian 
Center for Astrophysics
--AST COV Report discussion and vote on acceptance--MPSAC Chair
--DMR COV Report Presentation--Melissa Hines, Cornell University
--DMR COV Report discussion and vote on acceptance--MPSAC Chair
--MPS Broadening Participation Working Group, report and discussion
--Unstructured lunch conversations: Broadening Participation
--DISCUSSION: Broadening Participation--Carol Bessel
--Presentation by Carol Lynn Alpert, Director, Strategic Projects 
Group, Boston Museum of Science ``Broadening Participation: Quantum 
Physics for All''
--Preparation for Meeting with NSF Director and COO
--Meeting and discussion with NSF Director and COO
--Closing remarks and adjourn for the day

Thursday, October 24, 2019

--Call to Order and Official Opening of the 2nd Day--Anne Kinney, 
Assistant Director, MPS
--FACA Briefing--Tomasz Durakiewicz, MPS
--Key Questions from May Meeting of MPS AC--reminder--Anne Kinney, 
Assistant Director, MPS
--DISCUSSION: Key Questions
--SynBio Subcommittee: Reminder, charge, short discussion--Germano 
Iannacchione
--SynBio Subcommittee: Vote--MPSAC Chair
--Magnetic Science and Facilities--Linda Sapochak
--Recap and revisit of the meeting + action items for the next meeting
--Adjourn--Anne Kinney, Assistant Director, MPS

    Dated: October 1, 2019.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-21678 Filed 10-3-19; 8:45 am]
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