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2008 SUMMER POLICY COLLOQUIUM
Preliminary Agenda

Washington Court Hotel
525 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

NOTE:           ALL SESSIONS ARE IN THE MONTPELIER ROOM
                        ALL BREAKFASTS AND LUNCHES ARE IN THE
                        MADISON ROOM. CHECK SCHEDULE FOR LOCATION OF
                        EVENING EVENTS
                                                           

 

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

5:30 pm-7:00 pm         Cocktail Buffet Reception (Atrium)
7:00 pm-9:00 pm         Welcome/Introductions/Colloquium Overview

Walter F. Dabberdt , President, AMS

Keith Seitter, Executive Director, AMS

Bill Hooke, Director, AMS Policy Program

MONDAY, JUNE 2

7:30 am-8:00 am         Continental Breakfast

8:00 am-10:00 am       Policy Fundamentals

Policy Overview

Toby Smith, Senior Federal Relations Officer, Association of American Universities

10:00 am-10:30 am     Break

10:30 am-11:45 pm     Policy Fundamentals (Continued)
                                     2. The Federal Budget Process

Kei Koizumi, Director, R&D Budget and Policy Program, AAAS

11:45 pm-12:30 pm     Lunch

12:30 pm                     leave for Russell Senate Office Building Room SR253
           
1:00 pm-4:30 pm         Capitol Hill Visit  (Senate)

1:00 pm-1:45 pm              

Scott Gudes, Chief of Staff, Senate Committee  on the Budget

2:00-3:00

Paul Higgins, Senior Policy Fellow, AMS

3:00 pm-3:15 pm         Break

3:15 pm-4:00 pm                    

Jonathan Black, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
 

4:00 pm                        return to Washington Court (depending upon the weather, may
                                     stop for a group photograph)                      

TUESDAY, JUNE 3

7:30 am-8:15 am         Continental Breakfast

8:15 am-9:45 am         Policy Fundamentals

3.  The White House

Sarah Horrigan, Office of Management and Budget

9:45 am-10:00 am       Break

10:00 am-11:00 am     Scientists and Ethics

David Verardo, National Science Foundation

11:00 am-12:00 pm     3. The White House continued

Gene Whitney, Assistant Director, Environment, OSTP

12:00 pm-1:15 pm       Lunch

1:30 pm                       leave for House of Representatives, Rayburn 2325

2:00 pm-3:00 pm         Capitol Hill visit (House Science Committee)
                                                Chuck Atkins, Chief of Majority Staff, House Science
                                                    Committee
                                                 Janet Poppleton, Chief of Staff (minority)
                                                               House Committee on Science and Technology
                                   
House of Representatives continued (move to Rayburn 2322)

3:00 pm-4:30 pm         Congressional Science Fellows
                                                 James Bradbury, AMS-UCAR Congressional Science
                                                          Fellow, on staff for Congressman Jay Inslee
                                                          (D-WA)
                                                 Allyson Anderson, AGI Congressional Science fellow,
                                                          Environment and Natural Resources
                                                 Jonna Hamilton, on staff for Senator Richard Durbin, 
                                                          (D-IL)
                                   
4:30 pm                          return to Washington Court (may stop for group photo on the
                                       return)

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4

 

7:30 am-8:00 am         Continental Breakfast

8:00 am-9:30 am         Case Study 1. ????????????????????

9:30 am-10:00 am       Break

10:00 am-11:30 am     Case Study 1. ?????????????????????????? (continued)

 

 

12:00 pm-1:00 pm       Lunch

1:00 pm-2:00 pm         Participant Group Exercise
                                                   Introduction
Michael MacCracken

2:00 pm-3:15 pm         Participant Group Exercise (Continued) Initial Discussions

3:15 pm-3:30 pm        Break

3:30 pm-6:00 pm         Participant Group Exercise (Continued)  Preparation                             

6:30 pm-8:30 pm         Dinner - followed by special presentation (Springwood)

THURSDAY, JUNE 5

7:30 am-8:00 am         Continental Breakfast

8:00 am-10:00 am       ??????????????????????????? 

10:00 am-10:30 am     Break

10:30 am-12:00 pm     ?????????????????????????????/

12:00 pm-1:00 pm       Lunch

 

1:00 pm-3:30 pm         ?????????????????????????????

3:30 pm-3:45 pm         Break

3:45 pm-5:00 pm         ?????????????????????????

FRIDAY, JUNE 6

 

7:30 am-8:00 am         Continental Breakfast

8:00 am-9:20 am         Participant exercise (small groups continued)
                     
9:20 am-12:00 pm       ?????????????????

9:20 am-10:40 am      

10:40 am-11:00 am     Break

11:00 am-12:20 pm     Participant exercise (small groups continued)

12:30 pm-1:30 pm       Lunch

1:30 pm-3:00 pm         Participant Exercise (second session).                          
                                                                                                           
3:00 pm-3:20 pm         Break

3:20 pm-5:20 pm         Participant Exercise (second session continued).

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

8:30 am                       Shuttle Pick-up at Washington Court
           
9:00 am-10:45 am       Brunch at the Hookes’ Home

11:00 am-2:00 pm       Tour of Mount Vernon
                                    (Driving directions for those not going on the bus will be made
                                     available)

3:00 pm                       Shuttle Returns to Washington Court

 

 

SATURDAY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON

FREE TIME FOR WASHINGTON-AREA ACTIVITIES

 

 

SUNDAY, JUNE 8

5:30 pm-7:00 pm         Cocktail Buffet Reception (Atrium)
7:00 pm-8:30 pm        

Speaker: ?????????????????????????                                                

MONDAY, JUNE 9

7:30 am-8:00 am         Continental Breakfast

8:00 am-9:30 am         Case Study 2

9:30 am-10:00 am       Break

10:00 am-12:30 pm     Case Study 2 continued 

12:30 pm-1:30 pm       Lunch

1:30 pm-3:30 pm         Mock Climate Bill Voting Exercise ???????

Paul Higgins, Senior Policy Fellow, AMS

3:30 pm-4:00 pm        Break

4:00 pm-5:30 pm         Mock Climate Bill Voting Exercise (continued)

TUESDAY,  JUNE 10

7:30 am-8:30 am         Breakfast

8:30 am-9:30 am         Where Are They Now? An encounter with Summer Policy
                                    Colloquium Alumni  working in “non-standard” jobs

9:30 am-10:00 am       Break

10:15-12:00 pm
                                    ??????????????????????????                             
                                        
12:00 pm-1:00 pm       Lunch

1:00 pm-4:00 pm         Participant Feedback Session, Final Logistics; Concluding Remarks, Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

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