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
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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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