PCAST Past Meetings

President Barack Obama attends the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) meeting in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, March 12, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) March 12, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

April 16, 2012, PCAST conference call to discuss Advanced Manufacturing Partnership report and Advancing Innovation in Drug Development and Evaluation report.

• Federal Register Notice
• Federal Register Notice Correction
• Listen to the call

March 9, 2012, Washington, DC.

• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice
• Webcast
• Presentation
  • Richard Suttmeier (pdf)

January 6, 2012, Washington, DC

• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice
• Webcast
• Minutes (pdf)

Decemer 12, 2011, PCAST Conference Call on STEM Education Report

On Monday, December 12, 2011, PCAST held a conference call is to discuss its report on undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

• Click here to listen to audio of the call
• Minutes (pdf)

November 2, 2011, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentations
  • Sally Tinkle (pdf)
  • David Liddle (pdf)
  • Mihail Roco (pdf)
  • Carlos Pena (pdf)

September 16, 2011, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentations
  • Joel Kupersmith (pdf)
  • Kathryn Sullivan (pdf)

July 15, 2011, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)

May 19, 2011, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Presentations
  • Charles Bolden (pdf)
  • Helen Quinn (pdf)
  • Advanced Manufacturing (pdf)

March 8, 2011, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentation
  • Nicole Lurie (pdf)
  • Katherine Wallman (pdf)
  • PCAST Update: Biodiversity Preservation and Ecosystem Sustainability (pdf)

January 7, 2011, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentations
  • Philip Coyle (pdf)
  • James Wagner (pdf)
  • Subra Suresh (pdf)
  • Catherine Woteki (pdf)

November 4, 2010, Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentations
  • Charles M. Vest (pdf)
  • C. D. Mote (pdf)
  • Freeman Hrabowski (pdf)
  • Al Shaffer (pdf)
  • Michael Gregg (pdf)

September 2, 2010, Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentations
  • Jeannette Wing (pdf)
  • PCAST Energy (pdf)

July 16, 2010, Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentations
  • Elias Zerhouni (pdf)
  • PITAC (pdf)
  • Bruce Alberts (pdf)
  • Patrick Gallagher (pdf)

 June 22, 2010, President’s Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) Meeting, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)

May 21, 2010, Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentations
  • Jane Lubchenco (pdf)
  • PCAST Report on Influenza Vaccinology (pdf)
  • Arun Majumdar (pdf)

March 12, 2010, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentations
  • National Nanotechnology Initiative Review: Assessment and Recommendations (pdf)
  • Steven C. Beering and Louis J. Lanzerotti (pdf)
  • Roger Beachy (pdf)
  • Robert Paarlberg (pdf)

January 7, 2010, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf) 
• Presentations
  • Shere Abbott (pdf)
  • Kristina Johnson (pdf)

October 22-23, 2009, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentations
  • Bruce Alberts (pdf)
  • Angela Baber (pdf)
  • Nina Fedoroff (pdf)
  • Bruce Fuchs (pdf)
  • Linda Katehi (pdf)
  • Cora Marrett (pdf)
  • Bob McGahern (pdf)
  • Phillip Sharp (pdf)
  • Bill Valdez (pdf)
  • Carl Wieman (pdf)
  • Joyce Winterton (pdf)

August 6-7, 2009, Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC

• Webcast
• Agenda (pdf)
• Federal Register Notice (pdf)
• Minutes (pdf)
• Public Comments (pdf)
• Presentations
  • Christine Cassel (pdf)
  • Carolyn Clancy (pdf)
  • Elizabeth Nabel (pdf)