Welcome from PCAST Co-Chairs

John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); Co-Chair, PCAST

Eric Lander, Co-Chair, PCAST

OSTP Activities in National Security and International Affairs

Speaker: Philip Coyle, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs, OSTP

National Science Foundation

Speaker: Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Synthetic Biology

James Wagner, Vice- Chair, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

Public Comment

U.S. Department of Agriculture Research and Development Activities

Speakers: Catherine Woteki, Undersecretary, Research Education and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Roger Beachy, Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA