Welcome Remarks

Shirley Ann Jackson, Co-Chair, PITAC
Eric Schmidt, Co-Chair, PITAC
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Obama Administration Perspective: Aneesh Chopra/Thomas Kalil

Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer, and Associate Director, Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Executive Office of the President
Thomas Kalil, Deputy Director for Policy, OSTP and Senior Advisor for Science, Technology and Innovation, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President
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Introductions: How would you respond to the workshop question?

• What are the new bio/nano/info technologies with which you are involved that will change the world in the next 10 years? What are the unique opportunities at the intersections of these fields?
• Where is the basic research taking us? What knowledge gaps remain?
• What are the impediments to commercialization and broad use of these technologies?
• What infrastructure is required to properly test, prototype, scale, and manufacture breakthrough technologies?
• Where should the Federal government invest and focus its resources? What Federal policies or programs relating to these technologies are in need of review? Are new programs or policies needed in light of recent and anticipated advances in these fields?
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Public Comments

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Afternoon Session

Discussion of Responses to Workshop Questions
Final Thoughts
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