NOAA OGP Programs

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OHH Initiative Agenda

National Academy of Sciences
500 Fifth Street NW, Washington DC
October 9, 2003

8:00 AM	Breakfast
8:30 AM	Welcome
8:40 AM	Congressional Perspective
9:00 AM	National Research Council Recommendations
9:30 AM	Current Federal Activities: National Science Foundation (NSF) National Institute of Environmental Health (NIEHS) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
10:30 AM	Break
10:45 AM	Chanrge to Morning Breaking Groups - Scientific Priorities for NOAA Program
10:50 AM	Morning Breakout Groups: Marine animals as models for study of human disease Organism-derived pharmaceuticals and biotoxins Marine diseases: infectious and non-infectious Impacts of ocean health on coastal ecosystems and human
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	Reports from Morning Breakout Groups
2:00 PM	Charge to Afternoon Breakout Groups - Definition of NOAA Program Elements
2:05 PM	Afternoon Breakout Groups: Extramural grant program NOAA centers and internal research Relationship to ocean observing and other programs Education, traineeships and distinguished scholars
3:15 PM	Break
3:30 PM	Report from Afternoon Breakout Groups
4:30 PM	Remarks by VADM Conrad Lautenbacher, NOAA Administrator
5:30 PM	Adjourn

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Last Updated November 3, 2004