Seventh Biennial AAS Astronomy Chairs Meeting

Saturday 6 November, 2010

Chicago O'Hare Hilton

2010 Meeting Program and Agenda Items - Chair: John Hawley

The final agenda for the meeting is:

• Friday 5 November Evening Session in Athens/Berlin room
  From 7 PM (or whenever you arrive) until whenever

  Informal discussion on 'Astro 101'.
  Possible topics: maintaining enrollments and quality in service science education, pedagogical strategies, best practices. What works, what doesn't.

• Saturday 6 November in Rome/Sydney room
  • 8:00 - bagels, coffee, juice
  • 8:30 - Start, brief introductions
  • 8:40 - Round table discussion - topics:
    
    • NRC Rankings
    • Challenges in Budgets
    • Challenges in Computing
    • Other issues
  • 10:45 - brief break
  • 11:00 - Decadal Survey and the NSF perspective
    Jim Ulvestad, Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences, NSF
    "The NSF Astronomical Division, future prospects, Decadal survey"
  • Noon - Lunch
  • 1:00 - Kevin Marvel: "News from the AAS"
  • 1:30 - Dail Frail, NRAO: "The future with EVLA and ALMA"
  • 2:30 - Short Break
  • 3:00 - General Discussion
  • 4:00 - Wrap up, final comments

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