ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (AAAC), Sept 26-27, 2022, virtual, 11:00 am-5:00 pm ET

Update, September 24: Although the Federal Register notice says the meeting is 10:00 am- 4:00 pm, the agenda says 11:00 am to 5:00 pm ET. The event’s website also calls this a teleconference, not a hybrid meeting.

The new head of NASA’s Astrophysics Division, Mark Clampin, who succeeded Paul Hertz, is scheduled for September 26 at 1:15 pm ET. Eric Smith will provide an update on the James Webb Space Telescope on September 27 at 11:00 am ET.

Original Entry: The NSF-NASA-DOE Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee will meet September 26-27, 2022 at NSF Headquarters in Alexandria, VA and via Zoom. The meeting is 10:00 am – 4:00 pm ET each day.

More information is in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below:

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub., L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the 
following meeting:

    Name and Committee Code: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory 
Committee (#13883) (Virtual)
    Date and Time: September 26, 2022; 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., September 
27, 2022, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
    Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, VA 22314/Zoom Videoconference.
    Attendance information for the meeting will be forthcoming on the 
AAAC website: https://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/aaac.jsp.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Dr. Martin Still, Program Director, Division of 
Astronomical Sciences, Suite W 9188, National Science Foundation, 2415 
Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; Telephone: 703-292-4290.
    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the 
National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues 
within the field of astronomy and astrophysics that are of mutual 
interest and concern to the agencies.
    Agenda: To hear presentations of current programming by 
representatives from NSF, NASA, DOE and other agencies relevant to 
astronomy and astrophysics; to discuss current and potential areas of 
cooperation between the agencies; to formulate recommendations for 
continued and new areas of cooperation and mechanisms for achieving 
them.