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INTERAGENCY ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS ADVISORY CMTE (AAAC), Jan 26-27, 2021, virtual

The NSF-NASA-DOE Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC) will meet virtually on January 26-27, 2021.

The meeting on January 26 is 9:00 am – 5:00 pm ET and on January 27 is 9:00 am – 12:00 pm ET.

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

Instructions for how to listen to the meeting will be posted later on the committee’s website: https://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/aaac.jsp.

 

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).

DATE AND TIME: January 26, 2021; 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., January 27, 2021; 
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

PLACE: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 
VA 22314 (via Zoom).
    Attendance information for the meeting will be forthcoming on the 
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. Discuss the 
Committee's draft annual report due 15 March 2021.

    Dated: October 29, 2020.

Details

Start:
January 26, 2021 @ 7:00 am
End:
January 27, 2021 @ 11:00 pm