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# NCSTAC Meeting, Nov. 2011, Agenda and Presentations

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## Monday, November 7, 2011

****AGENDA and PRESENTATIONS****

8:30 – 9:00 am Review Meeting Goals, Agenda **Jeremy Isenberg**, Senior Principal, AECOM NCSTAC Chairperson 9:00 – 9:15 am Ethics Briefing **Jeffrey Harrington**, Senior Counsel, Ethics Law and Programs Division, U.S. Department of Commerce 9:15 – 9:30 am Welcome and Opening Remarks **Patrick Gallagher**, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, and NIST Director 9:30– 10:30 am Disaster and Failure Studies Program Overview**Shyam Sunder**, Director, Engineering Laboratory, NIST 10:30 – 10:45 am BREAK 10:45 – 11:45 am Disaster and Failure Events Data Repository**Eric Letvin**, Director, Disaster and Failure Studies Program, Engineering Laboratory, NIST 11:45 am – 12:45 pm LUNCH (NIST Cafeteria, Administration Building) 12:45 - 2:15 pm Current NCST Study: Joplin Tornado**Marc Levitan**, Study Team Leader, Lead, National Windstorm ImpactReduction Program (NWIRP) R&D, Engineering Laboratory, NIST Tornado Hazard Characteristics **Frank Lombardo**, NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, NWIRP, Engineering Laboratory, NIST Emergency Communications and Public Response **Erica Kuligowski**, Fire Protection Engineer, Fire Research Division, Engineering Laboratory, NIST Performance of Buildings, Designated Safe Areas, and Lifelines **Long Phan**, Research Structural Engineer, NWIRP, Engineering Laboratory, NIST 2:15 – 2:45 pm Disaster and Failure Studies: Recent Non-NCST Studies (Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire, Amarillo Wildland-Urban Interface Fire, Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility Collapse, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction (NEHRP) Related Studies) **Shyam Sunder**, Director, Engineering Laboratory, NIST 2:45 – 3:00 pm BREAK 3:00 – 4:30 pm NCST Member Discussion, Questions, and Identification of Topics for Next Meeting **Jeremy Isenberg**, Senior Principal, AECOM NCSTAC Chairperson 4:30 – 5:00 pm Public Input Period **Jeremy Isenberg**, Senior Principal, AECOM NCSTAC Chairperson 5:00pm ADJOURN

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