Business conducted during the closed session is included in outline form only.
Complete minutes including details of the closed session have been distributed to Consortium members. A revised BRP program announcement was issued in the NIH Guide on November 30, 1999. The number and topics of the notices of intent received to date were summarized. The Nanotechnology SBIR program announcement was issued in the NIH Guide on December 1, 1999. Current efforts are aimed at contacting and obtaining commitments from plenary speakers and workshop moderators, completing advertising posters and mailout information, developing lists and contacts of potential commercial exhibitors, and completing the final symposium Web site.