Government Official Date Topic Meeting Robin Staffin, DOD’s Quantum information Prof’s Dirk Englund, Peter Shor, Director of Basic and computing, Edward Farhi and Terry Orlando Research + key staff from Neuroscience and re: Quantum; Prof’s James DiCarlo, his office Synthetic Biology Li-Huei Tsai, Kay Tye, Matthew Wilson, and John Gabrieli re: Brain and Cognitive Science and in the Center for Synthetic Biology with Prof’s Ron Weiss and Domitilla Del Vecchio. These fields are focus areas for the Department’s basic research. Frank Kendall, Semiconductor They met with Provost Martin Undersecretary of technology, Schmidt and Prof. Duane Boning on Defense for AT&L and a biofabrication & semiconductor technology issues, team of seven from synthetic biology and with Prof's. Angela Belcher and DOD's Office of the cybersecurity. Chris Voight on biofabrication and Secretary, including synthetic biology issues, and with Deputy Assistant CSAIL's Director Daniela Rus, Secretaries Kristen Principal Research Scientist Baldwin, Andre Gudger, Howard Shrobe, Prof. Polina Ron Jost and David Golland, and on cybersecurity Walker issues. Representative Lamar Nanomaterials for Vladimir Bulovic, Smith (R-TX), Chairman lighting, displays, solar of the House Committee cells, the MIT on Science, Space & Innovation Initiative Technology and the new MIT Nano Kerry Emanuel Lab; Dennis Whyte, Jacopo Buongiorno Hurricanes and the & Nuclear Science and Engineering physics of the Graduate Student Kevin Woller atmosphere; The future of fusion Sarah Seager and fission; Tour of the Transitioning Exoplanet Survey Satellite Lab 12 Senior Congressional 9/2/15 Bio/Pharma at the Welcome by Maria Zuber. Briefings staff from a range of Koch Institute by Ann Deconinck, Executive committees, hosted by Director of Koch, and Professors the Washington think Philip Sharp, Paula Hammond, and tank ITIF Angela Belcher; Brain & Cognitive Jim DiCarlo & Professors Guoping
Government Official Date Topic Meeting Robin Staffin, DOD’s Director of Basic Research + key staff from his office Quantum information and computing, Neuroscience and Synthetic Biology Prof’s Dirk Englund, Peter Shor, Edward Farhi and Terry Orlando re: Quantum; Prof’s James DiCarlo, Li-Huei Tsai, Kay Tye, Matthew Wilson, and John Gabrieli re: Brain and Cognitive Science and in the Center for Synthetic Biology with Prof’s Ron Weiss and Domitilla Del Vecchio. These fields are focus areas for the Department’s basic research. Frank Kendall, Undersecretary of Defense for AT&L and a team of seven from DOD's Office of the Secretary, including Deputy Assistant Secretaries Kristen Baldwin, Andre Gudger, Ron Jost and David Walker Semiconductor technology, biofabrication & synthetic biology and cybersecurity. They met with Provost Martin Schmidt and Prof. Duane Boning on semiconductor technology issues, with Prof's. Angela Belcher and Chris Voight on biofabrication and synthetic biology issues, and with CSAIL's Director Daniela Rus, Principal Research Scientist Howard Shrobe, Prof. Polina Golland, and on cybersecurity issues. Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology Nanomaterials for lighting, displays, solar cells, the MIT Innovation Initiative and the new MIT Nano Lab; Hurricanes and the physics of the atmosphere; The future of fusion and fission; Tour of the Transitioning Exoplanet Survey Satellite Lab Vladimir Bulovic, Kerry Emanuel Dennis Whyte, Jacopo Buongiorno & Nuclear Science and Engineering Graduate Student Kevin Woller Sarah Seager 12 Senior Congressional staff from a range of committees, hosted by the Washington think tank ITIF 9/2/15 Bio/Pharma at the Koch Institute Brain & Cognitive Welcome by Maria Zuber. Briefings by Ann Deconinck, Executive Director of Koch, and Professors Philip Sharp, Paula Hammond, and Angela Belcher; Jim DiCarlo & Professors Guoping