President ' s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Announcedncil of Advisors on Science and Technology Announced

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on October 22, 2019, establishing the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) after more than two-and-a-half years into his administration. The PCAST, first established in 2001, is a presidential advisory council comprised of science and technology leaders from the private sector and academic communities who advise the President on science, technology, and innovation topics critical to the country’s security and economy, as well as public health and welfare. The council is tasked with providing “policy recommendations on strengthening American leadership in science and technology, building the Workforce of the Future, and supporting foundational research and development across the country.” The council will be chaired by Dr. Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Director of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), with Edward McGinnis, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, serving as the PCAST Executive Director. In addition to the chair, PCAST will eventually include 16 members. The White House has announced the names of the first seven, which includes six industry officials and one representative from academia. The academic representative on the panel is Birgitta Whaley, Director of the Quantum Information & Computation Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Panel members selected from i...
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