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CCST Council Mee-ng
Susan Hackwood CCST Execu-ve Director October 10, 2012
² Sustainability plans underway ² 2012-‐13 S&T Policy Fellows chosen
² Water Ac-on Team
² CEF reports almost complete
² Cell phone report delivered
Summary of CCST Ac-vi-es
² Target: bring CCST budget to $2M/year and provide 5 years addi-onal funding ($1M/year) for S&T Policy Fellows
² Support sought from Board & Council members, Senior Fellows, sustaining ins-tu-ons, individuals, founda-ons, public and private research ins-tu-ons, private sector, professional socie-es, state government
Board review of CCST
² Five placed in Assembly, five in Senate
² Ac-vi-es this year include everything from water issues, DNA tes-ng to hydraulic fracturing
2011-‐2012
Le# to Right: Ben Rubin, Erika Bustamante, Dharia McGrew, Le Ondra Clark, Stephen Francis, Alena Pribyl, MaF Holland, Rebecca Newhouse, Mandy Arens and Larry BaskeF
² Good pool of recruits for 2012-‐13 class
² 10 have accepted (Ph.D.’s from UCD, UCSB, UCI, UCB, Cornell, and Brandeis in fields spanning plant biology to civil engineering and neuroscience)
² Developing alumni program to keep former fellows engaged
² Sustainability plan – fundraising effort underway to con-nue program past 5 years
Year 3
² 73 Assembly Bills
² 37 Senate Bills ² 8 Resolu-ons ² 6 Reports for SOR
² Yr 1 – 71 Assembly Bills, 42 Senate Bills, 18 Resolu-ons
² Yr 2 – 51 Assembly Bills, 23 Senate Bills, 6 Resolu-ons, 3 Reports to SOR
“The Senate’s standing committees and Chairs have uniformly expressed deep
satisfaction with the many contributions of these highly-qualified Fellows to the
policymaking work of the state Senate.” - Darrell Steinberg, President Pro Tempore, California State
Senate, August 2011
Major Successes
Speaker of the Assembly John Pérez recognizing: Mai Holland, Stephen Francis, Dharia McGrew, and Erika Bustamante. Not pictured: Mandy Arens.
Senator Joe Simi-an recognizing: Larry Baskei, Ben Rubin, Alena Pribyl, and Rebecca Newhouse Not pictured: Le Ondra Clark.
² 1 Hired by host office
² 1 Hired by Food Safety Ins-tute, UC Davis
² Now interviewing with: ² A posi-on working on State budget
² Private founda-ons
² Posi-ons within the State Legislature
² Non-‐profit, science-‐related organiza-ons
² Monterey Bay Aquarium
Year 3 Fellows Update
i2i Water Phase II Report Recommenda-ons
² Develop a California Water Future S&T Roadmap – a 10/25/50 year plan – and integrate it with the State’s ongoing long-‐term water planning efforts
² Collaborate with Department of Water Resources as part of the CWP 2013 update to (focused thru the Water Technology Caucus) to iden-fy and expand informa-on associated with statewide and regional needs, opportuni-es, and challenges for developing and implemen-ng new water technologies in California
² Project team:
² Jude Laspa (Chair)
² Bryan Hannegan (EPRI) ² Soroosh Sorooshian (UCI) ² Bob Wilkinson (UCSB)
² David Zoldoske (CSU Fresno)
² Iden-fy technology innova-on and/or systems approaches that can be used in CA, on a statewide, regional, local, or project basis, within the next five to ten years. U-lize a survey tool supplemented by interviews and focus groups to collect input data and map technologies.
² Iden-fy agents responsible for adop-on of recommenda-ons and inform technology planning, ac-ons, pilot projects and investments:
² Federal and State, regional, local governments & agencies ² Tribal groups and Non-‐governmental organiza-ons ² Others
² Make specific recommenda-ons on policy and process changes needed to
incorporate iden-fied innova-ons
i2i Phase III Water Technology Project Goals
² S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Founda-on has provided $173K in funding.
² Project is on second of three phases:
² Phase 1: Scope – Iden-fy innova-ve technology and/or system approaches that can be used to address state priori-es
² Phase 2: Scan – Develop an inventory of innova-ve technology (online database), map technologies by feasibility
² Phase 3: Summarize – Develop key findings
² List of recipient agencies/organiza-ons prepared, online survey instrument being developed
Status
² Over 100 responses received from wide range of experts in water management and technologies, from UC, CSU, federal funded labs, state, local, and federal agencies, other universi-es, and private sector
Online survey
² Web-‐based interac-ve database created for project team
² Preparing for follow up focus groups and individual interviews
Timeframe for overall project adjusted – survey kept acNve through end of
September, DWR schedule pushed back to 2014
California STEM Task Force ² Susan Hackwood co-‐chairing with Herb Brunkhorst
² Exploring status of STEM educa-on in curriculum
² Develop blueprint to provide guidance on ways to include career technical educa-on and newly developed Common Core Standards in K-‐12
² Fall mee-ng on Oct. 9
² Leier of inquiry to Stuart Founda-on, Hewlei Founda-on, S.J. Bechtel Jr. Founda-on
² Funding year coming to a close – main outcomes generated by workshops and symposia
² “Transporta-on Energy Use” –-‐ released
² “Possibili-es, Problems, and Poten-al Envisioned for Nuclear-‐Powered California in 2050” – released
² “Electricity from Renewable Energy and Fossil Fuels with Carbon Capture and Sequestra-on” -‐ released
California’s Energy Future
² “Portraits of Energy Systems for Mee-ng GHG Reduc-on Requirements” –-‐ released
² S-ll to come: Building and Industrial Efficiency, Biofuels
² Next CEF Policy commiiee mee-ng October 12
² Looking at cross-‐cut of policies to support CEF technology goals for 80% emission cuts by 2050
² Groups will look at transporta-on policies; examine pricing policies to support electrifica-on and efficiency
Follow up
² In July 2011 CCST received a leier reques-ng help in evalua-ng cell phone signal blocking technologies that the California Dept. of Correc-ons is proposing to install
² Cell phones possessed by inmates pose a serious threat to safety and security in prisons. In 2011, nearly 15,000 cell phones were confiscated.
² CCST asked to undertake independent, scien-fic evalua-on to inform both policymakers and the public about the managed access technologies being considered
Contraband cell phones in prisons
Project Team Chair • Charles Harper, Execu-ve Chairman,
Semtech (CCST Board Member)
Team Par-cipants • Patrick Diamond, Re-red Senior
Director of Systems Engineering Advanced Communica-ons & Sensing, Semtech Corp
• Patrick Mantey, UC Center for Informa-on Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
• David Goldstein, Draper Labs
NASA Technical Advisors • Pete Worden, Director of NASA Ames
Research Center (CCST Council Member)
• Deb Feng, Deputy Center Director (ac-ng)
• James Williams, IT Director and ARC Chief Technology Officer
• Bill Notley, ARC RF Spectrum Manager • Bill Hunt, RF/IT Technician • Bobby Cates, External Interface
Network Engineer
² On August 1-‐2, report presented to Capitol Hill; CCST team joined by David Goldstein, Pat Diamond, Kathleen Granchelli, Draper Labs
² 11 mee-ngs on the Hill held, as well as mee-ng with staff at Federal Bureau of Prisons
Follow up:
² Senator Diane Feinstein is very much interested
² Interest from House Judiciary Commiiee (Intellectual Property/Technology Issues), House Appropria-ons Commiiee (Commerce, Jus-ce, Science Subcommiiee), House Commiiee on Science, Space & Technology
² Sam Farr & John Garamendi spoke at luncheon
² FBOP very interested though very few staff focusing on issue
February 11 and 12, 2013 Sacramento For more informaNon: hip://ccst.us
Next dinner and Council mee-ng:
