Winter PPC Meeting Discussion Notes

Public Policy Committee Meeting

5 January 2010

Steven Howell

AIAA Task Force on Earth Observations

• AIAA 2009-13 strategic plan approved in January 2009

· Identifies 3 Strategic Imperatives

· Advance technologies to monitor and reduce environmental impacts; provide venues and programs around key advancements needed to measure global climate change

· Other two imperatives focus on workforce and aerospace energy efficiency

• Impacts across the Institute

· Tech Activities- no less than two new technical forums in strategic areas

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AIAA Task Force on Earth Observations

• Impacts across the Institute (cont.)

· Public Policy- at least 10 annual policy events; majority focused on imperatives

• Recent and upcoming EO-related events

· Climate Change Data Calibration (21 SEP)

· Global pace Development Summit (12-13 NOV) co-organized with CSIS, CSA, and SF.

· Infotech@Aerospace (20-22 APR)- Hyperspectral Processing/Analysis sessions

· Inside Aerospace (11-12 MAY)

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AIAA Task Force on Earth Observations

• Task Force met on 12 DEC

· Agreed in principle to a draft AIAA Information Paper.

· Paper was submitted for approval through the executive review.

· Is being released this week.

Includes a blast fax to Capitol Hill.

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Public Service Award

• Guidelines· Annual award is general presented at the Aerospace spotlight Awards Gala· The Public Service Award honors a person outside the aerospace community

who has shown consistent and visible support fort national aviation and space goals.

• Previous Recipients (since 2000)· Amanda Wright Lane· Rep. David Hobson· Harold Gehman· Rep. Bob Walker· Eilene Galloway· Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner· William Perry

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Public Service Award

• Suggested Candidates· Miles O’Brien- Aerospace Journalist (formerly with CNN)

• Looking Ahead· Bart Gordon- Chairman, House Committee on Science

Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Retiring in 2010.

• Nominating Process· Members make nominations electronically online at

http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=194.

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Upcoming Activities- Conference Sessions

• Aerospace Sciences Meeting- January2010– Tuesday session- Patent Law and Researchers-1500-1700 hrs

– Volunteer Lead- Richard Jaworski– Staff Lead- Steve Howell– Wednesday Luncheon- Aerospace R&D Policy in the Obama Administration

– Keynote- Representative Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24)- Member, House Committee on Science and Technology & Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

– In conjunction with the New Horizons Forum

– Volunteer Lead- Phil Hattis & Michael Francis– Staff Lead- Steve Howell– Sponsored by LMCO– Thursday workshop- OSTP/NSTC Biannual National Aerospace R&D Policy Update

Rollout- 1300-1430 hrs

– Session Lead- William Davis, OSTP Aerospace Technology Policy– Staff Lead- Steve Howell

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Upcoming Activities- Policy Forums

• Earth Observations- TBD– Follow up to the recently released AIAA Information Paper– In conjunction with the AIAA Task Force for Earth Observations– Volunteer Lead- Phil Hattis– Staff Lead- Ross Bell/Craig Day

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Recent Activities- Policy Forums

• Space Access Policy Post-Augustine- 2 November 2009– Volunteer Lead- Phil Hattis– Staff Lead- Ross Bell

• Global Space Development Summit- 12-13 November 2009– In conjunction with the Center for Strategic & International Studies, the Space

Foundation, and the Chinese Society for Astronautics– Volunteer Lead-– Staff Lead- Craig Day

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Recent Activities- Others

• Dave Thompson Testimony- 10 December 2009– Testified before the House Committee on Science and Technology– His statement and testimony focused especially on what program decisions would

mean for the workforce, and included a short video presentation of several AIAA members discussing what initially inspired them to pursue a career in aerospace.

– http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?newsid=2696

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Public Policy Committee- Future Meetings

• The committee is currently scheduled to meet for the Spring meeting would be from 10 May 2010 preceding the Inside Aerospace 2010 Forum in Crystal City, VA.

• Proposed Dates for Summer meeting-· 25-28 July in conjunction with the Joint Propulsion

Conference· 31 August – 2 September with Space 2010

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