82 FR 11177 - Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 33 (February 21, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 11177]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03377]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee; Notice of 
Partially Closed Meeting

    The Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC) 
will meet on March 23-24, 2017, 8:30 a.m., Room 3884, at the Herbert C. 
Hoover Building, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution 
Avenues NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on emerging technology 
and research activities, including those related to deemed exports.

Agenda

Open Session

    1. Welcome Remarks & Update of ETRAC activities.
    2. Update on Export Control Issues.
    3. Review: Emerging Technologies in the News:
     Regulatory uncertainty and the associated business risk 
for emerging technologies'' by Robert A. Hoerr Springer Science and 
Business Media B.V.
     ``Denied Access'' Pentagon Betting on New Technologies to 
Foil Future Adversaries.
     ``China's $9 billion effort to beat the U.S. in genetic 
testing'' Washington Post December 30, 2016.
     Tech Connect World Innovation Conference and Expo--May 14-
17, 2017--Washington, DC.
     ``Encourage governments to need scientific advice'' by 
ETRAC member William Colglazier Nature September 29, 2016.
     3D Graphene'' TechConnect interviews.
     `Airborne Optics and Photonics' photonics.com.
    4. Discussion of recent export control and emerging technologies 
activities.
     Council on Government Relations--Research Compliance and 
Administration.
     Committee.
     Association of University Technology Managers--Global 
Issues session at AUTM Annual Meeting in March, 2017.
     Advanced Design and Production Technologies at Sandia 
National Laboratories.
     JASON-: Scientific group that advises government on 
matters of science, technology and national security.
     The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, 
Medicine--Dual Use Research of Concern: Options for Future Management--
January 4, 2017.
    5. Discussion on Industry Sectors being reviewed by the ETRAC.

Electronics & Graphene Circuits
Graphene metamaterials
Robotics and Big Data
Optoelectronics & Photonics
Additive Manufacturing
Advanced materials
Autonomous Technology
Hypersonics

    6. Comments from the Public.
    7. Industry presentations.

Closed Session

    8. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 
Sec. Sec.  10(a)(1) and l0(a)(3).
    The open sessions will be accessible via teleconference to 25 
participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the 
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
[email protected] no later than, March 16, 2017.
    A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. 
Reservations are not accepted. To the extent that time permits, members 
of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public 
may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting. 
However, to facilitate the distribution of public presentation 
materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests that 
presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the 
meeting to Ms. Springer via email.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on February 
15, 2017, pursuant to Section l0(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, that the portion of the meeting dealing with matters 
of which would be likely to frustrate significantly implementation of a 
proposed agency action as described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be 
exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 
U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. Sec.  10(a)1 and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of 
the meeting will be open to the public.
    For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202) 482-2813.

Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-03377 Filed 2-17-17; 8:45 am]
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