July 29-30, 2014

1) Welcome and Introduction

John Hemminger, BESAC Chair
University of California, Irvine

2) News from DOE Office of Science

Pat Dehmer, Acting Director
Office of Science

3) News from Office of Basic Energy Sciences

Harriet Kung, Director
Office of Basic Energy Sciences

4) Center for Applied Mathematics for Energy Research Applications

James Sethian, University of California, Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

5) Big Ideas Summit and DOE Tech Teams Summary

Steve Binkley, Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research

6) JCESR Update

George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory

7) Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division COV Report

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, University of Illinois-Champaign

8) Update on the Workforce Development Needs in SC Research Disciplines Charge

John Hemminger, BESAC Chair University of California, Irvine

9) Grand Challenge Update and Initial Discussion of BESAC Charge

Mark Ratner, Northwestern University; George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory; John Sarrao, Los Alamos National Laboratory