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Agenda - Meeting of the IACC Full Committee - November 10, 2009

This meeting will also be available to the public by live videocast.

The Neuroscience Center
6001 Executive Boulevard
Conference Rooms A1/A2
Rockville, MD 20852

Time Event
8:30 Registration
9:00 Call to Order and Opening Remarks

Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Chair, IACC
9:10 Public Comments
9:30 Approval of October 23, 2009 IACC Full Committee Minutes
9:40 Consideration of Strategies for Updating the Strategic Plan

Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Chair, IACC

How much change to make to the current Strategic Plan?

Examples of Questions for Discussion:

  • Will adding or significantly re-writing chapters be helpful or confusing to the research community? Does this vary by chapter?
  • Will adding/deleting objectives each year be helpful or confusing to the research community? Does this vary by chapter?
  • Should the update include progress from the portfolio analysis for each objective as an indicator of accountability? What will this mean if objectives are re-written or deleted?
9:50 IACC Discussion of Strategies for Updating the Strategic Plan
10:30 Break
10:45 Recommendations for Updating the Strategic Plan: Discussion and Votes
  • Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Infrastructure Items
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Recommendations for Updating the Strategic Plan: Discussion and Votes - Continued
3:00 Break
3:15 Recommendations for Updating the Strategic Plan: Discussion and Votes - Continued
5:00 Closing Comments and Adjournment

Schedule subject to change. Meeting may end prior to or later than 5:00p.m. depending on the needs of the committee.



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