Radiation Effects CommitteeSummary Report

Marty Shaneyfelt, Chair REC

2 March 2013

2012 NSREC FinanceConference Chair, Ken Label, NASA GSFG

• Income (less loan) = $561,090• Includes 22.5k that is still expected from supporters

• Expenses = $487,918• Does not include shipping charges related to TNS

• Return = $73,172 (15% of expenses)• All material is expected to be submitted for close-

out and audit by the end of February

2013 CONFERENCE2013 CONFERENCE

Hyatt Embarcadero, San Francisco, July 8-12, Conference Chair, Jeff Black, Sandia National Labs

Conference Committee

Position Volunteer

Technical Program Chair Cheryl Marshall, NASA-GSFC

Short Course Organizer Alessandro Paccagnella, DEI - University of Padova

Local Arrangements Chair Dolores Black, Embry-Riddle/Univ. New Mexico

Finance Chair Laura Burcin, BAE Systems

Industrial Exhibits Chair Marc Owens, AFRL

Awards Chair Ron Lacoe, Aerospace Corporation

Publicity Chair Teresa Farris, Aeroflex

Posters Chair Pascale Gouker, MIT-LL

REDW Chair Philippe Paillet, CEA

Status

• 50th anniversary themed event on Monday night– Event would not be possible without AdCom support– Letter of financial support to past volunteers who otherwise could

not attend has been mailed• To date, nine people have accepted

• All other social events finalized– Bay Cruise (Main Social), Alcatraz Island, and Muir Woods/Sausalito

• 197 Summaries submitted for review– 155 Technical Session

– 42 Data Workshop

– Comparable to usual submission numbers

• Meld Meeting at NASA GSFC March 5-6, 2013

Status• Short Course dry run following meld meeting

Evolution of Radiation Studies on the Path of Moore’s Law: Past, Present and (Foreseeable) Future

• Completed draft DVD for 50 years of conference TNS publications (Thanks to Jeff Black!)• Special June 2013 issue of the TNS: edited by

Pascale Gouker, Veronique Ferlet-Cavrois, and Jonny Pellish

• Funds have been received from 11 of the 12 pledged corporate supporters 3D Plus (new), Aeroflex, Atmel, BAE Systems, Boeing, Honeywell, International Rectifier,

Intersil Corporation, Northrop Grumman, Peregrine Semiconductor (new), Southwest Research Institute, Texas Instruments

Status• The indefinite travel/conference bans initiated by the

DEPSECDEF Carter memo of 10 January 2013, recent DoD/DOE cost curtailment regulations, and pending federal budget sequestration have already impacted government supporters Informed in February that DTRA will not support this year’s conference

($10K gross loss to conference) Support from the remaining 5 government supporters still unknown

($45K of support) Conference is assessing impact of potential loss of funds Expect to see a reduction in government exhibitors

• Number of planned exhibitors has been reduced from 62 to 52 booths

• An updated budget will be submitted in the April time frame

2014 NSRECConference Chair, Robert Ecoffet, CNES

• First NSREC outside North America (a year with no RADECS)

• July 14-18, 2014• Marriott, Rive Gauche, Paris, France• Committee finalized• Budget approved– Bank accounts in US open, working on opening bank account in

France– Expecting IEEE loan soon

• Next committee meeting scheduled for April 2013 in Paris

2015 & 2016 NSRECs

• 2015 - Conference Chair, Mike Xapsos, NASA GSFC– July 13-17– Marriott, Copley Place, Boston– Committee finalized– Preliminary budget to be presented at Spring RESG

Meeting

• 2016 - Conference Chair, Robert Reed, Vanderbilt– RESG will meet April 3-4 at DoubleTree (and Portland

Convention Center) in Portland, OR