1. Chair’s Report: Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee Jane Lehr AdCom Report July 2012

2. Conference Synopsis PPC09: Not yet closed! Snafu with conc. banking, working on getting audit to close; Projected return ~ $10k PPC11: nearly closed, working with Treasurer(s) to close, Projected loss $25k. –TPS Special Issue on PPST on track for October, 2012 PPPS 2013: On track PPC15 : Austin TX, Chair Mark Crawford Outgoing years: United Kingdom (London), Boston or Orlando

3. Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2013 (Combined PPC & ICOPS) General Chair: Bryan Oliver, Technical Chairs: Mark Crawford and John Verboncoeur Treasurer: Jane Lehr (first hand look at finances!) Venue: Hyatt Regency Embarcadero San Francisco Attendance ~ 1150 Conservative room requirements ( 540 guest rooms) 5 technical days + 1.5 day Mini-course Night out and Banquet, possible tour of NIF Status: PPST met at Conference Hotel for Site visit (all is well); Budget submitted via NPSS site; website set to launch next week

4. 4 2015 Pulsed Power Conference June 1-5, 2015 Austin, TX General Chair: Mark Crawford Technical Chair: TBD Venue –Hilton Austin, contract signed 31 August, 2011 –1860 total room-nights with 100% occupancy mid-week (425 rooms) –1347 room-nights run-of-house at $199/night –418 room-nights at prevailing government per diem (currently $108) Co-Located with SOFE (Chair: JP Allain) –Common breaks, posters, vendors, night-out and plenaries. –Independent oral sessions and banquets MOU with SoFE not yet negotiated but will include separate budgets No agreement yet signed with IEEE MCM for support services

5. Megagauss 14 (aka Megagauss 2012) Fully sponsored NPSS Conference General chair: Jim Degnan Technical Program Chair: Ken Struve Maui, Hawaii Anticipated Attendance ~ 125 Budget estimate includes venue sited administrative support - MEDB = Maui Economic Development Board, also approved by IEEE; MEDB is now on board Budget and fincancial tools in place (Conc. Barking/ Loan/ etc) We have verbal agreements for 25 to 30 K$ of contributions so far, out of 22 K$ estimated from those contributors conference website is up www.megaggauss.orgwww.megaggauss.org