STATE OF MINNESOTA EIGHTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
BIOSCIENCES AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Tim Mahoney, Chair of the Committee, called the meeting to order at 9:55AM on March 20, 2007, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
MAHONEY, Tim (Chair)
NORTON, Kim (Vice Chair)
BEARD, Michael
BERNS, John
BUNN, Julie
HAWS, Larry
MASIN, Sandra
PEPPIN, Joyce
RUTH, Connie
THISSEN, Paul
WINKLER, Ryan
A quorum was present.
Representative Winkler moved that the minutes from March 14, 2007 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Providing a presentation of Sandia National Laboratories: Strategy Development Tools for Solving Complex Public Policy Questions
Dale Wahlstrom, CEO and Acting Chair, The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota
Leonard A. Malczynski, economist and software engineer
Howard D. Passell, Ph.D., Energy, Resources and Systems and Analysis Center at Sandia National Laboratories
Grant Heffelfinger, Ph.D., Senior Manager for Molecular and Computational Biosciences, Sandia National Laboratories Biological and Energy Sciences Center
Questions and discussion followed.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:52AM.
Rep. Tim Mahoney, Chair
Autumn Williams-Wussow,
Committee Legislative Assistant