Kelvin K. Droegemeier is a meteorologist by training. The job would not be his first taste of public service.

The annual agency budgeting guidance outlines eight areas of interest, including artificial intelligence, quantum information science and drones.

Officials said the new panel's goal will be to create a national agenda on quantum information science, address U.S. economic and national security implications from the technology and coordinate federal policy.

The agency is saying no to drones more than it says yes, the report suggests, which is risky because of all the promise the technology holds — for public safety, product delivery, inspection of remote assets and more.

The committee, made up of federal research and development leaders, will serve to "improve the coordination of Federal efforts related to AI to ensure continued U.S. leadership in this field."

The summit led by the Office of Science and Technology Policy will consider "policies to fully realize the promise of AI for the American people."