Preliminary Programme

Opening lectures

• Andrew Wallard, Director of BIPM, France: Reducing technical barriers to trade through metrology: what are the next steps?
  
• Presentation of OIML – International Organization of Legal Metrology
  
• Presentation of ILAC – International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation

Presentations of the RMO’s

• AFRIMETS – Inter-African Metrology System
  
• APMP – Asia-Pacific Metrology Programme
  
• CAFMET – Comité Africain de Metrologie: Abdérafi Charki, Chairman of CAFMET, France: The Metrology Development in Africa and Objectives of CAFMET
  
• COOMET – Euro-Asian cooperation of national metrological institutions
  
• EURAMET – European Collaboration in Measurement Standards: Wolfgang Schmid; Secretary of EURAMET; Germany: EURAMET
  
• SADCMET Southern African Development Community Cooperation in Measurement Traceability
  
• SIM – Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia: Humberto S. Brandi; Chairman of SIM; Brazil: SIM – Activities and Perspectives
  
• EUROLAB – European Federation of National Associations of Measurement, Testing and Analytical Laboratories

Presentations of NMI’s

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Plenary Sessions

• Global Metrology System
  
• SI Developments
  
• Traceability Panel
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Workshops, Round Table Discussions, Special Sessions

Global Metrology System

• Robert Kaarls; Secretary General of CIPM; The Netherlands: The Metrological Infrastructure and the CIPM MRA with the sub-title Pulling Down Technical Barriers to Trade
  
• Howard Burnett, Chief Inspector of Weights & Measures; Great Britain: Control of Packaged Goods
  
• Paul De Bièvre; Belgium: Fundamental revisions of the VIM in view of the elimination of TBUs
  
• Chester Franklin; USA: The Acceptance of Measurement Results
  
• George Bonnier; France: Emerging Countries: Practical Difficulties for Breaking the Trading Barriers

Regional Co-operation

• Ani Todorova and Philip Taylor; European Commission, Joint Research Centre; Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, JRC-IRMM: Metrology, Accreditation and Standardisation in support of the Conformity Assessment: the Croatian and others experience
  
• Janko Drnovsek; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia: Regional metrology cooperation and importance of proficiency testing

Metrology in Chemistry

• Paul De Bièvre; Belgium: Metrological Traceability of Measurement Results in Chemistry

Metrology and Health

• Guy Girault: Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Sénégal: Metrology and health, the experience of the Pasteur Institute in Dakar in analysis, research and production of vaccine

Panel discussions

• Metrology and Health
  
• Education and Training
  
• Uncertainty and Conformity Assessment
  
• Unification of the Production of Reference Materials
  
• Ionising Radiation – Traceability
  
• Drogue in Sports
  
• GUM in Conformity Assessment
  
• Soft Metrology
  
• Nanotechnology
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International Technical Sessions

Part of the TC 11 Symposium will be the 20th International Metrology Symposium.

Topics:

• Mass and related Quantities (including Force, Pressure, Air Density, Torque, Viscosity and Hardness)
  
• Electricity and Magnetism (including RF and Microwave)
  
• Dimensional Measurements (Length, Form Measurements, Complex Geometry, Angular Measurements, Laser Measurements, Nanometrology, Surface Texture)
  Time and Frequency
  
• Thermometry (including Thermophysical Properties and Humidity)
  
• Ionising Radiation (including Radiometry and Dosimetry)
  
• Photometry and Radiometry (including Fiber Optics)
  
• Flow (including Fluid Properties)
  
• Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration (including Accelerometry)
  
• Amount of Substance.