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Session Topic: Keynote, General Session |
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Paper Title: The Challenge of Measurement Interoperability |
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Date & Time: MONDAY, August 5, 2002 |
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9:00am - 10:00am
Keynote Speaker |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew Wallard
Director Designate, BIPM |
Email: awallard@bipm.org |
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For centuries, metrologists have supported fair trade and commerce as well as the need for reproducible accurate measurement to meet specific scientific and industrial needs. In evolving from their early days, national and international systems have had to deal more and more with international issues so as to meet the industrialisation and globalisation of manufacturing, which took off rapidly in the first part of the 20th Century. In this opening address I shall trace some of the early developments which led in 1875 to the establishment of the Convention du Mètre and the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) at Sevres, France and then outline the main areas of progress since then. BIPM co-ordinates today's international metrology and ensures that it deals with emerging technical priorities and other world-wide developments in good time. In concluding, I shall review the major issues and challenges which confront world metrology and assess how well these are being addressed. Many of the issues are, of course, being discussed during the San Diego meeting and I hope to invite NCSLI further to develop its own international role in the years to come. |
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