New search facility:  
BIPM Home | Site map | Metrologia | KCDB | JCTLM-DB | Contact us  
   
Programme and presentations
Summary
Agenda
Programme and presentations
Email the organizers
Direct access

The birth of the CIPM MRA

What is the CIPM MRA?
- Ernst O. Göbel, President of the CIPM and President of the PTB, Germany

Why was the CIPM MRA created?
- Terry J. Quinn, Director Emeritus, BIPM


The CIPM MRA in support of global trade, science and innovation

How reductions of technical barriers to trade enhance global trade: The role of international standards
- Erik Wijkström, Secretary to the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, WTO

Challenges and opportunities for the developing world provided by international accords in metrology,
accreditation and standardization (MAS)

- Lalith Goonatilake, Director, Trace Capacity Building Branch, UNIDO

How the implementation of international standards benefits from an internationally recognized
national metrology system

- Rob Steele, Secretary-General, ISO

Measurement challenges in global observation systems:
Why are equivalent and stable traceable measurements essential to the issue of climate change monitoring

- Wenjian Zhang, Director, Observing and Information Systems Department, WMO

Efforts to provide metrological support for the reduction of TBTs in the WTO framework
- Jean-François Magaña, Director, BIML


The CIPM MRA in support of international commerce

How the effectiveness of the International Laboratory Accreditation system depends on the CIPM MRA
- Daniel Pierre, Chairman of ILAC and Director, COFRAC, France

How an international corporation can benefit from the international equivalence
of national measurement standards

- Randy J. Tinseth, Vice-President Marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, United States of America

How NMIs benefit Global Enterprises: Success story of CIPM MRA in Korea
- Myungsoo Kim, President, KRISS, Republic of Korea


The CIPM MRA in enabling the national metrology infrastructure

How the CIPM MRA has supported the development of a national metrology institute
in a rapidly expanding economy

- Yuning Duan, Vice Director, NIM, China

The cost and benefits of the CIPM MRA to the NMIs of the world: The Brazilian experience
- João Alziro Herz da Jornada, President, INMETRO, Brazil

How is the CIPM MRA enabling the development of national and regional metrology infrastructures in Africa
- Wynand Louw, President, AFRIMETS and Acting Chief Executive Officer, NMISA, South Africa


The impact of the CIPM MRA on society

Assessing the impact of NMI measurement science programmes
- Hratch Semerjian, former CIPM Member and President and Executive Director, Council for Chemical Research,
United States of America


Measurement and wealth creation
- Peter Swann, Professor, Nottingham University Business School, United Kingdom

An equivalent measure of quality of life: future challenges for the CIPM MRA in healthcare and environment
- Laurence M. Besley, Chief Executive and Chief Metrologist, NMIA, Australia


The future of the CIPM MRA

The CIPM MRA today and tomorrow:
How the CIPM MRA might evolve to support metrology needs in other sectors of society

- Andrew J. Wallard, Director, BIPM