Dr Patrizia Tavella, our new Director of the BIPM Time Department, was interviewed by the Italian broadcasting company RAI.

Within the framework of the expected redefinition of four base units of the SI, Dr Tavella explained the reasons behind this redefinition.

She also took the opportunity to present the BIPM’s activities in the field of time and frequency, including the construction and dissemination of atomic time scales based on the SI second.

The interview in Italian, which aired on 4 December, can be viewed online at www.tg1.rai.it/ from 30:00 to 31:40.

Dr Patrizia Tavella, Director of the BIPM Time Department with Alessandro Cassieri from RAI