WORLD METROLOGY DAY

NIST will hold its third annual celebration of World Metrology Day on Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The Metre Convention was signed on 20 May 1875, a date now celebrated as World Metrology Day. The Convention created the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and set the framework for global collaboration in the science of measurement and in its industrial, commercial and societal application. The original aim of the Metre Convention – the worldwide uniformity of measurement – remains as important today, in 2007, as it was in 1875.

Join us in celebrating World Metrology Day a celebration of our core foundation and purpose!

The theme for 2009 is Measurements in Commerce: Metrology Underpinning Economic Development. NIST research and measurements provide a significant foundation for measurements in support of our global economy.

Presentations will include:

     U.S. Metric Transition: Maximizing Opportunities and Reducing Barriers to Increase SI Use,  Elizabeth J. Gentry (TS)
     When is a Pound of Fish Only Fourteen Ounces?,  Lisa Weddig, Director of Regulatory and Technical Affairs, National Fisheries Institute and Secretary of the Better Seafood Board
     Traceable Measurements of Contaminants and Nutrients in Foods in Support of Increasing International Requirements,  Dr. Robert Kaarls, Secretary, International Committee of Weights and Measures, President, Consultative Committee on Metrology in Chemistry

Poster sessions from the NIST laboratories will be held after the speaker session in the Hall of States, along with refreshments.

For more information: Dr. Belinda Collins (TS), x4500, belinda.collins@nist.gov.
Non-NIST visitors contact Sandra Auchmoody by May 15th for visitor access, x4500, Sandra.auchmoody@nist.gov.

http://www.worldmetrologyday.com/
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2009_0421.htm#metrology