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     No.28 July 2004

    Chairman's Message
    Report from Committee
    New Technical Committee Chairpersons
    Report of Events
    Report from Members
    Awards Update
    Special Report
    Upcoming Events
    Members' News
    Notice
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    UPCOMING EVENTS


    20th General Assembly for Asia Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP)

    The 20th APMP General Assembly and associated meetings will be held during the week of 18 - 22 Oct 2004 in Beijing, China. The meetings will be hosted by the National Institute of Metrology (NIM).

    Further information including hotel reservation and logistics arrangements can be obtained from the website: http://apmp.nim.ac.cn.


    International Conference on gAdvances in Metrologyh

    The Metrology Society of India (MSI) and National Physical Laboratory (NPL) are organising an International Conference on gAdvances in Metrologyh Admet 2005 on 23 - 25 Feb 2005 at NPL, New Delhi, India. The theme of the conference is Metrology for Manufacturing Sector and Global Competitiveness.

    The Conference will be preceded by a one-day International Conference on gChemical Metrologyh on 22 Feb 2005 and followed by a two-day Training Course in gMass and Dimension Metrologyh on 26 - 27 Feb 2005.

    The aim of the conference is to provide a common platform for technologists, scientists and metrologists to discuss the current issues on metrology and quality assurance and share their experiences and work in these fields.

    This is the fifth conference. Previous conferences were organised in 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2003 and covered areas like Temperature and Dimension Metrology.

    For more details, contact: Dr R P Singhal, Scientist Gv Head, Physico-Mechanical Standards Leader, Length & Dimension Standards National Physical Laboratory New Delhi -110012 Tel: 91 11 2573 2965, 2586 3139 Fax: 91 11 2573 2965
    e-mail: singhal@mail.nplindia.ernet.in



     
    MEMBERS' NEWS

    New Signatory to the Global Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA)

    Kalibrasi Instrumentasi Metrologi ? Lembaga Ilmu Pengetanhuan Indonesia (KIM-LIPI) has become a new signatory to the Global MRA on 2 Jun 2004.


    The National Measurement Institute of Australia

    The National Measurement Laboratory within the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia will become the National Measurement Institute (NMI), Australia on 1 Jul 2004. The institute is a new government body and Dr Barry Inglis has been appointed as the institutefs first Chief Executive Officer and also the Governmentfs first Chief Metrologist.


    Change of Director at the Vietnam Metrology Institute

    Dr Vu Khanh Xuan has been appointed as the new Director of Vietnam Metrology Institute (VMI) on 7 Jun 2004.



    NOTICE


    Amendments for Issue 27, Nov 2003

    Pg 9, article on gQuality System Review of APMP NMIs in support of the CIPM MRAh,
    second last line should read as: a) Third party accreditation; b) Certification to ISO 9001 and attestation by technical peers; c) Attestation by a team consisting of quality system experts and technical peers.



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