Paper proposal

The aims

• the evolution of metrology and its implication for industry, R&D and society,

• the demonstration of the value of measurement as a tool for quality within the company,

• the improvement of measurement techniques to guarantee the quality of products and processes,

• the participation in the development of innovative technologies.
  

The themes

• Control of Measurement, Analysis and Testing Processes

  measurement uncertainties, traceability, interlaboratory comparisons, calibration, verification, accreditation, training and qualification of staff, cost optimisation, certification, modelling and numerical methods, organisation of the metrology function, standardisation.

• Physical and Chemical Fields

  mass, force, flow, pressure, dimensional, electricity-magnetism, time-frequency, temperature, hygrometry, optics and photonics, chemical metrology, materials, ionising radiation, acoustics, gravimetry.

• Regulations, Legal Metrology, International Recognition
• New Metrology and new Application Sectors

  biotechnology, environment, nanotechnology, health and medicine, sensory metrology, expectation and perception.

Submission on a proforma (download) to be sent before October, 5th 2008 (final deadline).

• Papers selected by a Scientific and Technical Committee

• Simultaneous translation French/English during the Congress

• Reply to authors no later than 5th December 2008

• Final papers due 15th February 2009 in order to be included in the proceedings