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Participants of EURAMET's General Assembly week 2016

EURAMET General Assembly 2016 in Norway

The Norwegian capital of Oslo was the backdrop for EURAMET's 10th General Assembly. The gathering of the EURAMET community from 23 to 27 May 2016 was filled with important events: the General Assembly, the EMPIR Committee Meeting, the meeting of EURAMET's Research Council and a scientific symposium.

The General Assembly week is traditionally used to exchange information about achievements and highlights of the last year which were accomplished within the different committees and bodies of EURAMET. Discussions and decisions were made concerning future developments of the organisation such as new advisory tasks of the Research Council or a possible new working group for Designated Institutes.

For EURAMET it is of particular importance to foster the collaboration between the different fields of expertise such as the TCs, the Task Groups and the research programmes. The interdisciplinary approach supports the further development and strategic planning of the organisation. Therefore, TC Chairs and Task Group Convenors were invited to present the latest developments and visions for the future in their fields, including results from several joint research projects. The visionary presentations and talks provided input for lively discussions between the audience and the speakers.

"I was impressed with the quality of the technical presentations" said EURAMET Chairperson Beat Jeckelmann. "We have seen convincing evidence for important results and impact of our joint research projects and experienced an inspiring exchange of views on the challenges lying ahead of us."

During the General Assembly Maria Luisa Rastello (INRIM, Italy) was elected as new EURAMET Vice-Chairperson (GA) for the term until 2019 and follows Janko Drnovsek (MIRS/UL-FE/LMK, Slovenia), whose term ended in May 2016. EURAMET expressed its sincerest thanks to Janko and welcomed Maria Luisa in her new role.
Maguelonne Chambon (LNE, France), Pavel Klenovsky (CMI, Czech Republic) and Jörn Stenger (PTB, Germany) were elected as members of the Board of Directors for the period of 2016 to 2018 and three Technical Committee (TC) Chairs were re-elected for a second term of office. These are Robert Edelmaier (BEV, Austria) for TC Interdisciplinary Metrology, Enver Sadikoglu (UME, Turkey) for TC Quality and Graham Machin (NPL, UK) for TC Thermometry.

EURAMET is happy to welcome a Designated Institute as new Associate. The 'Laboratory of Geophysics of the University of Luxembourg' (LGUL), which works in the fields of Mass and Related Quantities and Gravity, was accepted by the General Assembly.

"We are very grateful that Justervesenet hosted the General Assembly 2016. Thanks to the perfect organisation and the nice atmosphere, we had a week full of productive meetings", said Beat Jeckelmann on behalf of the association. With 99 participants, the General Assembly week was again very well attended. The meetings and the general programme were hosted and organised by Justervesenet (JV), the Norwegian National Metrology Institute. Hans Arne Frøystein, acting director of JV and EURAMET Alternate provided an introduction to Norway, which has a very long metrological history and was therefore a suitable place for such an event.

Justervesenet (JV) – host of the 10th EURAMET General Assembly
Justervesenet, the Norwegian Metrology Service and National Metrology Institute, hosted EURAMET’s General Assembly 2016. Justervesenet (JV) was established in 1875 and is a governmental agency under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. The institute is responsible for the Norwegian metrology infrastructure and for ensuring its national and international acceptance. Justervesenet has two main responsibilities: legal metrology and national measurement standards.
JV participates in a number of joint research projects within EURAMET’s European Metrology Research Programmes (EMRP and EMPIR).
Hans Arne Frøystein, acting director of JV, and his committed team organised the General Assembly week with excellent professionalism and within an atmosphere of great hospitality.