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Social event : APMP Mid-Year Meetings 2016 and Related Activities
Cultural Tour
Cocktail Reception
Full detailed agenda : APMP Mid-Year Meetings 2016 and Related Activities
Date: 06.06.2016
Formal meeting: EC, TCC, DEC, MEDEA
| Time | EC | TCC | DEC | MEDEA |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | – | TCC Meeting | DEC Meeting | – |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |||
| 13:30 – 17:00 | EC Meeting | TCC Meeting | – | MEDEA meeting |
Date: 07.06.2016
Formal meeting: EC, TCC, DEC, MEDEA
DEC&MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop by Mr Steve Ahern
| Time | EC | TCC | DEC | MEDEA |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | EC & TCC Meeting | DEC & MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop | ||
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |||
| 13:30 – 17:00 | EC Meeting | – | DEC & MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop | |
Date: 08.06.2016 Morning
Symposium: “Metrology role and contribution in Quality culture”
| Time | Speech Title | Speaker |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome | Dr. Peter Fisk, APMP Chairperson |
| 09:10 – 09:20 | Welcome and Report | Mr. Prayoon Shiowattana, Director, National Institute of Metrology (Thailand) |
| 09:20 – 09:40 | Opening Remark | Dr. Pichet Durongkaveroj, Minister of Science and Technology |
| 09:40 – 10:20 | Challenges for International Metrology, Standardisation and Accreditation in the elimination of Technical Barriers to Trade | Dr. Barry Inglis, President, International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) |
| 10:20 – 10:50 | Refreshment break | |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | Thailand’s Embarking on National Quality Infrastructure | Dr. Pichet Durongkaveroj, Minister of Science and Technology, Thailand |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Japanese Quality Culture and Its Role in Making “Made in Japan” a Symbol of Quality |
Dr. Ryoji Chubachi, President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
Date: 08.06.2016 Afternoon
Technical sessions: Good Measurement, Great Business (4 parallel sessions)
| Topic/Area | Automotive | Electronics | Medical, food & water safety | Energy and climate change |
| Session chair | T. Takatsuji | P. Fisk | O. Zakaria | P. Shiowattana |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | “The analysis of pole and viaduct structural vibration induced by high speed train in Taiwan”
Yu-Chung Huang, CMS |
“Wafer metrology at KRISS”
Chu-Shik Kang, KRISS |
“How reliable measurement supports medical, food and water safety in Australia”
Victoria Coleman, NMIA |
“NMIJ activities for improving measurement reliability of LED based lighting and accelerating that dissemination”
Tatsuya Zama, NMIJ |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | “The importance of metrology to enhance productivity in industrial sector”
Manop Thongsaen, TGI |
“Metrology in production challenge”
Sitta Jewjaitham, UTAC Thai |
“The essential role of measurement in research and development and safety of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products”
Nopporn Cheanklin, GPO |
“High Emissivity Coating For Energy Saving In Industrial Furnaces”
Navee Angsuputiphant, SCG |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | “Automated production line from the quality assurance aspect”
Angkrit Rungrotkitiyot, PCS Machine Group |
“Crucial role of Nanomaterial Development for Nanocharacterization”
Annop Klamchuen, NANOTEC |
“Creating and improving a national quality infrastructure for chemical measurement”
Liandi Ma, NIM |
“Metrology Saves Energy: Case studies in Korea”
Wukchul Joung, KRISS |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Refreshment break | |||
| 15:00 – 15:30 | “Manufacturing and quality control”
Yoshio Suzuki, Narimune |
“Metrology Challenges for Quality Control in the Data Storage Industry”
Thomas Liew, NMC |
“Providing CRMs, calibration services, and skill-upgrading programs: NMIJ activities for food and water safety”
Kazumi Inagaki, NMIJ |
“NMC capability and achievement in supporting energy efficiency measurements & climate change”
Wang Li, |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | “On-machine verification using universal platform”
N. Chantawong, NIMT |
“Development of 100 kV AC high voltage measurement system”
C. Kurupakorn, NIMT |
“Low cost medical diagnostic device for the 3rd world market”
J. Nammoonnoy, NIMT |
“Improving energy efficiency in frozen food industry using thermo-metry metrology know-how”
N. Noulkhow, NIMT |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Panel discussion: Making metrology more relevant and visible and moving APMP forwards
Moderator: J. Buajarern, NIMT |
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Date: 09.06.2016
DEC: Growing together
| Time | Title | Speaker |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Registration | |
| 09:20 – 10:00 | The Past, the Present and the Future of KRISS | Dr. Jookeun Park, KRISS |
| 10:00 – 10:40 | Step by Step: NIMT’s Experience | Mr. Prayoon Shiowattana, NIMT |
| 11:00 – 11:40 | APMP’s Developing Economies’ Committee (DEC) – Growing Together | Dr. Angela Samuel, NMIA |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Preparation for group discussion
“APMP’s Focus Group (FG) Initiative” |
Dr. Angela Samuel, NMIA |
Date: 10.06.2016
Laboratory Tour at NIMT, Pathum-Thani
| Time | Title | Venue |
| 08:00 | Departure from the Hotel | Dusit Thani Hotel Lobby |
| 09:00 | Arrive at NIMT | NIMT, Pathum-Thani |
| 09:00 – 09:20 | Welcome by Director of NIMT | Meeting Room No. 2-312 |
| 09:20 – 09:45 | Lab tour | Chemistry Department |
| 09:45 – 10:10 | Mechanical Department | |
| 10:10 – 10:35 | Dimensional Department | |
| 10:35 – 11:00 | Electrical Department | |
| 11:00 – 11:25 | Thermometry, Photometry and Radiometry |
APMP Mid-year Meetings 2016 (June 10, 2016)
National Institute of Metrology (Thailand) : NIMT, Ministry of Science and Technology arranged The Asia-Pacific Metrology Programme : Mid-year Meetings and Related Activities 2016 during June 6-10, 2016. On the last day, the morning session was NIMT Laboratory Tour including the laboratories in Chemical Metrology and Biometry Department, Electrical Metrology Department, Dimensional Metrology Department, Mechanical Metrology Department and Thermometry Metrology Department. The afternoon session was Cultural visit in Ayutthaya province. The objective of this activity today was to give an opportunity to the participants to visit the laboratories in NIMT at Phadungmat building and cultural visit in Thailand at Ayutthaya province.
APMP Mid-year Meetings 2016 (June 9, 2016)
National Institute of Metrology (Thailand) : NIMT, Ministry of Science and Technology arranged The Asia-Pacific Metrology Programme : Mid-year Meetings and Related Activities 2016 during June 6-10, 2016. On the forth day of the meeting, there were DEC Case Studies & Discussion. The objective of this meeting was to give an opportunity to the participants to discuss, exchange their knowledge and experience during the meeting in order to develop the measuring standard in various areas. The function was held at Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok.
- APMP’s DEC Workshop “Growing Together”
APMP Mid-year Meetings 2016 (June 7, 2016)
National Institute of Metrology (Thailand) : NIMT, Ministry of Science and Technology arranged The Asia-Pacific Metrology Programme : Mid-year Meetings and Related Activities 2016 during June 6-10, 2016. On the second day of the meeting, there were EC-TCC Meeting and DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop. The objective of this meeting and workshop were to give an opportunity to the participants to discuss, exchange their experience and to get together during the workshop in order to develop the measuring standard in various areas. The function was held at Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok.
- Dr. Peter Fisk – APMP Chair Person (right)
- EC & TCC Meeting
- EC & TCC Group Picture
- EC & TCC Meeting
- EC & TCC Meeting
- EC & TCC Meeting
- EC & TCC Meeting
- EC & TCC Meeting
- EC & TCC Meeting
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop, Group Picture
- Mr.Stephen Ahern Ahern, Media & Training Pty Ltd. Australia
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
- DEC-MEDEA Soft Skill Workshop
APMP Mid-year Meetings 2016 (June 6, 2016)
National Institute of Metrology (Thailand) : NIMT, Ministry of Science and Technology arranged The Asia-Pacific Metrology Programme : Mid-year Meetings and Related Activities 2016 during June 6-10, 2016. On the first day of the meeting, there were Executive Committee (EC) Meeting, Technical Committee Chair’s (TCC) Meeting, Developing Economies’ Committee (DEC) Meetings & Workshop and Metrology-Enabling Developing Economies in Asia (MEDEA Project). The objective of this meeting were to give an opportunity to the organizations related to metrology in Asia Pacific to join the seminar to discuss and exchange their experience in order to develop the measuring standard in various areas. The function was held at Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok.
- Mr. Prayoon Shiowattana, NIMT Director, DEC Chair Person
- Dr. Angela Samuel, Director of International Relations (NMIA)
- Dr.Takehiro Morioka, Senior Researcher (AIST, NMIJ)
- DEC Meeting Room
- DEC Meeting
- DEC Meeting
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- DEC Meeting
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- DEC Meeting
- DEC Meeting
- DEC Group Picture
- TCC Meeting
- TC Chairs Meeting
- Dr. Peter Manson, Project Leader of Optical Standards NMIA
- Dr. Murray Early, Team Leader, Electrical Metrology Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand
- Mr. Yu Chung Huang, Center for Measurement Standards / Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan Republic of China
- TCC Meeting
- TCC Meeting
- TCC Meeting
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- TCC Group Picture
- MEDEA Meeting
- MEDEA Meeting
- Dr.Kristin Kiesow-PTB (left), Mrs. Marian Haire-NMIA (right)
- Dr.Charun Yafa -NIMT (left), Mr. Stephen Obrien Asia -Pacific Legal Metrology Forum New Zealand (right)
- MEDEA Meeting
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