{"id":12044,"date":"2026-07-21T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/?p=12044"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T06:29:05","slug":"nimt-welcomes-head-of-international-from-the-national-physical-laboratory-npl-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/?p=12044","title":{"rendered":"NIMT Welcomes Head of International from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pol. Lt. Gen. Pornchai Suteerakune, Director of the National Institute of Metrology (Thailand) (NIMT), welcomed Mr. Robert Gunn, Head of International, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), United Kingdom, during his visit to NIMT on 17 July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The visit provided an opportunity for both organizations to discuss potential areas of collaboration in metrology and exchange views on strategic priorities, including digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), engineering biology, time and frequency metrology, greenhouse gas measurements, and international research collaboration. The discussion also explored opportunities for future joint activities, researcher exchanges, and participation in international funding programmes.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Mr. Gunn toured NIMT\u2019s laboratories to learn more about the institute\u2019s technical capabilities and ongoing research and development activities. 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Lt. Gen. Pornchai Suteerakune, Director of the National Institute of Metrology (Thailand) (NIMT), welcomed Mr. Robert Gunn, Head of International, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), United Kingdom, during his visit to NIMT on 17 July 2026. The visit provided an opportunity for both organizations to discuss potential areas of collaboration in metrology and exchange views [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":12052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","post-with-thumbnail","post-with-thumbnail-large"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12053,"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions\/12053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.nimt.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}