The D.I. Mendeleev All-Russian Institute for Metrology (VNIIM) news

The 31st General Assembly of the Regional Metrology Organization “Asia Pacific Metrology Programme” (RMO APMP)

From 1 to 7 November, 2015, in Beijing, the National Institute of Metrology of China (NIM) hosted the events of the regular, 31st meeting of the APMP General Assembly, including meetings of the Executive Committee and Technical Committees for different measurement fields and the Symposium “Metrology 2025 – the Grand Challenges for Metrology”, the APMP NMIs’ Directors Meetingand visits to Research Laboratories of the NIM.

In the course of the General Assembly reports of the APMP President, Dr. Peter Fisk (Australia), Chairmen of the Technical Committees, and a Financial Report and the Budget Plan 2016 were presented. New members of the Executive Committee and Chairmen of the Technical Committee were elected; strategic plans for the APMP such as medical diagnostics equipment, energy efficiency, climate change and food safety were discussed.

Dr. Martin Milton, presented his report on the activities of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM).

At the Symposium “Metrology-2025”, a number of renown figures of the international metrology community made presentations on the burning issues related to the upcoming redefinition of the SI units aimed at enhancing the reliability of measurements made in medicine, on the role of metrology in the industrial development (Barry Inglis (Australia), Willie May (USA), Laurie Locasio (USA), Jörn Stenger (Germany). The existing problems associated with renewable energy were reported upon by Wang Yimin, Chief Information Officer of the State Grid Corporation of China.

The NIM Director, Fang Xiang, presented a report on the national system of quality and metrology in China.

Russia in APMP is represented by the D.I. Mendeleyev Institute for Metrology (VNIIM, St. Petersburg), the Deputy Director of which, Yuri A. Kustikov, participated in the 31st General Assembly of this RMO. The Head of the Department of Speed and Air and Water Flows, Konstantin V. Popov, participated in the meeting of the APMP Technical Committee for Fluid Flows..

At the invitation of colleagues from China, two experts from VNIIM and the Department of the Saint-Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) patronized by VNIIM took part in the regional meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Community (APEC) “Measurement Challenges in Renewable Energy and Climate Science” that preceded the APMP GA meetings.