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July
30, 2002
National
Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive
Administration Building, Green Auditorium
Gaithersburg, MD USA
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This Forum will
be the first of a series of meetings and other activities focused
on assessing the effectiveness of Quality Systems Implementations
for national metrology Institutes within Americas. Various approaches
for the implementation of Quality Systems to underpin the delivery
of measurement services at the NMI level will be presented and discussed.
National Metrology
Institutes (NMIs) have the responsibility for establishing and maintaining
the highest level metrological references in a given country/economy.
The calibration and measurement services that they provide must
be of high quality and delivered in a consistent manner. A well-documented
Quality Management System that is congruent with NMI responsibilities
might facilitate the achievement of this goal. Furthermore, the
CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM MRA) calls for the presence
of "means of assuring quality" in the signatory NMIs.
The Joint Committee of the Regional Metrology Organizations and
the BIPM (JCRB) has determined that this requirement must be met
by 31 December 2003.
For these reasons,
the Interamerican Metrology System (SIM) is organizing this Forum,
the first of series of meetings and symposia where member NMIs will
present for discussion and critique various approaches for implementing
Quality Systems to underpin the delivery of measurement services
within their countries/economies.
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9:30a.m.
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Opening
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Willie
May
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Welcome
and Introductory Remarks |
Arden
Bement, Director, NIST
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Session
I: Quality Systems Implementations at NIST
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Hratch Semerjian, Presiding
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9:45a.m.
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Elements of
the NIST System for Assuring Quality in the Results of Measurements
Delivered to Customers in Calibration and Measurement Certificates
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10:00a.m.
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Implementation
of NIST Quality Policy: Some Examples
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- - Length
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- - Photometry
and Radiometry
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- - Time and
Frequency
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- Amount of Substance |
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11:45a.m.
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Discussion
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12:15p.m.
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Lunch
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Session II: Quality Systems Implementation at CENAM, NRC Canada,
and INMETRO
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Ismael Castelazo, Presiding
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1:30p.m.
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CENAM
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2:00p.m.
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NRC Canada
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2:30p.m.
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INMETRO
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3:00p.m.
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Coffee Break
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3:30p.m.
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Discussion
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Session III: Compliance with CIPM MRA Quality Requirements
Within SIM: Next Steps
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Felipe Urresta, Presiding
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4:00p.m.
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SIM Technical
Committee
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Ismael
Castelazo, Chair
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* Open to
NIST employees.
** All non-NIST employees must be preregistered. Contact acd_webmaster@nist.gov
for
registration information.
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