Schedule 2011

6-8 April - LNE / Paris

"Metrological traceability in the globalisation age" - IMEKO conference TC 8, 23, 24

This three-day conference will focus on the new needs in measurement traceability that are appearing in the age of globalization. Three IMEKO technical committees – TC8 (Traceability in metrology), TC23 (Metrology in food and nutrition) and TC24 (Chemical measurements) – will take stock of improvements made in the reliability, comparability and traceability of measurements in the environmental, health and food sectors, and assess the development of metrological tools such as reference materials, reference methods, calibration and aptitude tests.

LNE will make a key contribution, presenting its work in this field at presentations* or poster** sessions and running a session on metrological traceability of measurements in the health sector.

Conférences LNE :

• - "Metrology for Biofuels" - Paola Fisicaro, Sophie Vaslin-Reimann (LNE - Paris)
• - "Metrological characterization and traceability of in situ probes for continuous water quality monitoring: a case study" - Nathalie Guigues, R. Champion, J. Lachenal and E. Hance (LNE - France)
• - "The usefulness of assignation of reference values in inter laboratories comparisons: French demonstrations in the field of environmental survey" - Sophie Lardy-Fontan, J. Cabillic, M. Peignaux, C. Stumpf, B. Lepot, E. Leoz, C. Miege and B. Lalere (LNE - France)
• - "Method Development for the accurate quantification of genomic DNA" - Pierre Olivier Fraisse, Olga Leclerc, Guillaume Labarraque, Paola Fisicaro and Caroline Oster (LNE - France)
• "Development of reference methods for the measurement of biomarkers" - Vincent Delatour, Béatrice Lalere and Sophie Vaslin-Reimann (LNE - France)

Poster LNE :

• ** "In-situ inter-laboratory comparisons on physico-chemical parameters: a collaborative study" - R. Champion¹; J-P. Ghestem², B. Lepot³; ¹ LNE, France, ² BRGM, France, ³ INERIS, France

[Full programme]

2-5 may - Berlin / Allemagne

5th CCM international conference on pressure and vacuum metrology

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4th International Conference IMEKO TC16

The 5th CCM international conference on pressure metrology in conjunction with the 4th international conference IMEKO TC16 will take place from May 2-5, 2011, in Berlin.

LNE's experts will present their research in particular in the framework of two projects EUROMET (European Association of National Metrology Institutes).

• - "New Model Of Fluid Flow To Determine Pressure Balance Characteristics" - Thierry Rabault, Padipat Wongthep (Presentation)
• - "Evaluation of cross-float measurements with pressure balances - Results of EURAMET project 1125" - Pierre Otal, Isabelle Morgado (Presentation)
• - "Characterization of the LNE constant pressure flowmeter; comparison with the primary references for the leak flow rates" - Frédéric Boineau (Poster)
• - "R-134a leak comparison in atmospheric pressure - Results of the EURAMET project 1115" - Frédéric Boineau, Isabelle Morgado (Poster)
• - "Design of a secondary standard for measuring arterial Blood Pressure" - George Fahd, Pierre Otal (Presentation)

[CCMP-5 / IMEKO TC16-4]

13-16 june - Boston / Etats-Unis

Nanotech 2011 - Conference & Expo

Nanotech held for the 14th year is the largest conference devoted to nanotechnology. Combining lectures and an exhibition they put together more than 5000 visitors: business leaders, industrialists startups to large groups as well as experts from academia, government ...

Charles MOTZKUS, manager of the nanoscale project will present the work of LNE on the characterization of aerosols emitted during combustion of nanocomposites, "Characterization et airborne particles released by the combustion of Nanocomposites".

[Nanotech 2011]

5-6 july - Paris

Buy Quiet 2011: purchasing attitudes through simplified product noise ratings

An International INCE Symposium organized by INCE/Europe in cooperation with BAuA (Germany), CIDB (France) and INRS( France), in partnership with CAETS.

The objectives of the symposium are to stimulate "buy quiet" purchasing attitudes through simplified noise ratings and to provide manufacturers with the information needed to design low noise products.

LNE member of organizing committee will present a conference untitled: "The different types of information available to characterize the noise of products"

[Buy Quiet 2011]

3-6 october - Porte de Versailles / Paris

15th International Congress of Metrology

Organised in partnership with LNE, the International Congress of Metrology is based on 6 industrial round tables, 180 presentations, 70 booths exhibition of equipment and services and technical visits to companies.

Subtitled "Added value for better meaurements", it aims: improving measurement processes in industry and laboratories.

LNE teams who will make presentations at conferences, will also be present at MesurExpo in a booth D17 throughout the four days.

[15th International Congress of Metrology]

29-30 november - Salzburg / Austria

European LIDAR Mapping Forum (ELMF)

The ELMF is the main event in Europe about applications of Light Detection And Ranging (or LIDAR) technology. In 2010, there were more than 600 entrants from 46 countries at this forum.

This year, Jean-Baptiste Henry, project manager at LNE’s remote sensing department, will hold a conference entitled " Synergistic use of laser and infrared scanners for mobile thermal mapping of buildings" which will present the SYSCAM-Thermo3D research project, led by LNE together with INSA Strasbourg’s photogrammetry laboratory. The objective of this project is to develop a land acquisition system, using an infrared scanner and a laser profilometer to collect, process and render thermographic data on building facades.

[European LIDAR Mapping Forum]