In Conversation
World Metrology Day 2015
A conversation with Dr Barry Inglis
and Dr Bronwyn Evans
Facilitated by Dr Angela Samuel, International
Relations, NMI
The National Measurement Institute invites you
to a breakfast forum to commemorate World
Metrology Day 2015.
We are also using this occasion to celebrate the
re-election of Dr Barry Inglis, NMI’s inaugural
CEO, as President of the International
Committee for Weights & Measures (CIPM).
Barry is the first Australian and only the second
non-European to hold this position.
NMI’s Angela Samuel will facilitate a discussion
with Barry and Dr Bronwyn Evans, CEO of
Standards Australia.
The discussion will try to draw out strategies
whereby measurement and the broader
standards and conformance (S&C)
infrastructure can help address the challenges
faced at global, regional and national levels in,
for example, the health, energy, environment
and food sectors.
These priority areas are targeted by the
government’s recent Industry Growth Centres
initiative and we hope the discussion will
stimulate your thinking – and encourage you to
pose questions yourself – on how measurement
can support this initiative in strengthening links
between Australian researchers and industries
in key sectors of the economy.
When: Wednesday, 20 May 2015
8.00 am breakfast for 8.30 am start (1 hour
forum)
Where: Lehany Theatre,
National Measurement Institute (NMI),
36 Bradfield Road, West Lindfield
RSVP: communications@measurement.gov.au
by Monday, 18 May 2015
Barry Inglis
As President of CIPM,
Barry Inglis has played
an important role in the
technical infrastructure in
Australia, regionally and
internationally. He was
the inaugural CEO of
NMI, former Chair of the
Asia-Pacific Metrology Programme and was
elected CIPM President firstly in 2009 and then
re-elected in 2015. Barry has wide experience
in the development of S&C infrastructure and
has been an invited expert for many
consultancies, including for the governments of
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, and
Korea. He is presently a member of the
International Advisory Board to the National
Institute of Metrology, China.
Bronwyn Evans
As CEO of Standards
Australia, Bronwyn has
over
30
years’
experience
as
an
engineering executive
in the areas of power
generation, engineering
education,
standards
creation and medical
devices. Bronwyn is currently the Chair of the
Industry
Growth
Centre
for
Medical
Technologies and Pharmaceuticals and of the
Advisory Board for Robogals and a Director of
The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering.