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CSIRO MEDIA RELEASE 95/131

MEASURE FOR MEASURE AS METROLOGISTS MEET

Metrology experts will meet at the first Metrology Society of Australia (MSA) Conference this week (November 29 - December 1, 1995) to address Australia's role in the development of accurate measuring standards.

Metrology is the science of measurement. The conference will deal with measurement topics in telecommunications, nuclear medicine, the law, traffic control, and chemical standards.

According to MSA Vice-President, CSIRO's Dr Barry Inglis, accurate measurement of chemicals and biochemicals is increasingly important in trade, food and agriculture, health and medicine, environmental management, sport, and touches the lives of all Australians.

"There's no current international benchmark for standards of chemical measurement," said Dr Inglis, who is CSIRO's Chief Standards Scientist. "Australia has the potential to play a major role in redressing this deficiency."

"Chemical standards will significantly reduce the threat of incidents such as the rejection of Australian beef by Japan on the basis of pesticide contamination" said Dr Inglis. "Chemical standards will also boost Australia's credibility as a 'clean, green' nation, enabling more accurate and reliable environmental monitoring."

Keynote speaker will be Professor Paul de Bievre from the European Community's Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements. Professor Bievre is at the forefront of the development of an international chemical measurement system.

The conference will be held at the National Measurement Laboratory, CSIRO Division of Applied Physics, Sydney. It will bring together metrology experts from industry, government, universities, and the National Measurement Laboratory.

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