REACTIVE METROLOGY OR PROACTIVE METROLOGY - WHICH APPROACH WILL BEST MEET THE GRAND CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?

Andy Henson, Fiona Redgrave

Abstract

The traditional modus operandi of the National Metrology Institutes has been the development, realisation and dissemination of the SI Units. However sustainable development poses challenges for our economies and societies that do not neatly align themselves with the SI Unit divisions of mass, length, time etc. Whilst the need for the NMIs to support the core mission is not questioned, this paper examines the case for top-level metrology to play a far more proactive role in rising to the grand challenges of the future.

Keywords

National Metrology Institutes, grand challenges, international cooperation

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TC11 - Measurement in Testing, Inspection and Certification

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