World Metrology Day - 20 May 2019

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alt="2019 Poster"/></a> </div> <br> <br> <p class="center">The 2019 poster was designed by the <br/> Standards and Calibration Laboratory, <br/> Hong Kong, China.<br/> <br/> <a class="plain" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200203173455/https://www.itc.gov.hk/en/quality/scl/about.htm" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20200203173455im_/http://www.worldmetrologyday.org/photos/logos/logo_SCL.jpg" width="350"/></a> <p class="center"> <p class="center"> </td> <td width="2%"> </td> <td width="45%" valign="top"><h1 align="center">World Metrology Day<br> - 20 May - <br/> </h1> <hr/> <p class="global"> </p> <p class="global">Welcome to the 2019 World Metrology Day Resource website. </p> <p class="global">The theme for World Metrology Day 2019 is <strong>The International System of Units - Fundamentally better</strong>. This theme was chosen because on 16 November 2018, the General Conference on Weights and Measures agreed perhaps one of the most significant revisions to the International System of Units (the SI) since its inception. Research into new measurement methods, including those using quantum phenomena, underpin the change, which comes into force on 20 May 2019. The SI is now based on a set of definitions each linked to the laws of physics and have the advantage of being able to embrace further improvements in measurement science and technology to meet the needs of future users for many years to come.</p> <p class="global">Indeed more widely metrology, the science of measurement, plays a central role in scientific discovery and innovation, industrial manufacturing and international trade, in improving the quality of life and in protecting the global environment. </p> <p class="global">World Metrology Day is an annual celebration of the signature of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875 by representatives of seventeen nations. The Convention set the framework for global collaboration in the science of measurement and in its industrial, commercial and societal applications. The original aim of the Metre Convention - the world-wide uniformity of measurement - remains as important today as it was in 1875.</p> <p class="global">The World Metrology Day project is realized jointly by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200203173455/http://www.bipm.org/" target="_blank">BIPM</a> and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200203173455/https://www.oiml.org/en" target="_blank">OIML</a>. We hope that you enjoy this site and that your Country or Metrology Organization will join us and participate in this year's event.</p> <p class="global">Warm regards,</p> <p class="global"><a href="contacts.html">The WMD Team</a> </p> <br> <br> <h3 align="center">Visit the BIPM-OIML Resource Center:</h3> <p class="center"><a class="plain" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200203173455/http://www.metrologyinfo.org/" target="BLANK"><img src="/web/20200203173455im_/http://www.worldmetrologyday.org/photos/joint-logo.jpg" alt=" " border="0" width="100%"></a> <p class="center"> </p> <p class="center"> </p></td> <td width="5%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20200203173455js_/http://www.worldmetrologyday.org/js/awstats_misc_tracker.js"></script> <noscript><img src="/web/20200203173455im_/http://www.worldmetrologyday.org/js/awstats_misc_tracker.js?nojs=y" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display: none" alt="misc"></noscript> </body> </html>

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