IMEKO : International metrology confederation
The IMEKO association was created in 1958. It is a federation of metrology societies and universities that feel concerned by any types of measurements (scientific, technological and/or industrial).
IMEKO is currently involving 36 member organizations (for 36 countries). IMEKO’s objective is :
- To promote exchanges on scientific and technological information in the area of measurements ;
- To facilitate co-operation between scientists ;
- o organize international conferences among which the " IMEKO World Congress " held every three years, and conferences with themes such as Flowmeko, Tempmeko, etc.
In order to embrace the largest possible number of issues related to measurements that can be carried out in the laboratories, IMEKO is structured around technical committees: the TCs. To date, 23 TCs have been created, the last two were formed in November 2005 and September 2006
The Collège Français de Métrologie (CFM) is the French member of IMEKO, and as such participates in the General Council. The CFM also has representatives in some of IMEKO’s technical Committees.
The 23 Technical Committees are as follows :
- TC1 - Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation
- TC2 - Photonics
- TC3 - Measurement of Force, Mass, Torque and Density
- TC4 - Measurement of Electrical Quantities
- TC5 - Hardness Measurement
- TC6 - Vocabulary Committee (activité suspendue pour l'instant)
- TC7 - Measurement Science
- TC8 - Traceability in Metrology
- TC9 - Flow Measurement
- TC10 - Technical Diagnostics
- TC11 - Metrological Infrastructures
- TC12 - Temperature and Thermal Measurements
- TC13 - Measurements in Biology and Medicine
- TC14 - Measurement of Geometrical Quantities
- TC15 - Experimental Mechanics
- TC16 - Pressure and Vacuum Measurement
- TC17 - Measurement in Robotics
- TC18 - Measurement of Human Functions
- TC19 - Environmental Measurements
- TC20 - Measurement Techniques for the Construction Industry
- TC21 - Mathematical Tools for Measurements
- TC22 - Vibration measurement and acceleration
- TC23 - Metrology in Food and Nutrition
