CIMi2010 - Metrology and Industry International Conference

About the Conference

CIMi2010, International Metrology and Industry Conference, is a initiative of CATIM – Technological Centre for Metal Working Industry - with support of partners , and the main goal is join, during 3 days, International specialists in metrology, researchers, academics, quality professionals, equipment manufacturers and users, from countries around the world and facilitate the exchange of information and experiences in the science of measurement.

The Conference will cover topics such as:

•  Industry, Metrology and Education: New Approaches. Legacy, youth and future jobs;

•  Metrology: Scientific, Industrial and Legal: The three pillars of metrology;

•  Digitizing, Reverse Engineering and CAD: Solutions to improve quality control in dimentional metrology;

•  Industry / Metrology, Innovation and Sustainability: How can Metrology help stepping out of crises;

•  Uncertaintities: Measurement´s Evaluation;

•  Interlaboratory Comparisons: A tool for assuring the quality of results;

•  Acreditation and Certification: New legislative framework. Fair market versus free market;

•  Calibration and Standards: The improvement of measurement techniques and the role of metrology in Business Intelligence;

•  Metrology in Food safety, Health and Environment: The path to human sustainability;

•  Metrology: new challenges: New developments, innovation and technologies.

Don't miss this extraordinary event in the Metrology domain and make your reservation on time.

Innovation is a strategic imperative, sustainability the key driver.

The questions asked today are very complex, and we are facing unprecedented difficult business conditions, especially for SME's.
Economic constraints increased and go along with the sustainability imperative. Improved sustainability should mean less cost and vice-versa. Innovation remains a way of addressing the challenges ahead. It takes a team to innovate. New organization, clients, markets. Facing new legislation, evolving standards. New substances, materials, technologies, products, processes. New skills and qualifications.

Producing and selling is not enough. Long before and after, are also important. Life cycle, energy efficiency, eco efficiency, footprint, are words you can not ignore. And you have to measure. Smaller, softer, harder, faster, longer.
Hopefully the upturn is coming. Companies can come out of recession stronger.
Meanwhile, some words acquired a new importance: trust, meaning, social relations, sustainability…

The downturn is a great time to learn and build advantages over the competitors.
If innovation drives your competitive position, you can't back off. A reduction in innovation effort can mean being put out of the market in the upturn. Companies can come out of recession stronger. But “don't get too excited with innovation. It is only the beginning.” Increasing R&D spending is not a straight forward path to improve overall corporate performance. We need to increase our efforts to make the innovation process more efficient. Work harder, spend smarter. Deal with uncertainty.

It is all about metrology.