{"id":64036,"date":"2015-11-12T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0dc9a700ca2b12786e3def2a9934c3d1"},"modified":"2016-01-14T11:40:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T11:40:37","slug":"news-story-metrology-seminar-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=64036","title":{"rendered":"News story: Metrology seminar 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Information on speakers and the agenda has now been added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>This seminar has established itself as an important vehicle for the Continuous Personal and Professional Development (<abbr title=\"Continuous Personal and Professional Development\">CPPD<\/abbr>) of local authority staff, which includes 3.5 <abbr title=\"Continuous Personal and Professional Development\">CPPD<\/abbr> hours for successful completion of the seminar.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar provides a unique training\/networking opportunity for metrology specialists throughout the UK, including important updates from the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (<abbr title=\"Chartered Trading Standards Institute\">CTSI<\/abbr>), National Measurement and Regulation Office (<abbr title=\"National Measurement and Regulation Office\">NMRO<\/abbr>) and the Local Government Metrology Expert Panel, along with opportunities for plenty of lively discussion.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FwZuirY6lBw\">Watch a brief video from the February 2015 event<\/a> that highlights the importance of coming to  this event.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses and trade associations involved in legal metrology activity are also welcome to attend this Seminar, although these bookings will be subject to <abbr title=\"National Measurement and Regulation Office\">NMRO<\/abbr> approval.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for this year\u2019s seminar is: \u2018Confidence in measurement accuracy is imperative for a successful thriving economy\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>The agenda for the day is:<\/p>\n<p>9:30 Coffee and registration<\/p>\n<p>10:00 Welcome and update by the Chair &#8211; Chief Executive of <abbr title=\"Chartered Trading Standards Institute\">CTSI<\/abbr>, Leon Livermore<\/p>\n<p>10:20 <abbr title=\"National Measurement and Regulation Office\">NMRO<\/abbr> \u2013  update from Acting Chief Executive, Richard Sanders<\/p>\n<p>10:40 BRDO \u2013  update from Chief Executive, Graham Russell<\/p>\n<p>11:00 Local Government Metrology Expert Panel \/ <abbr title=\"Chartered Trading Standards Institute\">CTSI<\/abbr> Metrology Lead Officers \u2013 update includes progress on intelligence reporting for metrology<\/p>\n<p>11:40 Tea\/Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p>11:55 Measurement past, present and future, Fiona Auty, National Physical Laboratory<\/p>\n<p>12:45 Questions and answers to the morning\u2019s panel<\/p>\n<p>13:00 Lunch<\/p>\n<p>14:00 Weights and Measures from an approved verifiers perspective, Ian Burns, Fairbanks<\/p>\n<p>14:30 Weights and Measures in the US, Jay Moran, Cheshire East<\/p>\n<p>15:00 <abbr title=\"National Measurement and Regulation Office\">NMRO<\/abbr> Projects, Christine Munteanu<\/p>\n<p>16:00 Questions and answers to the afternoon\u2019s panel<\/p>\n<p>16:15 Closing remarks by the Chair<\/p>\n<p>The seminar will take place in the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.1victoriastreet.co.uk\/home.vc\">Westminster Conference Centre<\/a> on Wednesday 23 March 2016. The cost per delegate is \u00a360.00 plus VAT.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingstandards.uk\/events\/Training_Courses.cfm\">Avoid disappointment, book your place now by selecting: \u20182016 metrology seminar\u2019 from the online booking system!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details on the next metrology seminar; information on speakers, venue and how to book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64036"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66416,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64036\/revisions\/66416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}