Working Group (WG) Meetings, November 15 (Wednesday)

1 Welcome to Singapore from Mr Teo Nam Kuan, Group Director, Quality and Standards, SPRING Singapore, the honorary chairman

2 WG on Training Coordination by Mrs. Marian Haire, Manager, Training and Technology Transfer, National Measurement Institute, Australia

3 WG on Goods Packed by Measure by Mr. Stephen O’Brien, Senior Advisor Legal Metrology, Measurement and Product Safety Service, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, New Zealand

4 WG on Utility Meters by Mr. Gilles Vinet, Vice-President, Program Development Directorate, Measurement Canada, Canada

5 WG on Mutual Recognition Arrangements by Dr. Charles Ehrlich, Chief, International Legal Metrology Program, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), U.S.A

6 WG on Medical Measurements by Dr. Jay-San Chen, Director General, Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs (M.O.E.A.), Chinese Taipei

7 WG on Measurement of Moisture Content of Agricultural Commodities by Mr. Hiroshi Kitano, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), AIST, Japan

8 WG on Traceability in Legal Metrology by Dr. Akira Ooiwa, Director, Mechanical Metrology Division, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), AIST, Japan

9 WG on Pattern Compliance by Dr. Grahame Harvey, Head of Legal Metrology, National Measurement Institute, Australia

10 Closure of the WGs Meeting

Forum Meeting, November 16 (Thursday)

1. Welcome to Singapore from Mr. Cedric Foo, Chairman of SPRING Singapore.
Opening address from Dr. Akira Ooiwa, APLMF President.

2. Opening address from Mr Teo Nam Kuan, Group Director, Quality and Standards, SPRING Singapore.

3. Roll call

4. Confirmation of the report of the 12th APLMF and WGs meetings

5. Report of the APLMF President by Dr. Akira Ooiwa

6. Report of the APLMF Secretariat by Dr. Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Executive Secretary

6.1 Activities of the Secretariat

6.2 Membership and organizations

6.3 Finance

7. Presentation with discussion on mass flowmeter.

8. Activities of the working groups

8.1 2007 action plan for each WG

8.2 Update of the WGs structure and policy

9. Strategy of the APLMF

9.1 APLMF Strategy 2006/2007

9.2 Others

10. Report of APEC SCSC and other specialist regional bodies (SRBs); APLAC, APMP, PAC and PASC.

11. Report of the Bureau International de Metrologie Legale (BIML)

12. Report of other Regional Legal Metrology Organizations (RLMOs); ASEAN, COOMET, EMLMF, NCWM, SADCMEL, SIM, SWLMF and WELMEC.

Forum Meeting, November 17 (Friday morning)

13. Full member session (full member only)

13.1 Finance

13.2 WG, Membership and MOU

13.3 Work program

13.4 Next Presidency in 2007-2008

14. Reports from member economies

15. Needs of member economies

16. Other business

17. Future meetings - 14th APLMF and WGs meetings

18. Closing remarks by the honorary chairman

19. Closing remarks by the President