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Meeting of the Euramet project 924

"Development of a sustainable traceability and dissemination system providing
Europe-wide comparable measurement results
in water monitoring under the WFD"

in the PTB, Braunschweig, Germany at 9.-10. April 2008


This meeting served to discuss the current activities of the project which are the discussion of two completed comparison measurements, the validation of the measurement methods of potential calibration laboratories, and the planning of a comparison for the test laboratories and the potential calibration laboratories by the end of this year.

Agenda

Wednesday, 09th April
Discussion of the comparisons (step1)

900
Welcome address (D. Schiel, PTB) Placeholder
910
Metrolgy in Chemistry (P. Fisicaro, LNE) Placeholder
940
Preparation and testing of the pure water samples (J. Birkhahn, BAM) Placeholder
1020
Preparation and testing of the natural water samples (P. Fisicaro, LNE) Placeholder
1040
Coffee break
1100
Results of the comparisons (D. Schiel, PTB) Placeholder
1130
Discussion of the results (Chairman: R. Matschat, BAM)
1300
Lunch

Discussion of the next steps (2+3) of the project

1400
The Chemical Monitoring Activity under the WFD - State of the art and analytical challenges (U. Borchers, IWW, Germany) Placeholder
1430
Metrological traceability and dissemination (D. Schiel, PTB) Placeholder
1500
Discussion of the next project steps; Validation of the procedures and the next comparison measurement (H. Kipphardt, BAM) Placeholder
In between a 20-minutes coffee break

Additional programme

1630
Visit of the laboratories of "Metrology and Chemistry"
1730
Public bus transport to city centre
1830
Guided tour through Braunschweig (additional pictures)
Pictures: 01 02 03
1945
Dinner, Gewandhaus

Thursday, 10th April

900
Recent developments of European Metrology (J. Stenger, PTB) Placeholder

Workshop on uncertainty estimations

940
GUM procedure (O. Rienitz, PTB) Placeholder
1110
Coffee break
1130
Top down method: an alternative? (D. Schiel, PTB) Placeholder
1200
Lunch
1300
A bottom up example (O. Rienitz, PTB) Placeholder Examples: Excel sheet Excel macro
In between 20 minutes coffee break
1600
Closure (D. Schiel, PTB)