L-A-B to Host the NCSLI Measurement Uncertainty Roadshow on World Accreditation Day June 9, 2011
Laboratory Accreditation Bureau to host the NCSLI Measurement Uncertainty Roadshow on World Accreditation Day in Fort Wayne, IN
Meeting Date and Time:
Thursday, June 9, 2011
10:00am - 4:00pm
No Cost to Attend
NCSLI Meeting Coordinator:
Doug Leonard and Kelli Jennisch, (kjennisch@l-a-b.com 260-637-2705)
Meeting Location:
Canlan Ice Sports-Lutheran Health Sportscenter
3869 Ice Way
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805
260-387-6614
Directions: Meeting Sponsor(s): Meeting Speakers:
Directions available through mapquest.com and mapsonus.com
Laboratory Accreditation Bureau
Doug Leonard, Laboratory Accreditation Bureau – Introduction to Uncertainty of Measurement
Tim Osborne and Bryan Wilkerson, Dynamic Technology, a Trescal Company – How to Find Type A’s in your Laboratory
Jeff Gust, Fluke Corporation – Electrical Uncertainty
Tom Wiandt, Fluke Corporation, Temperature Division – Uncertainty Guide for Temperature Calibration
Meeting Overview: Meeting Agenda:
The purpose of this event is to create awareness and provide training on measurement uncertainty, which is an important concept for calibration and the metrological traceability of measurements. The Roadshow is broken into 4 modules, with various experts teaching measurement uncertainty principles directed toward specific measurement disciplines.
9:30-10:00 Registration, get acquainted. Refreshments provided by L-A-B
10:00-10:05 Welcoming Remarks, Mr. Douglas Leonard, NCSLI Section 1211
10:05-10:45 Doug Leonard, Laboratory Accreditation Bureau – Intro. to Uncertainty of Measurement
10:45-12:00 Tim Osborne & Bryan Wilkerson, Dynamic Technology, a Trescal Company - How to Find Type A’s in your Laboratory 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:15 Jeff Gust, Fluke Corporation – Electrical Uncertainty
2:15-2:30 Break 4:00 Tour of Canlan Ice Sports (optional)
World Accreditation Day information
June 9th 2011 will mark World Accreditation Day, a global initiative jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation-related activities.
As in previous years, the day will be celebrated across the world with the hosting of major national events, seminars, and press and media coverage, to communicate the value of accreditation to Government, Regulators and the leaders of the business community.
The theme of the day this year will focus on how accreditation is used to support the work of Regulators. Nationally, there is greater recognition of accreditation, in particular from Regulators, who are adopting accreditation as a mechanism to deliver a multi-discipline solution that can support or act as an alternative to Legislation.
In complex and highly competitive markets, confidence is required when products or services are traded between economies. Such reassurance is underpinned by accreditation. Governments and Regulators, have come to appreciate the importance of credible accreditation programs that are based on internationally-recognized standards. With restricted budgets, many Regulators can no longer do it all themselves and increasingly, they must rely on third-party organisations to support their regulatory objectives. When they do so, they need a fair and meaningful basis for identifying qualified and competent providers. Accreditation provides this declaration of competence.
The influence and use of accreditation continues to grow across a wide range of economies and domestic policy areas. This was highlighted in a survey of the ILAC membership in 2010, which confirmed the growing use of accreditation by Regulators in all the 55 economies that responded.
However, there are still many more policy areas in which accreditation could be introduced as an alternative to regulation from healthcare, health and safety management, education, and waste management, to name but a few.
World Accreditation Day provides an excellent opportunity for the accreditation community to extend its influence and demonstrate how accreditation can be applied to a wide variety of assessment, approval or evaluation tasks that can be used to address a wide range of Regulatory requirements.