WORLD METROLOGY DAY 2010
Tomorrow, Guyana will join with the rest of the world to celebrate World Metrology Day 2010 under the theme: Metrology – measurements in Science and Technology….a bridge to innovation.
Previous themes have focused on topics such as measurements in sport, the environment, medicine, and trade. The 2010 theme concentrates on how measurement influences science and stimulates innovation. As the world strives to move on from its recent financial problems, and as Governments work to regenerate economies, we shall find that science and technology are the engines of economic growth and prosperity. These, in turn, rely on being able to measure correctly and to refer measurements to the same international reference standards.

During World Metrology Day, more than eighty States will in various ways highlight the impact of measurement on our daily lives, and it is important to note that every part of our daily life is touched by this essential, and yet largely hidden, aspect of modern society.

A world without accurate measurement is a world where science, technology, trade and society can’t communicate and where error and uncertainty would reign supreme. National systems of measurement, wherever they are, must therefore all rely on agreed standards and units as well as agreed techniques to make consistent, reproducible and accurate measurements.

Each national system is linked into a world-wide network of national measurement standards and laboratories coordinated by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. This network gives society access to accurate measurement in order to meet today’s challenges in healthcare, within the environment, and in all the new technologies.

In industry and commerce, metrology helps ensure product quality, eliminates waste and increases productivity and trade based on agreed measurements and tests. It also enables scientists to use a common language to underpin their collaboration across the world and ensure that their exploits can be taken up by companies where ever they operate.

This year, in his message to the metrology institutions, governments, companies, academics, and the man in the street, the Director of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures highlights the role played by precise measurement. He challenges measurement scientists to be more active in promoting the topic among decision makers, as well as with young people, to point out the importance and value of accurate and reliable measurement to their daily tasks and to the world, as it deals with today’s grand challenges.

To commemorate World Metrology Day tomorrow, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), the organization responsible for Metrology in Guyana, will be hosting an Open Day at its Head Office in the National Exhibition Complex, Sophia.
The activity will commence at 09:00 hrs and conclude at 15:30 hrs, and visitors will be given the opportunity to tour the various laboratories, observe some of the procedures, and be informed about the various metrology services offered by the GNBS.
For further information, please contact the GNBS on telephone numbers: 219-0069, 219-0066, 219-0065.