The International Measurement Confederation (abbreviated IMEKO, from German: Internationale Meßtechnische Konföderation) is a non-governmental federation of metrological organizations. It was founded in 1958 in Budapest, Hungary.
Structure IMEKO has member organizations (MOs) in the following countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, the Republic of Korea, Kosovo, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. IMEKO is entirely staffed by volunteers from its MOs - scientific societies or institutes of the corresponding member countries. They delegate specialists in the different fields of metrology to contribute to the work of IMEKO in the General Council, the boards and the Technical Committees (TCs). The MOs organise IMEKO events (congresses, conferences, workshops, symposia).
General Council (GC) The General Council is the governing body, containing one or two delegates from each Member Organization. Sessions are held annually. Technical Board (TB) The purpose of the Technical Board is to supervise the Technical Committees. The TB is chaired by the President-Elect. The TB is responsible for creating and disbanding TCs, developing proposals for new TCs, facilitating communication with the journal Measurement, arranging sponsorship, the approval of events to be organized by the TCs, the support of the journal Editorial Board, and helping to prepare Technical Sessions and Round Tables at World Congresses. Technical Committees (TCs) TC1 - Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation TC2 - Photonics TC3 - Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque and Gravity TC4 - Measurement of Electrical Quantities TC5 - Hardness Measurement TC6 - Digitalization TC7 - Measurement Science TC8 - Traceability in Metrology TC9 - Flow Measurement TC10 - Measurement for Diagnostics, Optimization & Control TC11 - Measurement in Testing, Inspection and Certification TC12 -Temperature and Thermal Measurements TC13 - Measurements in Biology and Medicine TC14 - Measurement of Geometrical Quantities TC15 - Experimental Mechanics TC16 - Pressure and Vacuum Measurement TC17 - Measurement in Robotics TC18 - Measurement of Human Functions TC19 - Environmental Measurements TC20 - Measurements of Energy and Related Quantities TC21 - Mathematical Tools for Measurements TC22 - Vibration Measurement TC23 - Metrology in Food and Nutrition TC24 - Chemical Measurements TC25 - Quantum Measurement and Quantum Information TC26 - Metrology for Cultural Heritage
Awards Traditionally, the following awards are bestowed at the closing ceremony of an IMEKO World Congress:
Distinguished Service Award is bestowed upon persons for outstanding services to IMEKO, who have been active for many years as well-known specialists in the field of measurement. György Striker Junior Paper Award, a donation of the Founder and first Secretary-General of IMEKO and his wife, to be given to a junior author under 35 years of age whose paper reflects a deep understanding and knowledge of the theme of a World Congress. The sum of the award is EURO 1500.
Publications IMEKO sponsors four academic journals:
Measurement, published by Elsevier Measurement: Sensors, an open access companion to Measurement, also published by Elsevier Measurement: Food, a new open access companion to Measurement, also published by Elsevier Measurement: Energy, a new open access companion to Measurement, also published by Elsevier Measurement: Digitalization, a new open access companion to Measurement, also published by Elsevier Acta IMEKO, an online-only diamond open access journal IMEKO activities are further documented in the following publications:
ACTA IMEKO – extended versions of selected IMEKO congresses papers IMEKO TC Events Series – proceedings of Technical Committee events IMEKO NEWSLETTER – bimonthly newsletter Repository of publications – proceedings of IMEKO events IMEKO's website
International cooperation IMEKO is one of the five Sister Federations within FIACC - Five International Associations Co-ordinating Committee, consisting of:
International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS) IMEKO also works with International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), as well as the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. The way of co-operation is organising joint events, co-sponsoring events and inviting keynote speakers to each other.
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