The 8th Biennial Conference of the Metrology Society of Australia was successfully held at Surfair Marcoola, right on the beach on  Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and ran from Wednesday  30th September to Friday 2nd October 2009. In true relaxed Queensland  spirit, delegates were greeted by the committee suitably attired in brightly coloured Hawaiian shirts which set the mood for  the conference.

The title and theme of the conference "More than Kilograms and Metres" was chosen to highlight the diversity of our industry and the membership of the MSA.  A packed timetable of interesting papers presented over the following 2 days reflected this. We were fortunate to have Professor Peter Andrews, Queensland Chief Scientist, as the keynote speaker and Professor Mark Kendall, Director of the Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology at the University of Queensland addressing the plenary session. 

The facilities were fully utilised with lunch each day served by the pool, and a few taking advantage of the beach just beyond the dunes.

Keynote speaker, Queensland Chief Scientist Professor Peter Andrews.

The conference committee, from left to right, consisted of Queensland members
Shane Brann, Bob Irwin, Rai Pippia, Geoff Barnier, Barry Neville, Nigel Lane and Max Purss.