MSA News July 2019
 

NATA MSA 2020 MELBOURNE, 3 - 5 March 2020 

First Call for Abstracts

The organising committee is now welcoming abstracts for oral presentations and workshops.  The deadline for abstract submission is Friday 11 October 2019 with acceptance notification by Tuesday 5 November 2019.  Visit the conference page on the website to find all the details about Abstracts.

Submit Abstracts by email to melbourne2020@metrology.asn.au 
 

Conference Schedule

Monday 2 March 2020	Welcome Reception (evening)
Tuesday 3 March 2020	Conference Day 1
Wednesday 4 March 2020	Conference Day 2
Thursday 5 March 2020	Conference Day 3

Conference Venue

The conference will be held at:

The Angliss Conference Centre
555 La Trobe St
Melbourne, Vic, 3000

Registration

Registration will be opened in August 2019 with pricing as follows:
 

Early-bird registration  (until 3 December 2019)	AU$550
Full registration  (until 3 February 2020)	AU$650
Late registration  (on or after 4 February 2020)	AU$800

MSA members will receive a $50 discount on these prices!  Membership is only $45 per year, so click here to Join the MSA now and receive your discount!

Sponsorship Opportunities

We’d like to thank our sponsors already on board:

Platinum Sponsor - NATA

Zedflo, Scientific Devices and Teltherm Instruments

If you would like to get involved as a sponsor please download the Sponsorship booklet here or contact Keith Fordham.

Accommodation

The conference venue has a special arrangement with several nearby hotels at a range of price points.  More information can be found here.

More Information

For more information, go to the Conference page on the MSA website or please contact the chair of the local organising committee Tony Bergen.
 
https://metrology.asn.au/MSA2020
 

International Women in Engineering Day 2019 - 23rd June 2019

International Women in Engineering Day, under the patronage of UNESCO, is an international awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering and focuses attention on the amazing career opportunities available to girls in this exciting industry.  In 2019, the theme was #TransformTheFuture.

The MSA committee would like to ‘shout out’ to all the amazing achievements of women engineers throughout the world.  In-line with our desire to inspire young people into STEM careers, and in particular Engineering, there is a great book series on this topic called ‘Rosie Revere’ aimed at primary school age children. NZ organisation InKind has produced a number of short videos about Women Engineers titled #FindingRosie which uses the Rosie Revere books to tell real life stories about women engineers in NZ.
 

NATA MSA Conference 2020 Platinum Sponsor

NATA is Australia’s national accreditation body for the accreditation of laboratories, inspection bodies, calibration services, producers of certified reference materials and proficiency testing scheme providers throughout Australia. NATA provides independent assurance of technical competence and integrity of organisations offering testing and allied services for customers who require confidence in the delivery of their products and services.

NATA is recognised as Australia’s national authority for the accreditation of laboratories, inspection bodies, calibration services, producers of certified reference materials and proficiency testing scheme providers. We deliver third party peer-assessment based accreditation services, at a technical/scientific level, which provides confidence in the outcomes of measurements, tests, inspections and related scientific, technical and professional activities
 
NATA provides other activities which are aligned to our primary accreditation functions including:
 

• participation in national standards bodies committees, including Standards Australia, to assist in the development of robust technical and scientific standards
• participation in international fora and representation of Australia on ISO committees and technical committees of other international bodies
• delivery of a range of training programs from one day standards-based courses to more advanced five-day lead assessor training.

 
NATA is also recognised as Australia’s compliance monitoring authority for facilities undertaking non-clinical health and environmental safety studies in accordance with the OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice.
 
NATA accreditation is increasingly recognised as a valuable tool in risk management, quality assurance for enterprises, and across a wide range of Government policy areas including better regulation, good governance and fair markets. In public policy, NATA accreditation is being used by Government and its agencies as an effective method of delivering policy more efficiently and supporting its obligations in areas as diverse as healthcare, food production, the construction industry and environmental management.
 
NATA accreditation is formal recognition that facilities produce reliable technical results which increases community confidence and trust in a facility’s services, mitigates risk, improves tendering success and facilitates trade.
 
Further information can be found at www.nata.com.au or by emailing Paul McMullen Sector Manager, Calibration.
 

Passing the mantle at APL

Australian Pressure Laboratory (APL) is pleased to announce a recent change of ownership, with the mantle being passed on from company founder, Randall Anderson, to long-time employee, Liam Shanahan.
 
MSA members will be familiar with both Randall and Liam, with Randall being one of the MSA’s founding Members and serving in various MSA committees since 1996, and Liam having acted as the MSA’s website administrator since 2013.  The team at APL, including Randall’s brother, Rowan, have been active in the Pressure Interest Group, at MSA Conferences, and were instrumental in the development of the MSA Test Methods for Pressure.
 
APL has developed a reputation as pressure calibration specialists over more than 25 years, and Liam intends to continue with Randall and Rowan’s vision for high quality accredited pressure calibration.  The APL team has grown in recent years, but even with the change in ownership, Randall and Rowan remain as central and highly experienced members of the team at APL.
 



 

Early Notice for Special General Meeting

4pm Monday 14th October 2019

Save this date!  The MSA Committee invite all members to attend/join this Special General Meeting via Teleconference or at NMIA Lindfield.  The committee are deferring the AGM to the MSA Conference and call this meeting to meet our constitutional obligations.

Another notice will be posted on the website homepage closer to the date with the NMIA venue details, teleconference numbers and the agenda.
 

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