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.
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Formation | 1958 |
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Headquarters | IMEKO Secretariat Lajos utca Lajos utca 74-76, H-1031 Budapest |
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Membership | 42 MOs |
Official language | English |
President | Professor Frank Härtig Germany |
Website | http://www.imeko.org/ |
IMEKO has member organizations (MOs) in the following countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Congo (Democratic Republic), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, the Republic of Korea, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, 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).
Traditionally the following awards are bestowed at the closing ceremony of an IMEKO World Congress:
IMEKO sponsors three academic journals:
IMEKO activities are further documented in the following publications:
IMEKO is one of the five Sister Federations within FIACC - Five International Associations Co-ordinating Committee, further consisting of:
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. [citation needed]
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