Goals

The First Gulf Metrology Forum is being organized as a response to the latest international development in metrology, and is an effort to align Gulf metrology policies and regulations with global developments in measurement techniques and their application for industry.

Key Areas

• Exchange of best practice implementation of metrology and measurement policies and instruments in industrial development.
• Assess the needs of Gulf organizations for metrology services and calibration laboratories.
• Explore the developments in measurement techniques and their application for industry.
• Explore national capacity-building mechanisms in industrial and legal metrology.
• Realize the added value of measurement for improvement of industrial processes.
• Discuss projects and opportunities for metrology and calibration labs development.
• Present international case studies in metrology infrastructure development for the manufacturing sector including industrial quality development in the GCC States.
• Exhibit the role of national metrology institutes ( NMI’s) and designated institutes (DIs).
• Discuss experiences of GCC States’ support services in metrology and calibration laboratory development in addition to the impact of competition from foreign laboratories.