Programme
The programme International Conference of Weighing aims at presenting state of the art developments in the field of weighing focussed on ‘Weighing in a global digital world’. It consists of plenary sessions and parallel tracks in the area of legal, applied and scientific metrology making it an attractive programme for everyone interested in weighing. Below you can find an overview of the programme and different sessions.
Monday, 24 April 2023
09.00 - 10.00 | Registration in Hotel Hafen Hamburg
10.00 - 12.30 | Plenary session 1
Setting the scene | Moderator: Dieter Menne, VDMA President & Mettler Toledo
10.00 – 10.10 Welcome by Luis Cachon - ICW President
10.10 – 10.20 Opening statement (politician)
10.20 – 10.50 Presentation on new kilogram / Philippe Richard, Director - METAS / CCM President
10.50 – 11.20 Presentation on digitalisation / Frank Härtig, Vice President - PTB / IMEKO President
11.20 – 11.50 Break
11.50 – 12.10 Presentation on global economic situation / Marina Eurich - Hamburg Institute of International Economic
12.10 – 12.30 Presentation on geopolitical/trade situation / Ulrich Ackermann - VDMA
14.00 – 15.30 | Parallel sessions 1
Legal metrology
Digital transformation of OIML technical work | Moderator: Anthony Donnellan, OIML
- Sascha Eichstädt - PTB
- Marko Esche, Convenor - PTB & OIML D31
- Jan Konijnenburg, software project team leader - OIML R76
- Morayo Awosola, Convenor - OPSS & OIML R51
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Applied metrology
New technologies to improve weighing | Moderator: Toshiyuki Takatsuji, NMIJ
- Katsuhiro Shirono - NMIJ
- Alessandro Grande - EdgeImpulse
- Toshihiro Morioka - NMIJ
- Olivier Legendre - SCAIME
Scientific metrology
New kilogram
- Hao Fang, Michael Stock - BIPM
- Lorenzo Keck - NIST
- Leon Chao - NIST
- Atsuhiro Nishino - NMIJ
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15.30 - 16.00 Break
16.00 – 17.00 | Parallel sessions 2
Legal metrology
Weighing in motion | Moderator: Keith Gresham, Axtec
- Daniel Kneubuhl - HAENNI Scales
- Morayo Awosola, Convenor - OPSS & OIML R134
- Zhao Zhai - Vanjee Technologies
- Darrel Flocken - NCWM
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Applied metrology
Automation in production | Moderator: Ulrich Rauchschwalbe, Schenck Process
- Eugen Schibli - Mettler-Toledo
Scientific metrology
Digital Calibration Certificate
- Julian Haller - Sartorius
- Reto Moser - Digi Sens
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19.00 - 22.30 Welcome Reception
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
9.00 – 10.30 | Parallel sessions 3
Legal metrology
Legal metrology digitalisation transformation | Moderator: Yumi Choe, KASTO
- Jong-Yun Kim - KTC
- Gisa Foyer - PTB
- Pavel Klenovsky - CMI & WELMEC chair
- Zsuzsanna Dakai - European Commission
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Applied metrology
Quality management systems | Moderator: Daniel Stastny, Prometrology
- Sigfried Hackel - PTB
- Maureen Logghe, European Accreditation President - BELAC
- Roland Widera - Boehringer Ingelheim
- Damiano Pietri - Metricode
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Scientific metrology
Mass
- Bianka Mangutova-Stoikovska - Bureau of Metrology North Macedonia
- Adriana Vâlcu - Romanian Measurement Society
- Sigo Muehlich - Sartorius
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10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 | Parallel sessions 4
Legal metrology
Legal metrology in the interconnected world | Moderator: Alexander Oppermann, PTB
- Jens Niederhausen - PTB
- Federico Grasso
- Paul Turner - NSAI
- Karlheinz Banholzer - Sartorius & CECIP LMG President
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Applied metrology
Inspiring use cases with weighing | Moderator: Marina Campbell, Precia Molen
- Precia Molen
- Coen Smit - CH-Aero
- Philipp Klomburg - Big Dutchman
- Naomi Mackenzi & Anastasia Hofmann - KITRO
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Scientific metrology
New methods
- Tadeusz Szumiata - UTH & RADWAG
- Taiki Yoshida - NMIJ
- Daniel Eisenbarth - Mettler Toledo
- Yoshitada Tanaka - NMIJ
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12.30 - 14.00 Lunchbreak
14.00 – 15.30 | Plenary session 2
Future of the weighing industry | Moderator: Nick Parsons, CECIP President
14.00 – 14.05 | Opening
14.05 – 14.45 | Short opening speeches with key executives in weighing industry followed by some questions from the moderator
- Hidenori Shimosako, CEO - Minebea Intec
- Ke Jiandong, Managing Director - KeLi sensing
- Elena Markwalder, Division leader industry - Mettler Toledo
- Andreas Kraut, CEO - Bizerba
14.45 – 15.30 Panel debate
15.30 - 16.00 Break
16.00 – 17.00 | Plenary session 3
SI traceability at the point of need | Moderator: Stuart Davidson, NPL
16.00 – 16.15| Kibble balance technology applications for end-user devices / Leon Chao - NIST
16.15 – 16.30 | Micro-mass and -micro-force measurements with direct traceability to the SI / Emily Webster - NPL
16.30 – 16.45| The silicon path of the kilogram - how is it going? / Dorothea Knopf -PTB
16.45 – 17.00 | Panel debate
18.30 - 22.30 Gala Dinner
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
9.00 – 10.30 | Plenary session 4
Digitalisation in different sectors | Moderator: Philip Moraitis, WIAA
9.05 – 9.10 | Opening
9.10 – 9.20 | Developments in retail sector
9.20 – 9.30 | Developments in food production sector / Nadina Korthäuer - ESPERA Werke
9.30 – 9.40 | Developments in the chemical industry / Götz Erhardt - Accenture
9.40 – 9.50 | Developments in the laboratory sector / Laura Martin - Eurolab
9.50 – 10.30 | Panel debate
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Plenary session 5
Innovation in industry | Moderator: Roman Schwartz, OIML
11.00 – 11.30 | How to foster innovation? / Prof. Dr. Jan Recker - University Hamburg
11.30 – 12.00 | Creating an innovative work culture / Reinhard Baumfalk - Sartorius
12.00 – 12.20 | Panel debate on innovation / Tanida Senri - Tanita
12.20 – 12.30 | Closing statement / Nick Parsons
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 17.00 Excursion
