Welcome to the 2017 Test & Measurement Conference & Workshop

On behalf of the NLA – welcome to this 37th year of the conference A special welcome to Dr Martin Milton – Director of the BIPM. Denis Louvel – Mettler Toledo. Bouraoui Khachlouf – Fluke Calibration. Representatives of PTB and UNIDO. The many representatives from the SADC Regional Laboratory Association. Our exhibitors and sponsors.

Some general house keeping:- Please wear your name tags at all times Please take note of the hotel evacuation and assembly point signs in the event of a fire. Please turn off your cell phones while in presentations. Please arrive at presentations timeously. Tea/Coffee in the exhibition area. Lunch in the exhibition area.

Some general house keeping:- If there is a change in the program it will be announce in the morning plenary session and on a board at the NLA stand. Today – in session M103 (calibration) Miloslav Suchanek from the Czech Metrology Institute is not here and this session will now be presented by Gumani Mphaphuli of NMISA on Calibration of Breath Analyzers.

The session rooms for today are:- Calibration stream M103-M110 – Dorian Testing stream M203-M210 – Dorian 2 Stack Emission M303-M310 – Dorian 3 Teas and Lunch in the exhibition hall Pre-dinner drinks Banquet & Awards (Please dress smart)

Speakers and Chairpersons Could speakers please report to your respective chair person and make sure your presentation is on a Flash Drive Chairpersons today Calibration M101-M105 – John Wilson Calibration M106-M108 – Guy Snelling Calibration M109-M110 – Floris vd Walt

Speakers and Chairpersons Testing M203-M205 – Jenny Reeves Testing M206-M208 – Prags Govender Testing M209-M210 – Hanlie Badenhorst Stack M303-M305 – Gerald Woollatt Stack M306-M308 – Quentin Hurt Stack M309-M310 – Carinne Joubert If in doubt, NLA Desk or Floris van der Walt.

The NLA has had another very good year Membership has grown PT/ILC schemes have grown Training course attendance is up Metrologist Certification (MetCert) scheme fully established Updated MetCert application Updated MetCert renewal forms More CPD activities available New application for CPD activity

The NLA has had another very good year The web site has been improved The general marketing programs have been improved The building extensions are nearly complete Our International, regional and local representation remains strong

A different format this year to cater for the NMISA 70/10 celebrations, only two days but you still get 3 CPD points. Please support the NMISA 70/10 celebrations. We take this opportunity as the NLA to wish NMISA all the best for their celebrations and the future.

We have a full program and trust that everybody will make the best of the conference. Use the opportunity to learn from the sessions and from each other. Use the conference to network and meet other people in similar fields of work and share knowledge.

Support our exhibitors who have set up stands to demo equipment and to discuss opportunities and equipment. Complete the evaluation forms and hand them in, there are a lot of great prizes to be drawn on Tuesday afternoon.

In amongst all of that – have some fun.

Now officially declare the conference open