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Announcing Thermo Informatics World (TIW) 2007 -- Middle East

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will host its complimentary annual software user group meeting and laboratory informatics conference for the Middle East on May 14-16 at the Jumeriah Emirates Hotel in Dubai, UAE.

Thermo Informatics World (TIW) 2007 -- Middle East is organized to showcase new and future developments of Thermo Scientific-branded informatics solutions, including laboratory information management systems (LIMS), chromatography data systems (CDS), and desktop spectroscopy software. The complimentary conference provides the opportunity to share industry perspectives and changing business requirements that drive the enhancements in informatics solutions.

The program for 2007 features customer presentations, highlighting experiences and achievements using Thermo Scientific informatics solutions, as well as product-specific presentations and breakout sessions led by Thermo Fisher product managers and business consultants. Training courses for Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS™ and Atlas CDS™, as well as a two-part course on how LIMS can assist with compliance with 17025 standards, are offered at a nominal fee during the conference.

Representatives of Thermo Fisher’s Informatics management team and its partner, Kanoo/Ksoft, will attend the conference, providing an ideal opportunity to meet face-to-face with users, facilitating discussion and feedback for new feature requests.

Register today for this free-of-charge event. For more information and to register for the conference and training, please visit www.thermo.com/tiwme.

For more information about Thermo Scientific informatics solutions, please e-mail marketing.informatics@thermofisher.com or visit www.thermo.com/informatics.

 

Dubai Hosting 2008 ISO Annual Meeting

The Emirates Standardisation and Metrology Authority (ESMA) announced that Dubai will host the International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) annual meeting in 2008.
The 158-country organisation, with headquarters in Geneva, conducts its annual meetings alternatively, once at the headquarters and twice abroad.

"We were successful in convincing ISO to convene in Dubai in 2008 despite the relatively short history of ESMA," said Walid Bin Falah Al Mansouri, the authority's general manager. He attributed this success to the UAE's expertise in organising events.

ESMA signed a contract with World of Events, a specialised events organiser, to manage and organise the 31st meeting of ISO from October 12 to 17, 2008, under the direct supervision of ESMA .

 

Nanolane’s Calibration Capabilities

In the framework of its ‘Total Quality’ policy, NANOLANE has launched a program aiming at improving the measurements made with SARFUS 3D at nanoscale. All Calibration Standards provided by NANOLANE are now traceable to PTB Standard and meet the EN ISO/IEC 17025 requirements.

The traceability program included two issues:

  • Certification of the steps thickness for our calibration standards by an official institute in metrology. The work was performed by the PTB in Germany on two NANOLANE calibration standards which are now used as primary standard.
  • Definition of an internal procedure for calibration. The performed procedure follows the EN ISO/IEC 17025 and allows certifying the commercialized calibration standards on the basis of the certified primary standard.

All calibration standards now available with SARFUS 3D correspond to these requirements. SARFUS 3D is the advanced system commercialized by NANOLANE which allows real-time visualisation and measurement of nanometric structures. The innovative technique based on the use of an optical microscope combines an extreme sensitivity (less than 1nm) to a large field of view (up to a millimetre). The tool enables the optical thickness measurement of transparent layers in the range from 1 to 60nm with repeatability less than 0.3nm.

The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (www.ptb.de) is the National lnstitute for Science and Technology and is the highest technical authority of Germany. PTB measures with the highest accuracy and reliability – metrology as the core competence - and meets the requirements for calibration and testing laboratories as defined in the EN ISO/IEC 17025. To ensure worldwide coherence of measures, the PTB cooperates with other national metrology institutes within EUROMET on the regional European level an on the international level within the framework of the Metre Convention.

NANOLANE (www.nano-lane.com), specialized in optical solutions at nanoscale, commercializes an innovative quantitative technique called Sarfus which extends the analysis possibilities in the fields of nanotechnologies. The applications include for example rapid defect visualization of soft lithography, quality control of DNA biochips, direct visualization and measurement of nanolithography patterns, thin films and surface treatment studies, dynamic studies of crystallization and wetting applications, as well as direct behaviour and morphology characterization of nanotubes and nanowires. NANOLANE is one of the subsidiaries of EOLANE, (holdings of nine companies) whose main activity is the conception and the manufacture of professional electronic materials. EOLANE has a sales turnover of more than 145 M€, including 30% export and employs more than 1,100 people.

 

UKS Training and Seminars

UKAS has nearly 20 years' experience in providing training for laboratory staff and 10 years' experience in certification and inspection body staff training in the UK and worldwide, including mainland Europe, North & South America and Pacific Rim countries. UKAS also has experience of assisting overseas countries wishing to set up and to develop a national accreditation service, and overseas and international bodies wanting to learn more about accreditation procedures, international standards and assessment skills.

To find out more about our individual training programmes, to book a place, or to download a booking form,visit UKAS at http://www.ukas.com/services/training_courses/default.asp. UKAS is able to provide all its public courses on an in-house basis (subject to conditions) - to discuss your training needs contact the UKAS training team.

UKAS runs the following courses to accommodate many different training needs.
Courses for 2007 include:

  • Preparation for Laboratory Accreditation
  • Laboratory Management - Role of the Quality Manager and Technical Management
  • Laboratory Internal Audit
  • Uncertainty of Measurement: Testing
  • Uncertainty of Measurement: Calibration
  • NEW for 2007 - Traceability and Uncertainty for Managers
  • Assessor Training - Laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025)
  • Lead Assessor Training
  • NEW for 2007 - Proficiency Testing (ILAC-G13)
  • NEW for 2007 - Tools For Quality

 

India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sign Pacts

India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed five pacts including an agreement on avoidance of double taxation to further expand their ties in the area of trade and investment.

The two sides signed an agreement on the framework for industrial cooperation as well. The agreements were signed here Monday after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the visiting Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The two sides also signed a memorandum of understanding on Technical cooperation between the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology and the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories.

Two other MOUs were signed for technical cooperation between Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology and on Assistance and mutual cooperation between Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Trade between the two countries which averaged about 180 million US dollars a year in the 1970's stood at 11680 million dollars in 2004-2005. India is the sixth largest exporter to UAE.

 


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