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Dr. Martin J. T. Milton
BIPM

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Director of the BIPM
  • MA University of Oxford, 1981.
  • PhD Physics, University of Southampton, 1990.
  • MBA London Business School, 1994.
  • Finkelstein Medal Institute of Measurement and Control, 2016
  • Joined the National Physical Laboratory (UK) in 1981, appointed as an NPL Fellow in 1998, prior to joining the BIPM in 2012 as Deputy Director
  • Director of the BIPM since 1 January 2013
  • Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK), of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
  • Member of the Science Council of the European Measurement Research Programme (EMRP), the Scientific Council of INRIM (Italy) and the International Advisory Board of NIM (China).
  • Chairman of the Joint Committee of the RMOs and the BIPM, and the Joint Committee for Guides on Metrology (JCGM).
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Denz
PTB

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Cargo: Presidenta Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
  • President of the PTB as of 1 May 2022.
  • Graduated from the Technical University of Darmstadt with a thesis on structure formation in nonlinear optics.
  • Professor of Experimental Physics with a focus on Applied Physics at the University of Münster, since 2003.
  • Director of the Institute for Applied Physics since 2004.
  • Work internationally known on the complex structuring of light, which she applies in nanophysics, biomedicine and information technology.
  • Vice-Rector for International Affairs and Young Scientists at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, from 2010 to 2016.
  • Received the Lise Meitner Prize of the State of Hesse.
  • Member of the North Rhine-Westphalia Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2014.
  • Her publications have been selected among the 30 best articles in the world in one year by the journal "Optics and Photonics News".
Dr. Laurie E. Locascio
NIST

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Director of NIST
  • Director of NIST and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
  • Vice president for research at the University of Maryland College Park and University of Maryland Baltimore.
  • Professor in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the A. James Clark School of Engineering.
  • Worked at NIST for 31 years, rising from a research biomedical engineer to eventually leading the agency’s Material Measurement Laboratory.
  • Served as the acting associate director for laboratory programs, the number two position at NIST, providing direction and operational guidance for NIST’s lab research programs.
  • 115 scientific papers published, and 12 patents received in the fields of bioengineering and analytical chemistry.
  • Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the American Chemical Society, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
  • B.S. in chemistry from James Madison University, an M.S. in bioengineering from the University of Utah, and a Ph.D. in toxicology from the University of Maryland Baltimore.
Prof. Dr. Joachim Ullrich
German Physical Society

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President of the German Physical Society
  • President of the German Physical Society (DPG)
  • Vice-President of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) since 2012
  • President of the Consultative Committee for Units (CCU)
  • Vice President of the CIPM in 2015.
  • President of the German National Metrology Institute (PTB), from 2012 to 2022.
  • Joachim Ullrich studied geophysics and physics at Frankfurt University.
  • Director at the Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg.
  • He has published more than 610 research papers and received several awards.
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, an External Scientific Member of the Max-Planck Society, member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering, acatech, and member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Dr.-Ing. Prof. h. c. Frank Härtig
PTB

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President of the German Physical Society
  • Diplom-Ingenieur en ingeniería mecánica y doctorado en la Universidad de Karlsruhe (Alemania).
  • Desde 1999, trabaja en el Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt (PTB) de Braunschweig.
  • Condecorado como profesor honorario de la Universidad Técnica de Harbin, en 2016.
  • Vicepresidente del PTB, a partir del mayo de 2020.
  • Presidente de la Confederación Internacional de Metrología (IMEKO), en 2021.
  • En la actualidad, una de sus actividades clave reside en el ámbito de la transformación digital.
Dr. James K. Olthoff
NIST

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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs
  • Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
  • Previously, Director of Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML).
  • Directed the full suite of NIST calibration services in dimensional, electromagnetic, ionizing radiation, mechanical, optical, thermodynamic, and time and frequency metrology. 
  • Joined NIST as a Research Physicist in the Applied Electrical Measurements Group in 1987.
  • Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory in 2014.
  • Deputy Laboratory Director of NIST's Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory (2007-2010).
  • Division Chief of the Quantum Electrical Metrology Division (2003-2007),
  • Division Chief of the Electricity Division (2000-2003).
  • Received his undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics from Calvin College in 1980, and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland in 1985.
  • Authored or co-authored more than 120 publications and co-authored or edited four books.
  • Currently, vice-president of the International Committee on Weights and Measures (CIPM).
Dr. Claire M. Saundry
SIM / NIST

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President of the Sistema Interamericano de Metrología (SIM)
  • Director of International and Academic Affairs since May 2007.
  • Chief of International Affairs, in 1994.
  • Responsible for managing the international and academic portfolios at NIST. 
  • President of the Sistema Interamericano de Metrología, the Regional Metrology Organization for the Americas in 2018. 
  • Program Officer in the International Coordination and Liaison Branch of the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health from 1992-1994
  • Physical Science Administrative Officer in the United States Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of Cooperative Science and Technology Programs, from 1989 to 1992.
  • Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from the University of Virginia, Chemistry Department in 1989. She received her Bachelor of Science from Stonehill College in May 1984.
  • Awarded a Science Engineering and Diplomacy Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) in 1989.
  • SESSION ON DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Dr. Héctor Laiz
INTI

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Metrology and Quality Manager
  • Since 2010 he has been Director of Metrology and Quality at INTI.
  • From 2014 to 2018, he was the President of the Inter-American Metrology System (SIM).
  • Member of the International Committee of Weights and Measures (CIPM), in 2016.
  • From 1999 to 2010, he was Deputy Director of Metrology at INTI and was in charge of scientific and legal metrology.
  • In 1989, he joined INTI, the National Metrology of Argentina.
  • Guest scientist at PTB, Germany, and at NIST, USA.
  • Published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and international conferences.
  • Received a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Buenos Aires in 1988 and a Doctorate from the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, in 1999.
MBA Antonio Matamala
BEAMEX GmbH

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Country Manager
  • More than 20 years of experience in the hardware industry and enterprise software, with a strong focus on IoT (Industrial Internet of Things) solutions.
  • Studied Environmental Engineering (MSc) in the Netherlands, where he focused on industrial water treatment processes and information technology.  
  • MBA from the Open University Business School (UK).  
  • He is passionate about "things that work well" and "have a high aesthetic value", as is the case with Beamex solutions
Ing. Abel Hernández Pineda
ANCE

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General Director
  • General Director of the Asociación de Normalización y Certificación (ANCE). 
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the National Metrology Center (CENAM).
  • More than 28 years of experience in standardization and conformity assessment. 
  • Technical Secretary of the National Advisory Committee for Standardization of Electrical Installations (CCNNIE) and member of the National Commission for Quality Infrastructure (CNIC) of the Ministry of Economy. 
  • Participated as a speaker in the Council for Harmonization of Electrotechnical Standards of the Nations in the Americas (CANENA).
  • Technical expert of several Technical Committees and working groups of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO). 
  • Electrical engineer graduated from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
M.C. Alfonso Cotera Flores
VW México

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Cargo: Director de Centro de Calibraciones de VW México
  • Director de Centro de Calibraciones de VW México.
  • Director de Servicios Industriales en el Volkswagen Group Services Mexico.      
  • Signatario autorizado de VW México para los laboratorios de Eléctrica, Acústica, Temperatura, Humedad, Dimensional, Presión, Fuerza, Masa y Torque. 
  • 22 años de experiencia en el campo de la Industria Automotriz y 18 años de experiencia como profesor universitario.
  • Tiene el grado de ingeniero industrial por el Instituto Tecnológico de Orizaba, y el grado de Maestría en Ingeniería de Calidad por la Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla.  
Ing. José Oscar Tomás Morales García
Mess Servicios Metrológicos

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General Director
  • General Manager of Mess Servicios Metrológicos from 2006 to date.
  • Service Manager of 3D-Metrisoft, from 2006 to 2009.
  • Regional Sales Manager of Carl Zeiss de México, from 1998 to 2006.
  • Electronics Engineer.
Dr. Alexis Valqui
Consultor independiente

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Technical Advisor
  • Peruvian-German consultant in the areas of quality infrastructure, development policy, rural development and trade. 
  • M.Sc. in agricultural sciences (Dipl.-Ing. agr. from Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany).  
  • Ph.D. (Dr. sc. agr.) from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, in 2002 in Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences. 
  • From 2000 to 2016 worked for PTB, Germany. 
  • From 2000 to 2004, coordinator of Quality Infrastructure projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. 
  • From 2004 to 2007, Senior Advisor in the Division for Globalization, Trade and Investment at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.   
  • From 2007 to 2016, Head of "Technical Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean" at PTB. 
  • Since 2017, he has been working as a consultant based in Lima, Peru
  • SESSION ON HEALTH

Dr. Sang-Ryoul Park
CCQM – BIPM / KRISS

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President Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (CCQM)
  • President of CCQM and member of CIPM since 2018.
  • President, vice-president, division director, and group leader at KRISS, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science.
  • Principal research scientist at KRISS. He has been working on developing a method to count individual molecules on a flow system, which would be one way to realize the redefined unit of ‘mole’.
  • He was educated and trained at the following institutes:
    • BS: Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University
    • PhD: Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas
    • Post Doc.: Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah
    • Clinical Biochemistry Fellow at Mayo Clinic
Prof. Dr. Tobias Schäffter
PTB

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Head of Medical Physics and Metrological Information Technology
  • Studied electrical engineering and computer science at TU-Berlin until 1993 and obtained his PhD degree in magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopic imaging at University Bremen (Prof. Leibfritz) in 1996.
  • Principal Scientist at the Philips Research Laboratories in Hamburg (Germany), from 1996-2006.
  • Post as the Philip Harris Professor of Imaging Sciences at King’s College London, in April 2006.
  • Since 2015 he heads the Division 8 of Medical Physics and Metrological Information Technology at PTB in Berlin.
  • Professor in Biomedical Imaging at Technical University Berlin and the Einstein Centre Digital Future, since 2019
  • Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences.
Mtra. María de Montserrat Godínez García
Colegio de Ingenieros Biomédicos de México A.C. (CIB)

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President
  • Biomedical Engineer and Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa.
  • Technical expert in the design and development of medical devices endorsed by the Mexican accreditation entity.
  • 18 years of experience conducting clinical and pre-clinical trials; design and implementation of quality management systems for medical devices.
  • Currently, she is the President of the College of Biomedical Engineers of Mexico AC and Clinical Director and Regulation at Alandra Medical SAPI de CV.
Dra. Melina Pérez Urquiza
CENAM

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General Director of Reference Material Metrology.
  • Materials Metrology Director General and scientific coordinator at CENAM
  • 26 years’ experience in metrology in chemistry and biology.
  • Deputy chair of metrology in chemistry and biology group 8 from SIM, since 2019.
  • National Researcher from CONACYT
  • Professor B. Laboratory of Biopharmacy at UNAM.
  • Analyst and Investigator at SINTEX-Roche México, pharmacy industry.
  • Analyst at the Blood Bank Center from the general hospital of SESEQ and in a private Blood Bank
  • PhD in chemistry, Universitat de Barcelona, 2001.
  • Proficiency in investigation received from the Universitat de Barcelona 1998.
  • Master of Pharmacy (Biopharmacy), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1995.
  • Bachelor´s degree in Chemist pharmaceutical biologist, National Autonomous University of Queretaro, 1992.
  • SESSION ON SESSION ON DEFINING CONSTANTS OF THE SI

Dr. Weston L. Tew
NIST

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Physicist - Thermodynamic Metrology Group
  • Staff physicist in the NIST Process Measurements Division and the Sensor Science Division since 1993.
  • EExperience in precision electrical measurements, low temperature thermometry, noise thermometry, non-metal fixed points, industrial thermometry, and its applications.
  • Author of more than 80 publications on these subjects.
  • Member of:
    • IEC, Working Group 5 on Temperature Sensors,
    • ASTM International Committee on Temperature Measurement.
    • Chair of the subcommittee on Fundamentals of Temperature Measurement.
Dr. Michael Stock
BIPM

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Director of the Physical Metrology Department
  • Received the diploma in physics from the University of Osnabrück, Germany, in 1989 and the Ph.D. degree from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, in 1995.
  • In 1990 worked at PTB, Berlin, where he was engaged in the comparison of three radiometric primary standards.
  • In 1996, he joined the Radiometry Department of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), Sèvres, France.
  • From 2001 to 2003 he was Director of the Radiometry Department, BIPM.
  • Since 2004 he has been responsible for the calculable capacitor and the watt balance projects.
  • Director of the Electricity Department in 2007.
  • Director of the Physical Metrology Department in 2015, which includes projects in electricity and mass.
  • Serves as the Executive Secretary of the Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism and of the Consultative Committee for Units
Dr.-Ing. Prof. h. c. Frank Härtig
PTB

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President of the German Physical Society
  • Diplom-Ingenieur en ingeniería mecánica y doctorado en la Universidad de Karlsruhe (Alemania).
  • Desde 1999, trabaja en el Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt (PTB) de Braunschweig.
  • Condecorado como profesor honorario de la Universidad Técnica de Harbin, en 2016.
  • Vicepresidente del PTB, a partir del mayo de 2020.
  • Presidente de la Confederación Internacional de Metrología (IMEKO), en 2021.
  • En la actualidad, una de sus actividades clave reside en el ámbito de la transformación digital.
  • SESIÓN DE INFRAESTRUCTURA DE LA CALIDAD

MBA Georgette Macdonald
Inst.: NRC Metrology Research Centre

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General Director
  • Director General of NRC Metrology.
  • Technical background in mass and related quantities with GJS Mass Measurement and Fisher Scientific Canada.
  • She holds an MBA from Queen’s and a B.A.Sc. from Ottawa.
  • Roles and responsibilities
    • Metrology
    • Quality Infrastructure
    • Conformity Assessment
    • Calibration
  • International experience and/or work
    • SIM Council member
    • NCSLI Board of Directors
    • ISO/CASCO WG44 - Revision of 17025: Canadian Expert
Sr. Víctor Gandy
IAAC

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Executive Secretary
  • Graduated from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, where he studied Communication Sciences.
  • He has served as Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) since 2003.
  • More than 10 years of experience in international trade and business development in Latin America.
  • He has worked in Mexico and the United States for exporting companies in different industry sectors.
Dr. Héctor Laiz
INTI

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Metrology and Quality Manager
  • Since 2010 he has been Director of Metrology and Quality at INTI.
  • From 2014 to 2018, he was the President of the Inter-American Metrology System (SIM).
  • Member of the International Committee of Weights and Measures (CIPM), in 2016.
  • From 1999 to 2010, he was Deputy Director of Metrology at INTI and was in charge of scientific and legal metrology.
  • In 1989, he joined INTI, the National Metrology of Argentina.
  • Guest scientist at PTB, Germany, and at NIST, USA.
  • Published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and international conferences.
  • Received a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Buenos Aires in 1988 and a Doctorate from the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, in 1999.
  • SESSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Javier Salas
GIZ en México

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Technical Advisor
  • Technical Advisor, GIZ Energy Transition Implementation Support Programme.
  • He holds a degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey and a Master in Energy Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the University of Lisbon.  
  • He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Data Science at the University of Texas at Austin. 
  • Advisor on topics such as green hydrogen, smart grids, power system planning and energy storage for distributed and large-scale generation.
  • He has more than 6 years of experience in the Mexican energy sector in the development of renewable energy projects
Dr. Fabian Plag
PTB

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Ing. Juan Antonio Gutiérrez
Sociedad Mexicana del Hidrógeno

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Cargo: Technical Advisor Asesor técnico
  • Chemical Engineer from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Energy Efficiency Specialist from the Mexican Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK - DIHK Bildungs GmbH).
  • From 2018 to 2022 he served as Technical Secretary of the Mexican Hydrogen Society and is currently Commissioner for the development of projects in the same.  
  • Specialist in hydrogen technologies with more than 7 years of experience.
  • He is currently a senior consultant for the international firm NTT Data. Among his recent projects, highlights the development of the National Green Hydrogen Strategy of Costa Rica.
  • His areas of expertise include renewable energy, hydrogen value chain, techno-economic analysis, regulatory assessments, commercial development and transversally: ESG criteria for building bankable projects