Update: May3, 2006 

Meeting Schedules for CORM 2006 (May 9 - 12), NIST Gaithersburg

 

Below are the updates to the CORM 2006 conference announcements.

Tuesday, May 9, AM: CORM Subcommittee meetings, Lecture Room C

8:30 - 9:15 CR-3 Photometry (Cameron Miller) ... . will discuss total spectral radiant flux and other standards.

9:15 - 9:30 CR-6 Array spectoradiometry (Daryl Myers) ... brief report and plans.

9:45 - 10:45 CR-1 Lamp Sources (David Gross)

11:00 - 11:15 OP-1 and OP-2 (Ellen Carter) ... brief report and plans.

11:15 - 12:00 OP-4 Retroreflectance (Norb Johnson) ... will discuss round robin of sign materials

 

* There is no registration fee for these meetings, but registration is required even if you will not attend CORM 2006 conference.

Tuesday, May 9, PM: CORM/USMS Workshop on Optical Radiation Measurements, Lecture Room C

1:00 Opening remarks (Cameron Miller, Dennis Swyt, Mike Jergens)

1:30 Invited Talk 1: Kevin Dowling, Color Kinetics

        "Solid-State Lighting: An Industry Without Standards" - abstract

2:00 Invited Talk 2: Art Springsteen, Avian Technologies

        "New Materials, New Techniques - Challenges in Metrology" - abstract

2:30 Breakout sessions

       Light sources and detectors (Cameron Miller, moderator)

       Optical Properties of Materials (Maria Nadal, moderator)

4:00 Summary session (Cameron Miller)

5:00 Adjourn

 

* There is no registration fee for this workshop, but registration is required even if you will not attend CORM 2006.

* See also announcement of this workshop.

 

Wednesday, May 10: CORM 2006 Day 1, Green Auditorium

8:30 - 4:00 CORM 2006 Opening, Sessions 1 and 2

4:30 - 5:00 CORM Business Meeting (CORM President)

6:00 - 9:00 Reception and Banquet (Montgomery ballroom, Hilton Gaithersburg)

         Franc Grum Memorial Lecture by Norb Johnson (3M Corp.) "Measuring Retroreflection"

*See CORM 2006 conference program.

 

Thursday, May 11: CORM 2006 Day 2, Green Auditorium

8:30 - 5:30 PM CORM 2006 Sessions 3, 4, and 5, and closing.

*See CORM 2006 conference program.

 

Friday, May 12, AM: NIST Lab tour

9:00 - 11:30 AM Self-guided lab tour. The following labs will be open for the CORM visitors.

        Tunable laser-based detector calibration facility (SIRCUS/POWR)

        Detector spectral response calibration facility (SCF)

        Spectral irradiance new facility (FASCAL2)

        Spectrophotometry and colorimetry facility

        Goniospectroradiometer and total luminous/spectral flux

        LED photometry and Retroreflection calibration facility

        Synchrotron UV calibration facility (SURF)

        Flat panel display lab (Optoelectronics Div.)

 

* Registration is not required if you are registered for CORM 2006.

* See instructions and maps included in the registration package you receive on May 10.

* Other labs may be visited on appointment basis.

 

Friday, May 12: 8:00 - 12:00 noon, CORM BoD meeting, Lecture Room C

 

Other notes

* hotel and transportation information

* Maps inside and around NIST (PDF file)

* NIST visitor information

* All visitors must enter NIST from the Main Gate (Gate A) on Clopper Rd.

* A photo-ID (passport for non-US citizen) is required at NIST visitor center.

* In the NIST campus, only the first floor of Administration building (where meetings will be held) is accessible to visitors. To visit other buildings, the visitor must be escorted by NIST staff.

 

 

 

Questions: call

Tim Moggridge, Instrument Systems, timm@instrumentsystems.com, Ph:613-729-0614

Jason Chonko, Keithley Instrument, jchonko@keithley.com, Ph: 1-800-552-1115 (x3116)

Yoshi Ohno, NIST, ohno@nist.gov, Ph: 301-975-2321