ASTM International Open House
For Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia
July 26-28, 2005
Monday, 25 July, 2005
Arrival
Philadelphia Marriott West – West Conshohocken, PA
12:30 p.m. Optional Tour of Philadelphia (Meet in Marriott Hotel Lobby – Dress for Tour: Business Casual)
6:00 p.m. – Welcome Reception
Annenberg and Academy Rooms – Philadelphia Marriott West – West Conshohocken, PA – (Dress for Reception: Business Casual)
Tuesday, 26 July 2005
ASTM International Headquarters
West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. (Room 401/402)
Moderator: Kitty Kono, Vice President, Global Cooperation, ASTM International
Welcome:
James Thomas, President, ASTM International
Dr. Mark Hurwitz, President, American National Standards Institute
Mary Saunders, Chief, Standards Services Division, National Institute of
Standards and Technology
9:30 a.m. Self Introductions (A representative from each country will be asked to provide a five minute discussion on his or her most important concern about standardization in his or her country.)
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. (Continue with Self Introductions)
11:30 a.m. The U.S. Standards System – Dr. Mark Hurwitz, President, ANSI
11:50 a.m. Questions and Answers
12:00 Group Photograph
12:15 p.m. Lunch
2: 00 p.m. U.S. Standards Strategy – Joe Bhatia, Underwriters Laboratories; Chairman, U.S. Standards Strategy Committee; Chairman U.S. Industrial Trade Advisory Committee 16 - Standards and Technical Barriers to Trade
Questions and Answers
2:45 p.m. Introduction to Major U.S. Based Standards Developing Organizations
- ASME International – Marh Sheehan, Managing Director, Development Codes & Standards
- American Concrete Institute – Dr. Anthony Fiorato, Immediate Past President, American Congrete Institute
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m.
- Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers – Wayne Morris, Vice President, Division Services
- National Electrical Manufacturers Association – Al Scolnik, Vice President Technical Services
- Society of Automotive Engineers – Ray Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Questions and Answers
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
6:15 p.m. Pick-up bus at Marriott for transport to Philadelphia Country Club
6:30 p.m. Dinner (Philadelphia Country Club)
8:00 p.m. Philadelphia Singers
Wednesday, 27 July 2005
ASTM International Headquarters
West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. ASTM International – Connected to the World – James Thomas, President ASTM International
Questions and Answers
9:30 a.m. ASTM International and Petroleum Standards – David Smith, Chairman of the Board, ASTM International
Questions and Answers
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Internet Access for the World – Kathie Morgan, General Manager, Technical Committee Support, ASTM International
Questions and Answers
10:45 a.m. ASTM International and Global Cooperation - Kitty Kono, Vice President, Global Cooperation, ASTM International
Questions and Answers
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Palestine Standards Organization and ASTM International – James Thomas, President, ASTM International and Mazen AbuShariam, Director General, Palestine Standards Organization
11:30 Lunch
1:00 p.m. Travel to Washington D.C. (Marriott at Tysons Corner 1960-A Chain Bridge Road, McLean VA 22102)
7:00 p.m. Dinner – Lebanese Taverna, Tysons Galleria, McLean VA
Keynote Speaker: Doug Bell, Director for Middle East and North Africa, U.S. Trade Representatives Office
Thursday, 28 July 2005
National Institute of Standards and Technology – Gaithersburg, Maryland
7:30 a.m. Pick up from Marriott at Tysons Corner to travel to NIST Headquarters
(Administration Building 101-Employee Lounge)
Moderator: Mary Saunders, Chief, Standards Services Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
9:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks:
- Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director of National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Honorable Ben Wu, Assistant Sectretary for Technology Policy, U.S. Department
of Commerce
- Honorable Holly Vineyard, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa, the Middle
East, and South Asia, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce
10:00 a.m. U.S. Government and its Support of the U.S. Standards System – Mary Saunders, Chief, Standards Services Division, NIST
Question and Answers
10:30 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Role of Metrology in Social and Economic Development, Dr. Steve Carpenter, Director, Office of International and Academic Affairs, NIST
Question and Answers
11:30 a.m. Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between the Iraq Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control and ASTM International – James Thomas, President, ASTM and Ghadanfar Al Refeek, Director General COSQC
Remarks: Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (Invited)
12:00 – Thank you and Conclusions – James Thomas, President, ASTM International
12:30 – Bus returns to Marriott at Tysons Corner.