Today marks the beginning of a five-day annual conference held in North Charleston, SC. This 30th annual event for Measurement Technology Professionals is sponsored by the Coordinate Metrology Society and hopes to attract visitors from around the globe.
CMSC is acclaimed for its comprehensive program of top-shelf white papers and applications presentations given by industry experts from science/research laboratories and manufacturing industries, such as aerospace, space hardware, antenna, automotive, shipbuilding, power generation, and general engineering. Rather than focusing on sales and products, this unique event works to provide guests with comprehensive information and educational resources to help keep companies competitive and successful. Guests have the opportunity to visit practical and academic technical presentations, workshops and seminars.
But yes, there are products being showcased! Exhibit Hall is filled with the most up-to-date portable coordinate measurement system hardware and software, and service companies that know how to apply that equipment to your tasks.
This conference provides CMSC members and master users of portable metrology solutions information on quality control, quality production, and precision assembly.
Unable to make it this year, the 31st Annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference will be held at the Westin Diplomat Spa and Resort in Hollywood, Florida.
To learn more about the CMSC, visit www.cmsc.org.
A Look Back
In 2008, the CMSC had an attendance of nearly 600 with 25 technical presentations along with an exhibit hall filled with 86 booths acquired by 48 prominent industry exhibitors.
Attendees gathered from 15 different countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, Vietnam, and the US.
Participation from higher educational institutions also grew, including the University of North Carolina, the University of Michigan, Texas A&M University, University of Zaragoza (Zaragoza, Spain), Geodetic Institute, university Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, Germany), and the Max-Planck-Institute fur Plasmaphysik (Greifswald, Germany).
Prominent institutions in attendance included Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the Canadian Space Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Institute for Standards Technology.
