Preface for Tempmeko & ISHM 2010

Abstract

Thefirst TEMPMEKO&ISHMjoint international symposiumon temperature, humidity, moisture, and thermal measurements was held fromMay 31st to June 4th, 2010 in Portorož, Slovenia. This joint event was agreed to following the previous editions of the conferences, namely, the 10th International Symposium on Temperature and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science, an event known as TEMPMEKO 2007, in Lake Louise, Canada in 2007 and the 5th International Symposium on Humidity and Moisture, an event known as ISHM 2006, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2006. The TEMPMEKO Symposia are organized under the auspices of Technical Committee 12 (TC12) of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO), with responsibility for temperature and thermal measurements. The first event was held in 1981 in Karlovy Vary (Czechoslovakia), followed by events in Suhl (East Germany, 1984), Sheffield (United Kingdom, 1987), Helsinki (Finland, 1990), Prague (Czech Republic, 1993), Torino (Italy, 1996), Delft (The Netherlands, 1999), Berlin (Germany, 2001), and Dubrovnik-Cavtat (Croatia, 2004). Further information on IMEKO and TC12 is available at www.imeko.org/tc12. The ISHM symposia are convened by Consultative Committee for Thermometry Working Group 6 on Humidity Measurements (CCT/WG6) of the International Committee on Weights and Measures (CIPM). The first ISHM event was held in 1963 in Washington, DC, USA, under the auspices of the US National Bureau of Standards, Instrument Society ofAmerica, and others. Thiswas followed by events inWashington DC (1985), London (UK, 1998), Taipei, (Taiwan, 2002), and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil,