27th meeting of the CGPM
15-18 November 2022
The meeting has concluded. Thank you for participating!
The BIPM is the international organization established by the Metre Convention, through which Member States act together on matters related to measurement science and measurement standards The BIPM is also the home of the International System of Units (SI) and the international reference time scale (UTC).
“The General Conference, mentioned in Article 3 of the Convention, shall meet in Paris, on the convocation of the International Committee at least once every six years. Its mission is to discuss and instigate measures necessary for the propagation and improvement of the metric system as well as to approve new fundamental metrological determinations that might have been made in the interval between its meetings. It receives the Report of the International Committee on work accomplished […]. Votes at a General Conference are made by States, each State has the right to one vote. Members of the International Committee have a seat as of right at meetings of the Conference; they may, at the same time, be delegates of their Governments.”
Excerpt from the Regulations annexed to the Metre Convention (1875): Article 7 (BIPM translation)
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Documents for the meeting
- Documents 1 to 9 – Documents submitted ahead of the on-line preparatory meeting of 6th September 2022
- Additional documents 10. Letter from First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
- Additional documents 11. Reply to First Deputy Prime Minister-Ukraine
- Additional documents 12. Reply to Ambassador Cozendey dated 16th Sept. to the letter of 5th Sept.
- Additional documents 13. Letters from the Russian Federation of 3 August 2022
- Additional documents 14. Letter in reply to Russian Federation on Draft Resolution D
- Additional documents 15. Letter in reply to Russian Federation on international uniformity
- Additional documents 16. Letter from the CIPM President to all Member States
- Additional documents 17. Draft Agenda for the Preparatory meeting of 14th November
- Additional documents 18. Letter from the CIPM President to the Co‐chairs of the Working Group of Member State Representatives (18 October 2022)
- Additional documents 19. Letter from the Co Chairs of the Working Group of Member State Representatives to the CIPM President
- Additional documents 20. Letter from Prof Semaniak President of GUM, Poland regarding Draft Resolution D
- Additional documents 21. Letter from the Canadian Head of delegation regarding Draft Resolution D-2022-11-05
- Additional documents 22. Proposal of Israeli delegation on Draft Resolution D- 2022-11-10
- Document 1. Convocation EN-FR
- Document 2. Draft Resolutions EN-FR
- Document 3. Special Procedure EN-FR (revised 22 July 2022)
- Document 4. Slides from the on-line Briefing of 16 February 2022
- Document 5. Letter from CIPM President to Member States — August 2022 EN-FR
- Document 6. Proposals for the BIPM Work Programme 2024-2027
- Document 7. Report on the actions taken by the CIPM towards a “CIPM Strategy 2030+” (2022)
- Document 8. Strategic Plan for the BIPM Work Programme (2022)
- Document 9. CGPM Working Document – October 2022
| Candidat / Candidate | Nationalité / Nationality |
| ACHANTA Venu Gopal | Indienne / Indian |
| ALFALEH Ismael | Saoudienne / Saudi Arabian |
| ALHOSANI Asma | Émiratie / Emirati |
| BULYGIN Fedor | Russe / Russian |
| COLEMAN Victoria | Australienne / Australian |
| DEL CAMPO MALDONADO Dolores | Espagnole / Spanish |
| DIMARCQ Noël | Française / French |
| DUAN Yuning | Chinoise / Chinese |
| ECHEVARRIA-VILLAGOMEZ José Salvador | Mexicaine / Mexican |
| IKONEN Erkki | Finlandaise / Finnish |
| JANSSEN Jan-Theodoor | Britannique / British |
| KONKANOV Marat | Kazakhstanaise / Kazakh |
| LAIZ Héctor | Argentine / Argentinia |
| LOUW Wynand | Sud-africaine / South African |
| MACDONALD Georgette | Canadienne / Canadian |
| NEYEZHMAKOV Pavel | Ukrainienne / Ukrainian |
| OLTHOFF James | Américaine / American |
| PARK Sang-Ryoul | Sud-coréenne / South Korean |
| RASTELLO Maria Luisa | Italienne / Italian |
| RICHARD Philippe | Suisse / Swiss |
| RIETVELD Gerrit | Néerlandaise / Dutch |
| RIPPER PALMEIRA Gustavo | Brésilienne / Brazilian |
| ULLRICH Joachim | Allemande / German |
| USUDA Takashi | Japonaise / Japanese |
| WIECZOROWSKI Michał | Polonaise / Polish |
- Document 1. CEC-Call for nominations
- Document 2. CEC Working Procedure
- Document 3. Election of the CEC – Nominations received for the election of the CEC
Candidat / Candidate | Nationalité / Nationality |
| ALFALEH Ismael | Saudi Arabia / Arabie Saoudite |
| CHAMBON Maguelonne | France / France |
| GUNN Robert | Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom |
| HÖLL Arne | Allemagne / Germany |
| KANG Chu-Shik | République de Corée / Republic of Korea |
| KOBATA Tokihiko | Japon / Japan |
| MELANSON Jeremy | Canada / Canada |
| MIKIEL Marcin | Pologne / Poland |
| SAUNDRY Claire | États-Unis d’Amérique / United States of America |
| XIE Jun | République populaire de Chine / People’s Republic of China |
| ZVIAGIN Nikita | Fédération de Russie / Russian Federation |
Programme
Please note that the time indicated in the detailed programme and here is Paris time (UTC + 1).
09:30 — Presentation of credentials
11:00 — Opening session / Séance d’ouverture
13:00 — Lunch / Déjeuner (75 min)
14:15 — Reconvene / Reprise de la séance
15:30 — Coffee, Tea / Café, thé (30 min)
17:00 — Close of the session / Clôture de la séance
17:45 — Depart by coach for the UNESCO headquarters / Départ en bus pour le siège de l’UNESCO
19:00 — Reception hosted by the South African Embassy at UNESCO / Réception organisée par l’Ambassade d’Afrique du Sud à l’UNESCO
09:15 — Opening of the Second Day / Ouverture du deuxième jour
10:30 — Coffee, Tea / Café, thé (30 min)
11:00 — Reconvene / Reprise de la séance
13:00 — Lunch / Déjeuner (75 min)
14:15 — Closed session for representatives of Member States only / Session réservée aux représentants des États Membres
18:00 — Private visit to the Château of Versailles / Visite privée du Château de Versailles
09:15 — Opening of the Third Day / Ouverture du troisième jour
10:30 — Coffee, Tea / Café, thé (30 min)
11:00 — Reconvene / Reprise de la séance
12:45 — Lunch / Déjeuner (75 min)
14:00 — Reconvene / Reprise de la séance
15:30 — 15:30 Tea, Coffee / Thé,café (30 min)
16:00 — Reconvene / Reprise de la séance
17:45 — Depart by coach for reception hosted at the Paris Observatory / Départ en bus pour la réception organisée à l’Observatoire de Paris
19:00 — Reception in the Cassini Room at the Paris Observatory / Réception dans la salle Cassini de l’Observatoire de Paris
09:15 — Opening of the Fourth Day / Ouverture du quatrième jour
10:30 — Coffee, Tea / Café, thé (30 min)
11:00 — Reconvene / Reprise de la séance
12:45 — Lunch / Déjeuner (75 min)
14:00 — Reconvene / Reprise de la séance
15:30 — Close of the meeting / Clôture de la réunion