ASTM International Board of Directors to hold meeting in Stockholm

Stockholm will be the location of the  2008 spring meeting of the ASTM International board of directors. The ASTM board meetings, as well as other events, will take place in Sweden during the week of April 21, 2008. The selection of Stockholm as host city for the ASTM leadership team came at the invitation of Lars Flink, CEO of the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS), which is headquartered in Stockholm. Mr. Flink recently completed a three-year term as a member of the ASTM board. SIS is the national standards body of Sweden.

The 24-member ASTM International board of directors is comprised of industry and government executives with responsibilities in standardization, including: the director of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory; the director general of the Brazilian national standards body, ABNT; the director of Mattel worldwide product safety; the standards executive for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and others.

A highlight for ASTM’s governance body is attending and participating in this year’s SIS seminar, titled, “USA & Sweden: Similarities, Challenges and Opportunities.” The seminar is an annual feature of SIS board meetings, which will be taking place at SIS headquarters. Presentations will address standards as they relate to corporate growth, sustainability and product safety in our changing world. Other subjects in the lineup cover corporate philosophies, business cultures and national positions on standardization.

Speakers include representatives from Swedish and U.S. government and industry. Swedish journalist and TV anchor, Pelle Thörnberg, will moderate the all-English seminar, which will conclude with a panel discussion.

In addition to the formal board sessions, which begin on April 22, ASTM board members and staff will visit Swedish trade associations and ministries representing various industry sectors.

For more information on the ASTM board of directors meeting in Stockholm, contact ASTM International (phone: +1 610/832-9714; fax: +1 610/834-7084; jolshefs@astm.org).
Visit http://www.sis.se for more on the seminar program.