1055 Budapest Kossuth Lajos tér 6-8 HUNGARY

Phone: +36 1 332 9571

Fax: +36 1 353 1406

E-mail: mate@mtesz.hu

Website: www.mate.mtesz.hu

The Scientific Society for Measurement, Automation and Informatics (MATE) was founded in 1952 to provide a forum for experts active in the field of measurement and automation.

The headquarters of the Society is located in Budapest just opposite to the building of the Hungarian Parliament.

Main objectives of MATE:

• to establish and maintain professional contacts on national and international level,
• to organize national and international conferences, symposia, workshops and training courses,
• to organize exhibitions and trade-shows and to provide professional assistance for Hungarian and foreign companies,
• to provide other services belonging to the activity area of the Society.

Managing boards, officers:

The highest managing board is the General Assembly which meets regularly in each year. All members of MATE are invited to the General Assembly with discussion and voting rights. The General Assembly elects the officers and the members of the Presidential Executive Board which has quarterly meetings. The Secretariat headed by the Secretary General provides all the managerial tasks and ad hoc jobs.

Officers 2008-2012:

Structure:

The Society has 1000 individual members and 65 affiliated companies.

The actual scientific and technological activities are carried out by the Technical Divisions and the Committees.

Technical Divisions:

• Electronic Instruments and Biomedical Engineering
• Process Control and Informatics
• Thermal Measurements and Thermogrammetry
• Production and Control Technology
• Metrology and Quality Control
• Weighing Technology
• Composition Analysis and Environmental Measurements
• Control Theory
• Hungarian Batch Forum

Committees:

• Supervising Committee
• EU and International Co-operation Committee
• Scientific and Educational Council
• Junior Committee
• IMEKO National Committee

MATE maintains strong relationship with national and international organizations working in similar fields:

• International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
• International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
• European Committee of Weighing Instrument Manufacturers (CECIP)
• European Association of Thermology (EAT)
• European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI)
• Association of Hungarian Technical and Scientific Societies (MTESZ)
• Hungarian National Committee of EOQ

Publications:

proceedings of conferences and symposia also in CD ROM form

Events

THERMO 2009