Registration is open for the Symposium on Medical Devices of the Future – What’s Needed for Fatigue, Fracture Resistance, and Durability in Transportation, Medical Devices, and Exoskeletons, to be held November 1-2, 2022 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.).

ASTM International has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and commercial agreement with the Mexican National Standardization and Certification Organization for Building and Construction (ONNCCE), one of Mexico’s largest standards development organizations. The agreement was signed by Arq. Evangelina Hirata, director general of ONNCCE, and Kathie Morgan, president of ASTM International.

ASTM International and U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) will hold a virtual global workshop on cannabis quality on Dec. 7-8, 2022., from 8:00 a.m. – 12:15 ET (2:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. CET) each day. Interested participants must register for the free event.

A new U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) research project to Southern University, Louisiana State University, and Auburn University is expected to contribute significantly to ASTM International’s newly established Consortium on Materials Data & Standardization (CMDS).

Registration is open for the 13^th International Conference on Multiaxial Fatigue and Fracture (ICMFF13), to be held November 2-4, 2022 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.).

Papers are invited for the 21^st International ASTM/ESIS Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics (43^rd National Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics), to be held November 8-10, 2023 at the Washington Hilton (Washing

Registration is open for the 1^st ASTM Bearing and Transmission Steels Technology Symposium, to be held November 2-4, 2022 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Louisiana, USA).

Registration is open for ASTM International’s 17^th Hydrogen Embrittlement Workshop, to be held November 3, 2022 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Louisiana, USA).

ASTM International has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop a roadmap for guidance and adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies in the construction sector.

The funding, which totals nearly $300,000, would be used for the development of a roadmap that will seek to bring together the construction and manufacturing sectors and various aspects of advanced manufacturing including:

Registration is open for the Symposium on Dimension Stone Use in the Built Environment, to be held October 18, 2022 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Louisiana, USA).