All images courtesy  Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) click to load full screen image
Participants from the United States were: George  T Willingmyre P.E. President, GTW Associates James A. Prunty, Senior Attorney, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission George J. Jackson Ph.D.  ,  Founding Director and past Dean Staff College of FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Michael Carl Olson,  MCO Consultants, for the FDA Alumni Association Len Morrissey, Manager in the Technical Committee Operations Division, ASTM International                                                                                                               Ann Bacher, Commercial  Counselor at  US Embassy, Bangkok  and Workshop contact Jim  Golson, Commercial Attache at  US Embassy, Bangkok  and Workshop contact Coleman Sachs, Chief Import and Certification Division Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration Dr. George Fuller, Executive Director, CropLife Asia, representing  American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand (AMCHAM Thailand) Belinda Collins, Director Technology Services, National Institute of Standards and Technology Rachaneekorn Sriswasdi, Deputy Regional Manager,  US Trade and Development Agency, Bangkok Caroline E. Michaels, Staff Engineer, SAE International, Automotive Headquarters Nagendra Bangaragiri, Conformity Assessment Services Manager for ASEAN Region, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
	US Participants  (L to R) Jackson, Morrissey, Prunty, Olson & Willingmyre meet with with Thai Public and Private Sector Standards Officials August 21 & 22
Dr. Anant Suwanapal, Deputy Director-General TISI welcomes US Speakers August 23
	Thailand Embassy Minister-Counselor Songsak Saiecheua (2nd from left) confers with US speakers
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand Mr. Phornsake Karnchanachari (5th from left) meets with US speakers during the opening plenary August 23 (L to R) Fuller; Prunty; Jackson; Dr. Anant Suwanapal, Deputy DG of TISI; Mr. Phornsake Karnchanachari; Willingmyre; Morrissey; Olson; Mr. Songsak Saicheua; Mr. Apirath Vienravi, MFA; Ann Bacher
This was the second in a series of Workshops convened in 2006 addressing US standards and Conformity Assessment.  The First workshop was convened March 6 - 10  focused on Health  & Safety Regulations; standards of CPSC; EPA; standards in the ICT sector; and automotive sector requirements	The  August 2006 Agenda included a plenary session and sector discussions on food and agriculture products; textiles & apparel; medical devices; cosmetics; conformity assessment; & automotive parts
Belinda Collins, Director Technology Services, National Institute of Standards and Technology addressed the plenary  by remote audio presentation of overview slides of  US standards activities	Coleman Sachs, NHTSA and Caroline E. Michaels, SAE  addressed the automotive parts sector  through internet audio connection from the US.
The Thai Embassy has contracted with GTW Associates to assist planning and conducting two further workshops on US standards and conformity assessment in the period November 2006 - November 2007