Report on the 8th IEEE AESS Virtual Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace MetroAeroSpace 2021

After the experience gained in 2020, the Organizers of MetroAeroSpace 2021 were ready to move the conference to a virtual conference. We improved our LIVE online approach including new facilities in the framework called “WeConf,” the platform developed by Athena Srl, the Company managing the conference. Also, this year MetroAeroSpace as LIVE online conference was a heavy task to manage but we tried to recreate on the web the “spirit” of MetroAeroSpace, a place where to discuss, to cooperate, to create new contacts. The choice of a LIVE online conference gave us these opportunities. After many editions, MetroAeroSpace represents the traditional international meeting place in the world of research in the field of measurement and instrumentation for aerospace involving institutions and academia in a discussion on the state-of-the-art concerning issues that require a joint approach by experts of measurement, instrumentation, and industrial testing, as professional engineers, and experts in innovation metrology, typically academics and the user community as well. The increasing number of scientists attending MetroAeroSpace and coming from fields at times far from engineering led to a positive hybridization of the conference.