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IFAN Conferences and Workshops
IFAN holds an International Conference approximately every three years, in conjunction with the Members' Assembly. This conference, open to everyone interested in the programme, is generally focused on issues of standardization and related matters.
In those years without a Conference, IFAN holds a half day workshop in conjunction with its Members’ Assembly. The topics as with the Conference focus on standardization and related matters.
IFAN Workshops
- 7 September 2023, London (United Kingdom) Link to presentations
- 18 October 2022, Berlin [Germany] -
Link to presentations - 17 October 2019, London [United Kingdom] -
Link to presentations - 25 September 2018, Geneva [Switzerland] -
Link to presentations - 25 September 2015, Hangzhou, [China] -
Link to presentations - 25-
26 October 2006, Beijing [China] - Link to presentations
List of the IFAN International Conferences
- 1st IFAN International Conference "Wirstchaftlichkeit der Normung" Paris (France), 28-
29 April 1974 - 2nd IFAN International Conference "Normenpraxis" Berlin (Germany), 11-
13 May 1977 - 3rd IFAN International Conference "Standards -
for what? At what price?" London (UK), 18- 19 June 1980 - 4th IFAN International Conference on the application of standards, Vienna (Austria), 9-
10 June 1983 - 5th IFAN International Conference "Applying the World's Standards" Philadelphia (PA, USA), 29September-
1 October 1986 - 6th IFAN International Conference "Normenpraxis" Berlin (Germany), 28-
29 September 1989 - 7th IFAN International Conference "Standards, quality and world markets" Strasbourg (France), 24-
25 September 1992 - 8th IFAN International Conference "Management Standards for the Effective Business: the Marketing Edge" Edinburgh (UK), 12-
13 October 1995 - 9th IFAN International Conference "Standards for Global Markets" Orlando (FL, USA), 16-
17 November 1998 - 10th IFAN International Conference "World Trade and the Standardization" Berlin (Germany), 27-
28 September 2001 - 11th IFAN International Conference "Standardization-
Awareness- Compliance" Amsterdam (Netherlands), 11- 12 November 2004 - 12th IFAN International Conference "Standards -
The Bridge to Global Markets" San Francisco (USA), 20- 21 August 2007 - 13th IFAN International Conference "Standards: Challenges of the future" Seattle (USA), 12-
13 October 2010 - 14th IFAN International Conference "Standards Make the World go Round: When users & standardizers work together" London (UK), 15-
16 October 2013 - 15th IFAN International Joint Conference in conjunction with SES and ICES, “Building Alliances in Standards and Conformity Assessment, Chicago (USA), 9 August, 2017
- 16th IFAN International Conference “Standardization: New Frontiers” Paris (France), 24 September 2024
Presentations from IFAN’s Conferences and Workshops can be found here:
IFAN Conferences and Workshops
IFAN holds an International Conference approximately every three years, in conjunction with the Members' Assembly. This conference, open to everyone interested in the programme, is generally focused on issues of standardization and related matters.
In those years without a Conference, IFAN holds a half day workshop in conjunction with its Members’ Assembly. The topics as with the Conference focus on standardization and related matters.