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IFAN Webinars
Importance of Standards to Business, getting involved in Standardization
What benefits do using standards being to an organization? How would taking part in standards making improve skills and knowledge? These are some of the questions this webinar sets out to answer.
Our four panellists are: Terry Hill business leader in the technology sector and former Chair of Arup, and past President of ISO; Tuvia Liberman CTO of Teldor Cables & Systems Ltd and Teldor Telecoms Lyd; Laurent Oberle, President of ACANOR, and consultant at SOCOMEC; Ross Wraight, CEO of the Standards Group, and President of IFAN.
Moderator: Keith Wilson, IFAN Treasurer
Introductions: Andrea Beddard-
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day 2021, was a time to reflect on progress made by women, to call for change and to celebrate acts of leadership by the women who have played an extraordinary role in standardization.
Our moderator for the webinar was Vered Oren, IFAN Board.
The Panellists were Dr Elizabeth Stampf-
International Women’s Day film 2022 -
In celebration of IWD, the IFAN webinar team have produced a short video.
The video features women in standardization -
With thanks to IFAN Members: Vivian Xia, CAS; Karen Reczek, SES; Sonya Bird, SES; Isabelle Heller, ACANOR;
Vered Oren, ISUS; Andrea Beddard-
And thanks also to our our friends: Athina Panayiotou, CYS; Eve Gadzikwa, SAZ; Noelia Garcia, ISO; Julie Hunter, CPIN; Elena Santiago, CEN-
The video can be viewed on the IFAN YouTube Channel, the link is here
The changing needs of Standards users: Strategic standardization
Strategic Standardization is more than a technical tool that can be used for planning the development and use of standards to achieve specific objectives. It is about creating a robust standards strategy and implementing it to meet both technical and business goals.
Speakers:
Erik Puskar, Sr Standards Specialist, NIST
Stephane Tronchon, Sr Director Standards & Competition Policy, Inter Digital
Marianna Kramarikova, Technical Officer, IEC
Moderator: Muhammad Ali, Sr Standards Strategy & Policy Leader, HP, Inc
The webinar can be viewed here