UNECE working party on ‘Regulatory cooperation and standardization policies’ organized two panels about Education on standards related issues, in Geneva, 21 November 2019
EURAS2018 conference Dublin
EURAS2018 in Dublin was highly interesting, partly because of the divers attendants (academics, SDOs, public agencies, industry), subjects addressed and academic disciplines represented; partly because of the excellent invited speakers and good discussions. Here’s the programme.
Setting Standards played at AFNOR (French national standards body)
Feedback indicates that AFNOR employees and standardizers highly enjoyed and appreciated insights gained from playing Setting Standards (13 December 2017). The management simulation game was moderated by Arjan Widlak (United Knowledge).
IEEE Magazine on Teaching Standardization in Engineering, Science, and Technology Studies
The December 2017 issue 7/4 of IEEE Standards University’s E-Magazine includes an invited article on the use of games which Tineke developed with United Knowledge for teaching standardization in engineering, science, and technology studies and e.g. to standards practitioners and policy makers.
Newly published: Handbook of Innovation and Standards
September 2017 the Handbook of Innovation and Standards edited by Richard Hawkins, Knut Blind and Robert Page, was published by Edward Elgar. Contributing authors: P. Ballon, R. Bekkers, K. Blind, C.F. Cargill, H.J. de Vries, S. Delaere, A. Delemarle, T.M. Egyedi, C. Frankel, J.-P. Galland, R. Hawkins, J. Hudson, E.J. Iversen, K. Jakobs, M. King, R. Lambert, C. Montalvo, J.R. Ortt, M. Orviska, R. Page, M. Punter, C. Righi, T. Simcoe, W.E. Steinmueller, C. Stolwijk, G.M.P. Swann, G. Tassey, P. Temple, P.M. Wiegmann. One of the chapters, Towards a functional classification of standards for innovation research., was written by Tineke Egyedi and Roland Ortt. Professor Henk de Vries, president of the European Academy for Standardization, writes in an email “I had the privilege of already reading a preliminary version of the chapter by Tineke Egyedi & Roland Ortt – a superior contribution to the field of standardisation research.”
Coming up ‘Corporate and Global Standardization Initiatives in Contemporary Society’
Dr. Kai Jakobs (RWTH Aachen University) is in the final process of editing the new volume ‘Corporate and Global Standardization Initiatives in Contemporary Society’ for publisher IGI Global. It will include a chapter on ‘Impact of Industry Conditions on Innovation’ by J. Roland Ortt and Tineke M. Egyedi.
Vincent Grey on Container Standardization
Talking to Vincent Grey* on the phone, I heard some additional interesting stories about early container standardization. He talked about why the 20′ container is not actually 20′ long, and about the tests to determine the required strength of the top, bottom and sidewalls, things I did not address in my writings. His stories further illustrate the deeply multimodal origins of the ISO container and the three-way symmetry of embedded interests between rail, maritime and road transport. To get a sense of the issues, see his publication in ISO Focus (October 2007, p.27).
*Vincent Grey has been involved in container standardization since 1952 and was Chair of ISO/TC 104 on Freight containers between 1977 and 1995.
Book ‘Effective Standardization Management in Corporate Settings’
Effective Standardization Management in Corporate Settings edited by Kai Jakobs is out (December 2015). For those reading on IPR, it contains among others an excellent chapter on IPR policies, i.e. Jorge L. Contreras and Andrew Updegrove. A Primer on Intellectual Property Policies of Standards Bodies, pp. 215-235. There’s another one Standardization, not standards, matters from Carl F. Cargill (pp. 18-32) that gives an interesting and frank account of corporate management issues.