Why Standards Matter: How IEEE Standards Drive Industry Advancement and Foster Entrepreneurial Success

The Workshop on “Why Standards Matter: How IEEE Standards Drive Industry Advancement and Foster Entrepreneurial Success” will be co-located with the IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN 2024), and TELFOR events (sponsored by IEEE and IEEE Region 8) on Wednesday, November 25th in Belgrade, <a href="http://Serbia.

Time” target=”_blank” title=”Serbia.

Time”>Serbia.

Time and Venue:

The Workshop will be co-located with the [IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN 2024)](https://cscn2024.ieee-cscn.org/), and TELFOR events (sponsored by IEEE and IEEE Region 8) on Monday, November 25th in Belgrade, <a href="http://Serbia.

Event” target=”_blank” title=”Serbia.

Event”>Serbia.

Event link:

<a href="https://cscn2024.ieee-cscn.org/workshop/standards

List” target=”_blank” title=”https://cscn2024.ieee-cscn.org/workshop/standards

List”>https://cscn2024.ieee-cscn.org/workshop/standards

List of Organisers

Co-chairs:

–
Dr Mona Ghassemian (IEEE Region 8 Standards Coordination (R8 SC) Chair)

–
Prof Periklis Chatzimisios (IEEE CSCN 2024 General co-Chair)

–
Dr Glenn Parsons (IEEE 7 Standards Coordination Chair)

–
Dr Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Senior Director and Foundational Technologies Practice Lead (IEEE-SA)

Organising committee:

Dr Tuncer Baykas and Dr Albena Mihovska (R8 SC Committee)

Aleksandar Nešković, Chair of TELFOR Steering Committee and Mladen Koprivica, Chair of TELFOR Organizing <a href="http://Committee.

Co-sponsored” target=”_blank” title=”Committee.

Co-sponsored”>Committee.

Co-sponsored by: Region 8, Region 7, R10 and IEEE SA

Agenda:
Workshop programme

Opening remarks (9:00-9:30)

–
Region 7 & 8, IEEE SA, Local section representatives

Part 1 (9:30-13:00 local time)

1. “Introduction to standards and Standardisation procedures”

· Speaker: Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Sr. Director and Foundational Technologies Practice Lead (IEEE-SA)

2. Interactive Session on “Mars Space Colony game: Change the World, Influencing and Creating Standards”

· Instructor: James Irvine, University of Strathclyde, Scotland

Part 2 (14:00-17:00)

1. “Overview of engaging and developing standards within IEEE Standards Association”

· Speaker: David Law, IEEE-SA Standards Board Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet WG Chair (Hewlett Packard, UK)

2. “Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) technologies and standardisation”

· Speaker: Glenn Parsons, IEEE 802.1 WG Chair (Ericsson Canada/IEEE R7 SC)

3. “The importance of standards in the area of AI & Ethics”

· Speaker: Ali Hessami, Lead AI Ethics Assessor, (IEEE P7000 project lead/ Vegasystems, UK)

4. “The role of standards for enabling sustainable innovation role of standards in the area of Climate Change”

· Speaker: : Irene Kitsara , Director of European Standardization Initiatives, IEEE Technology Centre GmbH, Austria

5. Round table discussion on “Standards Enabling Innovation for Industry and Entrepreneurship”

· Moderator: Mona Ghassemian, (Huawei UK/IEEE R8 SC) Panelists: All the Speakers

Sava centre, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, Serbia & Montenegro, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/434033