Call for Papers and Presentations 8th ICES CONFERENCE – Industry Needs Standards. What Does Industry Expect from STANDARDS EDUCATION? – 12‐13 June 2013 at ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, France Organized by the International Cooperation on Education about Standardization (ICES), Hosted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Industrial stakeholders standardize to coordinate technology and market development. They aim at making markets as large and homogeneous as possible through standardization. Different industries have particular needs and have setup various Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) to develop the standards they need to develop their products and services to drive their businesses. These SDOs maintain different rules and cultures to draft specifications, to build consensus and to adopt standards. ICT standardization is driven by network effects. The value of networked applications may grow exponentially with the number of users in cases of formation of groups. In an increasingly connected world there will be more and more complex network effects. Moreover, ICT drives innovations in other sectors, making transportation, buildings, and energy grids smarter through distributed intelligence based on connectivity and processing power. More complex cross‐sector eco‐systems emerge. At a time when innovation eco‐systems are opening and knowledge is increasingly abundant the relevance of standardization will increase and more stakeholders will have to be involved in standardization, either as standards users or as standards makers. Education about standardization will be an important success factor to prepare future jobholders for the needs of emerging labor markets, particularly in industrialized countries, where economic growth depends on innovation. Engineers and managers have to be aware and understand the relevance and role of standards and standardization. They have to have the knowledge and skills to utilize standards and standardization to be successful as employees or entrepreneurs in technology driven industries. ICES Board
Henk de Vries, Rotterdam School of
Management, Erasmus University, the
Netherlands (Chair)
Erik Puskar, National Institute of
Standards & Technology, USA (Vicechair)
Donggeun Choi, KSA, Korea (Vicechair)
The 8th ICES conference aims at looking particularly at the industrial needs for education about standardization. The approach is to discuss why the industry needs standards and then to conclude on required standardization knowledge and skills for future engineers, managers, and standardization professionals. ICES conferences bring together representatives of industries, standards organizations, academia and public authorities to foster the exchange of insights and views on all issues surrounding education about standardization, to raise awareness and improve its quality for all stakeholders. Former ICES Chairs
Mingshun Song, China Jiliang
University, China (2012)
John Hill, The Pennsylvania State
University, USA (2011)
Tineke Egyedi, Delft University of
Technology, the Netherlands (2010)
Toshiaki Kurokawa, independent
consultant / Science and Technology
Foresight Center, National Institute of
Science and Technology Policy
(NISTEP), Japan (2009), (formerly
CSK Holdings Corporation)
Topics
Theoretical and empirical papers as well as case studies on education about standardization are welcome, in particular those related to the conference theme: •
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ICES Secretary
Sunghyun Park, Korean Standards
Association (KSA), Korea
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2013 Program Committee Members
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Henk de Vries, Erasmus University, the
Netherlands (Chair)
Knut Blind, Technical University Berlin,
Germany and Erasmus University,
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Wilfried Hesser, Helmut-Schmidt
University, Hamburg, Germany
Stephen Kwan, San José State
University, USA
Prof. Tanaka, chairman of JSA
and ICES Board members
and Former ICES Chairs
Organizing Committee
Henk de Vries, Erasmus University,
Netherlands, ICES
Hermann Brand, ETSI
Ingrid Soetaert, CEN/CENELEC
Daniele Gerundino, ISO
Jack Sheldon, IEC
Alessia Magliarditi, ITU
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Objectives of standards/standardization Future of standards/standardization Company needs for education about standardization Identification of skills for standardization experts and professionals Job profiles related to standardization Company wishes for the specific content of education about standardization Evidence of company benefits of education about standardization National strategies to stimulate education about standardization National organizational structures and other measures to stimulate education about standardization Other possible topics include, but are not limited to: • Design of standardization curricula • Evaluation of current courses (in particular fitness for use in industry) • Teaching methods (e.g., e‐learning, games, simulations) • Role of trade associations in stimulating education about standardization • Role of standards bodies in stimulating education about standardization • Role of governments in stimulating education about standardization • Inclusion of standardization in final attainment levels • Recognition of level of education about standardization (certificates, diplomas) Important Dates
Submissions due: 12 April Feedback on papers due: 30 April Local Organization and Enquiries
Final papers due: 31 May Please contact Hermann Brand and
Marie-Noelle Girard at
Conference: 12‐14 June hermann.brand@etsi.org
marie-noelle.girard@etsi.org
Paper Submissions
Previous and Future ICES Workshops
and Conferences
2006
Tokyo, Japan
2007
Delft, the Netherlands
2008
Gaithersburg, USA
2009
Tokyo, Japan
2010
Geneva, Switzerland
2011
Hangzhou, China
2012
Bali, Indonesia
2013
Sophia Antipolis, France
2014
North America
2015
Korea, Republic of (South)
Original (unpublished) papers not exceeding 6,000 words are solicited. Maximum length of papers: 20 pages (line spacing 1.5). The first page should include the title of the paper and the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s). No further format requirements. Please submit papers to Henk de Vries (hvries@rsm.nl) (Chairman of the Program Committee). Sponsorship Opportunities
Different sponsorship packages are available to companies and organizations that would like to be visible at this event. Please contact hermann.brand@etsi.org. Conference Venue and Registration
ICES 2013 and WSC Academic Day will take place at ETSI headquarters, 650 route des Lucioles, 06921 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX, France. For more information about ICES visit http://www.standards‐education.org For more information about WSC Academic Day see http://www.worldstandardscooperation.org http://www.etsi.org/news‐events/events/658‐2013‐ices‐wsc‐
conference http://www.etsi.org/about/visiting‐etsi