As one of the main aims of Edu4Standards consist in strengthening education on standards in Europe, the project will contribute to “Education on standardisation in Europe'', an event which will take place on the 17-18 of June in Delft.
This event brings together national and European standardisation bodies, academics that teach about standardisation, representatives of EU Member States and other stakeholders to discuss the challenges but also work towards solutions.
The event is organised by Workstream 1 of the High-Level Forum (HLF) on European Standardisation of the European Commission, led by Eindhoven University of Technology, CEN-CENELEC, and DIGITALEUROPE.
Below you can find the agenda:
| Monday, 17 June |
| 12:00 Registration, coffee |
13:00 Opening address Perspectives on education on standardisation from academic, business, and standards bodies |
| 15:00 Coffee/tea |
15:30 Parallel workshops: A: A cross-European student certificate on standardisation B: Incentives for teachers and students |
| 17:00 Networking reception (until 19:00) |
| Tuesday, 18 June |
| 9:00 Fireside conversations: academics and National Standardisation Bodies (NSBs) share their most successful ventures but also their challenges |
| 10:30 Coffee/tea |
11:00 Parallel workshops: C. Linking standards to the Academic for Net Zero Industry Act D: The perspective of SMEs on education on standardisation |
| 12:30 Lunch & poster session |
| 13:30 The role of serious games |
| 15:00 Coffee/tea |
| 15:30 Actual playing of serious games & poster sessions |
| 16:30 Reporting back from parallel workshops & wrap-up |
| 17:00 Closing networking reception (until 19:00) |
Plenary talks are delivered by key representatives from the European Commission, academia, national and European standardisation bodies, and businesses. There is also a strong involvement of EDU4Standards, a recently launched Horizon Europe study working towards strengthening education on standards in Europe.
The event also pays special attention to serious games / role-play games and their potential in teaching standardisation. These games are discussed but will also be demonstrated at the event. Poster sessions will showcase the progress of HLF members who, in November 2023, signed a pledge committing to contributing to education on standardisation, e.g. by offering trainee positions.
Also, the event will take place back-to-back with the annual meeting of EURAS, the European Academy for Standardisation (June 19- 21, 2024), also in Delft.
For more information, please visit the event webpage.
The 22nd Annual STS Conference Graz 2024 „Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies“ is the joint Annual Conference of the Science Technology and Society Unit of the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science of Graz University of Technology, the Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ) and the Institute for Advanced Studies of Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS).
On May 6-8 May 2024, Edu4Standards will present its first preliminary results in the Science Technology and Society Unit Conference in Graz. The project's results will be disseminated during a session dedicated to standards and standardisation, chaired by the long standing member of academic group in standardisation research, Dr. Kai Jakobs.
The session is titled "B.3: (Responsible) Standardisation of Disruptive Digital Technologies", and will take place on Tuesday, the 7th of May. Edu4Standards will showcase a presentation titled " It's not only about technology! Educating future standards professionals", written and elaborated by Vladislav Fomin, Elisabeth Staudegger, Hristina Veljanova, Kestutis Mosakas, Oksana Kuzmuk, David Bierbauer, Rimvydas Laužikas, Barbara Reiter.
In addition to this first presentation, this session will also host a presentation made by our project coordinator, Knut Blond from Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, titled "The knowledge-action gap in standardization in the combat against climate change". Authors: Luzie Kromer, Knut Blind. Philipp Heß.
For more information, please check the Conference webpage.
