Resources, Structures & Cooperation in the Standards Landscape

Brussels, Belgium

There, technology market players, academics and standards experts gathered to discuss the role of standards in supporting innovation while realizing the promise of interoperability.

Two panels where held, focusing on the issues of interoperability though standards and the definition of openness in standards. These provided an opportunity for players such as Motorola, Philips and Microsoft as well as academics, consultants and commentators to express their views about this subject.  Their debate was enriched by an informative contribution by Ms. Anne Lehouck from the European Commission, who explained the views of the European Commission on this issue, including giving background to the forthcoming White Paper on Standardisation, as well as answering questions from participants.

The second panel, “Openness & Standards” was recorded for the purposes of a podcast and a number of Individual podcast interviews with panelists & participants also took place.

You can download or listen to podcasts of the following interviews (in bold text) recorded at the event:

1.  Luc van der Berghe, European Committee for Standardization talks to Mattias Ganslandt of Center for European Law & Economics about what he has taken away from the event “ICT Standards in application”. Luc van der Berghe

2.  Allen Dixon of International Intellectual Property & Technology consulting talks to Mattias Ganslandt of Center for European Law & Economics about focus on and interchange between IPR in standardization. Allen Dixon

3.  Dr. Christopher Stothers of Intellectual Property Institute and also Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy LLP. talks to Mattias Ganslandt of Center for European Law & Economics on what themes he has taken away from the event “ICT Standards in application”.  Christopher Stothers

4.  Jason Matusow, Senior Director of Global Standards Engagement, Microsoft talks to Mattias Ganslandt of Center for European Law & Economics on the lessons he has learned from the event “ICT Standards in application”. Jason Matusow

5.  Ajit Jaokar, Founder of Futuretext & Blogger on “opengardens” talks to Mattias Ganslandt of Center for European Law & Economics on the many definitions of “open”. Ajit Jaokar

6.  Ajit Jaokar, Founder of Futuretext & Blogger on “opengardens” talks to Mattias Ganslandt of Center for European Law & Economics about the most important lesson he has taken away from the event “ICT Standards in application”. Ajit Jaokar

7.  Per Andersen, Managing Director of IDC Nordic & Benelux, Group Vice-president IDC EMEA & author of Report on Open Standardization”, talks to Mattias Ganslandt of Center for European Law & Economics on the different views of standardization that were expressed at the event “ICT Standards in application”. Per Andersen

8.  Dr. Alistair Buttar, Manager, Strategic Programs of Motorola talks to Mattias Ganslandt of Center for European Law & Economics on how he felt a willingness to cooperate that he detected at the event “ICT Standards in application”. Alistair Buttar

9.   Luc van der Berghe, European Committee for Standardization talks to Mattias Ganslandt of European Centre for European Law & Economics about the most important challenges for standardization in the ICT field. Luc van der Berghe

10.  Knut Blind, Chair of Innovation Economics at Berlin University of Technology talks to Mattias Ganslandt of European Centre for European Law & Economics on his view of the European Commission’s efforts on standardization. Knut Blind

11.  Panel 2 “Openness & standards” of the event “ICT Standardization in Application” held in Brussels, Belgium on 5th May 2009. Moderator: Per Andersen (IDC), Panellists: Knut Berlin (Technical University, Berlin), Ajit Jaokar (Futuretext), Allen Dixon (International Intellectual Property & Technology consulting). Openness & standards