In October, Talkstandards.com hosted an open forum focused towards issues related to interoperability within European standardization and framed against the backdrop of the current EU activities. In addition to a series of expert keynote contributions (summarized below – please follow the links to access the articles in full) two exclusive interviews were conducted. The event can be found her: www.talkstandards.com/reforming-eu-standardization.
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Summary: Reforming EU Standardization
Friday, October 15th, 2010Questions for Event: “Reforming EU Standardization”
Thursday, October 14th, 2010All forum discussion will take place on this page!
This event (Thurs October 14th – 3pm GMT / 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern / 5pm CET / 11pm Beijing) is set to discuss mobile payment and transfer services.
Suggestions for the Future of EU Standardization
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Address the “holes” in existing standardization:
1. Help define the basic terms.
Without clear definitions, practice will be slipshod.
• What is a standard? It is not practical to transfer anything without a reference. Such ubiquity strongly suggests a “physical” law and mathematical form.
• What is an open standard? Most current descriptions are very biased.
• What is an open standardization process? Is it no IPR? Is RAND sufficient? Free standards documents? Fair representation of all stakeholders? World wide agreement?
“Open standards” is like “democratic government,” it is easy to say but very hard to achieve. First define it. (This task is underway in the EU, but deserves much higher visibility.) Then work to make it more likely.
EU Standardisation: Evolution rather than revolution
Monday, September 13th, 2010
The European Parliament’s first thoughts on ICT standardisation reflect the sensible view that the standards system is not fundamentally broken. To me this is its most encouraging contribution! Discussions about standards too often suffer from overstatement and over-reaction.
Modernising ICT Standardisation in the EU – The Way Forward
Thursday, July 15th, 2010This EU standardization white paper is a weak attempt to focus on important issues. What is an ICT standard? Is a cell phone battery standard an ICT standard? Is a computer environmental disposal standard an ICT standard? Are the standards for telephone electronic components ICT standards? In fairness I do recognize this paper discusses standards that apply to the compatibility of computer or communications systems or equipment, less confusingly termed “compatibility” standards. The confused title is only preamble. Considering that the EU does not even have a reasonable (or widely accepted) definition of a technical standard proposing goals for a “quality” standard or “open” standard is meaningless.
The European Framework for Transparent Standardisation
Thursday, July 15th, 2010I will start first by saying in what role I make this contribution, which is in a personal capacity. I handle ICT standardisation and technology issues for the UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) – the ministry responsible for standardisation policy for the UK. As part of this I am a board member of ETSI and DVB. I am also a member of the Commission ICT standards steering group, and the steering group for the Commission IPR in standards study. These roles inform what I outline below, but are not statements on behalf of any of these organisations or groups.
Standardisation Policy in China: A Path from Made-in-China to Innovated-in-China
Thursday, June 24th, 2010This article is co-authored by Anne Layne-Farrar and Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (bio Here)
In the past decade, Chinese companies have aggressively invested in R&D as a path toward meaningful participation in domestic and international standard setting. These efforts are aligned with broader Chinese ambitions to transform the domestic industry structure from “made-in-China” to “innovated-in-China”. This transformation will leverage China’s influence in the global economy community via the nation’s intellectual property rights (IPR) and standardisation strategy, which is part of its overall industrial policy.
Chinese Standardization and the benefits of European led coordination
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
In recent years China’s standardization system has matured considerably. Today, China has more standards than Europe, covering more aspects of economic operations than any industrialized country. China wants to be recognized as a major player in standardization, including export of its standardization deliverables. One of the growing ambitions of this country is to become a leading high-technology country, making a transformation from the “factory of the world” to an innovation-based society and from standards-follower to standards-setter for the rest of the world. This target is evident also in the 11th Five year plan for 2006-2011, where standardization is mentioned many times as a tool to leapfrog innovation, with specific emphasis put on the high-tech and ICT sectors.
China’s Integration into the System of International Standardisation: A Possible, but Not Guaranteed Win-Win Situation
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Standardisation has the potential to be an influential instrument in improving China’s economy, society and government in numerous dimensions, so long as standardisation policy is able to be effectively embedded in both other related policy areas at the national level and the international system of standardisation.
How to Turn Tigers Into Vegetarians?
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
As COP15 is rapidly approaching its climax, a number of conflicts between developed and developing countries have surfaced. These conflicts should not be surprising. First, the costs and benefits of actions taken to stop climate change vary across countries. Second, poorer nations argue that rich countries have caused the problems and should clean up their own mess. Third, individual countries have a unilateral incentive to free-ride on other countries actions.
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