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Note: in-person attendance is restricted to NIST staff.
The NIST Standards Forum will be held on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, on NIST’s Gaithersburg campus in the Portrait Room. The purpose of this event is to communicate the commitment of NIST and its key partners to advance global standardization as a strategic priority for the United States. Attendees of the event will include NIST staff, staff from other federal agencies, and private sector stakeholders.
NIST staff and stakeholders in the private sector and other federal agencies are encouraged to attend to learn how NIST is advancing standardization for critical and emerging technologies (CETs) through public-private partnerships, and ways their organizations and agencies can participate in this important activity.
The Forum will feature NIST Director, Dr. Laurie Locascio, who will deliver the morning Keynote Address on the National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology and the NSSCET Implementation Roadmap which was launched at a White House event in late July. Gordon Gillerman, NIST Conformity Assessment Advisor, will deliver the afternoon Keynote Address on The Role of Conformity Assessment in CETs.
The agenda also includes exciting panel discussions on Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Global Standardization, during which our private sector partners will share their insights and perspectives, and Driving Innovation Through Standardization featuring many NIST Laboratory Directors and private sector partners who will speak to the impact of NIST’s work on standardization. The discussion will cover topics such as standards development, conformity assessment, quality management, and accreditation, emphasizing priorities for public-private partnerships to accelerate global standardization in CETs.
Time | Topics and Speakers |
9:00 AM | Opening Remarks Shyam Sunder, Acting Director, Standards Coordination Office |
9:05 AM | Keynote Address: National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology Dr. Laurie Locascio, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director |
9:35 AM | Discussion |
9:45 AM | Break |
10:00 AM | Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Global Standardization[1] Scope: Priorities for public-private partnerships to accelerate global standardization in critical and emerging technologies Moderator: Charles Romine, Associate Director of Laboratory Programs, NIST Panelists: Mary H. Saunders, Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) |
11:30 AM | Discussion |
12:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM | Keynote Address: The Role of Conformity Assessment in CETs Gordon Gillerman, Conformity Assessment Advisor, NIST |
1:30 PM | Discussion |
Driving Innovation Through Standardization (Part I) Scope: Exemplary impacts driving standardization from lab to market Moderator: Craig Schlenoff, Acting Deputy Associate Director for Laboratory Programs Panelists: Kevin Stine, Director, Information Technology Laboratory | |
3:00 PM | Discussion |
3:15 PM | Break |
3:30 PM | Driving Innovation Through Standardization (Part II) Scope: Exemplary impacts driving standardization from lab to market Moderator: David Yashar, Acting Deputy Director, Standards Coordination Office Panelists: Kate Beers, Director, Material Measurement Laboratory |
4:45 PM | Discussion |
4:55 PM | Closing Remarks & Adjourn Shyam Sunder, Acting Director, Standards Coordination Office |
[1] Scope includes standards development, conformity assessment, quality management, and accreditation.