# Presentation: 911515

## Jack Sheldon
IEC Standardization Strategy Manager

**IEC Standardization Strategy Manager**

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## IEC Masterplan 2006

**...****extend co-operation with and communication efforts in academic circles ... to develop and provide educational materials ...**
**... ****ensure that member National Committees (NCs) represent all relevant national interests ... include ... researchers, academics ...**

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## IEC Centenary Challenge (2006)

**1906 – 2006 IEC Centenary**
**Competition for papers for world’s academic institutions – “standards and business”**
**For world’s academic institutions**
**In partnership with IEE (IET), IEEE, VDE and in association with The Economist**
**Prizes (15 000$, 5 000$ and 2 000$)**

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## IEC Centenary Challenge

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## IEC Centenary Challenge

**ERC (Executive Review Council) – eminent leaders from government, business, media**
**Dr. Arden Bement Jr., Director US National Science Foundation**
**Dr. Takuo Sugano, Tokyo University**
**Prof. Klaus Wucherer, Management Board, Siemens AG**
**Tom Standage, Technology Editor, The Economist**
**Participation – 100 institutions from 35 countries**
**Award Ceremony at IET, London, December 2006**

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## IEC Challenge Winners

**1st prize**
**Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, France****“Standardising Mesopic Vision Conditions and Incidence on Light Sources Science and Technology”****Authors: Dr. Georges Zissis and Dr. Stuart Mucklejohn **
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**2nd prize co-winners**
**University of Colorado at Boulder, USA****“The Entrepreneur and Standards”****Authors: Ken Krechmer and Elaine Baskin****  **
**University of Tokyo, Japan****“Architecture-based Approaches to International Standardization and Evolution of Business Models”****Authors: Junjiro Shintaku, Koichi Ogawa and Tetsuo Yoshimoto **
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**3rd prize**
**Toyo University, Japan****“Standardization and Patent Pools: Using Patent Licensing to Lead the Market”****Authors: Hajime Yamada **

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## IEC Centenary Challenge

**Publication of winning papers on IEC web site: **_**[http://www.iecchallenge.org](http://www.iecchallenge.org/)**_
**IEC Challenge Book****International Standardization as a Strategic Tool – ****Commended Papers from the IEC Centenary Challenge 2006**

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## Academic papers

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## IEC Lectures

**IEC Lectures Series I (2005) – Engineering**
**	****Developed by Don Purcell, Chairman and CEO of the Center for Global Standards Analysis at the Catholic University of America**
**IEC Lectures Series II (2007) – Business**
**	****Developed by Tineke M. Egyedi, Senior Researcher Standardization, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands**

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## IEC Lecture Series

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## About Standardization

**Three commented slide shows**
**Standardization Strategies – Introduction to Standardization and to the IEC**
**IEC Structure and Membership**
**Development of Standards**

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## About standardization

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## Sample standard and working documents development

**Samples of working documents illustrating the progression from initial proposal to final standard**
**In the form of an animated presentation**

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## Thank you

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