Region 1 Training WorkshopCrowne Plaza Albany – 1-2 August 2008

Session 3D

Standards and You – Learning About and Participating in Standards

ActivitiesWilliam P. Walsh

Director-Elect, Region 2

Standards and You – The Member

Members from all of our Regions worldwide are interested in Standards

Non-US Regions (7 thru 10) would like to be more involved

– Presently, about 90% of the IEEE Standards Association is made up of US members

Members have started asking about IEEE Standards

Agenda

Background IEEE Standards Association (SA) Globalization of Standards SA Membership – Corporate and Individual Participating as an IEEE Member MGA, Region, and Section Support Web Resources, Summary, Contacts

History of IEEE Standards

1890 Established the Henry—a practical unit of inductance

1898 First dedicated effort toward standardization of electrotechnology in US

1912 Institute of Radio Engineers formed its first standards committee

1958 Joint Standards Committee of AIEE and IRE 1963 Merger of AIEE and the IRE 1973 Establishment of the IEEE Standards Board 1998 IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) 1999 IEEE Industry Standards and Technology

Organization (IEEE-ISTO) 2004 IEEE Standards Corporate Program

IEEE Standards Are PervasiveLeading Developer of Industry

Standards Aerospace Electronics Bioinformatics Broadband Over Power Line Broadcast Technology Electromagnetic Compatibility & Safety Information Technology Medical Device Communications National Electrical Safety Code Organic Components Portable Battery Technology Power Electronics Power & Energy Radiation/Nuclear Reliability Transportation Technology

900 active standards

400 projects in progress

15 000 volunteers

7 000 individual members

80+ corporate members

IEEE Standards are Advancing Technology

New and Emerging Fields Nanotechnology Information Assurance Cyber Security Green Technologies

IEEE and the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA)

An international membership organization serving today’s industries and the public with a complete portfolio of standards programs

IEEE-ISTO

An international forum/consortium standards development organization

376 000 worldwide!

IEEE

IEEE-SA Board of Governors(Policy)

Standards Board

(Standards Process)

Corporate Advisory Group

(Corporate Program)

Individual & Corporate

Members

IEEEStandards Association

Sponsors

Societies, Standards Coordinating Committees, CAG, etc

Member Support & CoordinationRegions / Sections

IEEE Standards Association Mission

The IEEE Standards Association provides a standards program that serves the global needs of industry, government, and the public. It also works to assure the effectiveness and high visibility of this standards program both within the IEEE and throughout the global community.

• Increasing visibility and usage of IEEE Standards worldwide

• Promoting reliance on IEEE standards as a source of technical information for international, regional and national standards bodies

• Encouraging worldwide participation in IEEE Standards

Five principles guide standards development

Ensuring integrity and wide acceptance for IEEE standards

IEEE Standards Development

Examples

Reference

Standards

Mature Engineering

PracticesSafety Standards

Market-Driven Standards

Emerging Technologies

Market Acceptance

IEEE Std SI 10™-2002, IEEE/ASTM Std for Use of the International System of Units (SI)

IEEE Std 181™-2003, IEEE Std on Transitions, Pulses, and Related Waveforms

IEC/IEEE 61588:2004 - Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement and Control Systems

IEEE Std 1620™-2004, IEEE Test Methods for the Characterization of Organic Transistors and Materials

IEEE Std 323™-2003, IEEE Standard for Qualifying Class 1E Equipment for Nuclear Power Generating Stations

IEEE Std 516™-2003, IEEE Guide for Maintenance Methods on Energized Power Line

National Electrical Safety Code® (NESC) Handbook – 2002

IEEE Std 1584™-2002, IEEE Guide for Performing Arc Flash Hazard Calculations

IEEE Std 80™-2000, IEEE Guide for Safety in AC Substation Grounding

IEEE Std 802.16™-2004, IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems

IEEE Std 1625™-2004, IEEE Standard for Rechargeable Batteries for Portable Computing

IEEE P1675 - Standard for Broadband over Power Line Hardware

IEEE Std 1650™-2005, IEEE Standard Test Methods for Measurement of Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

ISO/IEEE 11073-20101:2004 - Health informatics-- Point-of-care medical device communication-- Application profile-- Baseline

IEEE 1512.1™-2003, IEEE Standard for Traffic Incident Management Message Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers

IEEE Standards Association Focus:Supporting the Evolution of Global Standardization

While Integrating Local Requirements

Global Standards - Local Benefits

Driven through– Global market structures and speed-to-market

necessity– Adaptive intellectual property policies – Rapidly developing, open technology solutions– Customer integration and innovation expectations

IEEE-SA’s Global Approach

Economics and technology span borders Advance technology to benefit global society

– Cost-effective development

– High-quality results One standard, one test worldwide Partnering with the international community

– Create a standards development environment that brings together all constituents

– Deliver economically relevant global standards to the international community

IEEE-SA Global Strategy

Maintain a strong global standards perspective in IEEE

Leverage IEEE expertise, competence, track record, and processes to achieve global standards goals

Provide a forum to develop market-relevant standards

Recognize and promote– Emerging technologies– Standards life cycle requirements – Regulatory harmonization– Society betterment

IEEE-SA: Globally supports standards development constituents

Globally Relevant Standards

Individual andCorporate Programs

TechnologyOwners

TechnologyUsers

VestedOrganizations

GeographicalInterests

Government/Academia

TechnologyImplementers

Global Involvement and Technical Expertise

Recognizing the expanding breadth of constituents and stakeholders in the adoption of global standards

IEEE International Collaboration

IEC– 30% of existing IEC library built on IEEE standards

– Current Dual Logo agreement facilitates rapid adoption and joint development: Power, Energy, Design Automation

ISO– PSDO Agreement in place for rapid adoption and joint development

ISO/IEC JTC1– 25+ years of adoption of IEEE network, operating systems,

microprocessor, and software engineering standards

ITU– International sector membership in all three ITU sectors –

Telecommunications, Radiocommunications, Development

Membership in the IEEE-SA

Corporate– Offers unlimited balloting of IEEE corporate

standards, special information and updates on IEEE and corporate standards activities, complimentary individual IEEE-SA memberships

– Cost varies from US $1-5K/year based on type and size of company

– http://standards.ieee.org/sa-mem/corporate.html

Membership in the IEEE-SA

Individual– Offers unlimited balloting of IEEE individual

standards, updates on IEEE standards activities– US $38/year in 2008 for IEEE members– US $203/year in 2008 for non-IEEE members– http://standards.ieee.org/sa-mem/individual.html

IEEE-SA Corporate Program

Focuses on:• Global “corporate standards” adoption• International partnerships• Standards life cycle• Openness and minimum barriers to full participation (resource,

location, involvement, involvement equity)• Corporate direction in establishing consistent policy and process• Supporting IEEE-SA corporate members

Provides an environment where corporations come together to develop standards that:• Open markets• Strengthen existing markets • Enhance global competitiveness

Helps industry accomplish business objectives Fosters company-based standardization

• Open, consensus process• Levels playing field -- one company/one vote

Multi-industry/multi-national participation Networking within IEEE-SA corporate constituency

• Leverages the unique technology base supported by the worldwide technical communities of the IEEE

Provides a venue to nurture existing and emerging technologies

Rapid path to global standardization– Support structure available for completion in 18- to 24-month target

timeframe

Value of IEEE-SA Corporate Program

IEEE-SA Corporate Membership

Corporate membership created in 1998• Only part of IEEE to have corporate membership

Approximately 90 corporate members• Provided with up-to-date information on IEEE

standardization• Gives corporations a direct voice in IEEE standards

development Members come from industry, academia, and

government• Large and small companies• Trade associations and other organizations

Crosses national and regional interests

IEEE-SA Corporate Program: IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group

Committee of the IEEE-SA Board of Governors– Coordinates corporate activities with IEEE-SA BOG– Corporate membership support– Corporate (full spectrum) standards environment– Project sponsorship– Infusion of international and industry/business perspectives into

standards processes Performs international outreach to developing

economies and standards organizations Leverages full scope of IEEE-SA resources Maintains coordination with IEEE-SA Standards Board to

ensure successful “corporate experience” within the IEEE-SA

Member Participation -IEEE-SA Individual Standards Process

Cornerstone of IEEE standards development Participants are “individuals”: i.e., people

(Members or Non-Members)– Each individual/Member participant has one vote

Provides rich body of work, and ongoing developments, to IT, communications, and power and energy industries worldwide

National, regional, and international standards bodies have adopted resulting products

7102 individual members in over 100 countries 15% are new members

Top 5 countries: USA, Canada, UK, Australia, and Germany

IEEE-SA members make up 2.6% of total current IEEE membership

Top IEEE Societies for IEEE-SA members

– Power Engineering

– Computer

– Communications

– Industrial Applications

Locally, Members can participate individually or through local Section and/or Society Chapter

Member Participation -IEEE-SA Individual Membership

Member Participation – Examples: Individually-Based Projects

Networks P802 Broadband over Power Lines P1675, P1775 Cognitive Radio P1900.1, P1900.2, P1900.3 Bioinformatics P1953, P1953.1, P1953.2 Nanotechnology P1650, P1670, P1690 Organic Electronics P1620, P1620.1 Clean Products P1680

Member Participation in Standards Development Check working group websites

– Many listed at http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/index.html If not listed, or if you want to start a new project:

– Contact IEEE-SA Staff http://standards.ieee.org/people/liaisons.html

– Through IEEE Project Search http://standards.ieee.org/db/status/index.shtml

Join IEEE Sponsor ballots– http://standards.ieee.org/db/balloting/ballotform.html

Find out more about how to participate– http://standards.ieee.org/resources/development/

wg_dev/index.html– http://standards.ieee.org/guides/companion/index.html

Member Participation – Section Support of Standards Activities Create a pro-active information conduit for Standards-related activities

– Newsletters

– Section Standards Coordinator Conduct Section meetings and workshops dedicated to Standards

policies and processes Provide local support of individual members in Standards

Development

– Coordinate and plan for local working groups Coordinate Standards activities with local industry

– Foster enhancement of Individual Membership

– Encourage industry participation as a Corporate Member

Member Participation – Standards Activities Support of Regions & Sections Implement a pro-active effort to encourage and

promote Standards activities to IEEE Members through Regions and Sections

– Recruitment of Individual Members

– Supporting Region/Section Industry Relations Establish Web links with Region and Section sites Create communications network with Region/Section

Standards Coordinators Recognize Member efforts and contributions

IEEE Standards Association website

http://standards.ieee.org

Standards Development Online

http://standards.ieee.org/resources/development/index.html

International Program website

http://standards.ieee.org/intl/index.html

Corporate Program website

http://standards.ieee.org/corpforum/index.html

IEEE Standards: Summary

IEEE has developed standards for 115+ years– IEEE catalog of standards contains long-established engineering

practices and leading-edge technologies that drive the marketplace

IEEE has three venues for complementary joint development and collaboration– Individual-consensus standards– Entity-consensus standards– Consortia specifications and support

IEEE has a leading contemporary intellectual property policy

IEEE standards reflect the standardization principles as stated by the WTO

For more information…

Contact:

IEEE-SA Corporate Program:

Mary Lynne Nielsen

m.nielsen@ieee.org

IEEE-SA International Activities:

Terry deCourcelle

t.decourcelle@ieee.org

or

Jodi Haasz

j.haasz@ieee.org

Contact:

IEEE Member & Geographic Activities:

Joseph V. Lillie

Vice President, MGA

j.lillie@ieee.org

William P. Walsh

Director-Elect, Region 2

w.walsh@ieee.org

Many thanks…

IEEE-SA

– George Arnold, Judy Gorman, Jodi Haasz, Terry deCourcelle

Member and Geographic Activities Board

– Joe Lillie, Marc Apter, John Dentler, Howard Michel, Charles Rubenstein