Promoting Education About Standardization in North America
Gaithersburg, Maryland USA

Administration Building 101
Employee Lounge

May 8, 2009

Opening Remarks

Dr. Belinda Collins, Director of Technology Services, NIST
Mr. John Hill, ICES Secretariat, Global Overview of Standards Education Initiatives 

Panel 1 - North American Academic Standards Courses

Moderator:

Mr. Don Purcell, Chairman, Center for Global Standards Analysis

Panelists:

Dr. Bruce Harding, Purdue University
Dr. Brian Kahin, University of Michigan, TLEN 5834 Standards: Business, Law, and Policy 
Stephen Head, Standards Council of Canada, Promoting Standardization - Education in Canada 
Don Purcell, Catholic Univesity of America, Strategic Standardization

The value of the panel is to bring together North American universities that offer a standards course and create a discussion among university faculty and conference attendees on lessons learned from the creation of their respective standards courses.

Panel 2 - Approaches to Teaching Standards

Moderator:

Dr. John Bagby, Penn State University

Panelists:

Mr. Thomas Childers, UL Advisory Services, Standards-based Education 
Ms. Georgia Harris, Laboratory Metrology, NIST, Laboratory Metrology Education and Training 
Dr. Steven Kwan, San Jose State University, Stealth - teach standards without being obvious 
Mr. Erik Puskar, NIST, A Simulation Exercise on Strategy and Co-operation in Standardization Processes

This panel is intended to assess the most promising pedagogical alternatives for North American standardization. The inherently interdisciplinary nature of standardization and standardization education strongly suggests encouraging contributions from various disciplines. This approach is expected to sustain standardization curricula by contributing to curriculum development, curricular delivery and ongoing curricular revision.

Panel 3 - Industry/SDO View

Moderator:

Mr. Jim Olshefsky, ASTM International, Promoting Education About Standardization in North America

Panelists:

Dr. Colin Lobo, NRMCA, Standards in Education Concrete Industry 
Mr. Thomas Perry, ASME, ASME Standards Education Issues/Approaches 
Mr. Steve Mills, IEEE, IEEE Standards Education: A Career Commitment 
Ms. Susan Hoyler, Qualcomm, Promoting Education about Standardization in North America 

Currently, there are several standards developers and industry organizations that have an academic outreach component. The plan is to invite standards developers, trade associations, professional societies, and company representatives to discuss their respective views and programs related to education about standardization.

Panel 4 - Forward Thinking for Standards Education

Moderator:

Dr. D. Linda Garcia, Georgetown University

Panelists:

Dr. Laura DeNardis, Yale University, Thinking about Standards Education 
Mr. Peter Lord, Oracle Corporation
Mr. Mark McCarthy, Georgetown University
Mr. Michael B. Spring, University of Pittsburgh, Standards Education at Pitt
Mr. Michael B Spring, IT Standards and Standardization: A Graduate Course at the University of Pittsburgh (1989-2009) 

Today, major changes are taking place that will likely affect standards education in the future. Standards organizations are reconfiguring themselves along new lines—organizationally as well as geographically. At the same time, many educational organizations are reaching out to create new ties among non-academic communities. Advances in the IT field help to drives these developments. The purpose of this panel is to invite previous panelists to discuss—and perhaps speculate—how these environmental changes could serve the need for greater standards education.

Summary and Close-out

Technical Contact:

Erik Puskar Program Manager
Standards Services Division
NIST
Phone: (301) 975-8619
Fax: (301) 975-4715
Email: erik.puskar@nist.gov

Date created:  May 15, 2009
Last modified:  May 29, 2009