Proceedings of the NIST Centennial Standards Symposium
Standards in the Global Economy: Past, Present, and Future
NIST Special Publication 974

Mary Jo DiBernardo
Belinda L. Collins
Walter G. Leight
Standards Services Division
Technology Services
National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Front Cover/Abstract/Table of Contents

Introduction

Belinda L. Collins
Deputy Director, NIST Technology Services

Global Standards: Policies & Politics

Opening Remarks
Richard Kayser
Director, NIST Technology Services

Global Standards in a Shifting Economy
Arati Prabhakar
Former NIST Director

ANSI's Role in ISO and IEC
Oiver Smoot
ANSI Chairman

Standards Wars: Past, Present, and Future
Lawrence Eicher
Secretary General, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

21st Century Prospects
Mathias Funfschilling
President, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

Information Technology

Trends in Information Technology and Telecommunications Standards
Ed Roney
Corporate Vice President & Director of Standards and Technology Transfer, Motorola

Challenges in IT Standards Development
Michael Hogan
Standards Liaison, NIST Information Technology Laboratory

Semiconductors and Optical Sensing

Semiconductor Technology: The Infrasctructure That Lies Beneath
Robert Scace
Former Director, NIST National Semiconductor Metrology Program

From Light Bulbs to LEDs: How to Measure What We See
Katharine Gebbie
Director, NIST Physics Laboratory

Transportation, Materials, & Manufacturing

Planes, Trans, & Automobiles: Standards for 21st Century Transport
Keith Termaat
Manager, RVT Cross Platform Exteriors/Closures, Ford Motor Company

From Promising to Practical: How Standards Help Bring New Materials to the Market
Stephen Freiman
Chief of the Ceramics Division, NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory

From Bolts to Bytes: Paving the Way to Intelligent Manufacturing
Howard Bloom
Acting Director, NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

Building & Contruction

Putting Safety First
Casey Grant
Assistant Vice President, Code & Standards Administration, NFPA International

Saved Lives and Better Buildings: Technical Contributions That Make a Difference
Jack Snell
Director NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory

Standards Partnerships

100 Years of ASME and NIST Private Public Partnering
June Ling
Associate Executive Director, Codes & Standards, ASME

Standards for Public Benefit
James Thomas
President, ASTM

National Standards Stategy for the United States

National Standards Strategy Panel Discussion
Raymond Kammer
Former NIST Director
Introductory Remarks

Mark Hurwitz
ANSI President & CEO
Moderator

Panelists: Oliver Smoot, ANSI; Steven Oksala, SCTE; James Thomas, ASTM; Gregory Saunders, DOD; Mary McKiel, EOA; Robert Noth, John Deere; Belinda Collins, NIST

History & Perspectives

Setting the Standard: NIST/NBS at 100 Years
Lewis Branscomb
Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management Emeritus
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and Former NBS Director

Closing Remarks
Richard Kayser

Appendices

Appendix A - National Standards Strategy for the United States

Appendix B - NSS Panelist Q & A

Appendix C - Biographies

Appendix D - Final Participants List

Appendix E - Exhibitors

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Date created: March 13, 2002
Last updated: January 14, 2003

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