ANSI and NIST celebrate World Standards Day 2009.
Press Release Summary:
World Standards Day 2009 was co-chaired by ANSI and NIST, with UL as administrating organization in celebration of their 115th anniversary. Event featured nearly 250 members of standards and conformity assessment community, with exhibition, reception, and dinner focused on theme Standards for Environmental Stewardship. Winner of 2009 Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award, Jim Sanford, was announced, as well as winner of World Standards Day Paper Competition, Denis Leonard.
Original Press Release:
U.S. Standards Community Celebrates World Standards Day 2009
Nearly 250 members of the standards and conformity assessment community gathered in Washington, DC, yesterday for the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day 2009. The exhibition, reception, and dinner marking the occasion focused on the theme Standards for Environmental Stewardship.
The event is co-chaired each year by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) served as this year's administrating organization in celebration of their 115th anniversary.
"World Standards Day is a global event, and here in the United States, our celebration is made possible through the input and collaboration of many organizations," said S. Joe Bhatia, ANSI president and CEO. "In the same way, the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system relies upon the involvement and cooperation of many diverse stakeholders. It is a partnership between those who develop standards and compliance systems, and those who use them."
The evening's festivities included an announcement of the winner of the 2009 Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award. The recipient, Jim Sanford, assistant U.S. trade representative for Market Access and Industrial Competitiveness, was honored for his outstanding contributions to the use of standardization to reduce trade barriers.
Also announced during the celebration were the winners of the World Standards Day Paper Competition. Denis Leonard, who was unable to attend, won the first place prize of a check for $2,500 and a commemorative plaque for his paper, "Facilitating Environmental Stewardship Through Integrated Management Systems, Standards and Assessment Programs: A Focus on Sustainable Buildings." The paper will be published in the Standards Engineering Society's (SES) journal, Standards Engineering.
Happy Anniversary!
ANSI would like to congratulate the following WSD sponsoring organizations on their milestone anniversaries:
International Code Council; 15 years
National Institute of Building Sciences, 35 years
Project Management Institute, 40 years
Consumer Electronics Association, 85 years
American Petroleum Institute, 90 years
Underwriters Laboratories, 115 years
IEEE, 125 years
ASME, 125 years
A second place prize of $1,000 was awarded to Greg Monty for his paper, "Democracy, Standards and Behaviors to Sustain Our Earth."
Celebrated annually each October, World Standards Day pays tribute to the thousands of volunteers around the world who participate in standardization activities and helps to raise awareness of the role that standards play in addressing national and global priorities. The global celebration is coordinated by the principal international standards organizations: the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
