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3rd CEN-CENELEC Annual Meeting25 - 28 June 2007, Lemesos, Cyprus

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47th CENELEC General Assembly

33rd CEN General Assembly

In order to view the presentations given at the CEN-CENELEC Annual Meeting on 27 June, click on the name of the speakers in the programme.

Programme


09:15 
Opening of the CEN-CENELEC Annual Open Meeting
Dr Ioannis Karis, Deputy Director General of the Cyprus Organization for Standardization (CYS)

Theme 1: Standardization, research and innovation


09:30 
Opening of the session by the Chair

Dr Ulrich Spindler, CENELEC President
 
09:40
The Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7): 2007 - 2013
Dr Leonidas Karapiperis, European Commission, Advisor DG Research

10:00
'Innovation and market access through standards' -  Berlin conference conclusions

Mr Dietmar Harting, President of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN)

CEN and CENELEC tools for innovation
Dr Gerard Rivière, Chair CEN/BT Working Group on Standardization and Research (STAR)

10:40 – 11:00 
Coffee/tea

11:00
Themes for potential development through standardization under the co-operation programme of FP7:

  • Transport - Railway sector 
    Mr Jean-Claude Tourrade, Former Chair of the Mirror Committee of the French delegation to CEN/TC 256, Railway applications
  • Health - eHealth
    Dr Cor Loef, Philips Medical Systems
  • Information Technology
    Mr Bart Brusse, Project Manager COoperation Platform for Research And Standards (COPRAS FP6)

11:45
Questions and answers with the speakers of the morning session
Conducted by Dr Ulrich Spindler, CENELEC President and Session Chair

12:00
Conclusions Theme 1

Dr Ulrich Spindler, CENELEC President and Session Chair

12:10 – 14:00 
Lunch break

Theme 2: Future Landscape of European Standardization (FLES)


14:00
Opening of the session by the Chair

Dr Juan Carlos López Agüí, CEN President

14:10
CEN and CENELEC in the Future Landscape of European Standardization

Executive summary by the Convenor of the FLES Working Group
Prof. Dr Ulrich Blum, Halle Institute for Economic Research

Findings of the four Working Groups by their Chairmen:

  • Political agenda by Mr Jacob Holmblad, Managing Director of Danish Standards (DS) 
  • Governance and sectors by Mr Olivier Peyrat, Director General Of the French Association for Standardization (AFNOR)
  • Backoffice by Mr Bogdan Topič, President of the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST)
  • Branding and marketing by Mr Bernhard Thies, Managing Director of the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE)

15:20 – 15:50 
Coffee/tea

15:50 - 17:20
CEN and CENELEC stakeholders express their view on the FLES -
Panel discussion

Facilitator: Mrs Frances Edmonds, Author and broadcaster

Panelists:

  • Mr Pedro Ortún, European Commission, Director New Approach Industries, Tourism and Corporate Social Responsibility, DG Enterprise and Industry
  • Mr Åke Danemar, Chairman of the ORGALIME Committee of the Electrical and Electronic Industries (CEEI)
  • Mr Markus Reigl, CT SR Ltg, Siemens AG – Corporate Standardization & Regulation
  • Mr Gabriele Maffei, Director - Research & Technology of the International Union of Railways (UIC)
  • Mr Geoff Young, President of the British Electrotechnical Committee, Chief Executive Association for Instrumentation, Control, Automation & Laboratory Technology (GAMBICA)
  • Chairmen of the four Working Groups:

    Political agenda - Mr Jacob Holmblad
    Governance and sectors - Mr Olivier Peyrat
    Backoffice - Mr Bogdan Topič
    Branding and marketing - Mr Bernhard Thies

17:20 
Conclusions of Theme 2 by the Chair of the session

Dr Juan Carlos López Agüí, CEN President

17:30 
Closure of the Annual Meeting

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