Education about Standardization needed for Professional Societies

1. Education about Standardization
in Professional Societies
Toshiaki Kurokawa
ICES Founder, IIEEJ Chair of SIG on International
Standardizaiton Education
Design Thinking Research & Education
toshiakikr@gmail.com
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2. Conclusion
• Professional Societies should promote
Education about Standardization (EaS)
• Education about Standardization should
collaborate with other Educations provided by
the Professional Society
• Education about Standardization should
collaborated with other EaS with other
Professional Socieites
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3. Professional societies
• PS have their standards for member
qualification.
• PS have standards related activities in their
professional areas.
• PS faces challenges on decreasing number of
membership due to demographic trends.
• Education about standardization can attract
new members.
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4. Members (1972-2014)
0
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400
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800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Number of Members
Number of Members
Peak: 1994 Source: IIEEJICAI2015 [T204] 2015/06/18

5. Japanese Population(2000, Tony Boys)
127.06 M : 2014ICAI2015 [T204] 2015/06/18

6. Japanese population estimates
(2000, Tony Boys)
127.06 M : 2014ICAI2015 [T204] 2015/06/18

7. Education about (not only)
Standardization
• T-model
– Focus in standards for imaging technology
• Sustain activities
– From individual to organization
• Recruiting student members
• Recruiting engineers in corporations
• Recruiting senior members
• Cooperating with experts in other disciplines
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8. T-model in Corporation
Standardization Skills and Knowledge
Strategy
TechnologyResearch
ProductDevelopment
Marketing
IntellectualPropertyRights
Compliance
SocialResponsibility
BusinessAlliance
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9. T-model for Professional Society
Standardization Skills and Knowledge
Strategy
Research
SIGactivities
MemberRecruiting
Conferences
Compliance
SocialResponsibility
Standardization
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10. Experiences in IIEEJ
• Standardization in Imaging
– Still Image Coding Standardization: ISO/IEC JTC
1/SC 29
• International Standardization Education
– ICES: http://www.standards-education.org/
– From Academy to Corporate
– Global Human Resources Development (Sep. 4)
– Safety, Conformity Assessment (Jan. 22, 2016)
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11. Conclusion
• Professional Societies should promote
Education about Standardization (EaS)
• Education about Standardization should
collaborate with other Educations provided by
the Professional Society
• Education about Standardization should
collaborated with other EaS with other
Professional Socieites
ICAI2015 [T204] 2015/06/18