World Standards Week, 2005
October 5, 2005 Seminar in Washington DC
Topics and Panelists
Session I: Focus on Europe:This session analyzed the most important recent developments in European standard setting policy and practice and examined The EU and European national governments' embrace of open source software.
Session I Panelists and Presentations:
- Moderator - Andrew
Updegrove - Co-founder and partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP. Founder and editor,
ConsortiumInfo.org
Mr. Updegrove's opening remarks: MP3 audio (2 Mb) - Carter Eltzroth -
Legal Director of the DVB Project. DVB is
the Geneva-based standards forum creating technical standards – implemented
worldwide – for digital television.
Mr. Eltzroth's remarks: PowerPoint presentation, MP3 audio (8.7 MB) - Jorgen Friis - Deputy
Director-General at the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute
Mr. Friis' remarks: PowerPoint presentation, MP3 Audio (5.7 MB) - Paula Hunter -
Business Development Director at the Open
Source Development Labs (OSDL)
Ms. Hunter's remarks: MP3 audio (5.6 MB) - Penny Naas - Director, Office of EU and Regional Affairs, US Department
of Commerce
Ms. Naas' remarks: PowerPoint presentation, MP3 audio (2.2 MB)
After years of relative uninvolvement in global standard setting, China, Korea and Taiwan have awakened to the strategic importance of technology standards, Each country, and China in particular, has become very active in pursuit of alternatives to paying royalties to western companies. Our panel of experts will reviewed the history of some current Asian standards initiatives (WAPI, TD-SCDMA) and illustrated the effect of what has already occurred, and what can be expected in the future.
Session II Panelists and Presentations:
- Moderator - Frank
Curci - partner in the standards practice at Jennings Strouss Salmon
Mr. Curci's opening remarks: MP3 audio (1.9 MB) - Joe Bhatia - Executive Vice President, International at Underwriters Laboratories
Mr. Bhatia's remarks: PowerPoint presentation, MP3 audio (8.9 MB) - Michael M.
Hoghooghi - Director, Corporate Standards and Technology, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Mr. Hogooghi's remarks: MP3 audio 3.9 MB - Kathleen Kono - VP of
Global Cooperation, ASTM
Ms. Kono's remarks: MP3 audio (3.6 MB)