The Standards Show

The UK-China Business Environment Programme (BEP) is a UK government initiative seeking to create a more transparent and improved business environment in China. And a key part of the Programme, called the 'Standards Strand' (BEP-S), aims to improve the adoption and use of international standards in China.

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In this special episode of the podcast, Matthew speaks to some of the key players from the UK and China involved in the BEP-S about its objectives and successes. And also, about the plans for further UK-China collaboration on standardization.

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In this episode Matthew and Cindy look at the role of researchers and innovators in standards.

Matthew speaks to Irene Kamara and Saharnaz Dilmaghani, winners of the CEN and CENELEC Standards and Innovation Awards for integrating research into standards.

They explain what it meant to them to win the awards, how their research has been used in the development of standards, and how important they believe academic research is in the making of standards more broadly.

In this episode there’s also a Standards Desk of News, including details of an EU code of practice for standards researchers.

And in the latest My Favourite Standard, Tatiana Khayrullina explains why Canadian Standard CSA N293 Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants is so important to her.

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In this first episode of a new series, Matthew provides a 10 minute guide to ISO 9001 – Quality Management Systems.

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In this episode Matthew and Cindy look at how standards support the digital transformation of developing countries.

Cindy speaks to Torbjörn Fredriksson of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Nick Williams of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Torbjorn and Nick share the story about a new partnership between BSI, UNCTAD and AfDB forged through the eTrade for all initiative. The initiative is focused on leveraging the value of international standards to address the barriers to digital transformation.

They also discuss a new standards-based digitalization toolkit - a key recommendation of a recent BSI Whitepaper on digital transformation - and UNCTAD’s upcoming ecommerce week. unctad.org/eweek2022

In this episode there’s also news of a new series – Standards in 10 Minutes.

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In this special episode of the podcast, Matthew and Cindy look at standards education.

They take us on a mini European tour of Germany, Spain, Denmark, France and the UK. And along the the way they speak to colleagues from National Standards Bodies in those countries.

Amelie Leipprand from DIN, Daniel Masso from UNE, Pernille Bengsten and Signe Agnette Boch from Danish Standards, Odile Caillat-Magnabosco from AFNOR, Emma Glass and a certain Matthew Chiles from BSI.

They describe what they do to provide and support standards education, who they do it for, and why they do it. And of course, being The Standards Show, they share their personal standards journeys too.

For more information on what BSI does to support standards education visit bsigroup.com/education.

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In this episode Matthew and Cindy review BSI’s new White Paper about achieving Net Zero with standards. bsigroup.com/netzerowhitepaper

Matthew speaks to the two co-authors, Allan Mayo - a Smart Cities Strategist - and a certain Cindy Parokkil!

They discuss the Paper's key message  - that international standards have a crucial role to play in building trust in the transformation process required for countries to achieve Net Zero.

There’s also a Standards Desk of News - with stories on ISO turning 75 and the IEC Global Impact Fund.

And BSI’s Natasha Bambridge provides the latest My Favourite Standard. Her story about the standard EN 16139 involves sofas, mattresses, elephants and humpback whales!

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This episode is part of the Certification Conversations series, in collaboration with BSI Certification.

Matthew speaks to BSI’s Rahul Shah and Chris Parry about how organizations can use and benefit from the BSI Innovation Management Kitemark - a certification scheme designed to measure the outputs of innovation.

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For International Women’s Day, Matthew and Cindy speak to leading academic, award-winning standards educator, and standards maker Dr Irina Brass.

Irina is an Associate Professor at UCL - in the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) - teaching and researching in the field of regulation of emerging technologies.

She tells Matthew and Cindy about those standards education and research interests. And her motivations for getting involved in standards making, what the experience has been like, and the difference it has made to her professional life.

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In this episode Matthew looks at the issue of next generation standards makers. And in particular the IEC Young Professionals Programme (IECYPP) and the IEC Young Professional Leaders (YPL).

He speaks to the three YPLs in 2022 - Lea Emmel, Colin Sheldon and Mohammed Hasan - about their roles in promoting standards-making participation. And to the IEC’s Aristea Kyriakati about the importance and legacy of the YPL initiative.

He also speaks to Shahid Khan and Jayson Sheppard - two of the UK representatives on the IECYPP in 2021 - about their experiences of taking part.

The episode also includes details of how to apply for this year’s IECYPP, taking place in San Francisco in the United States.

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In this episode Matthew and Cindy hold their latest press conference.

Alongside some expert guests, they provide answers to listener questions about standards, including.

• How do you become a standards-maker?
• How do standards affect our daily lives?
• How does an organization implement a standard?
• And, what happens when consensus on a standard cannot be reached?

There's also information about how to apply for this year's IEC Young Professionals Programme.

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