The World Standards Cooperation (WSC) is pleased to announce a high level roundtable discussion at the University of Washington, WA, USA on 22-23 January 2015.
The event will bring together academics from world leading management schools, executives of the foremost standards institutes as well as industry, entrepreneurs, and government leaders interested in standardization strategy, practice, policy, innovation, and education.
The theme: The Role of Standardization in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Standardization insight can and must benefit the rapidly evolving domains of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Our society is deeply embedded in standardization.
At a time of great systemic change International Standards can make important contributions to technical evolution and facilitate the development of new markets and trade.
International Standards allow investments and risks associated with the development of new technologies and applications to be shared and facilitate the commercial exploitation of innovative ideas.