Emerging Professionals Program for the US COPANT General

Emerging Professionals Program for the US COPANT General Assembly, 21 – 24 April 2014 Havana, Cuba

Where it all begins! Slide 2

Background n December 2012 ANSI Board authorizes ANSI Committee on Education and USNC Communications Continuing Education Committee to establish a Joint Task Force on Emerging Professionals n 26 March 2013 1 st Meeting/Teleconference JTF EP 21 Members – Companies, SDOs, government, academia, ANSI Staff - Co-Chairs Dr. Christine Niero, Professional Testing, Inc. - Jonathan Colby, Verdant Power, 2011 YP Leader n 4 December 2013 Initial Report Presented to the ANSI Board Slide 3

Goals n 1. Promote the ANSI/USNC effort to foster increased involvement in the emerging professionals initiative from a broad stakeholder sector, including a range of industries, NGOs, government and academic institutions 2. Maintain the engagement of emerging professionals in standardization and conformity assessment and in activities that support the integration of standards in private and public sector initiatives 3. Ensure that national activities and programs are available to provide emerging professionals in standardization and conformity assessment with support and on-going professional development Slide 4

Guiding Principles 1. Develop a multi-year approach beginning in 2014 2. Identify activities that could be executed with a low budget and with minimal resources 3. Engage in partnership with SDOs, government agencies, universities, etc. , wherever appropriate 4. Partner with other organizations with similar existing activities 5. As events/activities conclude, evaluate their success and add activities that appear to be warranted Slide 5

Initial Actions n Decided to concentrate on “Emerging Professionals” rather than “Young Professionals” n Conducted review of global initiatives to highlight possible areas of interest (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, CEN/CENELEC) n Established 5 Subgroups to develop specific areas and make recommendations (National Events, Competitions, Internships, Mentoring and Communications) Slide 6

Reports of Sub-Groups n NATIONAL EVENTS ANSI would convene at least one and up to four sponsored program/events a year targeting Emerging Professionals and Students 1. USA Science & Engineering Festival, 25 – 27 April 2014 at Convention Center in Washington, DC 2. 2014 World Standards Cooperation (WSC) Roundtable May/June 2014 on West Coast 3. Standards Simulation/Workshop Events 4. IEC Young Professionals Program, 10 – 14 November 2014, 78 th IEC General Meeting, Tokyo, Japan Slide 7

Competitions n Within the next three years, ANSI should engage in at least one and up to three competitions identifying and collaborating with relevant organizations and groups to build awareness of the importance of standards and conformity assessment to students and Emerging Professionals Anticipated events for 2014: 1. Annual Student Paper Competition 2. 2 nd King of the Hills Program, through April 2014 at Half Hollow High Schools, Dix Hill, NY Slide 8

Internships n Anticipated activity for 2014 Expand the “career opportunity” link on the ANSI web site to include links to available internship opportunities within ANSI member entities as well as links to résumés of students seeking internship opportunities. Communicate this new service to ANSI members and universities, especially those participating in ANSI’s University Outreach program Slide 9

Mentoring n Another Task Group was charged with examining the feasibility of developing a national mentoring program to support Emerging Professionals, including potential partners and program parameters. The work of this Task Group is still evolving and will continue to be refined during 2014. Specific recommendations will be presented for consideration when this work is completed. Slide 10

Communications n Communications covers the entire spectrum of this challenge. Utilizing the existing ANSI resources and communication avenues, we will raise awareness of our training and education offerings and Emerging Professional activities. n Use existing ANSI social media outlets for promotion of the Emerging Professionals initiative Slide 11

Communications (Cont’d) n Anticipated Activities for 2014 - Expand www. standardslearn. org to include: - Tools for networking - Links to programs, educational content, and ANSI news - Profile the winners of the Student Paper Competition, USNC/IEC Young Professionals and Recipients of the ANSI Next Generation Awards - Link to “New Leader” programs of Partner Entities - Link www. standardslearn. org to Standards Boost Business website Slide 12

Going Forward - Years Two and Three n Some concepts include: - Involving and engaging former IEC YP participants and applicants - Integrating an Emerging Professionals event into WSW events - Providing judges, sponsoring prizes and being seen as a major contributor in one or more national competitions - Investigating and possibly implementing a mentoring program - Establishing and hosting a competition with help of Partners to provide wider recognition of the standardization profession Slide 13

Conclusion Emerging Professionals in Action Slide 14

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