• Andre Pung, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

09:00 – 09:20

Welcome and introduction

• Ake Danemar, IEC Treasurer

• Kevin McKinley, Acting Secretary-General, ISO

• Andrey Vasilyev, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECE

09:20 – 09:50

Keynote speech from WTO

How International Standards and public policy can complement each other to support sustainable and resilient world trade

• Erik Wijkstrom, Counsellor, Trade and Environment Division, WTO

09:50 – 10:15

Using International Standards in policymaking and regulatory actions: UNECE Recommendation D on reference to standards

Recommendation D encourages authorities to use international, regional and national standards in regulatory and policy work whenever possible and sets out various practical methods for referencing standards in technical regulations

• Silvia Vaccaro, Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) - Unit B3 Standards for growth - European Commission

• Galina Pankina,  Rector, Academy for Standardisation, Metrology and Certification, Russia

10:15 – 11:00

Accessibility of IEC and ISO International Standards

Copyright and IP considerations when referencing IEC and ISO International Standards in policy documents

• Nicolas Fleury, Acting Deputy Secretary-General, ISO

•  Steven Cornish, Senior Director of International Policy, American Nataional Standards Institute (ANSI)

• Jappe van der Zwan, Business Unit Manager Standards Products and Services, the Netherlands Standardization Institute (NEN)

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

Session 2

11:30 – 12:15

Food products

International Standards play an important role in the food industry, both for trade purposes and food safety, which is a wellregulated area. There is a long history of collaboration between the Codex and ISO/TC 34, Food products.

• Paul Mennecier, Deputy Regional Director, Food, Agriculture and Forestry Regional Office for Haute Normandie, France; Committee member ISO/TC 34

• Dominique Taeymans, Corporate Regulatory & Scientific Affairs, NESTEC, Nestlé

12:15 – 13:00

Electrical energy efficiency

IEC provides the global technical framework for energy efficiency including performance requirements, specifications, testing and measuring methods to rate overall and stand-by power consumption of devices that are used in homes, buildings, factories and public spaces.

• Franco Bua, Member of IEC Advisory Committee on Energy Efficiency (ACEE)

• Vida Rozite, International Energy Agency (IEA)

13:00 – 14:30

Networking lunch

Session 3

14:30 – 15:15

Medical devices

The medical devices industry is both rapidly evolving and highly regulated. IEC and ISO International Standards play an important role in allowing the rapid introduction of new medical device technology while meeting the expectations of the public and regulators that medical devices are safe to use.

• Elisabeth George, Vice President Global Regulations & Standards, Philips

• Kuniki Imagawa, Technical Officer, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency, Division of Standards for Medical Devices

15:15 – 16:00

Sustainability and resilience

International Standards can help implement commitments taken at the global level - such as the Sendai Framework for Action on Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals.

• Adam Bouloukos, Director, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

• Eric Kimmel, Director, Regulatory Development,  Alberta Energy Regulator, Canada

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee break

Session 4

16:30 – 17:15

Group discussions

Plenary will break out into four groups to discuss the themes of Food, Electrical energy efficiency, Medical devices and Sustainability and resilience

17:15 – 18:00

Closing panel discussion

The speakers from sessions 1, 2 and 3 will take part in a final panel discussion, based on input from the groups in the previous session and questions from participants

•  Speakers, from sessions 1, 2 and 3

18:00

End of Conference