Emerging Professionals Program for the US

COPANT General Assembly, 21 – 24 April 2014 Havana, Cuba

Where it all begins!

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Background

December 2012 ANSI Board authorizes ANSI Committee on Education and USNC Communications Continuing Education Committee to establish a Joint Task Force on Emerging Professionals

26 March 2013 1st Meeting/Teleconference JTF EP21 Members – Companies, SDOs, government, academia, ANSI Staff- Co-Chairs Dr. Christine Niero, Professional Testing, Inc.- Jonathan Colby, Verdant Power, 2011 YP Leader

4 December 2013 Initial Report Presented to the ANSI Board

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Goals 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 institutions2. 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 initiatives3. Ensure that national activities and programs are available to provide emerging professionals in standardization and conformity assessment with support and on-going professional development

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Guiding Principles

1. Develop a multi-year approach beginning in 20142. Identify activities that could be executed with alow budget and with minimal resources3. Engage in partnership with SDOs, government agencies, universities, etc., wherever appropriate4. Partner with other organizations with similar existing activities5. As events/activities conclude, evaluate their success and add activities that appear to be warranted

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Initial Actions

Decided to concentrate on “Emerging Professionals”rather than “Young Professionals”

Conducted review of global initiatives to highlight possible areas of interest (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, CEN/CENELEC)

Established 5 Subgroups to develop specific areas and make recommendations (National Events, Competitions, Internships, Mentoring and Communications)

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Reports of Sub-Groups

NATIONAL EVENTSANSI would convene at least one and up to four sponsored program/events a year targeting Emerging Professionals and Students1. USA Science & Engineering Festival, 25 – 27 April 2014 at Convention Center in Washington, DC2. 2014 World Standards Cooperation (WSC) Roundtable May/June 2014 on West Coast3. Standards Simulation/Workshop Events4. IEC Young Professionals Program, 10 – 14 November 2014, 78th IEC General Meeting, Tokyo, Japan

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Competitions

Within the next three years, ANSI should engage in atleast one and up to three competitions identifying andcollaborating with relevant organizations and groups to build awareness of the importance of standards and conformity assessment to students and Emerging ProfessionalsAnticipated events for 2014:1. Annual Student Paper Competition2. 2nd King of the Hills Program, through April 2014 at Half Hollow High Schools, Dix Hill, NY

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Internships

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

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Mentoring

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.

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Communications

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.

Use existing ANSI social media outlets for promotion of the Emerging Professionals initiative

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Communications (Cont’d)

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

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Going Forward - Years Two and Three

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

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Conclusion Emerging Professionals in Action

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Tony ZertucheDep. General

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