Fundamentals of Standards & Conformity Assessment: Basic Knowledge and Tools for Today’s Professional

This information-packed course covers the fundamentals of standards, conformity assessment, and the various processes, business models and issues encountered in standards setting and conformity assessment practices. This course is designed to enhance the knowledge of those working with standards and conformity schemes –whether newcomers or seasoned professionals.

What:  The Fundamentals of Standards and Conformity: Basic Knowledge and Tools for Today’s Professional course is an information-packed series of sessions covering the fundamentals of standards, conformity assessment, and the various processes, business models and issues encountered in standards setting and conformity assessment practices. This course is designed to enhance the knowledge of those working with standards and conformity schemes – whether newcomers or seasoned professionals.
 
Who:  New standards professionals and anyone working with standards and conformity assessment: SDO staff, engineers, corporate managers, government and public administration staff – and more!
 
When:  A weekly series of 6 webinars (dates to be announced) between 28th September and 13th November, held from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time.  The series will be recorded and available to registered participants after the event if you can’t make any of the live sessions.
 
How Much:  The Society for Standards Professionals is a non-profit organization, and can therefore bring you this entire series, including external speakers, for the low price of $180 USD .  As the events are being recorded, the fee is non-refundable.
 
The Details:

All times are Eastern

Session 1 – What, Why, How of Standards through the Standards Life Cycle                                             September 28^th 12-1:30

Session 2 – Standards and Consensus Building in Practice – Available Tools                                              October 8th 12-1:30

Session 3 – Conformity Assessment, Standards Creation, and Agile Development of Standards                    October 15^th 12-1:30

Session 4 – Researching and Acquiring Standards                                                                                   October 26^th 12-1:30

Session 5 – Strategic Standards Management                                                                                        November 10^th 12-1:30

Session 6 – Digital Transformation of Standards                                                                                     November 19^th 2-3:30