In person event
Free event; open to all
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
National Housing Center
Auditorium
Washington, DC
Kick off World Standards Week with a unique networking opportunity! Connect with colleagues and share insights on standards supporting sustainability. Discussion prompts will encourage meaningful connections and knowledge sharing—and attendees can keep the conversation going during an afternoon networking reception!
In person event
Open to individuals with 8 or fewer years of experience in standardization and conformity assessment. Should capacity be an issue, priority will be given to individuals who actively participate in standards development.
9:00 am – 4:00 pm ET
ANSI Headquarters
Washington DC
Elevate your career at the Emerging Standards Professionals Workshop: Leadership and Engagement in ISO and IEC Activities! Held in conjunction with World Standards Week, this multi-day event will prime emerging standards professionals for success in international standardization, in both IEC and ISO activities. Participants will get to network with industry leaders, gain insights into the standards development and conformity assessment processes, and attend valuable trainings to advance their careers and the work of their organizations. Attendee participation includes admission to attend the U.S. Celebration of World Standard Day networking reception and exhibits on Thursday, November 14. This event is hosted by the USNC Young & Emerging Professionals Committee.
Day 1 will set the stage for the workshop, providing an introduction to international standardization at ISO and the IEC. You’ll learn from the United States’ foremost leaders on how to become engaged in these activities as well as the value of participation for you and your employer through an information session, career panel, and networking event.
Note: Participation in all three days of activities of this program is required. If you have any questions, please contact Mackenzie Connors.
ANSI’s Standards and Sustainability: Shaping the Future conference will explore how industry, standards developing organizations, consortia, governments, academia, civil society communities, and others can work together to support greater sustainability worldwide. Topics to be explored include sustainability and ESG, circularity, and the use of standards as regulatory tools. This is a hybrid event/lunch that is scheduled for 9:00 am – 4:00 pm ET.
ANSI Chair David Miller and ANSI President and CEO Joe Bhatia will share highlights of the past year and plans for the future. This is a hybrid event/lunch that is scheduled for 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET.
Free events; open to allNational Housing Center
Auditorium
Washington, DC
In person event
Open to individuals with 8 or fewer years of experience in standardization and conformity assessment. Should capacity be an issue, priority will be given to individuals who actively participate in standards development.
9:00 am - 4:00 pm ET
Morning:
National Housing Center
Auditorium
Washington, DC
Afternoon:
ANSI Headquarters
Washington, DC
In person event
6:00 – 9:00 PM ET
Reception: 6:00 - 7:00 pm ET
Dinner: 7:00 - 9:00 pm ET
The Ritz Carlton
Washington, DC
ANSI's Leadership and Service Awards will be presented to the 2024 recipients at this banquet and ceremony in celebration of outstanding achievements in standardization. Check out this year's awardees!
In person event — all day
Open to individuals with 8 or fewer years of experience in standardization and conformity assessment. Should capacity be an issue, priority will be given to individuals who actively participate in standards development.
Morning/Afternoon:
ANSI Headquarters
Washington DC
Evening:
National Housing Center
Auditorium
Washington DC
Day 3 will allow attendees to explore the flip side of international standardization through our conformity assessment overview and training as well as hear from industry experts on standards’ effects on emerging topics such as: AI, SDGs, gender equity, and much more.
Note: Participation in all three days of activities of this program is required. If you have any questions, please contact Mackenzie Connors.
Hybrid event
Free event; open to all
10:00 am - 4:00 pm ET
National Housing Center
Auditorium
Washington, DC
Panel 1: Navigating the Impact of the Supreme Court's Loper Bright Decision
The recent Supreme Court ruling in Loper Bright overturns the Chevron deference doctrine—a principle that has long constrained courts’ authority to set aside agency regulations. This decision is expected to reshape the landscape of administrative law, particularly in how courts assess agency interpretations of statutes, and affect regulatory practices across various industries. This panel will explore the potential consequences of this landmark ruling on the development and application of standards in regulation, and the evolving relationship between the judiciary, regulatory bodies, and the standards community.
Lunch Discussion: New Legal Developments Impacting the Practice of Incorporation by Reference
This LIF panel is the second in a series covering the increasing risk of loss of copyright protection for standards that are incorporated by reference into regulation. Through the practice of incorporation by reference, government agencies reference external standards developed by private organizations and, up until now, have protected the SDO’s copyright in the documents incorporated by reference. The SDOs, in turn, have made these standards “reasonably available” to the class of persons impacted by the regulation. While that approach has worked well for decades, some argue that standards incorporated by reference into regulations should be provided to everyone for free on the internet. This panel will analyze the current legal landscape, including recent decisions on point from United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the status of proposed legislation to address the IBR issue and other ideas for minimizing the risk of copyright challenges to IBR’d standards.
Panel 2: What the Standards Community Needs to Know about Data Security Regulations, Practices and Standards
An increasingly complex digital environment is profoundly altering how businesses operate and compete today, raising the stakes associated with protecting and securing data assets. The impact of threats to data security is being felt across multiple sectors – healthcare, financial services, manufacturing – as well as in corporate and government supply chains. Enterprises are creating, manipulating and storing an ever-increasing amount of data, driving a greater need for data governance. Computing environments have also become more complex, routinely spanning the public cloud, the enterprise data center and numerous edge devices such as Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, robots and remote servers. This complexity increases the risk of cyberattacks, making it harder to monitor and secure these systems. This LIF panel will explore the regulatory and legal frameworks that are being put in place to address and mitigate data security risks, and the role of standards and conformity assessment in enhancing data security.
ANSI is pleased to offer Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits for this conference.
Demonstrate your support of the standardization community and stand out as a World Standards Week sponsor in 2024! Several WSW sponsorship opportunities are available, all of which will grant your organization ample exposure to attendees and guests. The deadline to register as a WSW 2024 sponsor is October 12.
The room block at the Madison Hotel is closed.
Attendees are welcome to visit ANSI's partner hotels in Washington, DC to take advantage of discounted rates:
Separate from ANSI’s World Standards Week events, but held during the same timeframe, the U.S. Celebration of WSD is hosted by a committee of standardization community partners. ANSI and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) co-chair the WSD planning committee. The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) is the 2024 WSD Administrating Organization.
Visit the U.S. Celebration of WSD webpage to learn more.
Looking for the previous WSW proceedings? Visit the Spring 2022, Fall 2022, and 2023 event pages.
