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About the ANSI Speakers Bureau

The ANSI Speakers Bureau provides meeting planners with access to top executives in the standards and conformity assessment industry.


ANSI Speakers Bureau Overview

When a speaker fails to connect with an audience, the speech fails to support the objectives of the meeting. But meeting planners often lack time and resources to make the best match. ANSI’s communications, public relations, and education and training staff team work together to function as your meetings management partner. We help match the best speaker for your event and we help the speakers customize their presentations to support the goals of your meeting.

Enhance an upcoming conference or event by providing direct access to the finest speakers with extraordinary and invaluable insights about activities critical to today’s business practices, regulatory issues and quality of life initiatives (homeland security, safety and health, the environment, and more). Key leaders and staff of the global standards community are available to provide insights, share expertise, and educate both private- and public-sector interests through keynote addresses, lectures and panel discussions.

Speakers

Many of ANSI’s top-level executive staff and volunteer leaders participate in the Speakers Bureau program, including:

Speaker S. Joe Bhatia
Title (Organization) President and CEO,
American National Standards Institute
Topics of Expertise Various
Speaker Arthur E. Cote, P.E
Title (Organization) Chairman, ANSI Board of Directors, Executive Vice President and Chief Engineer, National Fire Protection Association
Topics of Expertise Various (Association perspective)
Speaker Frances E. Schrotter
Title (Organization) Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, American National Standards Institute
Topics of Expertise Various, Biofuels
Speaker Patricia A. Griffin
Title (Organization) Vice President and General Counsel, American National Standards Institute
Topics of Expertise Legal issues and the standardization community
Speaker Lane Hallenbeck
Title (Organization) Vice President Accreditation Services
American National Standards Institute
Topics of Expertise Accreditation / Conformity Assessment
Speaker Gary Kushnier
Title (Organization) Vice President, International Policy
American National Standards Institute
Topics of Expertise International issues (U.S. policy participation in ISO and IEC, regional standards organizations)
Speaker Laura E. Hitchcock
Title (Organization) Vice Chair, ANSI Board of Directors
Project Manager for External Standards Management, Strategy and Policy The Boeing Company
Topics of Expertise Various, (Corporate Perspective)
Speaker James A. Thomas
Title (Organization) Vice Chair, President, ASTM International
Topics of Expertise Various (Corporate Perspective)
Speaker Christian Dubay
Title (Organization) Co-Chair, Homeland Security Standards Panel
Vice President and Chief Engineer, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Topics of Expertise Homeland Security
Speaker Gordon Gillerman
Title (Organization) Co-Chair, Homeland Security Standards Panel
Conformity Assessment Advisor for Homeland Security, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Topics of Expertise Homeland Security
Speaker James McCabe
Title (Organization) Senior Director, Standards Facilitation, American National Standards Institute
Topics of Expertise Electric vehicles, identity theft, privacy, consumer affairs
Speaker Dr. Roy Swift
Title (Organization) Program Director, Personnel Certification Accreditation
American National Standards Institute
Topics of Expertise Accreditation
Speaker Reinaldo Figueiredo
Title (Organization) Program Director, Product Certification Accreditation
American National Standards Institute
Topics of Expertise Accreditation
Speaker Heather Benko
Title (Organization) Senior Manager, ANSI Nanotechnology Standardization Activities
Topics of Expertise Nanotechnology / ANSI Nanotechnology Standards Panel

NOTE:  Because we will recommend only the very best and most appropriate speakers for an event, occasionally we may be unable to accommodate a request because of scheduling conflicts.

Fees

ANSI will provide assistance in placing specialists at events around the globe. Though there will never be a charge for ANSI’s consultation and support in booking a speaker, there may be a fee for the speaker’s time and/or expense reimbursement.

Previous Engagements

The following is a sampling of the agencies and organizations that have featured ANSI executives:

  • Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
  • American Bearing Manufacturers Association
  • American Chemical Society
  • American Council on Consumer Interests
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Commercial Law Development Program
  • Consumer Federation of America
  • DIN – the national standards body of Germany
  • ICONTEC – the national standards body of Columbia
  • International Federation of Standards Users (IFAN)
  • Korean Standards Association
  • Japanese Standards Association
  • National Association of Consumers Agency Administrators
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • North American Energy Standards Board
  • Pacific Area Standards Congress
  • Standards Engineering Society
  • Special Libraries Association
  • U.S. Department of Commerce
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • World Congress on Optometric Globalization
Possible Presentation Topics

ANSI’s speakers will offer up-to-date content and interactive programs that get the audiences attention and deliver what they promise. The topics listed below are offered as a reference point for you, the meeting/event planner.

Biofuels
Consumerism
Global Supply Chain
Global Trade
  • Cooperate on Standards - Compete on Implementation
  • How Standards Impact International Trade
Identity Theft
Nanotechnology
Public Policy
  • How the Private Sector Can Make the Government More Efficient
  • Energy Management
Legal Issues
Homeland Security
  • From the Home to the Homeland: How Standards Provide Safety and Security
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Biological and Chemical Threat Agents
  • Biometrics
Healthcare
  • Healthcare Information Technology

ANSI can connect you with experts in practically any industrial sector who would be qualified to present to your group or audience.

Contact Information

Communications and Education Team

Elizabeth Neiman
Senior Director, Communications and Public Relations
American National Standards Institute
1.212.642.4911
eneiman@ansi.org

www.ansi.org/education

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