What’s your vision for a better world? Recognizing the progress that the standards community makes together for the greater good, the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day (WSD) planning committee will host the 2024 World Standards Day on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at the National Housing Center in Washington, DC. The celebration will recognize the theme, “Shared Vision for a Better World: Standards for the Changing Climate.”
U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day
The U.S. Celebration of WSD planning committee is co-chaired by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This year, the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) is the administrating organization of the event, which honors the many contributions of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment community. The event will feature extensive networking opportunities and lively interactions among event sponsors and attendees, and the winner of the WSD Paper Competition will be honored. Click here to register by October 14.
Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award
The program will also honor the Dominic Sims, CEO of the International Code Council, as the recipient of the Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award. Sims is recognized for his accomplishments and service in improving the nation’s built environment, promoting building safety through codes and standards, and advancing the use of safety standards to enhance U.S. global competitiveness and eliminate global barriers to trade. Over the course of his career, Sims has helped to advance programs and activities that support standards community efforts to raise awareness of the importance of global standardization to the world economy and to promote its role in helping to meet the needs of industry, government, and consumers worldwide. He is also noted as a supporter of and advocate for the guidance provided by the United States Standards Strategy, U.S. Conformity Assessment Principles, and the OMB Circular A-119.
Sponsorship
WSD sponsorship provides an opportunity to support the U.S. Celebration of WSD at a variety of levels, including benefits such as:
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About the 2024 World Standards Day Theme: Shared Vision for a Better World: Standards for the Changing Climate
Collaboration is the key to achieving shared goals. The U.S. standardization system has the greatest impact when all stakeholders work together. Particularly as our climate continues to change, the standards community and the whole of the built environment must be resilient and ready to face the challenges ahead. In 2024, the standards community will reflect on how we can achieve more through collaborative standardization efforts, developing solutions for complex global challenges. The celebration will highlight how working together can counter the negative impacts of climate change for a better, more resilient, and more equitable world for the next generation.
About World Standards Day
World Standards Day was initially launched in 1970, and is now celebrated by nations around the globe. U.S. activities are organized annually by a planning committee consisting of representatives from the standards and conformity assessment community.
* Please note that WSD is separate from ANSI’s World Standards Week events, but held during the same timeframe.