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S I I T The International Conference on STANDARDIZATION and INNOVATION in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

S I I T The International Conference on STANDARDIZATION and INNOVATION in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Edward Rashba- IEEE SA 20 December 2011. Introduction for IEEE Standards Education Committee. Background.

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S I I T The International Conference on STANDARDIZATION and INNOVATION in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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  1. S I I TThe International Conference on STANDARDIZATION and INNOVATION in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY • Edward Rashba- IEEE SA • 20 December 2011 Introduction for IEEE Standards Education Committee

  2. Background • The IEEE-SA BoG Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management Committee (PMT) authorized a review of the potential for IEEE-SA to acquire SIIT Conference (8/2011) • Meetings with the organizers indicated an interest in moving forward • After attending the SIIT conference in Berlin (9/2011), and conducting due diligence, presented recommendation to PMT

  3. Key SIIT Facts and Figures • SIIT has been a bi-annual conference since 1999 • Organizers would like it to be annual • IEEE has been technical co-sponsor several times • Attendees geographically diverse- draws about 100 • Organizers believe more attendees likely under IEEE • Diverse set of academic, government and corporate reps • Industry participation and sponsorship • Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Adobe, RIM • Publication of SIIT papers on Xplore already • Would need to coordinate with IEEE PSPB/TAB Joint Comm.

  4. The Value Proposition • Innovation and Standards Research related conferences and publications are missing in IEEE • If there is any value in standardization research, then it belongs in IEEE • Scholarly Technical Societies sponsor conferences within their scope and may not fully appreciate the value of a Standards Research conference. • IEEE-SA is a natural home for conferences and publications on innovation and standards research • The beneficiaries of standards-related research are: • Academics researchers who made this their specialty (23 universities in SIIT’2011) • Academic faculty that teach innovation and standards theory and methodologies • Industry practitioners • SIIT brings to IEEE a new, noted mostly European community of Practitioners, Scholars, and various other stakeholders, including SDOs and government SIIT presents an opportunity for IEEE-SA to start positioning itself as a leader in scholarly activities in the area of standards and innovation research; as the place to go to for discussion on academic, industrial, and policy issues related to standards and innovation.

  5. Conference Quality Assessment – Scope • SIIT contains at least 4 program categories: • Policy and regulations, Standards Case Studies, ICT Standards, Innovation & Standardization Research and Methodologies • Impact of marketing and promotion on standard acceptance • Impact of essential patents on standard dynamics • Cooperation and competition during standards development process • Managing systems of inter-dependant standards • Reference model for quality measurement of semantic Information Systems • standards • Impact of policy/regulation on Cognitive Radio standards • EU policy on ICT standardization • Patent licensing and role of SDOs in patent activities • Various topics in ICT-related standardization • Analysis of standards-related consortia activities, patent activities, and impact of • commercial conditions on standards

  6. Recommendations to PMT • The SIIT Conference is not expected to yield significant financial returns for IEEE-SA (at least initially) • Aligning the discipline of “Research in Standards and Innovation” and its practitioners with IEEE-SA could drive other related activities (e.g. publication, educational) • The SIIT Organizers should be given the opportunity to establish SIIT as a program of IEEE Industry Connections (IC)

  7. BoG Motion- 3 December 2011 "The BOG approved the establishment of the IEEE as the financial and technical sponsor of the Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT) Conference and assigns the incubation of this conference to the Industry Connections Program with reports to the BOG."

  8. Future Directions • SIIT could expand from current conference structure to include or contribute to: • Annual conference, multiple tracks, sector/technology focus • Publications e.g., “IEEE Transactions in Standards and • Innovation Research” • Educational activities • Webinars • University syllabus development • Conference tutorial “add-ons” • Standards personnel “certificate” courses

  9. Possible Next Steps- SIIT/SEC • Determine interest of SEC in engaging with SIIT • Review Industry Connections Activity Initiation Document (ICAID)- codify SEC oversight role for educational activities • Meet with SIIT Steering Committee (at Section 8 meeting?) to investigate collaboration activities

  10. Thank you! Edward Rashba Director, New Business Ventures e.rashba@IEEE.org IEEE 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway, NJ 08854 T: +1 732-465-6449 Cell: +1 908 227 2719

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