Dear cni-announce subscribers: You'll find below a nice opportunity to get up to speed with standards issues and how to include them in the curriculum. This workshop to be held in Boston, requires registration but does not have a fee. --Joan Lippincott, CNI

September 8-9, 2016 in Boston NIST Industry-Academic Workshop: Standards and the Digital Economy – Implications for Teaching and Policy

Management, engineering, economics, law and policy courses covering the Digital Economy often miss an essential strategic and competitive element - emerging interoperability standards.

This 1.5 day industry-academic workshops will explore what these standards are, how they are developing, and how to address this topic in the classroom. Speakers, panelists and discussion leaders will include representatives from academia, government, and standards developers. An interactive standards simulation will expose the challenges inherent in standards development. There is no fee to attend; pre-registration is required. Location: Gutman Conference Center, Harvard University, Boston Date: Thursday, September 8 (10am-5pm) and Friday, September 9 (8:30am-12:30pm) FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER: http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-4/L2-14/A-794

About NIST Industry Academic workshops Since 2014 NIST Industry Academic workshops have addressed the underlying role of standards and standardization in rapidly evolving business and industry sectors. Earlier workshops held at Northwestern University, UCLA, University of Pittsburgh and Georgetown University focused on smart systems including smart grid, cloud, smart manufacturing; cybersecurity; and supply chain operations, strategy and infrastructure development.

This event is sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Standards Coordination Office in collaboration with the Harvard Kennedy School, and Northwestern University and with hospitality hosted by IEEE.