The first meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development 2024-2033 (IDSSD) took place at the UNESCO HQ in Paris, on 4 September 2024.IDSSD is a resolution adopted in August 2023 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).This resolution offers a distinctive opportunity for humankind to advance and leverage science in the pursuit of sustainable development and cultivate a new science culture—to engage everyone to advance science further and equally benefit from it.Entrusted as the···
Find out more about factors influencing standards readiness, recent activities relating to standards incorporated by reference, and more during the hybrid joint meeting of ANSI’s Organizational Member Forum (OMF) and Government Member Forum (GMF).The meeting, scheduled for October 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, will be held both online and in-person at AAMI headqua···
The U.S. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Institute at the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently announced that it has signed agreements with Anthropic and OpenAI to advance safe and trustworthy AI, establishing a framework for the U.S. AI Safety Institute to receive access to major new models from each company prior to and following their public r···
The 5th Engineering Partnerships Convention (EPC) 2024 was held from 7 to 10 May at the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) a public university located in Nyeri County, Kenya, under the theme “Engineering@60: Reflections, Response, Resetting”
In an effort to increase stakeholder engagement and collaboration, and to reduce duplicative work, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have coordinated the publication of a monthly document that lists all work items from the three organizations, including updates on the projects and timelines for the technical committees’ work.
