SES 2025 Annual Conference

SES 2025 Annual Conference

12:00pm CDT

Registration Foyer II

1:00pm CDT

Workshop Part 1: Building and Implementing an Effective Standards Strategy for Your Organization Grand BallroomMason Hines • Laura Brumsey • Megan Hayes • Melissa Williams • Dhruv Gami

2:45pm CDT

Networking Break Foyer II

3:00pm CDT

Workshop Part 2: Building and Implementing an Effective Standards Strategy for Your Organization Grand BallroomMason Hines • Laura Brumsey • Megan Hayes • Melissa Williams • Dhruv Gami

5:30pm CDT

First Time Attendees Reception Riverbend

6:00pm CDT

Welcome Reception Riverbend

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Riverbend Registration Foyer II

9:00am CDT

Presidental Welcome Grand BallroomKerrianne Haresign

9:15am CDT

Keynote: Standards Birthed Out of Chaos Grand BallroomDurund Elzey

10:00am CDT

Networking Break Foyer II

10:30am CDT

Harnessing the Power of AI: Revolutionizing Standards Development and Activities Grand BallroomLaura Brumsey Planning to Digitize Standards TerraceLeslie McKay

11:20am CDT

Forging the Future: Collaborative Approaches to Standards Development for Emerging Technologies Grand BallroomLaura Brumsey Writing Digital-Ready Standards: A Deeper Dive TerraceLeslie McKay

12:00pm CDT

Networking Lunch Riverbend

1:15pm CDT

Student Scholarship & Emerging Professional Award Presentation Grand BallroomMark Ramlochan Fireside Chat Safeguarding Innovation: The Role of Standards in a Safer World Grand BallroomAlexandra Blasgen • Lesley Rohrbaugh

2:20pm CDT

Case Study: Becoming a Chair in Standard-setting Committees: Does Gender Matter? Empirical Evidence from Canadian Mirror Committees Grand BallroomDidier Wayoro Research-based Standardization Management TerraceHenk de Vries

3:00pm CDT

Networking Break Foyer II

3:30pm CDT

FlashTalk: SpeakNess: Improve How You Show Up Personally & Professionally With Public Speaking Skills TerraceNick Lambe AI Chatbot for Standards: Use Cases, Risks and Opportunities Grand BallroomKyle Bach

3:45pm CDT

FlashTalk: The Philosophy of Standards TerraceBryan Holland, MCP, CSP.

4:10pm CDT

FlashTalk: How FAIR data principles can help SDOs realise new distribution channels TerraceDavid Schott Standardization and Sea Level Rise Grand BallroomHenk de Vries

4:25pm CDT

FlashTalk: Silos, While Great for Grain, Are an Obstacle to Energy Efficiency TerraceDaniela Freeman

5:30pm CDT

NOLA Nights Cocktail Reception Grand BallroomAccuris

8:00am CDT

Registration Foyer II

8:15am CDT

Breakfast Riverbend

9:30am CDT

Second Day Welcome and Awards Presentation (SES Fellows) Grand BallroomJim Thomas

10:00am CDT

Solutions Showcase Presentation - Propylon: Standards and Machines: What can SDOs gain from the rise of industry-specific data models? TerraceBreiffni O'Domhnaill • Propylon Real People, Their Safety Experiences and Impact on Safety Standards Grand BallroomJim Thomas

10:35am CDT

Solutions Showcase Workshop: Nimonik TerraceKyle Bach • Nimonik

11:00am CDT

Networking Break Foyer II

11:30am CDT

Blockchain - A Transformative Power for a Transatlantic Digital Posterity Part 1 Grand BallroomRita Meneses EDU4Standards: Pioneering Standardisation Education in Europe: A pan-European research project and its intended learning outcomes for education on standardisation in the context of the digital and green transit... TerraceNick Ferguson

12:20pm CDT

Blockchain - A Transformative Power for a Transatlantic Digital Posterity Part 2 Grand BallroomRita Meneses The Importance of Consensus Body Participation and Motivation TerraceCheryl Smith

1:00pm CDT

Networking Lunch Riverbend

2:30pm CDT

Standards as Discourse Grand BallroomJacob Collard

3:00pm CDT

Case Study: Examining the Relationship Between ISO14001 and Environmental Performance: A country level Analysis Grand BallroomWilfried Nonguierma Solutions Showcase Presentation: Betty AI TerraceDray McFarlane • BettyAI

3:40pm CDT

Gaining Consensus on Controversial Topics Workshop Grand BallroomChloe Wolchko

4:25pm CDT

Leo B. Moore Award Presentation & State of the Society Grand BallroomKerrianne Haresign

5:00pm CDT

Closing Reception River Room