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SES Upcoming Webinar

Blockchain Technology and Emerging Need for Standards in the Aerospace and Defense Industry Ecosystem
November 20, 2019
1-2 PM Eastern
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Distributed Leger Technology or Blockchain (DLBc) is a decentralized data system that maintains and records data such that multiple stakeholders can confidently share authorized access to vetted information. This presentation will share the lessons learned and share how we are tracking Standards development that impacts our industry.

SES Certifications

The Society for Standards Professionals (SES) congratulates the following individuals who have successfully certified or recertified themselves as AStd or CStd professionals:

AStd Certification

Kathleen Dolan, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
David B. Richmond, NEMA
Beverly Kalamba, AIA
Elliot Silver, Argentix Informatics

The Certification Committee encourages all certified professionals to recertify and for all SES members to consider joining the committee that "leaves a mark on you!"

Interested in pursuing your SES Certification? Click here to learn more.

Announcing New SES Leaders

The SES Welcomes the following individuals as recently appointed Chairs of SES Committees.

Aga Golriz - Chair of the SES Membership Committee
Alec Clark - Chair of the SES Student Scholarship Sub-Committee

Welcome Aga and Alec! To learn more about SES Committees and how you can volunteer to participate on a committee, click here.

2020 SES Student Scholarship Program

The Society for Standards Professionals has begun accepting sponsorship applications for the 2020 SES Student Scholarship Program. Sponsors are recognized on the SES Student Scholarship website, marketing materials, and awards day materials.

Sign-up to Sponsor today

Click here to sponsor $1,000 towards the SES Student Scholarship Program.
Click here to sponsor $2,000 towards the SES Student Scholarship Program.

The program supports students involved in the use of standards in their academic curriculum. Through the SES Scholarship, we hope to encourage and support a new generation of graduating students and to increase the awareness and use of standards.

Individual or Organization members may support the SES Scholarship Program. For more information on the Scholarship Program, click here.

SES Celebration of World Standards Week

This month the SES and its members joined ANSI in celebrating World Standards Week. The events included presentations from industry professionals, updates from ANSI committees, and the SES hosted a nighttime event which was well received by all. Keep an eye out for the SES Standards Engineering Journal for a recap of events as well as the SES DC Section page for pictures and a short summary, or click here.

Call for Speakers now Open, Submissions due January 15, 2019

The 69th Annual SES Conference
"The Value of Standardization and the Standards Professional"

August 3-6, 2020
Charleston, SC

Visit the SES website to learn more.

Call for Speakers for SES Annual Webinar Series 2020

The SES is seeking compelling presenters who can speak to areas related to topics, broad and specific, in standardization.

Share your knowledge! SES webinars are well attended, with typical range of 25 – 70 registrants representing for-profit, non-profit, government and NGOs for each session.
Click here for more information.

SES Member Spotlight

The Society for Standards Professionals (SES) is seeking SES Member volunteers to discuss how they became a member, what standards development means to them, and how the SES has contributed or played a part in their professional development. Volunteers will be asked to complete a short one page survey and if chosen, will be included in a future SES News posting.

To request a copy of the Member Spotlight Survey, Contract Mike Morrell, SES Executive Director, admin@ses-standards.org

Volunteer
and make a difference at the SES!

SES is looking for new volunteers to assist on committees and in planning the annual conference. The benefits of volunteering with SES include additional networking opportunities, points toward your CStd, and leadership opportunities.

For more information or to sign up, see the SES Committee webpage or contact SES Executive Director, Mike Morrell at admin@ses-standards.org

The SES congratulates Cassy Robinson, NIST, on being awarded 1st place in the SES World Standards Day Paper Competition!

The award was presented this past week by SES President Mili Mavely Washington during the World Standards Week U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day (WSD) held on Thursday, 7 November 2019.

For additional information on the SES Celebration of World Standards Day and listing of past paper competition winners, click here.

Keeping You Informed:

From the IEC, a new standard for wearable diabetes sensor.
ANSI Honors Distinguished Leaders during World Standards Week, more here.
NIST Develops New Standards to Improve Metal-Detector Testing, Robots and spheres can provide better results, save time and money

ISO recently announced an update to ISO 10962, Securities and related financial instruments – Classification of financial instruments (CFI code)
From ASTM: An update on Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicles – A-UGVs
SMPTE and IABM Announce Collaboration to Share Knowledge, more here.

SES Refer A Friend (RAF) Program

Refer business associates or friends who you think can benefit from a SES membership, and be rewarded. Through the SES Refer a Friend (RAF) Program, SES rewards your efforts to promote SES and recruit new Members. Entering is easy. Complete the “Refer a Friend” section on the SES Website under My Profile and we’ll take care of the rest. The SES website will track the members who have joined via your invitation. Click here for program details.

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