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New Report Released: Navigating standardisation in R&I project proposals, insights for energy, mobility and building sectors

On January 31, a workshop organised by AIOTI in collaboration with the European Commission's DG Connect, IoT Unit, and supported by the HSBooster.eu project, took place to address the acceleration of standardisation across the domains of mobility, buildings, and energy.
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European Commission Annual Union Work Programme on European Standardisation (AUWP) 2024

The European Commission has published its Annual Union Work Programme on European Standardisation (AUWP) 2024.
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Standards Orientation Tool - Empowering Projects' Standardisation Strategy

HSbooster.eu Launches Standards Orientation Tool to Empower Projects and Organisations in better drafting their Standardisation Strategies.
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Standardisation shines at Enlit Europe 2023: All the Highlights

For those who missed the chance to connect at Enlit Europe 2023, HSbooster.eu welcomes inquiries and future collaborations with Horizon and Digital Europe projects which look forward to boosting their exploitation strategy through standardisation. The project beneficiaries, not only the coordinators, can apply to our seamlessly open call for applications. In the meantime, take a look at this short post-event booklet which place under spotlight the highlights of our experience at Enlit Europe 2023.
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HSbooster.eu workshops foster synergetic relationships between standards and innovation

In a bid to illuminate the synergetic relationship between innovation and standardisation, a series of enlightening workshops have been set up by HSbooster.eu. 
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World Standards Day 2023

Each year on 14 October, the standardisation community and members of IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, a day dedicated to recognising the critical role that standards play in shaping our modern world.
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HSbooster.eu at EC's event 'Making Research Results Work For Society'

The European Commission is bolstering its efforts to raise awareness on knowledge valorisation along with the EU Member States.

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Meet Norma, HSbooster.eu's AI-Powered Chatbot!

The chat feature, now available on the HSbooster.eu website, allows visitors to get the help they need, when they need it, using conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to simulate a human dialogue and resolve queries.
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Highlights at the EURAS 2023 Conference

The 27th EURAS Annual Standardisation Conference and 12th International Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in Informative Technology (SIIT) “Responsible Standardisation for Smart Systems” was held from 28th to 30th June at Aachen, Germany. RWTH Aachen University hosted the conferences.
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The 2023 State of Open Standards - Developing and adopting standards in the ICT sector

Standards, often hidden in the intricate web of our technological systems, play a pivotal role in shaping decision-making and fostering innovation. To better understand how these standards are developed and adopted in the ICT section, the Linux Foundation has recently published the 2023 State of Open Standards report.
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HSbooster.eu Training Academy Launches Six New Training Modules on Quality Infrastructure

HSbooster.eu’s Training Academy has just released new versions of six training modules on Quality Infrastructure. They offer readers valuable insights to enhance business efficiency, market competitiveness and sustainability.
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ETSI Security Conference 2023

ETSI’s annual flagship event on Cyber Security, the ETSI Security Conference, will take place face-to-face from 16 to 19 October 2023, in ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, France.
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Call for Nominations: Celebrating Standardization Innovation: S+I Awards 2023

CEN and CENELEC are happy to announce that they will host the fifth edition of the Standards+Innovation Awards. The Awards acknowledge and celebrate every year the important contributions of the researchers and innovators community to Standardisation.
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HSbooster.eu Standardisation Training Academy, all you need to know about standards is here

HSbooster.eu has launched its academy dedicated to training and education on standardisation processes. The goal is to address the skills gap in expertise and the interplay between research, innovation, and standardisation processes, to enhance knowledge valorisation.
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Call for Presentations and Demonstrations for the 2023 ETSI IoT Conference

The 2023 edition of the ETSI IoT Conference, which has become the must-attend event for anyone involved in IoT, is set to take place on 4-6 July 2023 in ETSI premises, Sophia Antipolis, France.

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Software Technologies and Standards Recommendation Report: Enabling Interoperability and Innovation

A joint recommendation report on software technologies and standards has been published!

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Leveraging Open Source Technologies for Better Services in the European Software Ecosystem: Joint Report Released

SWForum.eu, together with FASTEN, FogProtect, PolicyCLOUD, and HSbooster.eu, have published a joint report titled "Leveraging Open Source Technologies for Better Services in the European Software Ecosystem.
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Over 70 H2020 and HE Projects now benefitting from the Standardisation Booster Services

The Horizon Standardisation Booster (HSbooster.eu) is providing support services to ongoing and completed H2020, Horizon Europe and Digital Europe projects in all research areas.
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Hydrogen: Paving the way for new European standards to accelerate the roll-out of large-scale hydrogen solutions

In March 2023, the European Commission welcomed the Roadmap on hydrogen standardisation published by the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance.
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IoT and Edge Computing EU funded projects landscape Report

AIOTI WG Standardisation published new report “IoT and Edge Computing EU funded projects landscape”.
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JRC Technical Report - Global temporal power data collection: electricity load and power generation from solar and wind

This technical report provides a global collection of temporal data of the power sector covering about 60 countries and regions worldwide.
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Circular Economy in the Construction Industry

The European Commission considers the construction sector a priority for its circular economy action plan.
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Interoperable Europe Act Proposal

The Commission has adopted the Interoperable Europe Act proposal and its accompanying Communication to strengthen cross-border interoperability and cooperation in the public sector across the EU.
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New international standard provides process framework for managing big data analytics

A new international standard, ISO/IEC 24668: Process Management Framework for Big Data Analytics, provides practical guidance, based on best practices, on managing and overseeing big data analytics.
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Health and Pandemics - The role of Standards

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the development of various sets of standards to contrast the outbreak of future pandemic episodes.
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Robust Supply Chains

Standards play an essential role for supply chains to allow routes-source flexibility and minimise risks such as return management, partner stock holding and buying base specifications.
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Renewable and Clean Energy

Renewable energy, also acknowledged as ‘Clean Energy’, is an all-encompassing term referring to energy that is produced using only the earth’s natural resources, like sunlight, wind, water resources (rivers, tides and waves), heat from the earth’s surface, or biomass.
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Data Quality and Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data represent a highly relevant and priority topic for policy, research, and industry globally.
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Intellectual Property Rights and Distributed Ledger Technology (with a focus on art NFTs and tokenized art)

This study aims to provide an overview over Intellectual Property Rights and Distributed Ledger Technology with a focus on IP issues relating to art NFTs and tokenized physical art works.
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Political agreement to improve the governance and integrity of the European standardisation system

On 12th October 2022, a political agreement has been reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the amendment to the European Standardisation Regulation, proposed by the Commission as part of the Standardisation Strategy presented on 2 February 2022.
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Standards+Innovation Awards winners 2022

On Monday 3 October, CEN and CENELEC hosted the fourth edition of their Standards+Innovation Awards, an event that celebrates and acknowledges the important contribution of research and innovation to standardization.

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Common charger for the EU single market - Now it's a reality!

The European Parliament adopted new rules Tuesday introducing a common charger for small electronic devices like smartphones and tablets.
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StandICT.eu 8th OpenCall

The StandICT.eu 2023 project has launched its new funding opportunity for ICT standardisation experts, leading theme for this opportunity is “#Resilience & #GreenTransition”, but any other area linked to the ICT Rolling Plan is equally eligible.

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EC’s Standardisation Booster recruits standardisation experts in Artificial Intelligence

The EC's Standardisation Booster is running an open call to recruit standardisation experts in the area to deliver these consultancy services.
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European Commission publishes guidelines for R&I knowledge valorisation

The European Commission today published new EU guidelines on how to increase the social and economic value of research results into solutions that benefit society.
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ETSI SEMINAR - Forming the Next Generation of ICT Standards People: A Day of Teaching Standardization

By joining the one-day event on 6 October, university professors, lecturers, and other teaching professionals have the opportunity to deep-dive into the different aspects of ICT standardization and quickly grasp how to make the best use of the materials.
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[PRESS RELEASE] EU Standardisation Booster - First Open Call for EU-funded projects on Research & Innovation

Pisa, 21 June 2022 – HSbooster.eu, the new service for Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 projects that will support their ability to uptake Standardisation, have officially released the first Open Call for Research and Innovation projects (of a series of five Open Calls that will stretch until 2024).
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Discovering HSbooster.eu: First Webinar Key Highlights & Takeaways

Discover HSbooster.eu project by reading the highlights and takeaways from its first webinar held last 31 May 2022.
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Stakeholder consultation on the draft Code of practice on standardisation for researchers

The European Commission has launched an open consultation on a draft Code of Practice on standardisation for researchers. The consultation aims to co-create the Code of Practice that shall be instrumental for research actors to raise awareness and to replicate good practices of effective standardisation strategies in bringing research results to the market.
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Newly Launched HSbooster.eu: European Portal for Standardisation Booster

HSbooster.eu, the recently funded Horizon Europe project has launched its official website, providing expert services to Research and Innovation (R&I) projects to help them increase uptake and impact of results by contributing to the creation or revision of standards.
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Scoping study for supporting the development of a code of practice for researchers on standardisation

A document to identify elements of good practice for researchers dealing with standardisation in the course of R&I funded by Horizon 2020.
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PRESS RELEASE - The new EU Standardisation Booster

HSbooster.eu will provide expert services to Research and Innovation (R&I) projects to help them increase impact and exploitation of project results by contributing to the creation or revision of standards.
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An EU Strategy on Standardisation

The new Standardisation Strategy outlines the European approach to standards within the Single Market as well as globally.
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