Jochen Friedrich is Chair of the OFE Standardisation Task Force and OFA Fellow. This post was originally published on his blog. I am sure many of you participated - or at least considered participating - in the EU public consultation on priorities for ICT standardisation. And perhaps several of you gave up because it was quite a complex consultation going very much into detail.Today the ... [Continue Reading]
2016, what do you have in your policy pockets?
The Brussels bubble quickly got lively after the Christmas and New Year break. Pressure came from several deadlines for public consultations, and anxiety is in the air - both this month, and in the following ones - relating to high-level agreements that will affect businesses and upcoming legislative proposals with impact on the digital world that will keep all eyes on the EU’s ... [Continue Reading]
A new eGovernment plan for Europe
The European Commission is preparing a new eGovernment action plan for Europe, covering the period 2016-2020. A roadmap has been published, and a series of workshops is being organized, as well as a public consultation – stakeholders can provide their input until 22 January 2016. Also, a conference has been organized under the Luxembourg presidency of the Council of the European Union.The action ... [Continue Reading]
Will Open Source Projects be the Standard Setting Organisations of the Future?
It is eight years since I last was able to present to a conference organised by ETSI. Then I gave to an audience solely made up of telecoms professionals the good news about the impact that Open Source was likely to have on the market, and the 'demise' of FRAND licensing model in favour of RF. Predictably my messages then were not met with overwhelming joy and favour, but what a difference eight ... [Continue Reading]
Meet the Fellows – Tineke Egyedi
Maël Brunet: Hello Tineke. First of all, can you briefly introduce yourself and say a few words about your work and your current research ?Tineke Egyedi: Yes, I’m a researcher on standardisation and do consulting work. I worked at the Delft University of Technology until March and now have my own business. At this moment I am actually doing standardisation research in the field of geriatric care. ... [Continue Reading]
