WORLD STANDARDS DAY
14 OCTOBER 2024
Building an Equitable Future for Health and Well-Being
Every year on 14 October, the international community recognizes the importance of standards and applauds the efforts of thousands of individuals and organizations worldwide engaged in advancing technological innovation through standards.
In 2024, we’re celebrating the IEEE Standards Association’s commitment to addressing challenges related to human-centric digital transformation, including global issues around health and well-being.
Standards touch almost all services, technologies, and communities, from devices to networks, oceans to villages, hospitals to homes. They help ensure safety, connectivity, and accessibility for a happier, healthier, and more equitable future.
Measures of well-being and health are an index of societal progress; they can be objective (life expectancy, socioeconomic development, environment, safety, etc) or subjective (happiness). The IEEE Standards Association is proud to support the development of sociotechnical standards that serve as a solid foundation for an equitable future for health and well-being.
STANDARDS IN ACTION
CHILD-CENTRIC DATA PROTECTION AND DIGITAL DESIGN
Along with a host of other standards, including IEEE P2089.1 – IEEE Standard for Online Age Verification, this framework helps to address data governance, establish privacy and protection for children online, and support the building of global digital competency.
ACTUALIZING BETTER HEALTHCARE
Now in its third year, this Industry Connections program offers an open and collaborative platform for a global community of multidisciplinary experts to bridge gaps and barriers to help achieve improved outcomes and more equitable healthcare solutions.
HUMAN-FIRST AI
IEEE CertifAIEd certifies social responsibility in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (AIS) and affirms an organization’s commitment to upholding human values, dignity, and well-being, and to respecting, protecting, and preserving fundamental human rights.
INTERSECTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS
The IEEE 7000™ standards series focuses on ethics in engineering, including data privacy, children’s data governance, algorithmic bias, and many others. At the heart of this practical collection of sociotechnical standards is Value-Based Engineering (VbE), which provides a framework for considering human and social values.
SMART AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS
Agri-food systems need to be resilient against a backdrop of climate change, pandemics, and global conflicts; this standard addresses the delivery and accessibility of safe and nutritious food to human beings by streamlining the sector’s transportation and logistics systems through the adoption of a smart multimodal corridor approach.
ROADMAP TO CYBER CHANGE
This Industry Connections program designs and develops trust-enabling solutions for those traditionally excluded from cyberspace due to affordability, availability, discrimination, or concern for safety. DIITA gives a voice to the underserved and vulnerable by creating transparent standards that are inclusive of their needs, safeguards their personal dignity and privacy, and integrates social inclusion and gender equality.
PLAY THE WORLD STANDARDS DAY CONNECTIONS GAME
You’ve read about the Standards in Action and explored how IEEE SA is working toward building an equitable future for health and well-being. How much did you learn?
Find out by trying your hand at our custom Connections game, and have a chance to win one of three $500 prizes!
ENTRY PERIOD
07 October 2024 at 12:00 AM ET through 14 November 2024 at 11:59 PM ET
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