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Participation is free of charge and all interested stakeholders are welcome to register online.
Places are limited and will be distributed in a first-come, first-served basis.
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ONLINE REGISTRATION
Introduction
European Standards offer a wide range of benefits to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They enable companies to improve their efficiency and competitiveness, minimise waste and reduce costs. They ensure the quality and safety of products and services, and make it easier to sell them throughout Europe and around the world. They help to create a level playing field, allowing SMEs to access more markets and attract new customers. SMEs can take full advantage of the benefits and opportunities offered by European Standards, but they often don’t know how to.

The European Standards Organisations, national standards bodies and business associations are working together to improve the value of standards for SMEs, and to make sure that every business can take full advantage of all that standards have to offer.

This European Conference will mark the conclusion of the SMEST 2 Project, supported by the European Commission and EFTA, which has been preparing an SME Standardization Toolkit. This toolkit is being developed for the standardization community and for business associations to facilitate the involvement of SMEs in standardization activities, and access to the results.
 

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

08:45
   
 Opening of the registrations - Welcome coffee & refreshments
09:30      OPENING SESSION (Conference facilitator: Peter Woodward)   
     

Welcome and Introduction  
Dirk WEILER, Chairman, CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Joint Presidents' Group, and Chairman of the ETSI General Assembly

Supporting Europe's SMEs with standardization - the new legal environment
Daniel CALLEJA CRESPO, Director General, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission and Special Envoy for SMEs 

Standardization and SMEs - delivering a roadmap for the future
Action on the 58 solutions for standards bodies and trade associations
Mike LOW, formerly CEN Vice-President and CEN-CENELEC SME-WG Chairman

Panel discussion: Effective collaboration in support of SMEs

•     Sandro BONOMI, President of Orgalime, President of Federation of Italian Association of Mechanical and Engineering Industries (ANIMA)
•     Mike LOW, formerly CEN Vice-President and CEN-CENELEC SME-WG Chairman
•     ETSI Representative (TBC)
•     UEAPME Representative (TBC)

SMEST2 Project - policy into action
Connecting National Standards Bodies, Trade Associations and SMEs
Tanja VAN TOOREN, SMEST2 project leader, NEN - Standardization Institute of the Netherlands

11:15      Refreshments

11:40

 PARALLEL SESSIONS AM