9:00Registration Morning session10.00-10.30Opening addressMr Malcolm Harbour, Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands, United Kingdom Session 1: standards contributing to society at large 10.30-10.50Local authorities: the impact of standards and the potential for participation Mr Jean Auroux, President du Comite de concertation normalisation et collectivites locales (CCNC), France10.50-11.10Standardisation in the field of eHealth Mr Kees Molenaar, Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Market and Consumer Directorate; European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) Technical Committee "Health informatics", Chairman11.10-11.30 Coffee Break 11.30-11.50Standardisation for the good of society in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility - Working on ISO 26000Ms Anna Linusson, Stockholm County Council, Head of the Environmental department, Sweden; Swedish committee working on ISO 26000, Chairman11.50-12.10Standards for the consumer – standards for entertainment equipment Mr Julian Sesena, Rose Vision, Spain; European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) Technical Committee “Consumer equipment for entertainment and information and related sub-systems”, Chairman12.10-12.30The involvement of a consumer NGO in European standardisation Mr Stephen Russell, ANEC (European consumer association in standardisation), Secretary General12.30-13.00Open question session 13:00-14.30Lunch Break Afternoon session Session 2: case study: standards and accessibility 14.30-14.50Accessibility for all: standards supporting the policy of the European Commission Ms Inmaculada Placencia Porrero, European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Deputy Head of Unit for Integration of People 14.50-15.10The view from the standardisers – eInclusion projects Mr Stephen Furner, British Telecommunications plc (BT); European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Technical Committee "Human Factors", Chairman15.10-15.30The expectations from European standardisation Mr Rodolfo Catanni, European Disability Forum, Executive Committee Member15.30-15.50European Committee for Standardisation Braille projectMr Dieter Mo?ner, Carl Edelmann GmbH & Co. KG, Germany; European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) Working Group "Marking (Braille on packaging for medicinal products)", Convenor15.50-16.10Coffee Break 16.10-17.10Session 3: Panel discussion ‘Standardisation: an opportunity for civil society?’Chair: Mr Bogdan Topic, Slovenian Institute for Standardisation (SIST), President.Panellists:
Ms Elena Santiago, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC), Director General;
Mr Norbert Anselmann, European Commission, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, Head of Unit Standardisation;
Mr Jean Auroux, President du Comite de concertation normalisation et collectivites locales (CCNC), France;
Mr Corrado Mattiuzzo, Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardisation (KAN), KAN Secretariat, Germany;
Mr Ralf Lottes, European Environmental Citizens’ Organisation for Standardisation (ECOS), Secretary General.
17.10-17.30Closing address and conclusions Mr Pedro Ortun, European Commission Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, Director for New Approach, Industries, Tourism and Corporate Social Responsibility17:30Close