Jan-Henrik

TiedemannIEC Community Manager

SESKO-IEC

Training WorkshopHelsinki, September 2017

Standardization Management Board (SMB)

SMB Statutes

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• Council delegates through CB

management of technical work to SMB

• Chair – 3-year mandate, renewable once,

IEC VP

• 15 members appointed by Council, with

their alternates nominated by

corresponding NC

SMB Rules of Procedure

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• 7 automatically elected members from

NCs with highest dues and highest

number of TC/SC secretariats

• Elected for 3 years, renewable once

• 8 members elected by Council for 3-year

period, cannot serve more than 2 full

terms

• 1/3 of the members elected each year

SMB Meetings

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• Normally 3 meetings per year, one in

conjunction with the GM

• Draft agenda 4 weeks before the meeting

• Documents requiring a decision 6 weeks before

the meeting

• Only SMB members and alternates may take

part in SMB meetings

• Chair may invite experts for particular agenda

items

• For GMs, NCs may attend as observers with 2

pre-notified persons

SMB Current Membership

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• Chair: Mr Ralph Sporer (IEC Vice-President)

• Secretariat – Central Office: Mr Jack SHELDON

• IEC Officer (ex-officio): Mr Frans Vreeswijk

• Automatically appointed members

Member Alternate National Committee

Term 2016 – 2018

Ms Hong Dai Mr Liang Zhang China

Term 2017 – 2019

Mr Emmanuel Petit Mr Hervé Rochereau France

Mr Michael Teigeler Mr Thomas Sentko Germany

Mr Ivano Visintainer Ms Cristina Timò Italy

Mr Tadashi Ezaki Mr Kentaro Morita Japan

Ms Anne Humberstone Mr Martin Danvers United Kingdom

Ms Sonya Bird Mr Tony Zertuche United States of America

SMB Membership

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Member Alternate National Committee

Term 2015 – 2017

Mr Vimal Mahendru Mr Jayanta Roy Chowdhury India

Mr Jeongjoon Lee Mr Myoung-Jae Shin Korea, Republic of

Mr Javier Garcia Diaz Mr Miguel Aranda Spain

Term 2016 – 2018

Mr Kim Craig Mr Jon Avery Australia

Mr Tony Capel Ms Lynne Gibbens Canada

Term 2017 – 2019

Mr Carlos Perez Munguia Ms Claudia Sama Alvarez Mexico

Mr Jos Remy Mr Willem Wolf Netherlands

Mr Thomas Korssell Mr Ingva Eriksson Sweden

SMB Functions (Statutes)

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1. Leadership, management and supervision of the standards work, including the approval of Directives and other rules thereon

2. Approval and review of titles, scopes and strategic policy statements of technical committees

3. Appointment of secretariats and chairmen of technical committees

4. Ensuring that the priorities for the technical work based on Sector Board, advisory committee and technical committee recommendations, are set

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5. Supervising the timeliness of the work and taking the

necessary corrective actions

6. Coordination of the work of the technical committees by

assigning work to them while seeking advice from

Sector Boards and advisory committees

7. Continuous review of the optimum structures of

technical committees, Sector Boards and advisory

committees

8. Allocation of standards work, setting up of new technical

committees and restructuring or disbanding of existing

technical committees

SMB Functions (Statutes)

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9. Reviewing the need for, and planning for, IEC work in new fields of technology

10.Setting up of task forces to advise the SMB on matters not covered by technical committees, or on improvement of the performance of the technical work

11.Consideration of matters raised by National Committees on technical questions submitted for approval to the National Committees under the relevant voting procedures and of any problems arising from the voting on technical documents

SMB Functions (Statutes)

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12. Preparation and revision of Directives and other rules

for the standards work, in cooperation with ISO

13. Study of the degree of implementation of IEC Standards

by National Committees and used in international trade

14. Relations with other international organizations on

specific technical subjects, in particular with ISO and

ITU. Approval of recommendations from all joint

advisory technical bodies or groups

15. Consideration of any other general standards questions

and special requests assigned by the President, the

Council or the Council Board

Role of SMB (ISO/IEC Directives)

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1.Establishment of technical committees

2.Appointment of chairmen of technical committees

3.Allocation or re-allocation of secretariats of

technical committees and, in some cases,

subcommittees

4.Approval of titles, scopes and programmes of

work of technical committees

5.Ratification of the establishment and dissolution

of subcommittees by technical committees

Role of SMB (ISO/IEC Directives)

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6. Allocation of priorities, if necessary, to particular items of technical work

7. Coordination of the technical work, including assignment of responsibility for the development of standards regarding subjects of interest to several technical committees, or needing coordinated development; to assist it in this task, the technical management board may establish advisory groups of experts in the relevant fields to advise it on matters of basic, sectoral and cross-sectoral coordination, coherent planning and the need for new work

8. Monitoring the progress of the technical work with the assistance of the office of the CEO, and taking appropriate action

Role of SMB (ISO/IEC Directives)

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9. Reviewing the need for, and planning of, work in

new fields of technology

10.Maintenance of the ISO/IEC Directives and

other rules for the technical work

11.Consideration of matters of principle raised by

national bodies, and of appeals concerning

decisions on new work item proposals, on

committee drafts, on enquiry drafts or on final

draft International Standards

SMB agenda

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• Report of previous meeting and follow-up

• Systems Activities

• Advisory Committees

• SMB ahGs, Task Forces and Strategic Groups

• Management of technical work

• Other TC matters

• New fields of technical activity

• IEC/ISO Collaboration

• Other international and regional bodies

• CENELEC, ITU, IEEE, CIE …

• CAB, MSB and CB matters

SMB Advisory Committees

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ACOS Advisory Committee on Safety

ACEA Advisory Committee on Environmental

Affairs

ACEC Advisory Committee on Electromagnetic

Compatibility

ACEE Advisory Committee on Energy Efficiency

ACSEC Advisory Committee on Security

ACART Advisory Committee on Robot

Technologies

ACTAD Advisory Committee on Transmission and

Distribution

ACOS Advisory Committee on

Safety

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ACOS is responsible for the following guides:

• IEC Guide 104 preparation of safety publications and the use of Basic Safety

/ Group Safety publications.

• IEC Guide 110 background information to technical committees when

dealing with safety requirements for products intended to be integrated in a

home control system.

• IEC Guide 112 guidelines for using the current editions of IEC 60065 and

IEC 60950-1 in evaluating the safety of multimedia equipment

• IEC Guide 116 gives guidelines for safety related risk assessment and risk

reduction for low voltage equipment

• IEC Guide 117 provides guidance for assessing the risk, to any person, of a

burn from contact with hot touchable surfaces of electrotechnical equipment

• ISO/IEC Guide 51 provides guidelines for the inclusion of safety aspects in

standards;

• ISO/IEC Guide 50 addresses potential sources of bodily harm to children

from products that they use, or with which they are likely to come into

contact, even if not specifically intended for children

ACEA Advisory Committee on

Environmental Affairs

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• ACEA is responsible for IEC Guide 109:

Environmental aspects - Inclusion in

electrotechnical product standards.

• TCs are strongly recommended to consult

this guide for advice on the consideration

of environmental aspects when drafting

product standards.

ACEC Advisory Committee on

Electromagnetic Compatibility

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• ACEC is responsible for the mandatory

IEC Guide 107 which provides guidelines

on drafting electromagnetic publications

and through which it coordinates the EMC

work of IEC's technical committees.

ACEE Advisory Committee on

Energy Efficiency

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ACEE deals with energy efficiency matters which are

not specific to one single technical committee of the

IEC. It coordinates activities related to energy

efficiency.

ACEE is responsible for the assignment of

Horizontal energy efficiency aspects and

requirements.

ACEE provides guidance for implementation in

a general perspective and for specific sectors.

It encourages a systems perspective for the

development of standards for energy efficiency.

ACSECAdvisory Committee on

Information Security

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ACSEC deals with information security and

data privacy matters which are not specific to

one single technical committee of the IEC. It

coordinates activities related to information

security and data privacy, and provides advice

to the SMB on those subjects.

ACSEC provides guidance to TC/SCs for

implementation of information security and

data privacy in a general perspective and for

specific sectors.

ACARTAdvisory Committee on

Robot Technologies

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• Coordinating common aspects of robotic

technology such as vocabulary and symbols.

• Preparing a guideline that outlines the critical

aspects (as described in the report) of preparing

a standard for products that incorporate robotic

technology.

• Promoting collaboration between IEC and ISO as

it relates to robotic technologies.

• Resolving current overlaps and developing a

process

• to prevent future overlaps, both within the IEC

and between IEC and ISO.

• Strong collaboration with the IEC CAB

ACTAD Advisory Committee on

Transmission and

Distribution

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• Coordinating common aspects of robotic technology such

as vocabulary and symbols.

• Preparing a guideline that outlines the critical aspects (as

described in the report) of preparing a standard for

products that incorporate robotic technology.

• Promoting collaboration between IEC and ISO as it

relates to robotic technologies.

• Resolving current overlaps and developing a process

• to prevent future overlaps, both within the IEC and

between IEC and ISO.

• Strong collaboration with the IEC CAB

ACEA Advisory Committee on

Environmental Affairs

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ACOS Advisory Committee on Safety

ACEA Advisory Committee on Environmental

Affairs

ACEC Advisory Committee on Electromagnetic

Compatibility

ACEE Advisory Committee on Energy Efficiency

ACSEC Advisory Committee on Security

ACART Advisory Committee on Robot

Technologies

ACTAD Advisory Committee on Transmission and

Distribution

SMB Strategic Groups (SG)

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SG 11 Hot Topic Radar

• Analyzing market and industry developments in its

area,

• Identifying the TCs (technical committees) and SCs

(subcommittees) concerned,

• Analyzing the current level of TCs/SCs (technical

committees/subcommittees) activities and identify

where future activity is required,

• Defining a structure for the coordination of cross

TC/SC work, where required,

• Monitoring TC/SC work to highlight any overlap of

work or potential inconsistencies.

System Evaluation Groups (SEG)

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SEG 4

Systems Evaluation Group - Low

Voltage Direct Current Applications,

Distribution and Safety for use in

Developed and Developing

Economies

SEG 6

Systems Evaluation Group - Non-

conventional Distribution Networks /

Microgrids

SEG 7 Smart Manufacturing

SEG 8

Communication Technologies and

Architectures of Electrotechnical

Systems

SEG 9Smart Home/Office Building

Systems

Systems Committees (SyC)

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SyC AAL Active Assisted Living

SyC LVDC

Low Voltage Direct

Current and Low Voltage

Direct Current for

Electricity Access

SyC Smart CitiesElectrotechnical aspects

of Smart Cities

SyC Smart Energy Smart Energy

Ad hoc Groups (ahG)

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ahG 74 Dual referencing and profiles

ahG 75 Working with consortia

ahG 76 Masterplan Implementation

ahG 77 Digital Transformation

ahG 78 Revision of IEC Guide 108

DMT Directives Maintenance Team

JDMT Joint Directives Maintenance Team

Agenda and Resolutions

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SMB/6186/DL

List of decisions taken at SMB meeting 159, held

on 2017-06-12 in Geneva, Switzerland

SMB/6220/DA

Preliminary draft agenda SMB meeting 160 to be

held on 2017-10-09 in Vladivostok, Russia

Jan-Henrik

TiedemannIEC Community Manager

SESKO-IEC

Training WorkshopHelsinki, September 2017