World standards day

From air quality to children’s toys and from alternative sources of energy to security and privacy on the Internet, standards and conformity assessment programs have become the tools that bolster social progress and stimulate worldwide economic development. To acknowledge the significance of standards on society and the economy, the theme of the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day 2007 is “Standards and the Global Village.”

On October 18, 2007, leaders of business, industry, academia and government will gather in Washington, DC, to join with consumer representatives and experts in science and technology for a celebration of the relationship between standards and the well-being of citizens in every corner of the world. The celebration pays tribute to the value of standardization to the nation’s economy and the public.