Welcome to the Word to the W.I.S.E… Why Standards Matter! A podcast series brought to you by UL Standards & Engagement. In the first season we featured remarkable women who used their careers in science and engineering to create a safer, more secure and sustainable future. This season we shift our focus to gender in the development of safety standards. Why safety standards? Standards touch almost every aspect of our lives. They are a set of requirements for how products and systems must perform or are made to instil safety, security and sustainability. Standards can facilitate trade, reduce costs and support innovation. As one guest from Season 1 eloquently put it – a standard is a common language. Regardless of which company manufactures a product or in what country, it will be tested to the same core requirements found in a standard. So, the next time you see hazmat suits fit snugly on men but not women, ask yourself how we can come together to update safety standards to equally address the needs of all genders. Gender equality is one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. Yet, in a world in which half the population is women, and many are leaders in the fields of science, engineering, and innovation, only 10% of standards development experts are women. Through Word to the W.I.S.E. We aim to have those conversations, build awareness, and explore future strategies to increase women’s participation in the development of both standards and technical regulation. We will also explore examples of international standards that are truly gender responsive. Remember, you too can have your say. Just use the #whystandardsmatter across social media and pose questions for us on The Word to the W.I.S.E. podcast. And we will try to address those in future episodes. Don’t forget to subscribe, rate and like us on any of your favourite podcast platforms!
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Welcome to the Word to the W.I.S.E… Why Standards Matter! A podcast series brought to you by UL Standards & Engagement. In the first season we featured remarkable women who used their careers in science and engineering to create a safer, more secure and sustainable future. This season we shift our focus to gender in the development of safety standards. Why safety standards? Standards touch almost every aspect of our lives. They are a set of requirements for how products and systems must perform or are made to instil safety, security and sustainability. Standards can facilitate trade, reduce costs and support innovation. As one guest from Season 1 eloquently put it – a standard is a common language. Regardless of which company manufactures a product or in what country, it will be tested to the same core requirements found in a standard. So, the next time you see hazmat suits fit snugly on men but not women, ask yourself how we can come together to update safety standards to equally address the needs of all genders. Gender equality is one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. Yet, in a world in which half the population is women, and many are leaders in the fields of science, engineering, and innovation, only 10% of standards development experts are women. Through Word to the W.I.S.E. We aim to have those conversations, build awareness, and explore future strategies to increase women’s participation in the development of both standards and technical regulation. We will also explore examples of international standards that are truly gender responsive. Remember, you too can have your say. Just use the #whystandardsmatter across social media and pose questions for us on The Word to the W.I.S.E. podcast. And we will try to address those in future episodes. Don’t forget to subscribe, rate and like us on any of your favourite podcast platforms!
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May 2, 2023
Aligning Standards with the UN SDGs: A Conversation with David Wroth and Grace Callahan, UL Standards & Engagement
As we round up season two of the Word to the W.I.S.E. podcast, we present you with an episode that unpacks why standards matter and touch every aspect of our lives. UL Standards & Engagement embarked on a project to align its standards catalogue and standards development process with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We're joined by the principal movers of that mission, David Wroth, Director, Data Science at UL Standards & Engagement and Grace Callahan, International Standards Specialist for UL Standards & Engagement.
April 6, 2023
Women in Standards Development: A Conversation With Lin Xing, Technical Director, SEARI
One of the key indicators of the move toward gender responsive standards is the increased participation of women experts in decision making and technical bodies. Toward that effort, we travel today to Shanghai to speak to Miss Lin Xing, Director Standards and Institute of Testing Technology, Shanghai Electrical Apparatus Research Institute (SEARI). She is part of multiple UL Standards and Engagement Standards Technical Committees (TCs) today.
March 6, 2023
Equipping the Next Generation of Standards Leaders: A Conversation with Carrie Schmaus, US Department of Energy, and Grace Callahan, UL Standards & Engagement
For standards to be relevant and sustainable, having younger voices at the standards development table, or "age diversity," is becoming an important point of discussion. On this episode we speak to Carrie Schmaus, Technology Manager, US Department of Energy and Chair of the Young and Emerging Professionals, YEP Committee, the USNC and Grace Callahan, International Standard Specialist for UL Standards & Engagement, selected for the 2022 IEC Young Professionals Workshop at the IEC General Meeting this year. We explore the institutions or systems out there to support the next generation of standards and encourage younger professionals to look at standardization as a career prospect.
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