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IEEE 1619.1-2018 - IEEE Standard for Authenticated Encryption with Length Expansion for Storage Devices

Cryptographic and data authentication procedures for storage devices that support length expansion, such as tape drives, are specified. Such procedures include the following cryptographic modes of operation for the AES block cipher: CCM, GCM, CBC-HMAC, and XTS-HMAC.

IEEE 1619.1-2018

Y.4456 - Requirements and functional architecture for smart parking lots in smart cities

Smart parking lots (SPLs) integrate parking information to enable the coordination of parking facilities within smart cities. SPLs work with other systems to provide various parking services. This Recommendation specifies the requirements and functional architecture for SPLs. The scope of this Recommendation includes: introduction of SPLs; requirements for SPL; Functional architecture of SPL. For use cases of SPL see Appendix I. All Recommendations and other references are subject to revision; users of this Recommendation are therefore encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of the Recommendations and other references listed below. A list of the currently valid ITU-T Recommendations is regularly published. The reference to a document within this Recommendation does not give it, as a stand-alone document, the status of a Recommendation.

Y.4456

ISO 11519-1:1994, 3.9.Road vehicles - Low-speed serial data communication: Part 1: General and definitions

Specifies general definitions for low-speed serial data communication up to 125 kbit/s for road vehicle applications. The object is to define the general architecture of the communication network and the content of the data link layer and the physical layer for transmission between the different types of electronic modules on board road vehicles. Parts 2, 3 and 4 are entirely independent.

ISO 11519-1:1994

IEEE Std 2030.1.1-2015, IEEE Standard Technical Specifications of a DC Quick Charger for Use with Electric Vehicles

Direct-current (dc) charging is a method of charging that facilitates rapid energy transfer from the electric grid to plug-in vehicles. This method of charging allows significantly more current to be drawn by the vehicle versus lower rated alternating-current (ac) systems. A combination of vehicles that can accept high-current dc charge and the dc supply equipment that provides it has led to the use of terminology such as “fast charging,” “fast charger,” “dc charger,” “quick charger,” etc. DC charging and ac charging vary by the location at which ac current is converted to dc current. For typical dc charging, the current is converted at the off-board charger, which is separate from the vehicle. For ac charging, the current is converted inside the vehicle, by means of an on-board charger. The location of the ac to dc conversion equipment, or converter, shapes the complexity of the equipment design. Regarding ac charging, as previously mentioned, the conversion is on board the vehicle. This allows the original equipment maker (OEM) designed systems to control the charging operation in its entirety. The on-board charger (converter) and battery controller solution is under direct control of the vehicle manufacturer. For dc charging, an entirely new challenge exists for OEMs. The dc charger is now external to the vehicle and requires the vehicle engineers to control an external power device. For the reason of necessary interoperability, standards such as IEEE Std 2030.1.1 are provided to assist developers.

IEEE 2030.1.1-2015

IEEE P2040 - Standard for General Requirements for Fully Automated Vehicles Driving on Public Roads

This standard specifies the general requirements that a fully automated vehicle shall meet in order to drive on public roads. This standard serves as a comprehensive checklist of all the use cases, scenarios, and worst conditions that a fully automated vehicle certified by the public body shall address on public roads in order to protect the safety of the public including passengers, pedestrians, and other traffic participants.

IEEE P2040

Universal Communications Identifier (UCI); Improving communications for disabled, young and elderly people

The production of a taxonomy of all disability, ageing and youth issues that could be addressed by UCI based systems and relating these to requirements for elements in the UCI additional information field and to PUA functionality. The work will include liaison with groups representing young, elderly and disabled people and with the eEurope Smartcard initiative.

ETSI TR 103 073 V1.1.1 (2003-11)

Monika Heyder

Country
Germany
Fellow's country
Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)
The work supports the better integration and alignment of two key European ambitions under the Green Deal: becoming climate-neutral and advancing digital transformation. Our local and regional governments (LRG) are at the heart of this transformation. LRGs are responsible for organizing the topic of smart cities in spin-offs, and LRGs are the places that use our society.Also, our goal is to build and consolidate synergies with existing European initiatives, programs, and platforms focused on advancing climate-neutral and smart cities.Such as , engagement with ClimateView that is a Stockholm-based climate tech SME founded in 2018. The company provides ClimateOS, a software platform that supports municipal governments in planning, modeling, monitoring, and financing climate-neutral and smart city transitions.
Impact on society (7th Open Call)
The work supported the societal impact of standardisation by helping to anchor the twin transitions, digital and climate, in the real needs of cities and communities, where societal change is most visible and immediate. Cities are the spaces where challenges are experienced firsthand and where solutions must be effectively implemented. By strengthening their involvement in the standardisation process, we ensure that the resulting standards are not only technically sound but also socially relevant and fit for purpose. Local knowledge is essential for identifying practical needs and streamlining resources, enabling standards that deliver real value and promote efficiency. This approach also strengthens Europe’s global leadership by aligning strategic innovation with on-the-ground implementation.

The continued and active participation of representatives from associations, cities, and communities underscored the strong interest in and perceived relevance of this work to address pressing challenges. Beyond the core topics of digitalisation and climate change, we also addressed issues such as procurement, nature-based solutions, and the nature-positive economy. A representative from the Tiliria Region (Cyprus) highlighted the importance of recognising and integrating historical knowledge as a distinct asset for addressing energy and water shortages and building more resilient societies. Inspired by these debates, the Cypriot Mirror Committee will launch a new standardisation project to develop a standardised Climate City Contract for Cyprus, which will serve cities and communities in creating broad coalitions and help address climate change more systematically.
Open Call
Organisation type
Organization
LSE School of Public Policy
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Monika Heyder
Proposal Title (7th Open Call)
CEN/TC 465 Ad hoc Group “Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities
Role in SDO
Standards Development Organisation
StandICT.eu Year
2026
2029
Year
Topic (7th Open Call)

Torbjörn Lahrin

Description of Activities

Local Digital Twins will be a fundamental building block for CitiVerse. It will also play a crucial role for anyone in the public sector who wants to fully utilize the usage of AI.
Today, cities, regions and countries all over the world are building Local Digital Twins using various tools and approaches. Game engines, CAD tools, GIS, AR/VR/XR tools, Urban Digital Platforms, CIM and other visualisation tools are used. Thus a wide spread of technologies and standards. 
Interoperability for Local Digital Twins (LTD) is crucial. They need to fit horizontally and vertically. Horizontally is to put a LDT of one city next to a LDT of another city and make them align. Vertically, by example, a LDT produced by a city must fit LDT from public transportation and LDT by the energy company for the same geographical area, etc. 

European CitiVerse will be built upon Local Digital Twins. If separate Local Digital Twins in Europe don't fit together it will be impossible to create a seamless CitiVerse. It will also be difficult with interoperability between LDT:s. The LDT also needs interoperability versus dataspaces and IoT. For a LDT:s to be useful for officials and others, LDT:s need interoperability with the business operating systems used by officials on a daily basis. 

In this sense, in the framework of my fellowship, my JWG has sent a survey to many major LDT projects around the world, and we are now gathering the results and statistics.  The result will be a gap analysis and a technical report, which will enable advice to all relevant major SDO:s on how to develop or change their standards to fit better together. 

Country
Sweden
Fellow's country
Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)
Investing in Local Digital Twins and CitiVerse is today rather challenging. All technologies for creating LDT:s or CitiVerse have their strengths and weaknesses. Any investment made today is therefore associated with a rather high degradation of uncertainty. Still, the SME:s and Europe must invest already now in these technologies to have a chance to be “on the train” and ahead in the competition. However, this also comes with a large risk that European SME:s and, in the broader scope, the European societies to some extent might find themselves investing in the “wrong” direction with techniques and methods that will not be long lasting.
To know what other actors are doing all around the world will help stakeholders to navigate and to invest in “right” directions with long term safer investments. Once we get an international reference architecture for LDT:s in place this will give even more security for those parties following the international standard.
Impact on SMEs (9th Open Call)
Investing in Metaverse and CitiVerse is today rather challenging. All technologies for creating Metaverse, CitiVerse and underlaying Local Digital Twins have strengths and weaknesses. Such investments are therefore associated with a rather high degrade of uncertainty. Still, the SME:s and European societies must invest already now in these technologies to have a chance to be “on the train” and ahead in the competition. Also for implementing various parts of CitiVerse related to EU calls. However, this come with a large risk investing in the “wrong” direction with technique and methods that will not be long lasting.
Because of this European SMEs and societies will benefit from the creation and coordination of standards for Metaverse. They will also benefit from gaining knowledge about the international standardization, as such knowledge will help SME:s and societies of Europe to navigate and to invest in “right” directions with long term safer investments.
Impact on society (9th Open Call)
The work is laying the foundation for uniting the world in how to build Local Digital Twins (Urban Digital Twins and City Information Modelling) and how to make these interoperable with each other both horizontal, vertical and towards underlaying data sets and daily operation systems of cities and other authorities. It is also paving the road for how Local Digital Twins can be used as the foundation for building CitiVerse.
Organization
Lahrin i Hajstorp AB
Portrait Picture
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Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)
JWG between ISO/IEC JTC1 and IEC/SyC Smart Cities on Local Digital Twins
Proposal Title (7th Open Call)
GAP Analysis, Reference Architecture and Ontology for Local Digital Twins
Proposal Title (9th Open Call)
JTC1 CG2 - Strategic Coordination Group on Metaverse
Gap analysis, reference architecture and ontology for local digital twins
Role in SDO
Standards Development Organisation
StandICT.eu Year
2026
2029
Year
Topic (3rd Open Call)
Topic (7th Open Call)
Topic (9th Open Call)

Marios Angelopoulos

Description of Activities

My work in ITU addresses the priorities of the call pertaining to smart cities and communities, technologies and services for smart and efficient energy use, and citizen centric digital public services and EMC radiation. 

Fellow's country
Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)
The development of international standards will help provide SMEs, policy makers and regulators with common references thus helping overcome market barriers such as technology fragmentation, thus promoting market growth.
Impact on SMEs (9th Open Call)
ITU-T Q5/20 studies emerging technologies and active work items include topics of high-relevance to European market, such as Digital Product Passports. The development of international standards will help provide European SMEs, policy makers and regulators with common references thus helping overcome market barriers such as technology fragmentation, thus promoting market growth.
Impact on society (5th Open Call)
A clear trend is being formed of moving from vertical energy management that distributes energy in a wired, centralized manner towards more open and distributed architectures adopted close to the edge of the population networks, which among other technologies also utilize the wireless power potential. In this new paradigm, energy will be distributed, shared and managed locally, thus closing the distance between citizens and the available energy sources.
Impact on society (9th Open Call)
The work items of Question 5 of ITU-T Study Group 20 collectively support significant societal impact by advancing the integration of intelligent, sustainable, and transparent digital systems. The development of standards such as the Digital Product Passport for ICT goods (Y.DPP-ICT and YSTR.OS-DPP-ICT) promotes circular economy practices, enabling traceability, sustainability, and responsible consumption. Initiatives like Y.CIP enhance public safety through metaverse-based emergency response systems for chemical industrial parks, leveraging immersive technologies for disaster preparedness and risk management. Frameworks for distributed intelligent computing (YSTR.DIC) and embodied artificial intelligence (YSTR.EAI) contribute to the evolution of smart sustainable cities by enabling efficient resource utilization and human-centric automation. Meanwhile, the Hybrid AI-based Oral Assessment Platform (YSTR.AIOAP) reflects the application of ethical AI in education and skills evaluation. Together, these efforts foster safer, smarter, and more sustainable digital societies aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Open Call
Organisation type
Organization
Professor of Networked and Sensing Systems, Bournemouth University
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marios
Proposal Title (5th Open Call)
Leading the development of ITU standards for IoT and Metaverse in smart cities and communities
Proposal Title (9th Open Call)
Leading the development of ITU standards for IoT and Metaverse in smart cities and communities
Role in SDO
Standards Development Organisation
StandICT.eu Year
2026
Year
Topic (5th Open Call)
Topic (9th Open Call)