OC#7 2026

Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)

AI Providers both large and small need to do due diligence in relation to risks to fundamental rights. Assessment of those risks and risk controls will be pertinent to organisations of all sizes. High risk AI systems have the potential to result in impacts at scale, irrespective of the size of the organisation that puts it on the market or puts it into service.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

Impact on society (5th Open Call)

This activity will contribute to making European and International AI standards that protects against unintended foreseeable risks to equality and fundamental rights and intentionally designs for the enhancement of equality and fundamental rights. Also, it supports increasing understanding and awareness of the impact of AI on affected individuals and groups in respect of their equality and fundamental rights with technology companies, national standards bodies, and notified bodies

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

This work is still undergoing and it is essential for building public trust and ensuring responsible AI adoption across Europe. The standards will provide clear direction and methodology for industry stakeholders to integrate fundamental rights protections throughout their AI development and deployment processes.The outcome will be technical standards that enable systematic identification, evaluation, and mitigation of fundamental rights risks, supporting the broader objectives of the EU AI Act while promoting innovation within a fundamental rights framework approach.

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OC#5 2026

Organisation type

Beyond Reach Consulting Limited

Organization

AI and Data Ethics Legal, and Policy Consultant, Beyond Reach Consulting Limited

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Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

Promote AI trustworthiness through fundamental rights protections in EU / International AI Standards

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Validating fundamental rights protections in EU / International AI standards for promoting trust

CEN/CLC/JTC 21 - Artificial Intelligence

Standards Development Organisation

BSI

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (5th Open Call)

Topic (7th Open Call)

James Davenport

Description of Activities

There is currently no standard addressing the cybersecurity of AI systems. In ISO/IEC JTC1 SC27 WG4 27090 is under development; and I contribute directly to this work.

Fellow's country

United Kingdom

Open Call Topics

CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 ‘Artificial Intelligence’

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

Many of these standards, e.g. Bias, impact society. In terms of SMEs, I have been closely associated with a software SME, and always ask myself how this SME would be impacted.

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

The EU AI Act places high importance on cybersecurity of AI systems and products, but there is comparatively little work done on this, and none that has reached the level of mature standards. Hence it is important to develop these standards, and ensure that they reflect both the cybersecurity point of view and the specific difficulties of AI, as in the ETSI list , and possibly wider.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

Europe has already seen many cybersecurity attacks, whether by hostile nation states or by criminal gangs, even before AI becomes widely deployed. The impact of these has already led to at least one death, as well as much damage and distress. As AI becomes more widely deployed, these risks will only grow, and need effective standards-driven mitigations. The impact of my work will be coherence between the developing European standards in ISO-IEC JTC/1 SC27 and the current international draft standards in the area of cybersecurity. In addition, I will feed in research from the cybersecurity community as it affects AI-specific attack methods.

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Organization

University of Bath

Organization website

University of Bath

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ORCID

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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Standardisation

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Artificial Intelligence Standardisation (including Cybersecurity)

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (4th Open Call)

Topic (7th Open Call)

Anita Prinzie

Description of Activities

The AI Act is a European regulation promoting the uptake of human-centric and trustworthy AI, while ensuring protection of health, safety, and fundamental rights. Companies can prove conformity with the AI Act by complying with the 10 harmonised standards drafted by CEN-CENELEC. My fellowship contributes to two harmonised standards supporting the AI Act.

Fellow's country

Belgium

Open Call Topics

CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 ‘Artificial Intelligence’

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

I review and contribute to the prEN AI Trustworthiness Framework and prEN AI Risk Management accounting for the SME inclusiveness of the requirements. I want to enable SMEs to provide and/or deploy trustworthy AI systems while controlling AI risks taking into account their modest resources as compared to enterprises.

Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)

The standards in general enable responsible yet affordable innovation with fast launch to market for all companies including SMEs: ensuring concrete requirements that can be integrated in existing trustworthy AI and risk management processes and day-to-day business operations.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

The EN AI Trustworthiness Framework and the EN AI Risk Management support European companies, including both SMEs and large enterprises, develop and use trustworthy AI systems that comply with the AI Act in a practical way, while still supporting profitable innovation. Furthermore, I review and contribute to the prEN AI Trustworthiness Framework and prEN AI Risk Management accounting for the SME inclusiveness of the requirements. I want to enable SMEs to provide and/or deploy trustworthy AI systems while controlling AI risks taking into account their modest resources as compared to enterprises.

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

The prEN AI Trustworthiness Framework Standard specifies trustworthiness requirements aligned with European culture and society. Whereas, the prEN AI System Risk Management standard enables to control risks not only on the individual and company level but also on the level of the society.

Impact on society (5th Open Call)

EN AI Trustworthiness Framework provides requirements for trustworthy AI systems that align with European stakeholders and regulation and European values. Enable the design and management of trustworthy AI systems that proactively respect European norms and values and fundamental rights.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

My fellowship contributes to the following societal impact within the two standardisation projects:
Firstly, EN AI Trustworthiness Framework provides requirements for trustworthy AI systems that align with European stakeholders and regulation and European values. Enable the design and management of trustworthy AI systems that proactively respect European norms and values and fundamental rights. It also indicates the need for holistic risk management taking into account the risks to users and society. The requirements for logging, transparency, human oversight, accuracy and robustness account for managing the risks to affected users and society at large.
Secondly, The EN AI Risk Management standard enables us to control risks not only on the individual level but also on the level of the society (e.g., misinformation and disinformation risks, risks to democratic processes, …). The scope of the standard indicates that risks covered include both risks to health and safety and risks to fundamental rights which can arise from AI systems, with impact for individuals, organisations, market and society. The risk policy (section 5.1.2), the risk management plan (section 5.1.4), the risk evaluation (section 5.2.1.4) specify requirements on consultation with potentially affected stakeholders (or their proxies, including civil society organisations). The implementation and verification of risk control measures (section 5.2.2.2) and the evaluation of residual risk (section 5.2.3) refer to the test of necessity and proportionality in a democratic society, for risks pertaining to a potential interference with a fundamental right that permits qualifications.

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Omina Technologies

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Omina Technologies

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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Trustworthy AI and AI Risk Management expertise for EU AI Act harmonized standards

Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

Contribution to AI Trustworthiness Framework and AI System Risk Management EN standards for AI Act

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Full AI Act harmonization of AI Trustworthiness Framework and AI System Risk Management standards

EN AI Trustworthiness Framework

EN AI Risk Management standard

Standards Development Organisation

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (5th Open Call)

Topic (7th Open Call)

Accessibility of ICT products and services

Annegrit Seyerlein-Klug

Description of Activities

Annegrit's priority is the Convenorship of CEN CENELEC JTC21 WG 5, the organisation and project support to work on the AI Act standardisation request for Cybersecurity. This includes a close collaboration with other groups within JTC 21, JTC 13, ISO IEC SC 42 and SC 27 to collect all information of existing and work under development. The main challenge is that JTC 21 and also our WG5 has a diverse structure of experts and knowledge, which makes the work, the effort and efficiency very difficult. In this case, the challenge in addition is the collaboration with other existing standardisation groups within JTC 21 as well as with JTC 13 for Cyber Resilience Act, with ETSI and their view, with ISO IEC SC 27 and SC 42.

Fellow's country

Germany

Open Call Topics

CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 ‘Artificial Intelligence’

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

Contributing activity for a new work item NWIP within CEN CENELEC JTC 21 WG5 “Artificial Intelligence - Cybersecurity specifications for AI systems” and developing the standard on the basis of the gap report.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

A lot of European SME and/or European societies will be affected in the one or other way from AI-systems in the future in all areas of our living environment, from AI in medical devices, in personal equipment over autonomous driving until general purpose AI systems like chat gpt or Metaverse platforms. The challenge is to align the standards with the regulation but also with the needs of SME and European values. For this reason, the AI Act asked for standards, which CEN/CENELEC is developing.

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

Cybersecurity is elementary for every digital asset and very important also for AI-Systems as a digital asset to be secure, safe, healthy and respecting fundamental rights.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

The proposed activity aims to answer the official EU standardization request for the EU AI Act and specifically No. 8 Cybersecurity. Thrustworthy Metaverse solutions are based on trustworthy AI solutions. Trust and cybersecurity of AI and Metaverse can be ensured with well developed standards from cybersecurity and AI experts with business background. In case of the European Union harmonized standards as presumption of conformity to the EU Regulation are requested, in this case the request is for the AI Act and CRA as an essential fundament for a trustworthy and secure web 4.0 with virtual world and Metaverse with the specific EU focus on safety, fundamental rights, health and data protection.

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neurocat GmbH

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neurocat

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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Convenorship for AI Act Standardization Request CEN CENELEC JTC 21 WG Cybersecurity

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Secure Metaverse by using EU harmonized standard for Cybersecurity for Artificial Intelligence

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

2025

Topic (4th Open Call)

Accessibility of ICT products and services

Topic (7th Open Call)

Daniel Waszkiewicz

Description of Activities

My work aims to develop robust frameworks for the verification of cryptographic protocols within the security of ICT products, services, and processes, thereby enhancing resilience against cyber threats.

Fellow's country

Poland

Open Call Topics

Cryptography specialist, National Institute of Telecommunications

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

Ensuring that protocols are rigorously verified according to standardised methodologies could, at least partly, lower the financial barriers for SMEs to enter the certification market, as the consistent and reliable verification of protocols would streamline the certification of more complex systems.

Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)

By implementing rigorous, standardized verification methods, the overall efficiency of the certification process would improve. This would, to some extent, lower financial entry barriers for SMEs in the certification market, as consistent and dependable protocol verification would simplify the certification of more intricate systems.

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

A unified approach to the verification of cryptographic protocols within cybersecurity certification schemes could significantly reduce the costs and workload associated with certifying composite products or services. By ensuring that protocols are rigorously verified using standardized methodologies, the overall efficiency of the certification process would improve. This could, at least in part, lower the financial barriers for SMEs to enter the certification market, as consistent and reliable verification of protocols would streamline the certification of more complex systems.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

My work is centred on creating robust frameworks for verifying cryptographic protocols within ICT products, services, and processes, ultimately strengthening resilience against cyber threats.

Impact on society (5th Open Call)

In the broader European context, my fellowship is poised to have a significant impact on cybersecurity practices, aligning with the objectives set forth by the Cybersecurity Act (CSA) and advancing European interests in bolstering digital security.

Impact on society (6th Open Call)

My primary focus is on developing standardized verification methodologies for cryptographic protocols, which play a key role in enhancing cybersecurity practices across Europe. I am working on creating robust frameworks for verifying these protocols within ICT products, services, and processes, ultimately contributing to greater resilience against cyber threats.
The Cybersecurity Act (CSA) promotes the use of certification as an effective cybersecurity tool that can be applied consistently across Member States without creating unnecessary administrative burdens. Previously, products or services certified in one country often had to undergo similar procedures again when different national requirements were in place.
With the introduction of the European Cybersecurity Certification (EUCC) scheme, however, certificates issued under this framework will be legally recognized across all Member States once the corresponding Implementing Act is in force. This harmonization is essential for reducing duplicated efforts, saving time and resources, and ensuring consistent cybersecurity standards throughout Europe.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

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Organization

Cryptography specialist, National Institute of Telecommunications

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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Developing ISO/IEC 29128 parts 2 and 3

Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

Progressing ISO/IEC 29128 parts 2 and 3

Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

Advancing ISO/IEC 29128 parts 2 and 3

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Advancing ISO/IEC 29128 parts 2 and 3

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection

Standards Development Organisation

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

2025

Topic (4th Open Call)

Topic (5th Open Call)

Topic (7th Open Call)

Stéphane Joret

Description of Activities

Understanding how to work in international standardisation committees is vital, which implies going beyond IT asset management microcosm to deliver more value to related disciplines such as cybersecurity or sustainability.

Fellow's country

France

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

ISO 19770-10 target audience is organisations that want to improve their IT asset management. This includes SMEs such as practitioners and improvers in public and private organisations, ITAM consultants, ITAM trainers and training providers.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

ISO 19770-10 target audience is organizations that want to improve their IT asset management. This includes SMEs such as practitioners and improvers in public and private organizations, ITAM consultants, ITAM trainers and training providers.

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

Simplified ITAM adoption, thanks to practical guidance and appropriate skill development, can financially benefit all European public and private organisations, reduce the European impact of ICT on the environment, and reduce economic and technological dependence on non-European companies.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

Simplified ITAM adoption thanks to practical guidance and appropriate skill development can be financially beneficial to all public and private organizations in Europe, can reduce European impact of ICT on the environment, and reduce economic and technological dependence on non-European companies. The impact can be huge, as IT assets are everywhere, notably with a growing presence in the industry. Trustworthy data about IT assets is a key enabler for IT security that is now crucial in the context of hybrid war at the European eastern border.

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OC#4 2026

Organisation type

Senior expert consultant in ITSM and ITAM, Liscience

Organization

Senior expert consultant in ITSM and ITAM, Liscience

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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Guidance (ISO 19770-10) for implementing IT asset management

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Guidance (ISO 19770-10) for implementing IT asset management

ISO/IEC DTS 19770-10

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

2025

Topic (4th Open Call)

Topic (7th Open Call)

Peter Baumann

Description of Activities

My fellowship tackles the gap related to the insufficient models for achieving analysis-ready geo data.

Fellow's country

Germany

Open Call Topics

Big Data & Open data

Impact on SMEs (2nd Open Call)

SMEs benefit from these standards as they give guidance for implementation and allow products to be interoperable with the tools available in the market.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

Never before has there been a faster and cheaper way to obtain information about land, water, atmosphere, as well as human impact on it. In Europe, for example, the Copernicus satellite family provides the foundation for insight into our planet, together with long climate time series and further data, such as elevation models. For such Big Earth Data, spatio-temporal datacubes are an established cornerstone in OGC, ISO, and INSPIRE standardisation modelled as "coverages".
For robust, user-friendly, interoperable services, a technically sound coverage standards suite is indispensable. The ISO/OGC suite of coverage data and service model is instrumental for easy, interoperable handling, and a who’s who of primary open-source and proprietary geo tools support these standards. For example, the legal framework for a common European spatial data infrastructure, INSPIRE, has adopted CIS as its basis.
In summary, this work is of the highest practical relevance and visibility, with significant impact on geo data infrastructures and, ultimately, increased understanding of our planet and the impact we have on it, as well as everyday day-to-day use of insight from geo data.

Impact on society (2nd Open Call)

This standards work is of highest practical relevance and visibility, with significant impact on the interoperability of geo data infrastructures and, ultimately, increased understanding of our planet and the impact we have on it.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

Better standards allow better tools and services, allowing us to gain a better understanding and insight into our planet. In particular, analysis of time series and fusion of multiple data sources, from in-situ to orbit, are critical enablers. The 19123-2 specification defines flexible, scalable, and interoperable ways of combining various spatio-temporal data sources into a standard picture; suitable tools may even provide dynamic services answering “any query, anytime”.

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OC#2 2026

Organisation type

Other

Organization

ISO standard editor, rasdaman GmbH

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rasdaman GmbH

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Proposal Title (2nd Open Call)

Enhanced Interoperability of Spatio-Temporal Datacubes

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Enhanced Interoperability of Big Geo Data

ISO 19123-2

Standards Development Organisation

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Digitisation of European Industry

Topic (2nd Open Call)

Big Data & Open data

Topic (7th Open Call)

Ieva Kersiene

Description of Activities

The ongoing contributions to the Biometric System-on-Card related interindustry ISO/IEC standards address the following three key aspects: bridging definition gaps, enhancing clarity and consistency, and prioritising practical applicability.

Fellow's country

Lithuania

Open Call Topics

Electronic identification and trust services (including e-signature)

Impact on SMEs (2nd Open Call)

Standards for Biometric System-on-Card (BSoC) and On-Card Comparison (OCC) solutions ensure compatibility with deployed interoperable biometric systems, enabling straightforward maintenance and upgrades, while avoiding vendor lock-in and proprietary limitations.

Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)

Currently, global biometric authentication systems are widely deployed for diverse public and commercial services authorisation. Common form factor smart cards, incorporating biometric capture and comparison within the card, offer a secure, sterile, and user-friendly experience for cardholders. Standards for Biometric System-on-Card (BSoC) and On-Card Comparison (OCC) solutions ensure compatibility with deployed interoperable biometric systems, enabling straightforward maintenance and upgrades, while avoiding vendor lock-in and proprietary limitations.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

Currently, global biometric authentication systems are widely deployed for diverse public and commercial services authorization. Traditional form factor smart cards, incorporating biometric capture and comparison within the card, offer a secure, sterile, and user-friendly experience for card holders. Standards for Biometric System-on-Card (BSoC) and On-Card Comparison (OCC) solutions ensure compatibility with deployed interoperable biometric systems, enabling straightforward maintenance and upgrades, while avoiding vendor lock-in and proprietary limitations.

Impact on society (2nd Open Call)

Smart cards enabled with biometric card holder verification capabilities on a card via either On-Card Comparison (OCC) or full Biometric System-on-Card (BSoC) technology each offer enhanced security, privacy, inclusivity, and public health benefits while reducing fraud and identity theft.

Impact on society (5th Open Call)

Multi-application smart cards are already widely deployed and used nowadays in eGovernment, ePayment, eHealth and other domains. Addition of biometric authentication enhances reliability (more secure than PIN), safety and convenience (hygienic, no need to touch PINpads or terminals sensor in case of BSoC especially while pandemic), reference card holder data security (no vulnerable and GDPR sensitive central database for biometrics is needed, card holder data cannot be read out from stolen / lost smart cards) and availability (users with no education in poor countries to obtain subsidy).

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

This fellowship support my ongoing contributions to the Biometric System-on-Card (BSoC) and On-Card Comparison (OCC) related interindustry ISO/IEC standards address the following three key aspects:
Firstly, bridging Definition Gaps: Bridging existing gaps in definitions in the ISO/IEC 17839 and ISO/IEC 24787 series, specifically focusing on core, physical dimensions, and logical information exchange interfaces requirements. This involves a comprehensive examination of the latest hardware and software advancements prevalent in the market for biometric on-card verification-enabled smart cards also evaluating the need for potential scope extension to other non-smart card form factor holder verification devices with supplementary (e.g., BLE, NFC) communication interface support. The emphasis is on ensuring that the standards are not solely rooted in theory but are backed by practical use cases.

Secondly, enhancing Clarity and Consistency: addressing the ongoing challenge involves maintaining clarity and consistency in any standards revisions developed by ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17/WG11 (e.g., ISO/IEC 7816-11), particularly concerning other Standard Committees (SCs) and Working Groups (WGs) developed standards. This effort includes eliminating ambiguities and ensuring seamless alignment with cross-referenced ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37/WG3 and SC37/WG2 (e.g., ISO/IEC 19785-3) standards on BDIF (Biometric Data Interchange Formats) and CBEFF (Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework) interfaces and formats.

Thirdly, prioritizing Practical Applicability: The standards development process places a significant emphasis on practical applicability by aiming for seamless integration in real-world interoperable scenarios. The main goal is to facilitate the straightforward integration, testing (e.g., through ISO/IEC 18584 series) and maintenance of the standard compliant biometric solutions within diverse-scale interindustry biometric systems, which typically accommodate hardware and software components provided by various vendors.

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Organization

Senior Software Engineer, Zwipe AS

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Zwipe AS

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Proposal Title (2nd Open Call)

Advance on-card biometric comparison standards ISO/IEC 24787, ISO/IEC 17839, ISO/IEC 18584 series

Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

Advance on-card biometric comparison standards ISO/IEC 24787, 7816-11, 17839, 18584 series

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Advance on-card biometric comparison standards ISO/IEC 24787, 7816-11, 17839, 18584 series

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 Biometrics

Standards Development Organisation

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Electronic identification and trust services (including e-signature)

Topic (5th Open Call)

Topic (7th Open Call)

Electronic identification and trust services (including e-signature)

Gero Gschwendtner

Description of Activities

There is a strong emphasis on safety, accessibility, energy & environment and highly relevant for the future ISO/TC 178 activities are also focusing now to a strong extent on ICT.

Fellow's country

Austria

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (3rd Open Call)

ISO/TC 178 has a liaison to:
- ELA European Lift Association
- SBS - Small Business Standards with EFESME (European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises aisbl) as an expert member for lifts.
Both associations are highly interested in this topic and with this liaison they participate actively at the ISO/TC 178 meetings as well as at the relevant WG meetings.
Chairing the meeting and giving them also relevant time in the meetings to talk and bring up their issues is essential for them; this is under my responsibility and highly considered within my leadership.

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

ISO/TC 178 maintains liaisons with:
The European Lift Association (ELA)
Small Business Standards (SBS), with EFESME (European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises aisbl) participating as an expert member for lifts.
Both organisations are deeply engaged in this field and actively contribute to ISO/TC 178 and its relevant working group (WG) meetings through these liaisons.
As chair, I ensure they can speak, raise concerns, and contribute meaningfully during meetings. This inclusive approach is a priority under my leadership, even if it occasionally meets resistance from larger corporations.

Impact on society (3rd Open Call)

Lifts, escalators and moving walks are essential elements for the transportation of society.
With this work safe access and accessibility for all is provided. Furthermore, this work encompasses energy efficiency and adherence to the United Nations’ sustainability goals namely 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 which are integral components of the standards.

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

Lifts, escalators and moving walks are essential elements for the transportation of society. With this work safe access and accessibility for all is provided. Furthermore, this work encompasses energy efficiency and adherence to the United Nations' sustainability goals namely 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 which are integral components of the standards.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

Until 2022, the lift and escalator industry lacked dedicated ICT standards—aside from those addressing cybersecurity. Initially, the approach within ISO and CEN was to integrate all relevant topics directly into the core product standards, often referred to as the "product bible": ISO 8100-1/2 and ISO 8103-1. Notably, ISO 8103-1 was published at the end of 2024 as a new global escalator standard, mirroring the European EN 115-1 requirements. This marked a major milestone for the industry, as it was the first time that European safety standards for escalators and moving walks would be applied globally.

As the field evolved and specific topics became increasingly complex, supplementary standards were introduced to support and expand upon the core documents.

It soon became apparent that ICT, due to its rapid advancement, remained insufficiently covered. In response, a strategic initiative was launched to assess the situation, define a roadmap for the future, and close this gap. Developing new standards and technical specifications in this area is now a top priority (further details in the following chapters).

At the same time, the core product standards must continue to be maintained, with general ICT aspects gradually integrated into them.
Another major challenge faced by ISO/TC 178 and the global lift and escalator sector is the current dynamic in China. The country is rapidly developing its local standards, with significantly shorter release timelines and fewer stakeholders involved compared to the ISO and CEN processes. This highlights the critical need for SAC to remain actively engaged in ISO and to adopt ISO standards as national standards. To address this, additional partnerships have been formed, and regular exchange meetings are held to ensure the highest possible level of influence and alignment.

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Organization

Prof. Mechanical Engineering (HTL St. Pölten) and Independent Consultant, Gschwendt

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HTL St. Pölten

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Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

Lifts and Escalators in Smart Cities

Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Lifts and Escalators in Smart Cities

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Lifts and Escalators in Smart Cities

Role in SDO

chair

Standards Development Organisation

CEN

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (3rd Open Call)

Topic (4th Open Call)

Topic (7th Open Call)

Theofanis Raptis

Description of Activities

The aim of the analysis within ITU is to identify existing gaps and market needs in the area of P2P crowd charging systems. Special focus has been given to smart city vertical areas, as well as technological enablers such as battery ageing mitigation, social information management, standardised prototyping.

Fellow's country

Italy

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

Use of technologies based on wireless energy sharing are extending to more and more applications yielding a fast-growing market in the consumer electronics sector. Society and industry should overcome obstacles for stakeholders to fully take advantage of this technological opportunity: The current wired (and non-P2P wireless)-based development model that makes charging applications highly centralised and inflexible generates inconvenience to users. The P2P wireless energy sharing vision that universally accessible standards can have the same positive effects on society as wired energy sharing standards and has identified P2P wireless energy sharing interactions as an area where standards can foster the development of innovative approaches, promote use of P2P applications and contribute to the solution of existing social energy sharing challenges.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

The aim of the analysis within ITU is to identify existing gaps and market needs in the area of P2P crowd charging systems. The special focus has been given to smart city vertical areas, as well as technological enablers such as battery ageing mitigation, social information management, standardized prototyping.

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Organisation type

Organization

Senior Researcher at the Institute of Informatics and Telematics, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Organization website

IIT-CNR

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Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

CrowdWireless++: Further Promoting Crowd Wireless Energy Sharing

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

CrowdWireless

Role in SDO

chair

Standards Development Organisation

ITU

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (3rd Open Call)

Topic (6th Open Call)

Topic (7th Open Call)

E-Health, Healthy living and ageing

Amelie Gyrard

Description of Activities

The objective of this fellowship is to include European contributions on viable methodologies on semantic interoperability in ISO standards: ISO SC41 IoT and Digital Twin, with a focus on practical use cases in the domains of health/well-being.

Fellow's country

France

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

Trialog is a SME so we are directly impacted by my contribution. Trialog was the coordinator of the ACCRA H2020 project (robots for ageing), which is now finished. We follow up with standard activities on robotics. In addition, the standards under consideration will benefit all the Smart Robotics and Internet of Robotic Things ecosystem, including SMEs. SME can develop tools and applications compliant with those standards.

Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)

Trialog is a SME so we are directly impacted by my contribution. Trialog was the coordinator of the ACCRA H2020 project (robots for ageing) which is now finished. We follow up with standard activities on robotics. In addition, the standards under consideration will benefit all the Smart Robotics and Internet of Robotic Things ecosystem, including SMEs. SME can develop tools, applications compliant with those standards.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

Trialog is a SME so we are directly impacted by my contribution. In addition, the standards under consideration will benefit all the Smart Health and IoT ecosystem, including SMEs. SME can develop tools, applications compliant with those standards.

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

Accelerating the use of digital twins, as the existence of the semantic repository allows the digital twin to manage semantics while the physical twin is managing data. This methodology will ensure a consistent continuum between the physical twin and the digital twin.

Impact on society (6th Open Call)

The following impacts are identified at a general level:
The Internet of Things (IoT) addresses many societal challenges including climate change, resource and energy efficiency and ageing.
In the emerging IoT economy, voluntary global standards can accelerate adoption, drive competition, and enable cost-effective introduction of new technologies.
Standardisation facilitates the interoperability, compatibility, reliability, security and efficiency of operations on a global scale among different technical solutions, stimulating industry innovation and providing greater clarity to technology evolution.
Interoperability between IoT networks operated by different companies along the value chain opens up opportunities to address EU Policy objectives, e.g. greater resource efficiency for a more circular economy, sustainable and responsible supply chains through transparency and traceability, and others

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

The number of connected devices is expected to exceed 20 billion by 2020. This market will be fostered by proper interoperability standards. Europe is strong in IoT innovation and has made significant technical contributions (AIOTI) including in some specific standardization contexts. AIOTI now has a recognized presence at the ISO level, and it is now key to concretize this presence so that European innovation is well represented.

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Standard for Ontology Reasoning on Multiple Robots

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Principal Research & Innovation Consultant, Trialog

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Trialog

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Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

IoT Semantic Interoperability for stress management, good health and well-being

Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

IoT Semantic Interoperability for Internet of Robotic Things

Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

IoT Semantic Interoperability for Active Assisted Living with robots for enhanced well-being

Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

Contribution to the standardization of IoT Interoperability by ensuring integration of SAREF

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

IoT Semantic Interoperability for health informatics and well-being

ISO/IEC AWI 30197

https://www.iec.ch/ords/f?p=103%3A194%3A81398259398%3A%3A%3A%3AFSP_ORG_ID%2CFSP…

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IEEE

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StandICT.eu Year

2026

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Topic (3rd Open Call)

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E-Health, Healthy living and ageing

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Angie Qarry Jaegermann

Description of Activities

This technical report, resulting from my fellowship’s contributions, is an equitable analysis of the relationship between Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Post-quantum Cryptography (PQC) technologies. It describes the two technologies' complementary nature and highlights their potential advantages and benefits.

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Austria

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Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

The development of this TR is significant to the European market, mainly because Europe is pushing very hard for the development of QKD while NIST favors PQC. NIST has marked QKD as a technology not to be adopted for cybersecurity, and some of these decisions might contradict the European Cybersecurity roadmap.
The European Commission also invests heavily in developing a QKD European Network and hybrid QKD-PQC protocol implementations, and the European Space Agency is involved in many free-space QKD communication projects.
The development of this standard is significant to the European market, mainly because Europe is pushing very hard for the development of QKD while NIST favors PQC.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

My fellowship supports the creation of CEN/CENELEC/JTC22 WG4 working Items (WI) aiming to develop a Technical Report for QKD related technologies.
CEN/CLC/JTC 22/WG4/WI JT022002 (QKD and PQC - An equitable analysis) was accepted. Due to increased activity in the European Networks to implement hybrid cybersecurity protocols of QKD-PQC, the European Commission requested that the hybrid solutions should also be included in the existing WI JT022002, which currently analyses QKD and PQC separately. Therefore, the proposed activity in this application is an extension of the current WI Technical Report to cover the hybridization protocols.

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OC#3 2026

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