chair

https://standards.cencenelec.eu/dyn/www/f?p=205%3A7%3A0%3A%3A%3A%3AFSP_ORG_ID%3…

Organisation type

Other

Organization

BIMInternational, Mace

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Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

contribution to the development of the following three ICT standards: prCEN ISO/TS 7817-2, prEN ISO 7817-3 and UNI 11334-4 on the framework of the level of information needs when it comes to building information modelling (BIM)

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

CEN

ISO

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Construction building information modelling

Topic (6th Open Call)

Javier Peris

Description of Activities

In this fellowship, the main priority focuses on helping organisations to drive innovation and technological transformation using the Centre of Excellence (CoE) as the best management mechanism in a context of a shortage of professional profiles with expertise in Artificial Intelligence and other disruptive technologies.

Fellow's country

Spain

Open Call Topics

IT Consultancy/Development

Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)

The main opportunity for SMEs is their incorporation to a future sectorial cluster type and other potential movements of knowledge collectivisation.

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OC#5 2026

Organisation type

Organization

ICT Senior Advisor, Consultant and Trainer Business, Technology & Best Practices, S.L. Business&Co.®

Organization website

S.L. Business&Co

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Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

AI-CoE Phase II: Artificial Intelligence for Business powered by Center of Excellence. Model and TS

CTN 71/SC 40 - Gestión de servicios de TI y Gobierno de TI

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (5th Open Call)

Ruth Lennon

Description of Activities

A strong priority for this work is to contribute to standards to enable consideration of the support for data management in the cloud. Data spaces can only be fully realised with the application of strong quality management controls through standardisation at multiple levels.

Fellow's country

Ireland

Open Call Topics

Cloud and Edge Computing

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

Contribution to the national body position through discussions with our members provides a voice to the concerns or challenges of our SMEs as well as to larger organisations.

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

It is critical to establish common European standards linking hardware and software particularly in new areas of technology and standardization. Example use cases include the improvement of reliability of edge and cloud computing where processing of personal data, or highly regulated data is concerned. This is even more important when considering the complexities of combining (even anonymized) data sets and processing that data in cloud hosted environments. With the impact of layered approaches to address these complexities the necessity to harmonize software and cloud-based techniques is essential.

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

As a national body we have members contributing to the CEN Focus Group on 'Data, Dataspaces, Cloud and Edge'. We feel this is important as the cloud supports data and dataspaces whilst at the same time data is utilised in supporting the cloud. This could have a large impact on standards created in the near future. Obtaining expert advice from many areas is important in this early stage of these standards.

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OC#4 2026

Organization

Lecturer, Atlantic Technological University

Organization website

Organisation

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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Actively contribute to ISO/IEC/JTC 1/SC38 and IEEE S2ESC to harmonize Cloud and DevOps standards

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

NSAI

IEEE

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

https://www.telefonica.com/es/

Topic (4th Open Call)

Cloud and Edge Computing

Topic (6th Open Call)

Cloud and Edge Computing

David Artuñedo Guillén

Description of Activities

My contribution has a direct impact in 3GPP Release 19 specifications in the TR 23.946 CAPIF Guidelines.

Open Call Topics

5G and Beyond (6G)

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

By adopting CAPIF, following the guidelines that will be created in SA6, European companies will increase their competitiveness making better products, easier to deploy over 5G Networks, improving their interoperability with commercial solutions from vendors that support CAPIF.

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OC#4 2026

Organization

Telefónica I+D. S.A.u.

Organization website

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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Participation in SA6 to support CAPIF Guidelines from ETSI OpenCAPIF

Panos Kudumakis

Description of Activities

This project, towards enabling a fairer marketplace for rights holders and remuneration of authors and performers, initiated work on a new standard ISO/IEC 23000-23 Decentralised Media Rights Application Format currently at the Working Draft (WD) stage.

Fellow's country

United Kingdom

Open Call Topics

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

Impact on SMEs (2nd Open Call)

Effective IP rights management in the digital environment is key to support the competitiveness of creative SMEs. Thus, creative SMEs need to be empowered to make better decisions and deploy more advanced solutions based on insights gleaned from data.

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

EU Digital Single Market Copyright Directive aims to facilitate a fairer marketplace for rights holders. Effective IP rights management in the digital environment is key to support the competitiveness of creative SMEs. ISO/IEC 21000-23 Smart Contracts for Media supported by rich semantic copyright models can be handy when data-based decisions need to be derived by evidence and logic, leading to new business models that can be efficiently deployed on decentralised digital media platforms. Moreover, the interoperability of such platforms is addressed by ISO/IEC 23000-23 Decentralised Media Rights Application Format which building around DLT-agnostic ISO/IEC 21000-23 Smart Contracts for Media has the potential to unlock the Semantic Web and in turn the creative economy. The latter is not only one of the most rapidly growing sectors of the world economy, but also a highly transformative one in terms of income-generation, job creation, export earnings, quality of life and social cohesion.

Impact on society (2nd Open Call)

ISO/IEC 23000-23 Decentralised Media Rights Application Format building around DLT-agnostic ISO/IEC 21000-23 Smart Contracts for Media has the potential to unlock both the Semantic Web and in turn the creative economy.

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Open Call

OC#2 2026

IT Consultancy/Development

Organisation type

Organization

Senior Advisor, Independent Consultant

Organization website

Senior Advisor, Independent Consultant

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Proposal Title (2nd Open Call)

Advancing ISO/IEC 23000-23 Decentralised Media Rights Application Format

Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

ISO/IEC 21000-23 and 23000-23: New Standards for Interoperability and Transparency of Rights in Digital Media

Working Draft of ISO/IEC 23000-23

https://www.iso.org/committee/45316.html

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

Topic (2nd Open Call)

Topic (6th Open Call)

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

Muslim Elkotob

Description of Activities

With this work, I focus on enabling collaborative ecosystems and models among ICT stakeholders that allow energy saving and a positive environmental and societal footprint, bridging use case workflow and ecosystem design in a way that allows data-driven collaboration and performance increments.

Fellow's country

Germany

Open Call Topics

5G and Beyond (6G)

Impact on SMEs (2nd Open Call)

This work fosters an inclusive mindset by opening the floor for smaller players, SMEs, and new entrants into the ecosystem to collaborate with the larger players.

Impact on society (2nd Open Call)

The work done in this funded project has societal impacts such as, improving the business ecosystem and its evolution via collaborative models where stakeholders have win-win approaches for energy saving and collective benefit.

Open Call

OC#2 2026

Organisation type

Other

Organization

Principal Solutions Architect and Standardisation Expert, Vodafone

Organization website

Vodafone

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Proposal Title (2nd Open Call)

Multi-Criteria Intelligent Resource Allocation for Sustainable Poly-CSP Environments

Role in SDO

vice-chair

Standards Development Organisation

ETSI

ITU

IEEE

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Circular Economy including Digital Product Passport

Topic (2nd Open Call)

5G and Beyond (6G)

Julian Lauten-Weiss

Description of Activities

In my role as a circular economy expert, I actively contribute to the advancement of Smart Circular Economy Standards for Europe. I ensure that standards align with EU policies like the European Green Deal, advocating for their integration into standardisation efforts.

Fellow's country

Germany

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

Especially SMEs lack sufficient funds to develop the internal capabilities to transition to circular business models. Bringing the ISO 59000 family of standards in line with European policies and regulations makes it not just easier to fulfil legal requirements but to also go beyond short-term requirements and gain a competitive advantage by transitioning to circular business models.

Impact on society (6th Open Call)

Transitioning to a circular economy has profound societal impacts by promoting sustainability, resource efficiency, and economic resilience. It fosters a reduction in waste and pollution, which enhances environmental quality and public health. By encouraging businesses to design for longevity, repairability, and recyclability, it creates new job opportunities and stimulates innovation across industries. Additionally, it empowers communities to engage in sustainable practices and reduces dependency on finite resources. Overall, a circular economy nurtures a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient society, aligning economic activities with long-term environmental and social well-being.

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Bergische Universität Wuppertal

Organisation type

Academia/Research

Organization

Circular Economy Researcher, Lecturer and Consultant, Bergische Universität Wuppertal

Organization website

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Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

Smart Circular Economy Standards for Europe

Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

Contribution to ICT Circular Economy Standardisation: Interoperable DPPs and E-Waste Management

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

ISO

CEN

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Circular Economy including Digital Product Passport

Topic (3rd Open Call)

Topic (6th Open Call)

Circular Economy including Digital Product Passport

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

Smart and Sustainable Cities

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 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.

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OC#4 2026

Organisation type

Academia/Research

Organization

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

Organization website

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

Role in SDO

convenor

Standards Development Organisation

ISO

CEN

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Smart and Sustainable Cities

Topic (3rd Open Call)

Topic (4th Open Call)

Smart and Sustainable Cities

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

IoT Internet of Things

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Organisation type

Academia/Research

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

Role in SDO

convenor

Standards Development Organisation

ITU

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (3rd Open Call)

IoT Internet of Things

Topic (6th Open Call)

IoT Internet of Things

Piercosma Bisconti Lucidi

Description of Activities

With this fellowship, I am addressing the standardisation of AI systems, with particular focus on the standardisation request of the EU Commission in relation to the AI Act.

Fellow's country

Italy

Open Call Topics

Impact on SMEs (3rd Open Call)

The AI Trustworthiness Framework will serve as an entry point for industries and SMEs in order to facilitate this process, fostering conformity and facilitating industry competitiveness.

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

The AI Trustworthiness Framework will serve as an entry point for industries and SMEs in order to facilitate this process, fostering conformity and facilitating industry competitiveness.

Impact on SMEs (5th Open Call)

Industries and SMEs in the EU are facilitated in adopting standards. One of the main barriers for standard adoption is the complexity of the standardisation processes. In order to claim conformity, multiple requirements coming from multiple standards should be met. The AI Trustworthiness Framework will serve as an entry point for industries and SMEs in order to facilitate this process, fostering conformity and facilitating industry competitiveness.

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

The framework simplifies compliance by serving as a single reference point for multiple obligations under the AI Act. This helps SMEs adopt standards more easily, reducing barriers and supporting competitiveness through clearer, harmonized guidance.

Impact on society (3rd Open Call)

The AI Trustworthiness Framework will reinforce social trust in AI systems, by providing companies, consumers and ultimately citizens with a clear understanding of the fundamental requirements for trustworthy AI.

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

Impact on society (5th Open Call)

Trustworthiness fosters social acceptance. One of the outstanding barriers in the deployment of innovative technologies is social acceptance. This barrier damages both the economic benefits and the social benefits of designing innovative AI systems. The AI Trustworthiness Framework will reinforce social trust in AI systems, by providing companies, consumers and ultimately citizens with a clear understanding of the fundamental requirements for trustworthy AI.

Impact on society (6th Open Call)

By clarifying what makes AI trustworthy and aligning it with EU values, the project increases public trust and supports responsible innovation. It also helps make ethics a professional role, reinforcing societal oversight over AI technologies.

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Organisation type

Organization

Researcher in AI Ethics, Co-Founder of DEXAI – Artificial Ethics, Italian Interuniversity Consortium for Computer Science

Organization website

DEXAI

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Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

Building trustworthiness for artificial intelligence

Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Building trustworthiness for artificial intelligence

Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

The AI Trustworthiness Framework - delivering a harmonized standard for the EU AI Act

Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

development of the AI Trustworthiness Framework within CEN-CENELEC JTC21 WG4 and supports ISO/IEC work on human oversight.

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

CEN/CENELEC

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (3rd Open Call)

Topic (5th Open Call)

Topic (6th Open Call)

Paulo Gonçalves

Description of Activities

In the proposed activity the gaps related to standards will be tackled within three working groups (WG) where I am contributing to: IEEE P1872.3, IEEE P1955 and IEEE P1872.1.1, related to multiple robots, reasoning, 6G for robotics and task representation and planning.

Country

Portugal

Fellow's country

Portugal

Open Call Topics

Ontological framework for high-level task replanning for autonomous robotic sys…

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

The contributions will make significant impact for the description of the robotics requirements on an industrial intralogistics scenario, where robots and humans operate. This will impact robot communication services that will use 6G.
Moreover, the fellowship strongly focuses on ontologies, to achieve a better interoperability of concepts to enhance robot to robot and robot to humans’ communications. The use of the standardizes DOLCE upper ontology makes a significant difference.
Also, EU have within its borders numerous renowned robotics companies. An increasing number of cutting-edge robotics and autonomous systems now rely on AI-driven reasoning to handle their growing complexity. Today, global regulations are shaping how knowledge is represented for robotics services and tasks, and EU SMEs must comply with these standards. As a result, these knowledge representation standards will significantly influence the development of future robotic and autonomous systems.

Impact on society (6th Open Call)

The outcomes of this activity are very important for the robotics industry because it tackles concepts very close to real world deployment of robots to perform tasks, autonomously, within a robot group, and/or cooperating and/or collaborating with humans. This is a clear evolution of the IEEE RAS standards portfolio (previously focused on high-level concepts and definitions) and a valuable contribution to the robotics standards landscape in Europe and worldwide.

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Organisation type

Organization

Professor - Instituto Politecnico de Castelo Branco

Organization website

IPCB

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Standards for Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Knowledge, Reasoning, Multiple Robots and HRI

Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

Standards for Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Knowledge, Reasoning, and AI for Multiple Robots

Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

Advancing Robotic Interoperability and Explainability through Ontological Standards

Standard for Ontology Reasoning on Multiple Robots

Standard for 6G Empowering Robotics: Use Case Scenarios, Requirements, Architec…

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

IEEE

Topic

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

2023

Topic (1st Open Call)

Topic (3rd Open Call)

Topic (6th Open Call)

Jacak Witold

Description of Activities

Standards for basic quantum infrastructures such as quantum information encryption in future quantum networks can support innovation in quantum technology and accelerate its uptake by European SMEs.

Country

Belgium

Fellow's country

Belgium

Open Call Topics

Quantum Technologies

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

Rapid advancements in quantum computation, communication and a recent surge in QIPC startups are reshaping the landscape for the European innovation. Initiatives like the European Quantum Flagship, alongside global R&D programs, are channeling billions of euros into developing breakthrough quantum solutions. SMEs, long a cornerstone of the European industry, are now poised to harness quantum standards for critical communication infrastructures, including qubit development, advanced encryption, and network interoperability. These standards, including QRNG standards, will further boost state-of-the-art cybersecurity, laying the foundation for a future quantum internet, driving sustainable techno-economic growth, and ensuring that European SMEs and society remain competitive in a rapidly evolving global market.

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OC#1 2026