Technology Standards: Maintaining a Global Rules Based Ecosystem – LeadershIP 2022 Washington, D.C.

For decades, global technology standards have enabled a thriving, innovative, and competitive ecosystem. As the geopolitical race for leadership in critical technology standards expands, it is imperative to maintain an open, consensus-driven, and rules-based approach to developing and maintaining global standards.

Why is it important to maintain our system of global standards development? What are the challenges to these institutions? What is needed to encourage robust continued participation in global standards?