OC#2 2029

IT Consultancy/Development

Organisation type

Organization

Breyer Publico SL

Organization website

Breyer Publico SL

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Proposal Title (8th Open Call)

AI, Quantum: Common Eu Standards For Ict Professional Skilling Across Technologies & Sub-Domains

Proposal Title

AI, Quantum: Common Eu Standards For Ict Professional Skilling Across Technologies & Sub-Domains

CWA 18398 "AI Professional Role Profiles"

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

CEN

Topic

Artificial Intelligence

StandICT.eu Year

2029

Year

Topic (8th Open Call)

Angela Sara Cacciapuoti

Fellow's country

Italy

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

A key challenge in building the Quantum Internet is integrating different qubit technologies, each with its own strengths and limitations, since no single qubit platform can fulfill all the requirements for storage, processing, and communication simultaneously. Indeed, both the scientific and industrial communities widely agree that the Quantum Internet will likely rely on superconducting qubits for information processing while flying qubits will be used to distribute entangled states across network nodes.
Indeed, on one hand, superconducting circuits are adopted for quantum computation because of their capabilities to realize fast gates and their high scalability. These benefits come at the price of operating at cryogenic temperatures, which in turn challenge the development of large-scale quantum networks. On the other hand, optical photons are recognized as quantum carriers to fulfill communication needs, as they enable high-rate, low-loss transmission and can be easily controlled using standard optical components. However, the main challenge underlining the interaction between these two technologies lies in the huge gap between their operating frequencies: optical photons work at hundreds of terahertz while superconducting circuits at a few GHz.
Therefore, it is mandatory to realize a matter-flying interface, namely a quantum transducer, performing quantum transduction to enable the interaction among different qubit platforms. This interface must convert one type of qubit to another and be compatible with the characteristics of the physical channels used for flying qubits, including optical fibers and free-space optical links.
In this project, we present quantum transduction from a communication perspective, by shedding the light on its fundamental role within quantum network design and deployment.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

From a European perspective, the expected impact is twofold. Firstly, it aims at catalyzing innovation by providing a foundational framework upon which diverse quantum technologies can be developed and integrated. Secondly, it will reinforce Europe’s strategic position in the global quantum race, ensuring that European standards and best practices shape the future of quantum communications. This will facilitate ensuring that its values and regulations are embedded in the next generation of Internet infrastructure.

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Angela Sara Cacciapuoti

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OC#7 2026

University of Naples Federico II

Organisation type

Academia/Research

Organization

University of Naples Federico II

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Personal website

Angela Sara Cacciapuoti

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Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Enabling Interfaces: Towards the Standardization of matter-flying Transducers

Quantum-Native Architectural Tenets and Philosophy for the Quantum Internet

Quantum Internet Research Group QIRG

Standards Development Organisation

IETF

Topic

Quantum Technology

StandICT.eu Year

2029

Year

Topic (7th Open Call)

Quantum Technologies

Luis Moran Abad

Description of Activities

I focus on the development of a new standard Work Model type (Technical Specification) that facilitates the consolidation, integration, and implementation of requirements, helping organisations comply with AI laws, regulations, and standards more effectively. The objective is to guide and support organisations on how to meet the multiple requirements imposed by laws, regulations, and standards on AI-based systems. The initiative will not create new requirements but will provide assistance and guidance to organisations on how to consolidate, integrate, implement and audit different sources of requirements

Fellow's country

Spain

Open Call Topics

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

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

The AI-Compliance initiative aims to develop a new standard to help European organisations, especially SMEs, comply with complex AI-related laws, regulations and standards. This new standard will be especially valuable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) because these organisations often lack the internal resources, specialised staff, and structured processes necessary to implement regulatory environments.
SMEs frequently struggle to interpret legal and technical requirements, allocate time for implementation, and ensure ongoing adherence. A practical standard would provide a clear framework for implementation reducing the cost and effort of compliance.

Impact on SMEs (9th Open Call)

European small organisations (SMEs) and very small organisations (VSMEs) do not have the experts or economic resources to hire specialised AI consultants on compliance, so they must postpone the application of AI in their businesses. This generates a new delay in their innovation gap. The main opportunity for SMEs-VSMEs is their incorporation to a future AI-Compliance collectives: sectorial cluster type, laboratory of a City Hall and other potential movements of knowledge collectivisation.
Creating a standard to guide organisations and SMEs to facilitate compliance for AI implementations reduce the risk of sanctions by regulatory authorities and facilitates confidence that the use being made of AI systems is ethical, moral and legal.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

The European Union can push its values and ethics in AI without fear of crippling economic development by having a new standard to help with regulatory compliance. For the EU, it is primarily about finding ways to seize the opportunities offered by AI in a way that is human-centred, ethical, safe and consistent with our core values as Europeans.

Impact on society (9th Open Call)

A new standard supports consolidating, integrating and optimising regulatory requirements and make compliance audits more efficient will be essential for the development of AI in Europe, and thus of European industry and welfare. This new standard will enable European organisations to leverage the full potential of AI while ensuring compliance with the various mandatory requirements. In doing so, this standard will enhance the competitiveness of European organisations.

In this way, the new standard will open the door to the competitiveness of European organisations by making AI compliance more efficient. The pillars of the new guidelines standard are:
Converting different regulations and standards into a cloud of requirements.
Consolidate and integrate these requirements into a specific set.
To make the implementation of requirements more efficient.
Reduce the cost and organisational effort of regulation compliance.
Guidance on the management of specific requirements implementation projects.
Reduce and optimise the number of internal and external audits.
My fellowship also contributed to the development of working methodologies in organisations aligned with the objectives of the European AI Office and its ‘Regulation and Compliance’ Unit.

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Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

AI-Compliance: Artificial Intelligence Compliance Enabler new standard Guidelines and Work Model

Proposal Title (9th Open Call)

AI-Compliance: Proof of Concept and Refinement of the AI compliance guidelines standard

Standards Development Organisation

UNE

Topic

Artificial Intelligence

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

2025

Topic (7th Open Call)

Topic (9th Open Call)

Caroline Thomas

Description of Activities

The priority aims to support the development of European and international standards for DLT/blockchain technologies to ensure transparency in sustainable financing. This contribution brings together the financial, reporting and new technologies to address the gaps between these three sectors.
The challenge for sustainable finance is to minimise the risk of 'greenwashing’ and provide better reporting for the Sustainability sector, ESG investment and Net Zero climate goals and new EU Reporting regulations.
It includes standards development to combine blockchain/DLT Use Cases reflecting sustainable solutions, while the sustainable finance standards cover Terminology and reporting guidelines, and the financial services consider digital currencies and tokenisation.

This contribution aligns with the European Standardisation initiatives, including the effective delivery of ESG investment strategy and Net Zero climate goals, along with the new EU Climate and Sustainable Reporting legislation in 2024 /2025.

Fellow's country

Greece

Open Call Topics

IT Consultancy/Development

Impact on SMEs (1st Open Call)

Many of the proposed use case contributions continue to spring from our outreach to European experts within SDOs, companies and SMEs. The ISO/TC 307 WG6 programme provides an active forum for SMEs to: - Contribute and discuss EU technical initiatives on emerging international standards representing European values, ethics & regulations such as privacy (e.g.: privacy - GDPR/ eIDAS) and European green transition initiatives (e.g.: EBSI blockchain to create trusted digital audit trails). - SMEs can gain the opportunity to understand the value of standards, via example use cases and models. The use cases provide insights and cross-domain example that can inform SMEs in their product development, and adoption of their technologies. - Review international use cases and gain insights for EU participation in local markets, or in cross-border /sector issues. - The Vienna Agreement enables ISO standards to be freely shared with CEN/CENELEC members, including SMEs.

Impact on SMEs (3rd Open Call)

This contribution has a wide impact for European SMEs. One example is where in my role as Convenor of ISO/TC307 WG6 Use Cases, we invite international SME experts to get involved in regulatory and standards development processes by sharing their insights and creating use cases into emerging technologies. This approach can enable faster adoption of their business and technical models, and for European SMEs, who create perspectives consistent with EU regulations and societies, such as privacy (GDPR, AI Act) and sustainability (Net Zero and ESG). (See section 2.1) In the lead-up to the ISO/TC 307 Plenary on 4 June 2024, we have gathered 10+ SMEs to showcase and present leading DLT solutions from SMEs, plus involvement in multiple SDO and entrepreneur events including Blockchain Ireland, INABTA etc.

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

The contribution impacts European SMEs and/or European societies and decision-makers on a high level by developing technical standards in DLT/Blockchain that reflect European democratic values including. - E-Privacy: EU Artificial Intelligence Act, new Data Act, GDPR - Fintech and Def: MiCA crypto - Sustainable initiatives: carbon markets, smart energy - Interoperable platforms: EBSI, digital product passports Moreover, I see two major impacts with SMEs. Firstly, international standards enable faster technical adoption for SMEs, as ISO standards provide ‘templates’ of technical systems and guidelines, that provide a baseline for SMEs to build their own solutions that are interoperable and lower risk for potential partners/investors. Secondly, SME are involved in standards development: The use case methodology in ISO/TC 307 WG6 is based on active outreach to SMEs who are pioneering new DLT capabilities. They provide contributions to the standards through ISO/TC 307 WG6 and ongoing external business events.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

This contribution brings together the financial, reporting and new technologies that impact European societies, and bring opportunities for SME innovation. Examples include:
Climate resilience: Extreme weather events across Europe and globally in 2024/25 saw a seismic shift in climate impacts on societies. B/DLT technologies provides a track record of immutable data sources to help historical measures and help European societies and governments to plan for future climate resilience.
New technologies: The accelerating shift in global tech eg: AI and crypto-currencies, is setting revolutionary opportunities and challenges to European laws, ethics and societies. B/DLT enables immutability, trust in distributed systems and change management in mass data storage.
New Regulations: New standards in Terminology and B/DLT technologies contribute to the new EU Sustainable Reporting legislations, by providing ESG traceability eg: accurate carbon emissions for businesses.

Impact on society (1st Open Call)

The DLT/Blockchain technology is often referred to as ‘the technology of trust’. This ISO feature on my work at ISO/TC 307 and WG6 Use Cases explains the societal impacts of trust across supply chains, digital trust, data provenance, Energy trading, records management, Anti-counterfeit pharma and food safety and provenance. Over recent years, blockchain has evolved into a transformational technology promising to offer secure, real-time transactions across different sectors and industries that will revolutionise the way we do business. ISO is at the forefront of this technology to ensure that its users all speak the same language.

Impact on society (3rd Open Call)

This work sources use cases that can support societal impacts across international priorities such as Net Zero goals for climate change. They can support European values, democracy, and human rights based on European societal regulations including: - Privacy: new Data Act, GDPR - Fintech and Defi: MiCA crypto regulations - Sustainable initiatives: carbon markets - Interoperable platforms: EBSI, digital passports, - And in 2024 the EU Artificial Intelligence Act

Impact on society (9th Open Call)

This new work is necessary to address the urgent shift in international technology advances, such as AI. tokenisation and crypto-currencies, that may provide potential challenges to European laws, ethics and societies. Standards can provide trust in an environment of AI-generated fake news.
For example, the work on ISO/AWI 24982 Digital currencies — Vocabulary helps define a common international language for business and societies, to create an interoperable financial system in digital currencies. Or the work on — ISO/WD TS 32219 Sustainable Finance — Terminology helps define a common international language for business and societies, across these regulations and business reporting.
This Standards work in blockchain and DLT can help inform businesses, SMEs and societies by providing insights in guidelines to enable adoption, trust and scale in their businesses and networks.

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Organisation type

Organization

ISO

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Proposal Title (1st Open Call)

Develop scope and emerging requirements for new DLT and blockchain use-cases standards

Proposal Title (3rd Open Call)

Develop use cases to inform new standards development in DLT & blockchain technologies

Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Develop an ISO Technical Report standard on innovative new & emerging DLT/Blockchain Use Cases

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Standards development in blockchain and DLT that contribute to Sustainability

Proposal Title (9th Open Call)

Standards development in blockchain and DLT and finance that contribute to Sustainability

ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

Topic

Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies

StandICT.eu Year

2026

Year

Topic (1st Open Call)

Topic (3rd Open Call)

Topic (4th Open Call)

Topic (7th Open Call)

Topic (9th Open Call)

Christian Grafenauer

Description of Activities

With this fellowship, I significantly contribute to the ICT Standards landscape by addressing the lack of standardised guidelines for processing Personal Identifiable Information (PII) in blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) systems. Approving the New Work Item Proposal (NWIP) for “Guidelines on processing PII using blockchain and DLT” establishes a crucial foundation for privacy-preserving, GDPR-compliant blockchain applications.
By leading the creation of CEN/CENELEC JTC19 WG3, I am ensuring the development of a harmonised European approach to blockchain privacy, reducing fragmentation and fostering interoperability. These efforts align blockchain implementations with European regulations, consumer protection laws, and data governance principles.

Fellow's country

Germany

Open Call Topics

Not for Profit Organisation

Impact on SMEs (2nd Open Call)

The impact of the standardisation activity on European SMEs is achieved by aligning international standards with European directives, like GDPR, helping SMEs gain clarity and confidence in navigating regulatory landscapes, fostering an environment conducive to innovation and compliance.

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

These standardisation efforts foster essentially the risk management of SMEs enabling to Streamline AI compliance and integration, reducing regulatory burdens for SMEs. These also improve cybersecurity; while developing robust standards to protect SMEs from AI vulnerabilities. Finally these exchange competitiveness as SMEs’ market presence is increased through trustworthy AI systems.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

Yes, my contribution significantly impacts European SMEs by providing clear, practical guidance on how to process personal data using blockchain and DLT in compliance with the GDPR. SMEs often lack the legal and technical resources to navigate complex regulatory frameworks. The standard developed through CEN/CENELEC JTC 19 WG3 will offer accessible best practices, reducing legal uncertainty and lowering barriers to innovation. This enables SMEs to adopt blockchain solutions more confidently, competitively, and responsibly within the European market.

Impact on SMEs (9th Open Call)

For SMEs, a harmonised digital currency vocabulary reduces compliance costs and uncertainty when navigating regulations like MiCA and DORA. It lowers barriers to entry by providing a shared reference for financial, legal, and technical terms, enabling smaller companies and fintechs to innovate confidently and scale solutions across the Digital Single Market.

Impact on society (2nd Open Call)

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ensures industry activities are conducted responsibly and ethically. Secondly, this does not only strengthen Europe's economic leadership in the ICT sector, but also fosters job creation and sustainable growth. Thirdly, by prioritising consumer protection, the standardisation activity ensures that the rights and interests of European consumers are upheld as blockchain and DLT reshape industries

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

Consumer Protection is improved with these standards, as they advance consumer rights and safety in AI, building public trust. Also, social Well-being is improved by promoting AI applications in critical sectors like healthcare, enhancing societal benefits. This activity also supports ethical AI development, aligning with European values for balanced technological progress. These contributions position Europe at the forefront of responsible AI development, benefiting both the economy and society.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

My work directly supports the protection of fundamental rights, especially privacy and data protection, in the context of emerging blockchain and DLT technologies. By initiating the standard on Guidelines on processing PII using blockchain and DLT, I contribute to reducing legal uncertainty, enabling safer adoption of these technologies. This empowers citizens by ensuring their personal data is handled responsibly and in compliance with GDPR, while fostering trust and transparency in digital systems. Ultimately, this promotes responsible innovation and strengthens democratic values in the digital age.

Impact on society (9th Open Call)

By developing a harmonised vocabulary for digital currencies, it strengthens legal certainty and consumer protection, allowing citizens and businesses to engage confidently with technologies such as CBDCs, stablecoins, and tokenised assets. Clear definitions reduce misunderstanding and misinformation, supporting informed participation in digital markets.
It also enhances trust in digital public infrastructures by enabling regulators, financial institutions, and public administrations to use a shared language. This improves transparency in policymaking and aligns digital finance with Europe’s values of privacy, fairness, and accountability.
Finally, today’s Web3 ecosystem and traditional financial system speak fundamentally different languages, limiting cooperation and interoperability. This project builds the common language needed for both ecosystems to grow together and operate seamlessly, fostering a unified, transparent, and future-ready European digital economy.

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Organisation type

Organization

Consumer Representative, DIN Verbraucherrat e.V.

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Consumer Representative, DIN Verbraucherrat e.V.

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Proposal Title (2nd Open Call)

Consumer-Centric Blockchain Standards: A Holistic Approach to DLT Identity and Security Protocol

Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

Enhancing AI Standards for Consumer Protection and Compliance

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Project Leader - Guidelines on processing PII using blockchain and distributed ledger technology

Proposal Title (9th Open Call)

Project Leader for "Digital Currencies - Vocabulary" in ISO TC68

CEN/CLC/JTC 19 - Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

CEN/CLC/JTC 21 - Artificial Intelligence

ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

CEN/CENELEC

StandICT.eu Year

2026

2029

Year

2025

Topic (2nd Open Call)

Topic (4th Open Call)

Topic (7th Open Call)

FinTech & RegTech Standardisation

Topic (9th Open Call)

Marzia Bolpagni

Description of Activities

CEN/TC 442 is leading the publication of standards on digital construction, also referred as “building information modelling” BIM.

Chair of CEN/ TC 442 WG2 Project Group 1

Country

Italy

Fellow's country

Italy

Open Call Topics

Construction building information modelling

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

The EU stakeholders will benefit from using a consistent application in projects to avoid waste of efforts. It will be a reference for EU manufactures in their product libraries to reach the right specification level of their products. EU SMEs will reduce time in creating their own specification as they can use something already available in the industry. In this way, they will be able to work across different countries, projects, and clients.
EU Private and public clients will more easily be able to define what information they require in a repeatable way. The EU supply chain will be facilitated in producing better quality information thanks to software applications that allow automated information delivery, including checking and validation of information delivered. With the vendor-neutral, interoperable data exchange standard, software developers are provided with equal access to the market, reducing vendor lock in and enabling fair competition.

Impact on SMEs (9th Open Call)

The EU stakeholders will benefit from using a consistent process in projects to avoid waste of efforts. European SMEs will reduce time in creating their own processes and specification as they can use something already available in the industry internationally, as the standards I contributed to are developed at CEN and ISO levels. In this way, they will be able to work across different countries, projects, and clients.
Furthermore, European private and public clients will more easily be able to identify who is responsible for information management in their organisation and to set requirements in a digital way for transparent and more effective processes. The EU supply chain will be facilitated in producing better quality information thanks to software applications that follow standardised procedures included in ISO 19650 standards during the entire project lifecycle.

Impact on society (9th Open Call)

While the construction sector is a key driver of the overall economy, it faces numerous challenges relating to, inter alia, competitiveness, labor shortage, resource efficiency and especially productivity. Digitalisation in construction is increasingly recognised as a game changer, which could contribute significantly to sustainable development within the European Green Deal and the ”Europe fit for digital age” priorities. My work dealt with BIM that is seen by the European Commission as the main solution to digitalization of the construction ecosystem, for all phases of the asset lifecycle: procurement, design, construction (including assembly), operation and maintenance

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Organization

Marzia Bolpagni

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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)

Proposal Title (9th Open Call)

Information Management in Construction

CEN/TC 442 - Building Information Modelling (BIM)

Role in SDO

chair

Standards Development Organisation

CEN

Topic

Construction and Building Information Modelling (BIM)

StandICT.eu Year

2026

2029

Year

Construction building information modelling

Topic (6th Open Call)

Topic (9th Open Call)

Construction building information modelling

Mohamed Khemakhem

Description of Activities

It aims to develop technical specifications and standards to efficiently manage terminology work ensuring seamless information exchange, minimizing misunderstandings, and enhancing both human-human and human-AI interactions.

Fellow's country

France

Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)

My contribution benefits European SMEs and societies by advancing the integration of TM and AI, addressing challenges in communication, efficiency, and inclusivity while aligning with global standards like ISO. For SMEs, this project provides at this stage guidelines and recommendations for accessible AI techniques that are aligned with TM standards and practices, enabling cost-effective automation of terminology processes and improved productivity. SMEs in specialized sectors (e.g., biotech, fintech) and transversal fields (e.g. translation, interpretation) gain better insights for handling domain-specific terminologies, enhancing competitiveness in European and global markets.

Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)

For SMEs, this work reduces adoption barriers by clarifying AI-related standards (e.g. AI Act, GDPR, ISO/IEC), mapping practical use cases, and addressing gaps in tools, skills, and compliance knowledge. This helps smaller organizations implement trustworthy AI solutions aligned with European norms without needing large technical teams.

Impact on SMEs (8th Open Call)

Yes, my contribution positively impacts both European SMEs and societies. The Technical Report ISO/AWI TR 25896 provides practical, standards-aligned guidance on integrating AI into terminology workflows, helping SMEs—especially in language services, translation, and AI-adopt advanced technologies efficiently and responsibly. It lowers technical barriers, supports scalability, and promotes competitiveness across multilingual markets.

Impact on society (6th Open Call)

For European societies, the project addresses ethical AI concerns like bias and transparency, ensuring responsible adoption in domains like healthcare, law, and education.

Impact on society (7th Open Call)

For European society, we foster ethical, transparent AI integration in sectors like healthcare, governmental services and justice. By involving diverse stakeholders, we ensure solutions address real needs, safeguard rights, and reflect EU values. Our approach supports innovation while reinforcing public trust in AI, making deployment more inclusive and impactful across communities.

Impact on society (8th Open Call)

This initiative helped position WG 6 as an essential platform at the crossroads of AI and linguistic standardization. It supported Europe’s role in leading the development of valuedriven digital standards aligned with ethical principles, interoperability needs, and the goal of a multilingual digital space. For European societies, the TR encourages trustworthy and ethical AI adoption by addressing issues like explainability, data quality, and inclusiveness. It supports transparency and linguistic accuracy in domains such as healthcare, public services, and education, aligning with core European values and fostering public trust in AI-driven tools.

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Organisation type

Organization

MandaNetwork

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website

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Proposal Title (6th Open Call)

Exploration of the mutual benefits between Terminology Management (TM) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Proposal Title (7th Open Call)

Support for activities as the Convenor of AFNOR/X03A GE IA “IA, Langues, Langage et Terminologie”

Proposal Title (8th Open Call)

Support for activities as the Convenor of the ISO/TC 37/SC 3/WG 6 “Terminology Management and AI”

Support for activities as the Project Leader of the TR “AI for Terminology Management”

ISO/TC 37/SC 3 Management of terminology resources

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

Topic

Data Economy

StandICT.eu Year

2026

2029

Year

Topic (6th Open Call)

Digitisation of European Industry

Topic (7th Open Call)

Alastair Marke

Description of Activities

My fellowship focuses on researching the feasibility of developing an international (e.g. ISO) standard for deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) in climate action, culminating in a Technical Report following consultation with chairs of relevant ISO technical committees.

Fellow's country

Estonia

Open Call Topics

Impact on society (5th Open Call)

Beyond the immediate focus on AI and climate action, the project is expected to have a wide-ranging impact on several broader European interests, including promoting environmental sustainability, addressing cybersecurity and e-privacy challenges, supporting global standards and inclusivity and advancing the digital single market.

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OC#5 2026

Not for Profit Organisation

Organisation type

Organization

Director General, Blockchain and Climate Institute

Organization website

Blockchain and Climate Institute

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Proposal Title (5th Open Call)

Research for potential PAS development: “Guidance for Climate Action with AI”

Standards Development Organisation

ISO/IEC

CEN/CENELEC

Topic

Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies

StandICT.eu Year

2026

2029

Year

Topic (5th Open Call)

Joachim Koss

Description of Activities

My fellowship contributes to analysing the ICT (IoT) Standards landscape in order to find gaps to be filled by future standardisation work and also to identify existing standards, which manufacturers and service providers of connected products or related services may apply in order for their products being compliant to the new Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (European Data Act).

Fellow's country

Germany

Open Call Topics

IoT Internet of Things

Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)

The Data Act applies to the group of holders of data (not only but also SMEs) acting on the European market irrespective of the place of establishment of those manufacturers and providers.

Impact on society (4th Open Call)

Since the addressed existing or to be developed standards enable particularly semantic interoperability across the IoT, they also provide cross domain and cross-vendor IoT semantic interoperability for exchanging data with common understanding of its meaning. This will become increasingly important as greater quantities of data are generated and shared across the IoT. It opens new market opportunities in the domains of e.g. Healthcare, Smart Grid, Smart Metering, Intelligent Transport Systems, Industrial Automated Systems, and Smart Cities, which depend on collecting and processing data. With that, it directly supports the strong European goal of the “digital single market”.

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OC#4 2026

IT Consultancy/Development

Organisation type

Organization

Independent principal consultant, JK Consulting and Projects

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Organisation

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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)

EU Data Act - Evaluation and filling of standardisation gaps to satisfy technical provisions of it

Technical Committee (TC) Smart Machine-to-Machine Communications (SmartM2M)

ETSI TC DATA

Standards Development Organisation

ETSI

Topic

Data interoperability

StandICT.eu Year

2026

2029

Year

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 Cloud computing and distributed platforms

Topic (4th Open Call)

IoT Internet of Things

Ruth Lennon

Description of Activities

Convenor of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38/WG 6 Data, interoperability and portability

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 SMEs (8th Open Call)

This preliminary work item has been proposed so that we can separate out the concepts involved in observability. Observability can occur across cloud computing, mutli-cloud, distributed platforms and other areas. From early discussions with national bodies on the proposed preliminary work item was created to ensure a clear separation between the standards that are anticipated to come out of the work. Work on dataspaces with the CEN/CENELEC JTC 25 group have also indicated a need for greater quality management which can be enhanced through the application of observability. With these potential work items delineated more clearly we can aid growing organizations to improve their quality management in a scalable manner. This is essential for companies expanding across a European or wider market.

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.

Impact on society (8th Open Call)

Europe needs to continue the harmonisation of standards across standards bodies in evolving areas such of software development for cloud hosted or cloud enabled technologies. The key areas of Cloud computing and distributed platforms, and software development are essential supports for dataspaces, data management in Big Data and AI.

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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

Proposal Title (8th Open Call)

Actively contribute to ISO/IEC/JTC 1/SC38 and IEEE S2ESC to harmonize standards across observability

NSAI Standards

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7

Role in SDO

chair

Standards Development Organisation

NSAI

ISO/IEC

IEEE

Topic

Cloud and Edge Computing

StandICT.eu Year

2026

2029

Year

Accessibility of ICT products and services

Topic (4th Open Call)

Cloud and Edge Computing

Topic (6th Open Call)

Cloud and Edge Computing

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 SMEs (9th Open Call)

European SMEs , which are providing risk or high risk AI systems in the European market are effected by the AI Act and in that case also from the standard I work for and contribute: Cybersecurity Specifications for AI- Systems.

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.

Impact on society (9th Open Call)

The AI Act has the goal to avoid or mitigate negative impact on people and society regarding Fundamental Rights, Health and Safety. All harmonized standards for the AI Act support this goal and request of the AI Act including the standard for Cybersecurity specifications for AI Systems.

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Open Call

Organisation type

Organization

neurocat GmbH

Organization website

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

Proposal Title (9th Open Call)

Cybersecurity for AI Systems in Standardisation under the EU AI Act for a secure digital fundament

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27

prEN 18282 Cybersecurity specifications for AI Systems

Role in SDO

Standards Development Organisation

CEN/CENELEC

ISO/IEC

Topic

Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity

StandICT.eu Year

2026

2029

Year

2025

Topic (4th Open Call)