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                ***With apologies for cross-posting***


Folks,

This is just a brief reminder that the deadline for the European Academy 
for Standardisation's annual conference (EURAS 2021) is fast approaching 
(26 April; the CfP is enclosed below and a nicer version may be found at
https://www.euras.org/img/upload/pdf/Second_CfP_EURAS_2021.pdf).

You might want finalise your paper .....


Cheers,
Kai.



SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS



25th EURAS Annual Standardisation Conference
- Standardisation and Innovation -

6 - 8 September 2021, Aachen, Germany

New Deadline: 26 April 2021

Organised by
The European Academy for Standardisation (EURAS)
Comsys, RWTH Aachen University, DE

Hosted by
Comsys, RWTH Aachen University, DE



Standards are often perceived as obstacles to innovation. Yet, many 
scientific studies suggest the opposite: The use of standards and 
participation in standards development may be crucial for turning an 
innovation into a market success. At the same time, innovations may lead 
to new standards. Positive links between standards and innovation have 
been shown for numerous industry sectors, national economies and society 
at large. However, if this relationship is not managed well, the 
opposite effect may well be observed.

These links between standards, standardisation, and innovation have 
repeatedly been shown, but there are relatively few studies which 
provide evidence and theoretical explanations about the causal 
mechanisms behind these links. There is also a lack of knowledge about 
the factors that may influence this relationship.

Standardisation and innovation  have ramifications for a range of 
stakeholders, including policy makers, firms, individuals and, indeed, 
society. Thus, if, how and why individual groups of stakeholders try to 
manage or even influence these processes is, or should be, a matter of 
broad interest (not least against the background of the emerging 'smart' 
applications).

At this conference, we welcome scientific contributions from both 
academia and industry related to these issues as well as contributions 
by practitioners about how they manage standardisation and innovation 
jointly. However, papers on other standardisation topics will also be 
considered. Sample topics include, but are not limited to:

*    Standardisation as innovation?!
*    Standards as innovation policy tools.
*    Standardisation and Europe's research and innovation agenda.
*    Standards as platforms for innovation.
*    Standardisation and innovation management.
*    Standardisation roadmaps.
*    Standardisation of converging technologies.
*    Responsible Standardisation
*    Standards and digitalisation.
*    Standardisation and open source.
*    Standards and technical barriers to trade.
*    Adoption/implementation of standards.
*    Standards for sustainability.
*    Standardisation and entrepreneurship.
*    The impact of standards and standardisation.
*    Standardisation strategy and strategic alliances.
*    Standardisation via industry consortia.
*    Role of industry associations in standardisation.
*    History of standardisation.
*    Standardisation processes.
*    Standards and knowledge transfer.
*    Standards and IPR.
*    Relation between standardisation and legislation.
*    Legal aspects of standardisation.
*    Competition and compatibility among standards.
*    Quality of standards.


Submissions
-----------------

We welcome two types of submissions:

*    Full research papers (up to 20 single-spaced pages);
*    Practitioners' papers (primarily, though not exclusively on joint 
standardisation and innovation management; up to 4 single-spaced pages).

Both should adhere to the formatting guidelines and be submitted as .pdf 
files via EasyChair at: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=euras2021 (to be able to do so 
an account is required).

Formatting Guidelines
-----------------------------

https://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/fileadmin/downloads/EURAS_2021_Template.docx
https://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/fileadmin/downloads/EURAS_2021_Template.pdf

Research papers will be peer-reviewed (double blind) by at least two 
members of the Technical Programme Committee. Practitioners' papers will 
go through a more informal suitability check. All accepted papers will 
be published in the conference proceedings, as part of the 'EURAS 
Contributions to Standardisation Research' book series. No transfer of 
copyright will be required. Particularly good and relevant papers will 
be fast-tracked to a Special Issue of the International Journal on 
Standardization Research for a Special Issue on 'Standardisation and 
Innovation' (subject to authors' consent).


Deadlines
-------------

Paper submission:    26 April 2021
Notification:               31 May 2021
Final paper due:          5 July 2021


Local Organisation and Enquiries
--------------------------------------------

Please send all enquiries to Kai Jakobs at Kai.Jakobs@cs.rwth-aachen.de.
For more information about EURAS please visit http://www.euras.org.


Conference Venue
-------------------------

RWTH Aachen University, Informatics Centre, Building E2, Lecture Hall AH 
VI.
For directions, please see: https://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/contact


Technical Programme Committee
--------------------------------------------

Martin Adolph, ITU, CH
Marie Barani, UK
Rudi Bekkers, TU Eindhoven, NL
Knut Blind, TU Berlin, DE
Francesco Bolici, U. Cassino, IT (tbc)
Nils Brunsson, Uppsala U., SE
Pavel Castka, U. Canterbury, NZ (tbc)
Axel Czaya, Helmut-Schmidt U., DE
Panagiotis Delimatsis, Tilburg U., NL
Tineke Egyedi, DIRoS, NL (tbc)
Vladislav Fomin, Vilnius U., LT
Andrea Fried, LinkÜping U., SE
John-Stewart Gordon, VMU, LT
Jean-Christophe Graz, UNIL, CH
Eric Iversen, NIFU, NO
Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen U., DE
Geerten van de Kaa, TU Delft, NL
Thomas Kalling, Lund U., SE
Olia Kanevskaia, KU Leuven, BE
Ivana Mijatovic, Belgrade U., SRB (tbc)
Anne Mione, U. Montpellier, FR
Craig Murphy, Wellesley College, US
Piergiuseppe Morone, Unitelma-Sapienza, IT (tbc)
Eitan Naveh, Technion, IL
Marta Orviska, UMB, SK
Anke Piepenbrink, Rennes Business School, FR
Megan Quinlan, Imperial College, UK
Karen Richmond, U. Copenhagen, DK
Cesare Riillo, STATEC, LU
Jan Smits, TU Eindhoven, NL
Kees Stuurman, Tilburg U., NL
Valerio Torti, LUISS, IT
Klaus Turowski, U. Magdeburg, DE
Taavi Valdlo, Consultant, EE
Francesco Virili, U. Sassari, IT
Henk de Vries, Erasmus U. Rotterdam, NL
Ray Walshe, DCU, IE (tbc)
Marc van Wegberg, Independent Consultant, NL
Robert van Wessel, ApexIS, NL (tbc)
Gill Whitney, Middlesex U., UK (tbc)
Paul Wiegmann, TU Eindhoven, NL
JoAnne Yates, MIT, US

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________________________________________________________________


Kai Jakobs

RWTH Aachen University
Computer Science Department
Informatik 4 (Communication and Distributed Systems)
Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
Tel.: +49-241-80-21405
Fax:  +49-241-80-22222
Kai.Jakobs@comsys.rwth-aachen.de


EURAS - The European Academy for Standardisation.


The International Journal of Standardization Research.


The 'Advances in Standardization Research' book series.


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