DKE Young Professionals Camp 2023

The offer is aimed at young professionals from IEC National Committees, who should meet the following criteria to apply:

• Completed technical, natural science or business studies
• Work in a company or organization
• Have experience in standardization or conformity assessment
• Be interested in developing a community for new standardizers
• Good knowledge of English
• Age between 20 to approx. 35 years
• Participation in a past IEC YP programme is a plus but not a must

Are you passionate about standardization? If so, you'll want to contribute to writing good standards. But what characterizes a good standard?

In this year's DKE Young Professional Camp, we will focus on how to write a standard and what to consider along the way.

We will start by introducing you to the basics of requirements engineering and how they apply to standardization. Along the way, we also address typical problems that you may encounter when working with standards and how to deal with those problems.

In interactive and creative workshop sessions, you will apply your newly acquired knowledge to concrete standards and develop new ideas on how to promote good standards techniques.

Additionally, participants of the DKE Young Professionals Camp, will be introduced to the various activities and programs to facilitate the entry into standardization for young standardizers. Some examples are a standardization regulars' table, a mentoring program, and the IEC Dream Guide. Members of the Next Generation DKE will explain how they created the current community and what opportunities they have to build a valuable network with experienced experts that will accompany them throughout their careers

Agenda:

Thursday 10 August
Check-In B&B Hotel Offenbach

• 6 p.m., Get together, 
• 8 p.m., Welcome Dinner

Friday 11 August

• 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., Workshop Session 1
  “Community building and standardization education”
  • Welcome & Introduction
  • Outcome DKE YP Camp 2022
  • Next Generation DKE Portfolio
• 12 p.m. - 1 p.m., Lunch
• 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Workshop Session 2

  • Alisdair Menzies (IEC) and Michael Dopichaj (NG DKE):
    “Challenges in standardization and how to solve them”

  • Group work: “What makes a ‘good’ standard?”

• 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Guided tour TIC
• 5:30 p.m., Group Activity in Frankfurt
• 8 p.m., Dinner in Frankfurt

Saturday 12 August

• 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

  • Mareen Tiedemann (NG DKE): IEC Dreamguide

  • Making the impossible possible: A creative session on ISO/IEC Directives

• 12 p.m. - 1 p.m., Lunch
• 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., Workshop Session 3
  • Group work: “Practical application of making a ‘good’ standard”
• 3 p.m. – 4 p.m., Final Presentations
• 4:30 p.m., Field trip
• 7 p.m., Dinner in Frankfurt

Sunday 13 August
Individual departure

• Until 9 a.m., Breakfast at B&B Hotel
• Until 1 p.m., Optional activities with the Next Generation DKE Team

Application information:

To apply please follow this link and submit your
application by June 11