On 24 February SBS will organise the national seminar “Big Impact for Small Business – Participate and Grow with Standards”. The seminar, organised in collaboration with UNI, CEI, CNA and Confartigianato Imprese, will be held in hybrid form (online and at the UNI headquarters in Milan). The seminar will be opened by a session laying out how SMEs can get involved in standardisation at national and European level. The following panel will tackle the issue of building a business case for standardisation, highlighting the economic benefits of standardisation and the use of standards for SMEs. The proceedings will be closed by a panel where SME entrepreneurs will bring their direct testimonial of involvement, challenges and success stories of their involvement in standardisation.
AGENDA:
10:30 am | Welcome Coffee & registration
11:00 am Introduction and setting the stage | How to strengthen SME access and effective participation in standardisation?
- Gianluca Salerio – Head of International Policies | UNI
- Andrea Raffaelli – Senior Policy Adviser | Small Business Standards (SBS)
11:30 am PANEL 1 | “Making the business case for standardisation”
- Samuele Broglio | Confartigianato Imprese
- Roberto Dall’olio | CNA
- CEI (Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano) Representative
- Moderator: Guido Radoani – Head of the Entrepreneurial Systems department | Confartigianato Imprese
12:15 pm PANEL 2 | Testimonials from SMEs and entrepreneurs already active in standardisation. Success stories, challenges, opportunities
- Fabio Massimo| CNA
- Gabriele Cova | Confartigianato Imprese
- Ivan ferrarini | SBS and EFESME
- Moderator: Natalia Gil Lopez – Head of the Environmental Policy department | CNA
13:00 pm | Conclusions
Jon Echanove – Secretary General | Small Business Standards (SBS)
13:15 pm | Networking Lunch
