AUGMENTED REALITY & VIRTUALITY WORKSHOP

26 July 2012

WELCOME

Colin Blair

Chief Executive Officer

Standards Australia

26 July 2012

INTRODUCTIONS AND FORUM OBJECTIVES

Damian Fisher

Senior National Sector Manager

Operations – Health & ICT

26 July 2012

Agenda

Augmented

Reality &

Virtuality

Welcome – Mr Colin Blair, Chief Executive

Officer, Standards Australia

Introductions and workshop objectives

Speaker 1- Mr Damian Fisher (SA) – Engaging

Strategically Internationally – The Role of

Standards Australia

Speaker 2- Mr Chris Body, (Member of IT-031) –

Australia’s Involvement in JTC1 SC 24 –

Augmented Reality

Speak 3 – Professor Bruce Thomas – How does

this technology fit in the commercial world?

How do I get involved?

Summary, Next steps and close

Principal

objectives of

today’s

workshop

meeting…

Up-date stakeholders on the important standards

development work that is happening

internationally in JTC 1 SC 24 - Computer

graphics, image processing and environmental

data representation

Explore current issues and identify needs of

stakeholders that could be addressed by adopting

new International Standards or developing

Australian Standards

Answer the key question of how you can get

involved in IT-031 Computer Modelling &

Simulation?

Agree on the need for and structure of future

Augmented Reality forum/workshops that can

help inform the work of Standards Australia and

our technical committee

Stakeholder

Engagement is

Critical to

Success

Sector and Issue Forums are key to Standards

Development

In 2011 SA organised 20 forums with

450+ participants

Aligning SA with emerging issues and market

needs

Facilitating strategic engagement

Engaging new stakeholders

De-risking new projects

THANK YOU

Engaging Strategically Internationally: The Role of Standards Australia

Mr Damian Fisher

Senior National Sector Manager,

Operations – Health & ICT

26 July 2012

A Not-For-Profit Company – Membership based; Government, Industry & Community

Standards

Australia

Recognised as Australia’s National Standards Body by the Australian Government

Australia’s

National

Standards Body

Member of ISO

and IEC

Multi-discipline and cross-sector, including

conformity assessment

Electro-technology, including medical

devices

Our Key

Activities

Standards Development

Accreditation of SDO Organisations

Design Assessment & Promotion

National and International Standards Co-ordination

One of the world’s leading

standards organisations

Standards Development – developing

internationally harmonised Australian Standards

and other normative technical documents through

expert Technical Committees.

National and International Standards

Information and Co-ordination – coordinating

representation of Australian input into international

standards development and adoption, promoting

information exchange and knowledge

management.

Accrediting Standards Development

Organisations (SDOs) – through the Accreditation

Board for Standards Development Organisations

(ABSDO).

Design Assessment and Promotion – Principal

Sponsor of the Australian International Design

Awards. More than 50 years experience of

benchmarking excellence in fostering design and

innovation.

One of the world’s leading

standards organisations

Standards Development – developing

internationally harmonised Australian Standards

and other normative technical documents through

expert Technical Committees.

National and International Standards

Information and Co-ordination – coordinating

representation of Australian input into international

standards development and adoption, promoting

information exchange and knowledge

management.

Accrediting Standards Development

Organisations (SDOs) – through the Accreditation

Board for Standards Development Organisations

(ABSDO).

Design Assessment and Promotion – Principal

Sponsor of the Australian International Design

Awards. More than 50 years experience of

benchmarking excellence in fostering design and

innovation.

International standards development

Recognised as a major contributor to ISO / IEC & regional bodies

A leading standards body in the Asia Pacific region

Technical Barriers

to Trade

Background

The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

(also known as the TBT Agreement) is an

international treaty of the World Trade

Organization

The policy of Standards Australia is to base

Australian Standards on International Standards

to the maximum extent feasible

Standards Australia have accepted the Code of

Good Practice For The Preparation, Adoption And

Application Of Standards set out in Annex 3 WTO

TBT Agreement

Australia’s Engagement in JTC1

SCs WGs

SC 2 Coded

Character Sets

SC 6 Telecoms &

Info Exchange

SC 7 Software & Systems Eng

SC 17 Cards &

Personal ID

SC 22 Programming Languages ,

SC 23 Digitally

Recorded MM

SC 24

Computer Graphics

,

SC 25

Intercon of IT equipment

SC 27 IT Security

Techniques

SC 28 Office

Equipment

SC 29

Coding of Audio, picture

SC 31 Auto ID &

data capture

SC 32 Data Mgt & Interchange

SC 34 Doc Descript & Processing

Languages

SC 35 User

Interfaces

SC 36 IT for LET

SC 37 Biometrics

SC 38 Cloud

Computing

Australian Engagement

No Australian Engagement

SC 39 Sustainability for and by IT

Levels of

participation in

International

standardisation

All national bodies have the right to participate in

the work of JTC 1 Sub-committees & Working

Groups

Standards Australia is the official Australian

representative to JTC 1 SC 24 - Computer

graphics, image processing and environmental

data representation

In order to achieve maximum efficiency and the

necessary discipline in the work, each national

body is required to clearly indicate whether it

intends to participate (P) or act as an observer (O)

To participate actively in the work, with an

obligation to vote on all questions formally

submitted for voting within the Sub-committee, on

new work item proposals, enquiry drafts and final

draft International Standards, and to contribute to

meetings (P-members)

Levels of

participation

To follow the work as an observer, and therefore

to receive committee documents and to have the

right to submit comments and to attend meetings

(O-members)

A national body may choose to be either a P-

member or an O-member of a given committee or

subcommittee

All national bodies irrespective of their status

within a technical committee or subcommittee,

have the right to submit comments and vote on

enquiry drafts and on final draft International

Standards

National bodies have the responsibility to

organise their national input in an efficient and

timely manner, taking account of all relevant

interests at their national level

Request for a

new project Preliminary Draft Development and

Acceptance of

Committee Draft

Draft International

Standard (DIS)

Consideration of

Voting (66%)

Final Draft

International

Standard (FDIS) Publication of ISO

International

Standard

Working Group or Subcommittee

Proposal Stage

Committee Stage

Send to Central Secretariat

Send to Central Secretariat

Circulated to Member Bodies for voting

HOW A STANDARD IS DEVELOPED

Preparatory stage

Enquiry Stage

Approval Stage

Publication Stage

Consideration of

Voting (66%)

ISO Project

Stages

Preliminary stage Preliminary work item (project) PWI

Proposal stage New proposal for a work item NP

Preparatory stage Working draft WD

Committee stage Committee draft CD

Enquiry stage Draft International Standards DIS

Approval Stage Final Draft International standards FDIS

Publication Stage International Standards IS

• ISO’s deliverables are developed through a

sequence of project stages

• Each stage has its name, but very often the

stages are identified by using the acronyms that

are associated with each stage

Copyright © 2010 Standards Australia Limited

ISO Project

Tracks

Service

Offering to

Support

Australian

Mirror

Committees

Receive committee documents (such as ballots,

comments, agendas, reports, etc.) from the JTC 1

Secretariat and distribute them to Australian mirror

group as appropriate

Distribute draft documents to the Australian mirror

group within adequate timeframes to allow for

consideration and formation of an Australian

position

Facilitate the endorsement of AU delegates by the

mirror group to attend JTC 1 SC 24 meetings

overseas

Collate ballots and comments on various draft

stages including working drafts, committee drafts,

DIS (CDV) or FDIS documents from JTC 1 Sub-

committees and send to JTC 1 Secretariats

Service Offering

to Support

Australian Mirror

Committees

Facilitate an Australian position (yes/no/abstain)

on systematic reviews, new work item proposals,

CD, DIS or FDIS documents requiring a vote

Administrate the vote from the national member

body (SA) into the international arena in the

manner required according to the international

directives

National Sector Managers provide consultation on

new fields of work (TC/SC), new work item

proposals for ISO, IEC or JTC 1 and activities

undertaken in support of existing Australian mirror

groups including IT-031 Computer Modelling &

Simulation

International

Standards -

Australian Mirror

Committees

Key principles:

Member organisations have a broad national base of

constituents;

Transparent process;

Consensus & Balance of interests

Typical sectors of interest may include:

Consumer/community groups;

Employer bodies;

Government: Federal, state and local;

Industry, professional and technical bodies;

Manufacturers/suppliers;

Regulatory and controlling bodies;

Researchers, academics and testing organisations;

Unions/employees; and

User and purchasing bodies.

Benefits

Realisation for

Active

Participation

Strategic engagement with IT-031 gives stakeholders with an interest in Augmented Reality early access to information that could shape the market in the future

Gives your organisation a key voice and role in the development of standards

Helps contribute to keep market access open and ensures a focus on providing consensus based solutions to address health, safety and environmental concerns

Fosters communication and collaboration in R&D and business.

Getting involved in international standards

development brings Australia’s concerns and needs to bear on a process that will affect you now and in the future…

Engaging

Internationally is a

Strategic

Imperative…

Involvement in International Standards setting is a

strategic asset for Australia

It serves the national interest

Participating internationally gives Australia the

opportunity to define and shape international

standards development solutions and outcomes

It is a key enabler for driving positive change based

on shared solutions underpinned by consensus,

transparency and balanced interests

Increasing use of standards helps to protect

communities against safety, health and environmental

issues

Participating internationally opens up markets and

reduces barriers to trade

THANK YOU