This April, the EFC Team Gurvinder Chopra and Karen Ewing welcomed the IEC WG19 to EFC headquarters for the first in-person working group meeting since 2019. The scope of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee (TC) 20 is “Electric cables,” and the Working Group (WG) 19 focuses on “Current rating and short-circuit limits of cables.” During this meeting, Dr. George Anders was awarded a lifetime recognition award for his dedication and perfect attendance for nearly 40 years. In 2007, Anders received the 1906 IEC Award, which is granted “in recognition of exceptional recent individual achievements—a project or other specific contribution—which helped advance IEC activities in a significant way.” The last in-person TC20 WG19 meeting occurred in November 2019 in Milan, Italy, before the pandemic. Roberto Gaspari, Meeting Convenor, Nexans, Don Harris, Northern Cables Inc., and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) coordinated this return to the in-person meeting. The next meeting of IEC TC20 WG19 will take place on November 6, 2023, in Vienna, Austria. The members in the photos include: @Martin Lamb, @Florian Airnhim, Damian Aegerter, @Doug Drysdale, Toshihiro Takahashi, James Pilgrim, Jos Van Rossum, Andreas Chrysochos, Wissam Geahchan, Don Harris, Roberto Gaspari, George Anders, Jordi Trisan, Greg Steinman, and Gurvinder Chopra. About the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) IEC brings together 170 countries, and more than 20,000 experts cooperate on the global IEC platform to ensure that products work everywhere safely with each other. The IEC is the world’s leading organization that prepares and publishes globally relevant International Standards for the whole energy chain, including all electrical, electronic, and related technologies, devices, and systems. IEC work covers a vast range of technologies: power generation (including all renewable energy sources), transmission, distribution, Smart Grid, batteries, home appliances, office and medical equipment, all public and private transportation, semiconductors, fiber optics, nanotechnology, multimedia, information technology, and more. It also addresses safety, EMC, performance, and the environment.
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1yIt was an honour to meet the experts and gurus of the industry from various countries, working together on standards. Thanks to Don from Northern Cables for his relentless efforts in making this event a success. Congratulations to the Chairs of TC20 WG19 and members like Greg for their leadership in standards development. Northern Cables Inc. Greg Steinman