12 – 2:15 pm ET
Free event
Opened with networking lunch from 12-1 pm ET
This interactive session helped launch the groundbreaking U.S. Standards Strategy 2025 a roadmap for advancing U.S. technological innovation and global competitiveness. As rapid technological change reshapes international markets, this strategy positions standards as essential tools for driving U.S. economic growth, strengthening national security, supporting public health and safety, and maintaining technological excellence.
Your voice matters. ANSI gathered input from industry leaders, technical experts, standards developers, and members of consumer advocacy groups, academia, and government on how to effectively communicate and implement this critical strategy following its publication in January 2026. Your recommendations directly influence how ANSI and the broader standards community roll out initiatives that drive innovation, open global markets, and enhance U.S. competitiveness across sectors.
2:30 – 5 pm ET
Free event
Closed with networking reception from 4-5 pm ET
This event highlighted how standards serve as the invisible force powering progress across every sector—from breakthrough technologies to innovations that transform how we live and work.
Standards Power Progress was an immersive showcase where innovators and industry leaders revealed the compelling stories behind standardization breakthroughs. Through dynamic presentations, demonstrations, and interactive exhibits, attendees experienced firsthand how standardization becomes the catalyst for innovation that transforms markets, saves lives, and shapes our future.
Included breakfast, lunch, and networking breaks.
Morning Keynote: Elham Tabassi, Director, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative; Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution
MORNING PANEL: From Pilot to Production: Scaling AI across Systems and Supply Chains
As manufacturers contend with supply chain disruptions, material shortages, rising costs, and workforce gaps, AI has evolved from “nice-to-have” to business-critical—but scaling it beyond a successful pilot remains a big challenge.
This interactive session featured manufacturing leaders, AI innovators, and supply chain experts sharing real-world insights from their successful scaling journeys. Panelists shared integration strategies, relevant standards, measurable outcomes, and lessons learned along the way for challenges like coordinating across global supply networks, managing automated logistics systems, connecting disparate technologies and data, overcoming legacy infrastructure challenges, and mitigating disruption and risk.
AFTERNOON PANEL: The Smart Manufacturing Toolkit: Standards, Resources, and Roadmaps for Success
Building on the morning’s discussions, this session examined the essential tools, frameworks, and standards that enable sustainable AI transformation in manufacturing. While technology captures headlines, success depends on the underlying infrastructure of standards, best practices, and industry resources that many companies struggle to navigate-and identifying what’s missing from the toolkit.
This collaborative panel featured leaders from key standards organizations and industry practitioners who explored the current landscape of available resources while identifying gaps that need attention. From mobility and automotive standards to advanced manufacturing centers of excellence, panelists offered diverse perspectives on what’s working, what’s needed, and how the standardization community can better serve manufacturers. Key topics included leveraging existing standards; accessing federal and industry resources; aligning cross-industry efforts for maximum impact; and identifying gaps and accelerating standards development for emerging technologies. Through interactive discussion and real-time audience input, today’s available tools were connected with tomorrow’s needs.
Event recordings will be posted in the coming weeks.
(Reception 6-7 pm; Dinner: 7-9 pm)
ANSI honored outstanding achievements in standards, conformity assessment, and workforce development at the 2025 reception, dinner, and ceremony.
Included breakfast, lunch, and networking breaks.
Morning Keynote: Miranda Means, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
MORNING PANEL: Navigating the Emerging Frontier of Artificial Intelligence
Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania
AFTERNOON PANEL: Pioneering the New Wild West: Standards and Self-Governance After Deregulation
With a sweeping range of deregulatory policy moves, the Trump Administration is reshaping the standards and conformity assessment arena. As federal regulations are rolled back at an unprecedented pace, the standards ecosystem is forced to grapple with shifting priorities - creating both uncertainty and opportunity across industries. In this new reality, a key question emerges: In the absence of regulation, is there a greater need for standards and conformity assessment? Panelists explored the evolving role of the standards and conformity assessment community in a regulatory vacuum, and how it can respond, adapt, and lead when formal oversight contracts.
CLE Credits: ANSI was pleased to offer a total of 4.2 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits for this conference. CLE is professional education for attorneys following their admission to the bar. Attendees seeking CLE credits must complete required sign-in and sign-out procedures at the conference.
Event recordings will be posted in the coming weeks.
10/21-10/23
Open to individuals with 8 or fewer years of experience in standards and conformity assessment, this 3-day workshop primed emerging standards professionals with the skills they need to be successful in International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) activities. Participants networked with industry leaders, gained insights into the standards development and conformity assessment processes, and attended valuable trainings to advance their careers and the work of their organizations.
Separate from the ANSI Innovation Summit events, but held during the same timeframe, the U.S. Celebration of WSD is hosted by a committee of standardization community partners. ANSI and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) co-chair the WSD planning committee. IAPMO served as the administrating organization for the 2025 U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day
Visit the U.S. Celebration of WSD webpage to learn more.
Looking for the previous proceedings? Visit the Spring 2022, Fall 2022, 2023, and 2024 event pages.
