Benefits

Engage and Partner with the Standards Community

• ANSI provides a platform for members to network with their counterparts across industry sectors to share insights on business challenges, priorities, and technological advancements.

  Participation in Membership Forums

  • Company Member Forum
  • Organizational Member Forum
  • Government Member Forum
  • Consumer Interest Forum
  
  
• ANSI’s vast community of standardization experts comprises a federation of members with the diverse knowledge and power to address emerging standardization needs in every industry.
  • Example: Participate in a Collaborative or Panel
• As the only accreditor of American National Standards Developers and approver of American National Standards, ANSI maintains the integrity of the U.S. standards system and gets members actively involved.
  • Example: Get accredited as an ASD

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Discover our Education and Training Programs

StandardsLearn.org is your premier online source for standards and conformity assessment education. Easy-to-use educational tools address the full range of standards activities, and the asynchronous (self-paced) educational model allows you to learn at your own speed and convenience. All of the courses and resources are free and provided by ANSI as a public service.

Training Courses

• Instructor-led classroom training
• Web-based training
• Virtual workshops
• E-learning programs

 Please visit our Education and Training page for additional information.

The ANSI Committee on Education oversees all Institute initiatives related to standards and conformity assessment education and outreach, including implementation of the education-related aspects of Strategic Initiative 10 of the United States Standards Strategy (USSS). The committee is working with the entire standards and conformity assessment community to introduce the importance of standards to the academic community and to the public at large.

 Committee on education page

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Influence U.S. and ANSI Positions and Policies

• ANSI serves as your ally in navigating standards and conformance issues, both domestically and internationally, maneuvering through national and regional agencies, and overcoming market-access challenges.
  • ANSI’s China and India programs provide knowledge, leadership, and direction for companies doing business in those regions.
• Public-Private Partnership
  • Members shape ANSI’s messaging as the single national voice in coordinated outreach to public policy leaders, U.S and international government agencies, and non-government organizations regarding standardization worldwide.
• Participation in oversight committees provides members a powerful seat at the policy-setting table to address issues affecting the U.S. standardization system and its stakeholders nationally and internationally.

  Examples:

  • National Policy Committee (NPC)
    Develops policy and position decisions regarding national standards and conformity assessment issues.
  • Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee (IPRPC)
    Develops policy and position decisions regarding national, regional, and international intellectual property matters and issues relating to copyright and incorporation of proprietary intellectual property in standards.
  • Conformity Assessment Policy Committee (CAPC)
    Develops policy and position decisions on national, regional, and international conformity assessment issues.
  • International Policy Committee (IPC)
    Develops policy and position decisions on regional and international standards, conformity assessment, public policy, and related issues not exclusively related to either ISO or IEC.
• Work with ANSI members to create standardization-related outreach programs to legislators and to increase understanding of the private-sector standards community among agencies involved in trade and commerce issues
• Ability to administer a delegated international Secretariat or U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
• Being an ANSI member is good for business: being associated with a recognized established standards-overseeing organization
• Full Members are entitled to use the ANSI Member Icon, within the ANSI guidelines.

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Save on Standards and More

• ANSI members are eligible to receive up to 20% savings on standards subscriptions, and thousands of qualified standards purchased through the ANSI Webstore
• Special offer for online masters courses
  • NYU Tandon School of Engineering
• ANSI Members receive a discount on ANSI led training and education events
• Reciprocal membership benefits with SES – The Society for Standards Professionals
• Complimentary admission to many World Standards Week events, as well as discounts for others