Please note the hotel reservation deadline is September 29, 2025; after this date, the discounted rate is not guaranteed.
Registration is now open for ANSI’s inaugural ANSI Innovation Summit: Where Standards Power Progress—an exploration of standards and the future of innovation. Experience dynamic panel sessions on hot topics from scaling AI across manufacturing systems to navigating the new regulatory landscape, innovation showcases, and valuable networking opportunities.
Dates: October 21-23
Location: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Rockville, MD.
Details: www.ansi.org/Summit
What is the ANSI Innovation Summit?
The ANSI Innovation Summit, formerly World Standards Week, is an annual event hosted by ANSI that brings together the Institute’s members and private- and public-sector stakeholders from across the standards and conformity assessment communities to engage on priority issues and celebrate standardization achievements. View the full schedule of events.
Hear from Renowned Industry Voices
ANSI is excited to announce that four prestigious industry experts will be speakers at the Summit.
- Elham Tabassi, director of the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative and senior fellow, Global Economy and Development for The Brookings Institution, will deliver a keynote at the Summit’s conference on AI and manufacturing: Manufacturing Revolution: Building on AI Success in Smart Production and Supply Chains. Tabassi joined Brookings following a distinguished career at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), where she most recently served as the NIST’s chief AI advisor; in 2023, TIME named her one of the 100 most influential people in AI.
- Brad Conrad, education and workforce development manager within the Partnerships and Outreach Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM), will join Workcred's Roy Swift for a fireside chat during Manufacturing Revolution: Building on AI Success in Smart Production and Supply Chains. At OAM, Conrad strengthens collaboration across education and workforce development initiatives for Manufacturing USA and participating U.S. government agencies, and leads advanced manufacturing education and workforce development partnerships and outreach opportunities.
- Miranda Means, partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, will provide the morning keynote at the October 23 ANSI Legal Issues Forum, ahead of the panel, “Navigating the Emerging Frontier of Artificial Intelligence.” Her practice focuses on litigation and counseling in the fields of copyright, trade secret, trademark, right of publicity, art, internet and advertising law, and American Lawyer named her as a “Litigator of the Week” in connection with her work on the first AI copyright fair use case in United States legal history.
- Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils professor of law and professor of political science, and director of the Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania, will give the afternoon keynote at the Legal Issues Forum, introducing the panel, “Pioneering the New Wild West: Standards and Self-Governance After Deregulation.” Coglianese specializes in the study of administrative law and regulatory processes, with an emphasis on the empirical evaluation of alternative processes and strategies and the role of public participation, technology, and business-government relations in policymaking.
Standards Power Progress: Innovation and Transformation Showcase
Join ANSI for a free immersive event on October 21 demonstrating how standards are the invisible forces driving progress—from breakthrough technologies to innovations that impact our daily lives. Experience 16 interactive presentations from stakeholders across the standardization community. Learn more about the exhibits.
Book Your Hotel in Advance! ANSI Room Block Reservations
A block of rooms for Summit attendees is available at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Rockville, MD, from October 20–24 at a discounted rate of $279/night.
Please note the reservation deadline of September 29, 2025; after this date, the discounted rate is not guaranteed. As this is a busy season in the DC area, it is highly recommended for attendees to book early in order to secure their room. Please use this link to make your reservation.
