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Meeting Notice

Our next all-members meeting is on 20th Nov 2024 (1 pm - 4 pm) (~ every 4 months).

Our SIG steering committee will meet next on 15th Jan at 4 pm (~ every 2 months).

See you there!


NEWS

MR Ian Callender & the BS6739 team receive the L B Lambert Award

in recognition of his leadership and teamwork in updating the standard BS6739 [Code of practice for instrumentation in process control systems: installation design and practice].

                                              

The award was presented during the InstMC 2024 Awards Night at the Royal Institution on Thursday 4th July.

 

Dr Maurice Wilkins collects his IEC 1906 award

in recognition of his excellent leadership and longstanding contributions of knowledge, expertise and market perspective, driving the transition to the smart and digital ecosystem. 

                                           

This award was presented at the BSI Standards Conference and Awards at Glaziers Hall on 22 May 2024.

 

Current Nomination Opportunities

InstMC is one of the nominating bodies for members to join the national standards committees (NCs). 

Currently, the following committees have requested InstMC for representation in national and international working groups. If you are interested and would like to contribute, please get in touch.

To learn more about BSI Membership, click here

Committees and working group opportunities

National Committee

International Committee & Working Group

Description

GEL/65/2 - Measurement and Control devices

IEC SC 65B/PT 62829

   Chemometrics for process analytical technologies

IEC SC 65B/WG 7

   Programmable control systems

IEC SC 65B/WG 15

   Function block

IEC SC 65B/WG 16

   Power sources for a wireless communication device

IEC MT 61131-9

   Programmable controllers - Part 9: Single-drop    digital communication interface for small sensors and actuators (SDCI)

CLC TC 65X/WG 01

   IRWC - Industrial Requirements for Wireless Communication

GEL/65/3 - Industrial Networks

SC 65C/PT 61139-2

   Single-drop digital communication interface (SDCI) -  Functional safety extensions

SC 65C/WG 9

   Fieldbus

SC 65C/WG 15

   High Availability Networks

SC 65C/WG 16

   Wireless

SC 65C/WG 17

   Wireless Coexistence

TC 65/SC 65C PT 63444

   Ethernet-APL Port Profile

GEL/65/5 - Devices and integration in enterprise systems

SC 65E/WG 4

   Field device tool interface specification

SC 65E/WG 13

   Representation of electrical & instrument objects in digital 3D plant models during engineering

GEL/65 - Measurement and Control

IEC TC 65/AG 14

   Chairmen's advisory group

IEC TC 65/AHG 4

   TC65 properties

IEC TC 65/JWG 17

   System interface between industrial facilities and the smart grid

CLC TC 65X

   Industrial-process measurement, control and automation

CLC TC 65X/WG 01

   IRWC - Industrial Requirements for Wireless Communication

TPR/1 Technical Product Realization mirrors

ISO/TC 10 and ISO/TC 213

   Standards across the design, specification and verification areas, including our measuring instruments and other metrology-related standards

BSI L/13

BSI L/13

   Smart energy systems coordination group

SS/6

SS/6

   Statistical procedures for measurement methods and results

EPL/76

IEC TC 76,                 CENELEC TC 76 and CEN/TC 85 WG3

   Optical radiation safety and laser equipment
 

 


New Work Proposal (NWP)

These are the New Work Item Proposals (NWP) loaded onto BSI Standard Documents Portal for your comments. Please feel free to share links and information with your wider organisation or colleagues who may have an interest.

NWP Description/Link

 Comment by  

JTC1-SC41-461 ED1

Internet of Things (IoT) – IoT applications using context aware collaboration service 

15/11/2024

 


IMPORTANT PUBLICATION

A Standard for Standards: BS 0:2021 sets out the principles of standardization, encompassing development, publication, maintenance and application of British Standards.

Principles of Standardization - BS 0 is available here: 


Events directory 

Welcome to InstMC/Standard Events Calendar. Follow the link to find out more about our upcoming events. 


GET INVOLVED

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