International

Electrotechnical

Commission

International Standards and Conformity Assessment for all electrical, electronic and related technologies

	Raise efficiency – Reduce cost Dr Zhengrong Shi Executive Chairman, Suntech Power
	From products to solutions – Ensuring compatibility Thomas S. Gross Chief Operating Officer, Eaton
	Increase bankability - build markets and industries Sandy Butterfield, Founding CEO and CTO Boulder Wind Power
	Building trust - Opening global markets Dr Zida Yu, Senior Vice President and Corporate Technology Officer Haier Group
	Accelerating innovation – Assessing competition Dr Tamotsu Nomakuchi, President AIST and Chair of the Technology Council of JISC
	Globally engineered quality – Locally relevant Dr Kazuo Kyuma, Executive Vice President and Group President Semiconductor & Device, Mitsubishi Electric
	Adding agility – Reducing complexity Wolfhart Hauser, Chief Executive Officer, Intertek Group
	Globally concerted efforts – Developing enterprise Dr Naoya Takahashi, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi Ltd.
	Sustainable business – And cost optimization Franz Fehrenbach, Chairman, Board of Management, Robert Bosch GmbH
	Increased efficiency: Global relevance Keith Nosbusch, Chairman/CEO Rockwell Automation
	Common platforms: the basis for individual innovation Matthias Kurth, President Federal Network Agency
	Green Safety: Facilitating Global Trade Keith E. Williams, Pres. & CEO Underwriters Laboratories
	The Energy Efficiency Challenge Jean-Pascal Tricoire, CEO Schneider Electric

Accelerating innovation – Assessing competition

Dr Tamotsu Nomakuchi, President AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science) and Chair of the Technology Council of JISC (Japanese Industrial Standards Committee)

In this IEC Global Visions interview, Dr Tamotsu Nomakuchi, who is the former CEO of Mitsubishi Electric and currently presides over the most important industrial research institute in Japan (AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science), shares why he now believes that standards are an important tool to improve innovation and increase the competitiveness of Japanese industry globally.