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1. The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) held a webinar to help professionals build their understanding of this branch of optics, which deals with measuring light in terms of its perceived brightness to the human eye.
4. A new ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee on Digital Product Passports was proposed by DIN, the national standards body for this nation.
7. ANSI will host a March 2026 conference focused on global standardization challenges and enhancing U.S. industry leadership in global standards in this desert city, named after founder Winfield Scott.
8. A recent SAE podcast episode explores whether natural gas-powered depots could support developers of these autonomous ride-sharing cars. (Will they still be yellow?)
9. ANSI’s Committee on Education competition invites students to write one of these about the impact of standards – 2,000 words or less.
10. ANSI encourages stakeholders to attend a November United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Dialogue for SMEs – small and medium ___________.

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2. The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) hosted a webinar on the evolving landscape of tariffs and this kind of trade, across the world’s second largest ocean.
3. The latest issue of the USNC Current explores different facets of this, from building a standards-ready workforce to improving standards literacy.
5. ANSI convened a strategic roundtable in partnership with the ITA to brief John McCadams, the incoming Standards Attaché to this country in the Middle East, home to the world’s largest sand desert.
6. In a feature article, the Business + Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) examines the crucial role of material selection in these environments, where furniture needs to withstand frequent disinfection.