Plenty of inspiration for the SNV standardization experts

Around 150 standardization experts accepted the SNV’s invitation. They were welcomed at Technorama in Winterthur by Robert P. Hilty, representative of the SNV Board, Marcel Knecht, Head of Standardization at the SNV, and the SNV employees and then taken on five different guided tours of companies.
The individual groups were full of enthusiasm when they reassembled at Technorama to share their experiences and to network. On their guided tours, the experts were taken to Stadler Winterthur AG’s competence centre for bogies and to the company Burckhardt Compression AG, the global market leader in the field of reciprocating compressors. Another group got to watch a rope being manufactured at Seilerei Kislig, while the participants on the fourth tour were given an insight into everyday work at the recycling company Maag Recycling AG. Those who had signed up for the guided tour of Winterthur heard exciting stories about the development of commerce in Winterthur from the Roman era right through to the present day.

As the highpoint of the event, the standardization experts were told all about the background of the JPEG format by the Chairman of the JPEG standards committee, Professor Touradj Ebrahimi of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). There is probably no other media format that has been as successful as the JPEG. The experts behind the standard for JPEG were recognized with an Engineering Emmy by the US Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at the 71st Engineering Emmy Awards on 23 of october 2019.

After that, Switzerland’s most famous paraglider, Chrigel Maurer, surprised the guests with his thrilling multimedia show on the Red Bull X-Alps 2019 race, which he was able to win for the sixth time. The «Eagle of Adelboden», as he is sometimes nicknamed, stressed on various occasions the importance of the expertise he has built up over his career and continues to develop in collaboration with various renowned companies. A factor as small as the weight of his clothing, helmet and rucksack determines his success or failure in races, he pointed out.

Finally, everyone was invited to a drinks reception in the atrium of Technorama.

We would like to take this opportunity to once again thank all the Swiss experts who have helped to shape the process of standardization around the world with their untiring, long-term commitment over the decades, and by doing so have made a vital contribution to both sustainability and innovation.