NSAI’s Emerging Professionals

Each year, the IEC Young Professionals (YP) Programme brings together young professionals from around the world to learn more about how they can contribute to standardisation and conformity assessment. During the YP workshop, participants meet peers, IEC Officers, and technical experts worldwide. It offers the opportunity to see the IEC in action. This is a unique platform as YPs can actively contribute to yearly projects and attend a series of in person and/or online sessions focused on developing leadership skills and exploring key topics in the field of electrotechnology led by IEC experts.

IEC Young Professionals are encouraged to continue their engagement in standardisation and conformity assessment at the international and national levels by contributing to the technical work of the IEC and the IEC National Committees (NSAI). IEC YPs are regularly invited to participate in IEC groups and dedicated YP activities as well as provide input on how the IEC can attract the next generation of experts and leaders.

NSAI have an evolving programme within Ireland to develop new standardisation leaders, if you are interested in getting involved, please contact Amanda-jane.gainford@nsai.ie or join NSAI's LinkedIn group for more information.  

 The IEC YP Programme was established in 2010 to engage with young professionals throughout the world and foster increased participation and involvement in IEC standardization and conformity assessment activities. The goals are to expose and educate young professionals on the various aspects of work done by the IEC, showcase the inner workings of the IEC through management and technical meetings and promote future involvement in standardization and conformity assessment. Through the programme, participants become familiar with how standards are created and how conformity assessment is accomplished.

For more information about IEC and the YP Programme, please click here

Past Locations

NSAI's Emerging Professionals have had the chance to travel around the world since 2010, experiencing different cities and their cultures. Below is a list of some of the past locations that our participants have visited:

Year	City	Country
2024	Edinburgh	Scotland
2023	Cairo (Virtually)	Egypt
2022	San Francisco	USA
2021	Dubai (Virtually)	United Arab Emirates
2020	Geneva	Switzerland
2019	Shanghai	China
2018	Busan	Korea
2017	Vladivostok	Russia