Professional Groups & Societies Directory

-- Test & Measurement World, 3/13/2007 12:34:00 PM

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3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
www.3gpp.org
The 3GPP brings together a number of telecommunications standards bodies.

Accellera
www.accellera.org
Formed by the merger of VHDL International and Open Verilog International, Accellera's mission is to drive development of standards required by systems, semiconductor, and design-tools companies, which enhance a language-based design automation process.

AeA
www.aeanet.org
Formerly the American Electronics Association, AeA is a trade association representing all segments of the technology industry.

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
www.atis.org
ATIS is a US-based body that is committed to developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and information technologies industry worldwide.

American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)
www.a2la.org
The A2LA is a nonprofit, scientific, membership organization dedicated to accreditation of competent testing and calibration laboratories, proficiency testing providers and reference materials producers.

American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL)
www.acil.org
ACIL is a trade association representing independent, commercial scientific, and engineering firms.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
www.ansi.org
ANSI is a private, nonprofit administrator and coordinator of the US voluntary standardization system. The Institute's mission is to enhance both the global competitiveness of US business and the US quality of life.

American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)
www.asnt.org
ASNT promotes the discipline of nondestructive testing (NDT) as a profession and facilitates NDT research. The organization also provides NDT educational materials and training programs.

American Society for Quality (ASQ)
www.asq.org
The American Society for Quality advances learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results.

American Society of Test Engineers (ASTE)
www.astetest.org
The ASTE, a nonprofit corporation, is dedicated to promoting test engineering as a profession.

ASTM International
www.astm.org
ASTM is an international society that develops and distributes high-quality voluntary technical standards and related information for materials, products, systems, and services.

Audio Engineering Society (AES)
www.aes.org
The AES is a professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology.

Automated Imaging Association (AIA)
www.machinevisiononline.org
The AIA is a trade association for machine-vision imaging suppliers and users. AIA produces The Vision Show, the Robots & Vision Show, and the annual AIA Business Conference, and it also maintains the Camera Link and GigE Vision standards.

British Standards Institution (BSI)
www.bsi-global.com
British Standards is the National Standards Body of the UK, responsible for facilitating, drafting, publishing, and marketing British Standards and other guidelines.

Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
www.csa.ca
CSA is a not-for-profit membership-based association serving business, industry, government and consumers in Canada and the global marketplace.

DSL Forum
www.dslforum.org
DSL Forum is a consortium of telecommunications, equipment, computing, networking, and service-provider companies that promotes the use of DSL technology.

Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)
www.eia.org
EIA represents the entire spectrum of companies involved in the manufacture of electronic components, parts, systems, and equipment.

ESD Association
www.esda.org
ESD Association is a professional voluntary association dedicated to advancing the theory and practice of electrostatic discharge avoidance.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC)
www.cenelec.org
CENELEC creates electrotechnical standards, many of them following the mandates of the European Commission.

European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
www.cen.eu
CEN works to implement voluntary technical harmonization in Europe in conjunction with worldwide bodies and European partners. It also develops procedures for mutual recognition and for conformity assessment to standards.

European Machine Vision Association (EMVA)
www.emva.org
The EMVA works to strengthen the position of its members in worldwide markets, and it hosts the GenICam standard group.

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
www.etsi.org
ETSI's mission is to produce the telecommunications standards that will be used throughout Europe.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
www.fcc.gov
The FCC is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA)
www.fibrechannel.org
The FCIA aims to develop the market for fibre channel products.

IEEE
www.ieee.org
The IEEE is a technical professional society that advances the theory and practice of electrical, electronics, and computer engineering as well as computer science.

Institute for National Measurement Standards (INMS)
inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
The INMS, which is Canada’s national metrology institute (NMI), carries out a wide range of research and service activities.

Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST)
www.iest.org
The IEST is an international professional society concerned with the effects on equipment and machinery of natural, indoor, and extreme environments, which may occur under various aerospace, naval, and climatic conditions.

Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
www.theiet.org
The IET, a UK-based professional organization, was formed by the merger of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE). The IET aims to lead in the advancement of engineering and technology by facilitating the exchange of knowledge and ideas at a local and global level.

InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
www.incits.org
The INCITS works to produce voluntary consensus standards for storage media, databases, programming languages, multimedia, and communication among computing devices and information systems.

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
www.iec.ch
The IEC creates international consensus standards and conformity assessment schemes in the fields of electricity, electronics, and associated technologies.

International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS)
www.imaps.org
IMAPS is a professional society dedicated to educating engineers in all phases of electronics packaging.

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
www.iso.org
ISO promotes the development of international standards to facilitate the exchange of goods and services and to develop cooperation in intellectual, scientific, technological, and economic activity.

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
www.itu.int
Through the ITU, governments and industries establish and coordinate policies, standards, regulations, and treaties covering global telecommunication networks.

IP/MPLS Forum (formerly MFA Forum)
www.ipmplsforum.org
The IP/MPLS Forum's mission is to drive the success of IP/MPLS-based technology, networks, and services while focusing on application and deployment solutions.

IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries
www.ipc.org
IPC is a global trade association that represents all facets of the electronic interconnection industry, including design, printed wiring board manufacturing, and electronics assembly.

ISA, The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society
www.isa.org
ISA is the international society of more than 39,000 professionals involved in instrumentation, measurement, and control. ISA publishes books and magazines, provides training, develops standards, and organizes conferences and exhibitions.

Japan Electric Measuring Instruments Manufacturer's Association (JEMIMA)
www.jemima.or.jp/english
JEMIMA promotes research and education, establishment of standards, international cooperation, and other concerns related to electric measuring instruments to help develop Japan's electric measuring instrument industry.

LXI Consortium
www.lxistandard.org
The LXI Consortium is working to develop the LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) standard.

Microelectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council (MEPTEC)
www.meptec.org
MEPTEC is a trade association of semiconductor suppliers and manufacturers who are committed to enhancing the competitiveness of the back-end portion (assembly and testing) of the semiconductor business.

National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation (NACLA)
www.nacla.net
NACLA’s primary mission is to evaluate US laboratory accreditation bodies (ABs) and to grant recognition to those ABs found to be in compliance with NACLA procedures and the relevant international standards for competent ABs.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
www.nist.gov
As a nonregulatory agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, NIST promotes US economic growth by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.

National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
www.nspe.org
The NSPE is an interdisciplinary professional engineering society.

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)
www.nist.gov/nvlap
Administered by NIST, NVLAP provides third-party laboratory accreditation services.

NCSL International
www.ncsli.org
The National Conference of Standards Laboratories, NCSL International, is an association of metrology organizations with a focus on education.

Optical Society of America (OSA)
www.osa.org
The OSA is a nonprofit professional society of engineers and scientists that provides journals, meetings, and engineering and education programs for the optics and photonics community.

PC/104 Embedded Consortium
www.pc104.org
The PC/104 Embedded Consortium disseminates information about PC/104 and serves a liaison function between PC/104 and standard organizations.

PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG)
www.pcisig.com
The PCI SIG is committed to the development and enhancement of the PCI standard.

PCMCIA
www.pcmcia.org
PCMCIA is an international standards body and trade association that promotes the interoperability of PC Cards in a variety of products.

PXI Systems Alliance
www.pxisa.org
The PXI Systems Alliance maintains the PXI specification, promotes PXI technology, and ensures multivendor interoperability.

SAE International
www.sae.org
SAE International works to advance the engineering of mobility systems, whether for use on land or sea or in air or space.

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)
www.semi.org
SEMI is an international trade association for equipment and materials suppliers to the semiconductor, MEMS, and flat-panel display industries.

Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)
www.sia-online.org
The SIA is a trade organization that represents US-based semiconductor manufacturers. Its areas of focus include international trade and technology development.

Semiconductor Test Consortium (STC)
www.semitest.org
The STC is a not-for-profit group formed to develop and implement the OPENSTAR (Open Semiconductor Test Architecture) platform.

Society for Information Display (SID)
www.sid.org
The SID is an international society devoted to the advancement of electronic display technology, manufacturing, and applications.

Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE)
www.sfte.org
The SFTE is a fraternity of engineers whose principal professional interest is the flight testing of aircraft and missiles. The objective of the Society is the advancement of flight test engineering throughout the aircraft industry.

SPIE (formerly International Society for Optical Engineering)
www.spie.org
The SPIE is an international technical society dedicated to advancing engineering, scientific, and commercial applications of optical, photonic, imaging, electronic, and optoelectronic technologies.

Standards Council of Canada
www.scc.ca
The Standards Council of Canada, charged with promoting efficient and effective standardization, oversees Canada's National Standards System.

Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)
www.smta.org
The objective of the SMTA is the advancement of the industry through education, training, access to knowledge, and networking in regards to electronics assembly technologies and related business operations.

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
www.tiaonline.org
The TIA is a trade association serving the communications and information technology industries. TIA represents the communications sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA).

Test and Diagnostics Consortium (TDC)
www.test-diagnostics.org
The TDC is a nonprofit organization that brings together users and suppliers from diverse industries such as medical, automotive, satellite, railroad, trucking, and defense to optimize the test and diagnostic environment.

Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
www.ul.com
The UL is an independent, nonprofit certification organization that evaluates products in the interest of public safety.

VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA)
www.vita.com
VITA is a nonprofit trade association that promotes the use of open system architectures.

VXIbus Consortium
www.vxibus.org
The VXIbus Consortium develops and promotes the VXIbus instrumentation standard.

WiMAX Forum
www.wimaxforum.org
The WiMAX Forum certifies and promotes the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based upon the harmonized IEEE 802.16/ETSI HiperMAN standard.

ZigBee Alliance
www.zigbee.org
The ZigBee Alliance works to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard.