The 13th EURAS workshop (EURAS 2008) was held 16-17 June 2008 in Skövde, Sweden (final program; table of contents of the proceedings).

Presentations from the workshop (downloadable separately by clicking at a title or as one file):

• On ICES and EURAS (Invited talk) - John Hill, SUN Microsystems, US
• Some Remarks on Recent Activities and Developments in Standards Education - Wilfried Hesser & Axel Czaya; Helmut-Schmidt-University, DE
• Standards Education Policy Development: Observations based on APEC Research - Donggeun Choi, Danbee Kim, Korean Standards Association, KR; Henk J. de Vries, Erasmus University, NL
• Vodka war: a teaching case in standardization - Wlad Fomin, Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas, LT; Henk J. de Vries, Erasmus University, NL
• Towards an increased contribution from standardisation to innovation in Europe - Norbert Anselmann, European Commission, BE
• Standardization and Innovation - Mostafa Sherif, AT&T, US
• Standardising Social Responsibility: Analysing ISO representation issues from an SME perspective - T.M. Egyedi, Delft Univ. of Technology, NL; S. Toffaletti, NORMAPME , BE
• Information Modelling in Production Management: the ISO 15531 Mandate Standard Approach - A.F. Cutting-Decelle et al., Ecole Centrale de Paris, FR
• The Influence of Companies' Patenting Motives on their Standardisation Strategies - Knut Blind, Berlin University of Technology, DE
• Technological convergence and the absorptive capacity of standardisation - Stephan Gauch, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, DE; Knut Blind, Berlin University of Technology, DE
• Standardisation as a means to improve information security in process-oriented, distributed healthcare - Eva Söderström, Rose-Mharie Åhlfeldt & Nomie Eriksson, University of Skövde, SE
• Identification of innovative standardisation fields in Germany: Methodology and Results for Nanotechnology - Knut Blind, Berlin University of Technology, DE; Kerstin Goluchowicz, Fraunhofer ISI, DE
• International Standards and Multilingualism – Research Approach and Findings - Hans Teichmann, formerly IEC Central Office, CH
• Can Modern Homes Be an Example for Smart Homes? The history of domestic installations, and its implication for the smart home industry. - Thea Weijers, Delft University of Technology, NL
• Product Certification – A Marketing Approach - Rob Woltman, Henk J. de Vries, Jan B. Vollering, Erasmus University, NL
• Strategies in Electronic Office Documents Format Standardisation – Cooperation, Coopetition or Competition? - Hervé Chappert & Anne Mione, ERFI – Université Montpellier 1, FR
• ISO/IEC and Ecma processes - Jan van den Beld, past SG Ecma
• Setting a technological standard: which factors can organizations influence to achieve dominance? - Simon den Uijl & Henk de Vries, Erasmus University, NL
• The Composition of Working Groups in Industry-Specific Standardization Organizations - Bernd Riefler, University Stuttgart, DE
• Process, Promise, Problems: Developing WiMax as an International Standard - Erik Puskar, National Institute of Standards and Technology, US; Ted A. Aanstoos, The University of Texas at Austin, US
• Final installation stages of a cooperative and local quality system for SMEs - Hariton M. Polatoglou, Angelos I. Zachariadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR
• Defining Flexible Standards for Post-Disaster Emergency Sheltering - Mahasti Tafahomi, TU Delft, NL; Tineke M. Egyedi, Delft University of Technology, NL
• Standards Implementation for E-Tourism in Developing Countries – A Research Approach - Juan José Martínez Badillo, UNCTAD, Geneva, CH; Henk de Vries & Frank Go, Erasmus University, NL
• Quality Management Perspective on Standardization and its Implication for the Adoption of Technology - Jaroslav Spirco; TU Delft, NL