IEEE announced no-cost public access to select IEEE C95 standards for exposure to electromagnetic fields. The IEEE announcement quotes ICES member Ron Petersen, IEEE Life Fellow and Past Chairman of ICES, “The IEEE C95 standards are science-based and represent decades of work conducted in an open, consensus-based process by the largest and most diverse community of international experts involved in electromagnetic safety standardization.” ICES member B. Jon Klauenberg is also quoted. The no-cost public access is supported by the U.S. Department of Defense. Read the IEEE announcement in their press release. The IEEE C95 standards are available through the IEEE GET PROGRAM at standards.ieee.org/about/get/index.html, also available in our Links.
Recent ICES Meetings Thirty four ICES TC 95 members and two observers from Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, and USA attended Subcommittees 1, 2, 3, 4 and TC95 meetings in Plantation, Florida on December 13-14, 2011. COMAR also had a meeting in the evening of December 13.
Jon Klauenberg receives Award
Dr. B. Jon Klauenberg of the US Air Force received IEEE Standards Board (SA) International Award for his contributions in promoting the NATO and IEEE collaboration. During the ICES TC95 meeting, on behalf of the IEEE SA, Dr. Ralf Bodemann, Chairman of ICES, presented the Award trophy and certificate to Jon. Congratulations. IEEE SA has issued this International Award for the last 10 years. Among the 39 IEEE societies, the fact that three ICES TC95 members have received this award speaks highly of the international contributions and recognition of ICES from the IEEE SA. The last two awardees are Ron Petersen and Michael R. Murphy.
EU Conference on EMF and Health
On Nov 16-17, the General Directorate "Health and Consumer Protection" of the European Commission and the "Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR)" held a Conference on EMF and Health. The goal was to update the Commission on the current state of scientific knowledge and to advise the EU which research should be funded to close gaps in knowledge. One of their key conclusions: "The nocebo effect (an ill effect caused by the suggestion or belief that something is harmful) is a major contributor to electrohypersensitivity."
View a download of presentations.
View the press release with key conclusions.
ICES congratulates SC2 Chairman Richard Anthony Tell as one of the 2012 Newly Elevated IEEE Fellows for contributions to assessment and safety standards for human exposure to radio frequency energy.
ICES Chairman Bodemann advertises ICES activities at NIR 2011 conference in Dortmund
Ralf Bodemann, Chairman of ICES, gave a talk on "Safety Concept and Standardisation Activities of the International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES) within the IEEE" on the NIR 2001 conference. This conference was the annual meeting of the Swiss-German Radiation Protection Association. It was held from Sep 19-21 in Dortmund/Germany and was dedicated to non-ionising radiation only. In his talk, Bodemann gave an overview on the open consensus process of ICES and the membership structure. He highlighted the current activities to merge the standards IEEE C95.6-2002 and IEEE C95.1-2005 into one document as well as the efforts to come up with standardised procedures to use numerical calculations for determination of the SAR of wireless communication devices.
View the Program sheet (in German language only).
Congratulations Marvin Ziskin
Dr. Marvin Ziskin, Co-Chair of SC4 (Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure,3 kHz-300 GHz) was honored with the 13th d'Arsonval Award for outstanding achievement in the field of bioelectromagnetics from the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS). His invited lecture at the June meeting in Halifax was entitled "Millimeter Waves: Acoustic and Bioelectric". Dr. Ziskin has been an active and valued member of ICES TC95 for many years.
Congratulations Ron Petersen – 2010 Thomas A. Edison Award Laureate. Every year the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) honours the commitment and work of a select group of experts who, through their leadership and technical expertise contribute to making technology-based products and systems safer, enabling the roll-out of innovations on a global scale and protecting the lives of millions from electric shocks and other hazards.
The Thomas A. Edison Award, a newly created prize (2010), is attributed to a maximum of nine persons who are currently managing a Technical Committee or Subcommittee in the IEC or one of the IEC Conformity Assessment Systems. The award recognizes exceptional achievement (within the past five years), dedicated service and significant contributions to the IEC through the effective management of their committees.
Mr. Ron Petersen, one of the first recipients of this prestigious award, has had a successful association with IEEE and the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), active in and chairing several committees as well as serving on the Standards Board, and has been named an IEEE Fellow.
Read the entire IEC press release. View more information about the Thomas A. Edison Award.