Talk:TOPIC 01 Sub 03 2024

First Call – Session Submitters Topic 1 /Sub 3

Zoom, 3^rd of April, 4-5 pm

Roberto Gaetano, Wout de Natris, Peter Koch, Sabrina Heber

After the introductions and a short update on the session principles as outlined in the focal points briefing, we were discussing the submitted proposals. Under Topic 1/Sub 3 Standard setting vs. regional legislation there are five submissions that have been bundled. There has been agreement that the proposals should somehow align and interact with each other. We identified two overarching issues:

1. the nature of standards: those developed for interoperabilty vs. those developed for other goals, e.g., product safety
2. the triangular relation between
   • development and setti ng of standards (in SDOs)
   • deployment of standards ("voluntary adoption of standards" vs. regulatory requirements)
   • regulation pre or post standards development

One of the questions raised concerned the inclusion of the proposal on satellites. The main questions in that area relates to spectrum management and what to do if there is a regulatory gap. Roberto explained that while he has no concrete ideas about this topic yet, the proposal is about initiating talks about standard setting regarding the non-terrestrial internet. Will there be a few major players that impose their ideas on everyone, or should we bring more stakeholders together and set the rules for governance? One of the biggest challenges for that topic would be to explain all the necessary details to the audience and to connect this proposal to the rest of the submissions. When it comes to the format of the session, everyone would like to avoid a panel discussion. One idea is to include the audience with questions at the beginning of the session and ask the same questions again towards the end of the session. Potential questions that need to be clarified during the session are:

• What types of standards are we talking about?
• What needs to be governed?
• Why do market participants sometimes intentionally decide not to deploy certain standards?

Next steps:

• Schedule another meeting in two weeks via the mailing list and agree on whether moving forward meetings will take place on a regular basis or on a step by step basis → Focal Points
• Get in touch with people in the relevant regulatory field to join the OrgTeam → Focal Points
• Reach out to someone from the Youth with a relevant background to join the OrgTeam → Focal Points
• Reflect on how to compromise on a topic relating to that triangle between standard setting standard deployment and regulation that includes as many submissions as possible → OrgTeam