Letter from America

<p>In this episode, Matthew meets David Smith, Head of Standards and Governance for ATPCO&nbsp;– an organization that collects and distributes airline product data. </p><p>David is also a member of the Society for Standards Professionals (SES), a not-for-profit professional membership society based in the United States, dedicated to furthering the knowledge and use of standards. </p><p>Matthew speaks to David about some of the relationship between the airline industry, airline data and the use of standards, as well as his membership of SES. </p><p>But they also talk about Laurel and Hardy, the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, running in airports, music, lucky fish, and an 8-year-old girl called Vanessa. </p><p>And sandwiched in the middle of Matthew’s two-part conversation with David there's a Standards Desk of News, with items on the new UK AI Standards Hub and the European Standardization Strategy.</p><p><strong>Find out more</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ses-standards.org/page/About_SES#:~:text=SES%20%2D%20The%20Society%20for%20Standards%20Professionals%20was%20founded%20in%201947,use%20of%20standards%20and%20standardization." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SES – The Society for Standards Professionals</a></p><p><strong>Standards Desk of News</strong></p><p><a href="https://aihub.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AI Standards Hub</a></p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_22_6116" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">European Standardization Strategy</a></p><p><strong>Get in touch</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.twitter.com/standardsshow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@standardsshow</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thestandardsshow/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thestandardsshow</a> </p><p><a href="mailto:education@bsigroup.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">education@bsigroup.com</a></p>