The IEC has presented its Thomas Edison Award to four individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the IEC. Created in 2010, the Thomas Edison Award recognizes exceptional achievement, dedicated service and significant contributions to the IEC by officers in IEC technical committees and subcommittees as well as officers of the conformity assessment systems.
Mark Coppler
Cristiano Masini
Norbert Wittig
Junichi Yoshio
The awards were presented officially on 9 November during the virtual IEC General Meeting.
Mark Coppler
Mark Coppler currently serves as Convenor of JWG 50: Standards coordination with IECEx, which is the official liaison between IEC TC 31: Equipment for explosive atmospheres and IECEx, the IEC System for Certification to Standards Related to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres.
As Chair of IEC TC 31 from 2014 until July 2020, Mark sought to enhance the cooperation between IEC TC 31 and IECEx which resulted in the establishment of a formal relationship between IEC TC 31 and IECEx by the IEC SMB in 2017.
Cristiano Masini
Cristiano Masini has served as Secretary to IEC SC 23B: Plugs, socket-outlets and switches, since 2002. He also serves as the Convenor of IEC SyC LVDC WG 3: Parameters for protection and safety in DC, Convenor of IEC TC 23 MT 11 for IEC TR 61916 and Convenor of IEC SC 23B MT 4 which pertains to standards for the safety of household switches, plugs and sockets.
For more than 16 years, Cristiano has contributed to standardization activity within the IEC National Committee of Italy, CENELEC and the IEC.
Norbert Wittig
Norbert Wittig currently serves as Chair of IEC SC 34C: Auxiliaries for lamps, where he has been an active participant since 1992. Most notably, Norbert served as the project leader for the IEC 62386 series of standards which define the digital addressable lighting interface (DALI) communication system that has become the foremost digital communication protocol for lighting equipment.
Norbert also has been an active expert to CISPR, CENELEC and several European lighting industry associations including ZVEI and Lighting Europe. He was an IEC 1906 Award recipient in 2007 and 2009.
Junichi Yoshio
Since 1992, Junichi Yoshio has been an active participant of IEC TC 100: Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment, where he served formerly served as Secretary. For the past 22 years, Junichi contributed to the development of more than 30 standards, including the IEC 60958 series.
Junichi served as Technical Area Manager for TA 11: Quality for audio, video and multimedia systems, and IEC TA 17: Multimedia systems and equipment for vehicles, where he managed the development of projects related to modern vehicle models, including driving support, with a particular consideration to avoid conflict with relevant TCs such as IEC TC 69 and ISO TC 22.
In 2006, Junichi was awarded the IEC 1906 Award.
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The IEC has presented its Thomas Edison Award to four individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the IEC. Created in 2010, the Thomas Edison Award recognizes exceptional achievement, dedicated service and significant contributions to the IEC by officers in IEC technical committees and subcommittees as well as officers of the conformity assessment systems.
