The GSC-23 meeting in Sophia Antipolis emphasized the critical role of global technical standards in navigating geopolitical challenges and supporting the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals through ICT convergence. Participants highlighted the operational benefits of digital transformation, including the use of digital tools for virtual meetings and the sustainability of standards-making processes. The session also explored how ICT standards can facilitate the metaverse and extended reality to enhance human experiences and industrial applications. Representatives from major standards bodies agreed on the necessity of global collaboration across the entire standardization lifecycle to effectively serve nearly eight billion people.
Keywords: global standards, sustainability, UN Sustainable Development Goals, metaverse, global collaboration