Standards and Interoperability in Industrial Electronics – A Trending View

With the active development of IES in standards since the mid-2010s, the society has made considerable progress with multiple standards’ developments. This paper presents the results of engaging in standards’ development within and across borders of an IEEE society. In particular, the hands-on INTEROP Plugfests, coupled with the CoEs, provide platforms to create ideas for standards, develop standards, initiate interoperability among multiple vendors, providing competitive time-to-market advantage for involved industry partners.