The Spanish Association for Standardisation awards its UNE Prizes

In the university field, the jury has awarded prizes to students from the Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), the Universidad Isabel I and the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas-ICAI. This year, two new categories have been created: Prize for Integration of Standardisation in Innovation, which has been awarded to Isabel Lacave, from Acciona Construcción; and the Prizes for a Chairman, Secretary and Member of the Technical Standardisation Committees. The UNE Prizes for a Chairman, Secretary and Member have been awarded, respectively, to Fernando Legarda, ASEFAVE (represented by Inés Gómez) and Enagás (José Enrique Solana). 17 October 2018. The Spanish Association for Standardisation, UNE, today presented the UNE Awards that recognise outstanding contributions to standardisation in different spheres. These prizes were set up three years ago in the university field to promote interest among students in technical standards - and awareness of their importance - in the professional, commercial, and legal fields. This year, the scope of the prizes has been expanded to other fields, with the goal of extending the recognition of the work of other professionals and organisations in promoting the role of standardisation. Two new categories have been created for this purpose: UNE Prize for Integration of Standardization in Innovation, which recognizes contributions made to integrate standards into R&D&I activities, and the Chairman, Secretary and Member Prizes, which distinguish people and organizations for their involvement in developing technical standards within the UNE's Technical Standardization Committees (TSCs). The prizes were awarded this morning during the event “Support of standards for the deployment of public policies”, which was held at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism as part of World Standards Day, which took place on 14 October. UNE Prize in the University field Francisco Más Pérez, from the Faculty of Legal Sciences and Business at the Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), for his dissertation “Implementation of a smart tourist destination: Elche as a case study". María Blanca Navas Pérez, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Universidad Isabel I, for her Master's thesis “Training on the application of UNE standard 71362: Quality of Digital Educational Materials The following students also received prizes:  David Palancar Martínez, from the Comillas Pontifical University-ICAI, for his Master's thesis “Proposed Technical Standard for Metrological Management in the Spanish Health Sector”.   Marisol García Obando, from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication at the Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), for her Master's thesis “Innovation applied to the detection and evaluation of the impact of climate change on coastal tourism due to sea level rise”.