INCITS 2006 Officers Symposium

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INCITS 2006 Officers Symposium
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WELCOME OFFICERS SYMPOSIUM

• 2 full days planned
• Objectives
• Inform
• Educate
• Communicate
• Share Experiences and Information
• Expectation - Fully Interactive Sessions
• Tonight Reception and Awards Dinner (Sequoia)
• Reception begins at 630
• Dinner and Awards at 730
• Thank you for your attention!

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2006 INCITS Technical Committee Officers
Symposium

• Washington DC
• Karen Higginbottom
• Chair, Executive Committee

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Welcome

• Appreciate your participation and your leadership
• Thank the Planning ad hoc
• John Neumann, Department of Homeland Security
• Don Deutsch, Oracle
• Terry Nelson, Panasonic
• Ken Zemrowski, ICCP
• Introduction of Participants

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Introduction of Officers

• Three years as INCITS
• Officers for the next three years
• Karen Higginbottom, HP, Chair EB
• Don Wright, Lexmark, Vice Chair EB
• Ed Barrett, Sony, Chair SDB
• Don Deutsch, Oracle, Chair Finance
• Jim Hughes, Microsoft, Chair Procedures
• . . . Standards Policy Board - vacant

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Special Thanks

• Outgoing Officers
• Steve Elliott, Purdue, EB Vice Chair
• Dave Michael, Apple, Standards Policy Board
• Ken Zemrowski, ICCP, Procedures
• Staff
• Pat, Jennifer, Lynn, Barbara, Deborah, Parthenia

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Work Program AccomplishmentsSince 2005 Symposium

• 18 New INCITS standards approved
• 36 New Projects
• 296 Public Reviews
• advancing 23 INCITS standards
• advancing 63 international standards
• 699 National Body votes
• 230 US comments and contributions
• approving 85 delegations
• US agree to serve as host for 13 international
  meetings
• provided 7 officers to international committees

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Actions Taken Since Vegas

• The Procedure Board Committee (PBC) began a
  review of the RD-2 in order to begin a total
  rewrite and reorganization of the document to put
  it into logical sections
• Download version of the current RD-2 is being
  provided at this meeting in .pdf format
• RD-4 (Secretariat Services) updates were approved
  by INCITS Letter Ballot 1123 (August, 2005)
• Process for requesting the INCITS logo for
  download are now available on the INCITS website
• Establishment of TC domain names completed in
  January, 2006
• Online membership application completed

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Other Items in Progress

• Protecting INCITS IPR
• Public Relations
• Tool support for TC management
• INCITS Executive Board has approved use of the
  JTC 1 form (JTC 1 N 7991) and a cover page was
  developed in conjunction with ITI legal counsel
  detailing the process for US participants' use of
  JTC 1 N 7991.  The form is currently being
  considered by the EB via letter ballot.
• Membership requirements (and any proposed
  changes) will be discussed at a special Standards
  Procedures Board (SPB) Business Model meeting in
  August

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Challenges

• Consortia, SDOs continue to have strong appeal
• Other countries developing greater interest and
  talent in bringing work forward - creating
  consortia/fast tracks
• Formal standards world remains very difficult for
  newcomers to join
• Current financial model does not support the
  organization
• 18 EB members fees contribute more than 50 of
  membership dues
• 285 freely available standards on ISO/IEC website
• 18 PAS Submitters (6 active, 1 new under ballot)
• . . . your concerns

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Balance of Todays Agenda

• Keynote SpeakerDr. George ZarurScience Advisor
  to the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
• Panel DiscussionImportance of IT Standards for
  Homeland Security Barry Reff -
  FEMAAnnabelle Lee - Cyber SecurityBrad Wing -
  US VISITJim Zok - DOT/MARADAnthony Cieri -
  Emergency Preparedness
• TC Chair Presentations and Discussion
• Summarization for the Day Ed Barrett

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This EveningReception and Awards Dinner

• Sequoia Restaurant
• 3000 K Street, NW
• Washington, DC 20007
• 202-944-4200
• Reception will begin at 630 PM
• Dinner will be served at 730 PM

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Tuesdays Agenda

• Opening CommentsPat Morris, INCITS Executive
  Director
• Keynote SpeakerDr. George ArnoldImmediate Past
  Chairman of the ANSI Board of Directors,ISO
  Vice-President of Policy, Chairman of the
  ISO/IEC Strategic Advisory Group on Security
• Panel DiscussionIT Standards and Meeting the
  DHS/ANSI HSSP Objectives
• Chairs of Identification Cards and Related
  Devices, Cyber Security, Geographic Information
  Systems, Biometrics, and Radio Frequency
  Identification Technology
• TC Chair Presentations, Interactions
• Actionable Items for 2006 2007
• Officer Training directly following tomorrows
  closing session