IoT Advisory Board Meeting #6

August 22-23, 2023
IoT Advisory Board Meeting # 6 Outcomes

• Review and discuss draft report (organization, content, feedback)

• Review and discuss other recommendations not in report (privacy, 

international, healthcare, public safety, etc.) and July speaker 

recommendations

• Review progress to date

• Identify other information and barrier gaps

• Agenda topic items for Meeting 7 (Sept)

• Set dates for Oct, Nov, Dec and Jan meetings
Agenda

Day 1: August 22, 2023 Tuesday Day 2: August 23, 2023 Wednesday

11:00 AM – Chair’s opening remarks including meeting agenda and 

anticipated outcomes for the meeting 

11:15 AM – Outside speaker: Manu Fontaine, Hushmesh

11:30 AM - Chair/Vice Chair Comments 

Timeline Review 

12:30 PM - Break

12:45 PM - Discussion of draft Report 

Comments on Draft Report 

Organizing Themes

Report takeaways

Graphics

Other elements 

4:00 PM - Recommendations from Speakers at July Meeting 

4:45 PM - Wrap up of the day

5:00 PM - Adjourn for the day

11:00 AM – Chair’s opening remarks for the day

11:15 AM – Recommendations requiring discussion – not 

in report 

12:45 PM - Break

1:00 PM - Recommendations requiring discussion – not in 

report (continued) 

4:45 PM - Wrap up 

5:00 PM - Adjourn 
Meeting announcements and logistics

• Speaking/Participation

• Send Barbara copies of everything you shared here today

• IoTAB to the Audience: Disclaimer

• Audience comments: please send to us

• Meeting 5 (July 2023) minutes and presentations (to be approved)
Day 1 Speakers

• Manu Fontaine, Founder and CEO, Hushmesh
IoT AB recommendations progress

Subgroup # of recommendations

Precision Agriculture 6 .

Sustainable Infrastructure 16 Some to be upleveled, need some sustainability

Environmental Monitoring 2 presented, 2 not .

Smart traffic and transit 8 .

Supply chain 17 .

Privacy 7 + 2 .

Cybersecurity 7 .

Healthcare 2 presented, 1 to be upleveled

Public Safety 1 presented .

International 3 (1 approved, 2 review) .

Connectivity 3 (2 from ag) .
Draft IoT AB Timeline to Report Publication in January 2024
Proposed: Report content organization around select themes

Organizing Themes Description/examples/subgroups

Enhance and modernize infrastructure supporting IoT Connectivity, standards and interoperability, compute, etc.

Create trust in IoT Cybersecurity, privacy, confidentiality, provenance, integrity, 

transparency, data usage and management

Ensure IoT supply chain integrity and resilience Augmented Logistics & Supply Chain

Develop, grow, and maintain a workforce to support the IoT 

economy Workforce Development (all subgroups)

Address challenges of IoT in a global ecosystem and economy International subgroup (standards, trade, etc.)

Develop government capability to support and sustain a IoT 

economy (All subgroups)

Facilitate industry adoption (including govt, small business 

adoption) and value realization of IoT. 

Consumer awareness, government procurement, policies 

(tax credits, etc.)

Facilitate US IoT technology and innovation leadership Research and development, technology transfer, etc.
Proposed: Report content organization around select themes cont.

Organizing Themes Description

Align federal actions in IoT to advance policy goals .

Climate change .

Sustainability

Healthcare .

Environmental Monitoring . .

Traffic and transit technologies .

Critical infrastructure .

Precision agriculture .

Technology transfer/lab to market .

Augmented supply chains .
Action items discussion
Meeting 6 (August 2023) Actions

Action Who When

Consider content approach for commentary sections, including adjacent tech. Steve, Maria, Tom, Benson 8-31-2023

Review the national standards strategy All

Send Greg redline updates to the draft All 8-31-2023

Review July speaker recommendations – Chris Moore Public Safety subgroup 8-31-2023

Review July speaker recommendations – Mei Lin Fung (where does it fit?) Ann 8-31-2023

Review July speaker recommendations – Chris Autry Benson 8-31-2023

Review July speaker recommendations – Paul Eisler Dan, Mike, Steve 8-31-2023

Collate speaker recommendations from previous speakers for board review Benson 8-31-2023

Update intelligent traffic recommendation Steve 8-31-2023

Update intelligent traffic recommendation (small business) Steve, Debra 8-31-2023

Create overarching carbon measurement recomm, and ag, supply chain, 

sustainable infrastructure (Ranveer to send out initial recomm copy)

Tom, Steve, Sustainable 

infrastructure, Ranveer

8-31-2023

Update international recommendation (cyber trustmark) 14.1 Mike, Dan 8-31-2023

Continue discussion and refine on National Emerging Tech Office Dan, Mike, Pete 8-31-2023

Update wording and split healthcare recommendations (2.7) into 2 

recommendations

Maria, Debbie 8-31-2023
Meeting 6 (August 2023) Actions

Action Who When

Cybersecurity recommendation 6 – continue research and update (consider 

moving into Section 6)

TomKat, Steve 8-31-2023

Cybersecurity recommendation 7 – research VEX, update Mike 8-31-2023

NIST/Greg to reach out to person updating PPD21 Greg 8-31-2023

Integrate themes into draft Greg 8-31-2023

Confirm with Ranveer on generative AI recommendation Benson 8-31-2023

Review next draft – consider personas addressed by recommendations to make 

sure various personas are covered

All 9-20-2023
Sub-team readouts

• [TBD] Sustainable Infrastructure

• [TBD] Supply Chain

• [TBD] Smart Traffic and Transportation

• [TBD] Public Safety
Key Takeaways – Day 1
Action items – Day 1
Key Takeaways – Day 2

• tbd
Planning – Next Meeting
Meeting #7 planning

• Next meeting September 26-27, 2023

• Virtual format

• Speakers

• Topics
Reminder

Please send to Barbara 

electronic copies of everything 

you shared here today.