IoT Advisory Board Meeting #7

September 26-27, 2023
IoT Advisory Board Meeting # 7 Outcomes

• Review and discuss draft report, commentary sections, opportunities, identify content 

volunteers 

• Review themes and recommendations mapping; identify gaps

• Identify gaps in existing strategy documents for IoT relevance – cyber workforce strategy, standards strategy, privacy strategy?

• Review and discuss recommendations (previously discussed and new)

• Identify other information and barrier gaps

• Agenda topic items for Meeting 8 (October)

• Set dates for November, possibly December and Jan meetings
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) and 6 (August 2023) minutes and 

presentations are online
Agenda
Speakers

• Amit Elazari, Open Policy Group (postponed to October)

• Jayne Morrow, NIST, National Standards Strategy (Sept 27th, confirmed)
Meeting 6 (August 2023) Actions

Action Who When

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

Review the national standards strategy (assigned) All

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

Review July speaker recommendations – Chris Moore (to be confirmed) Public Safety subgroup 8-31-2023

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

Review July speaker recommendations – Chris Autry (Steve, Benson) Benson 8-31-2023

Review July speaker recommendations – Paul Eisler (Done. No further action needed) Dan, Mike, Steve 8-31-2023

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

Update intelligent traffic recommendation (done) Steve 8-31-2023

Update small business recommendation – (done) Steve, Debra 8-31-2023

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

infrastructure (Ranveer to send out initial recomm copy). (initial draft done)

Tom, Steve, Sustainable 

infrastructure, Ranveer

8-31-2023

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

Continue discussion and refine on National Emerging Tech Office (in progress, continue to 

refine)

Dan, Mike, Pete 8-31-2023

Update wording and split healthcare recommendations (2.7) into 2 recommendations (Greg will 

update in next report draft)

Maria, Debbie (Greg) 8-31-2023
Meeting 6 (August 2023) Actions – cont.

Action Who When

Cybersecurity recommendation 6 – continue research and update (consider 

moving into Section 6) – (Move to commentary section. Created IIoT content in 

commentary section. Draft done).

TomKat, Steve 8-31-2023

Cybersecurity recommendation 7 – research VEX, update (Done. No 

recommendation to be made at this time).

Mike 8-31-2023

NIST/Greg to reach out to person updating PPD21 (informed team working on 

PPD21 updates)

Greg 8-31-2023

Integrate themes into draft (Initial draft in progress) Greg 8-31-2023

Confirm with Ranveer on generative AI recommendation (done). Benson 8-31-2023

Review next draft – consider personas addressed by recommendations to make 

sure various personas are covered (assigned)

All 9-20-2023
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.
Sub-team readouts

• [TBD] Sustainable Infrastructure

• [TBD] Supply Chain

• [TBD] Smart Traffic and Transportation

• [TBD] Public Safety
IoT AB recommendations progress

Subgroup # of recommendations .

Precision Agriculture 6 .

Sustainable Infrastructure 16 Some to be upleveled, need some sustainability

Environmental Monitoring 4 presented, 1 to be presented, 

1 modified (broadened)

.

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
Planning – Next Meeting
Meeting #8 planning

• Next meeting TBD

• Virtual format

• Speakers

• Topics
Meeting 7 (September 2023) Actions

Action Who When

Develop storyboard . 10/13/23

Consolidate themes . Done

Review spreadsheet to identify recommendation consolidation 

opportunities

All 10/13/23

Perform clustering analysis of recommendations to date (after verifying 

all recommendations are included)

Greg 10/13/23

Commentary writeup: Quantum Mike 10/27/23

Commentary writeup: platform business, ecosystems TomKat 10/27/23

Commentary writeup: AI Steve 10/27/23

Commentary writeup: Consumer Maria 10/27/23

Commentary writeup: Privacy Debbie 10/27/23

Commentary: Smart home Ann, Steve, Maria 10/27/23

Commentary: IoMT Ann 10/27/23

Commentary: Smart infrastructure (to be confirmed) Pete 10/27/23

Update Privacy Recommendations (R9, R10, R11, R12) Debbie, Mike 10/13/23
Meeting 7 (September 2023) Actions – cont.

Action Who When

Update privacy recommendations R9, R10, R11, R12 based on discussions at meeting Debbie, Mike 10/13/23

Add to barriers “inability of existing grid infrastructure to support EVs at scale” Steve 10/13/23

Break small business recommendation into two recommendations – one for IoT 

manufacturers, and one for IoT adopters

Steve, Debra 10/13/23

Pete to respond to Mike’s comments on Sector Risk Management Agency recommendation Pete 10/13/23

Remove recommendation 3.8 from consideration/report Greg 10/13/23

Draft recommendation to include IoT back in Critical and Emerging technologies list Dan 10/13/23

Update Environmental Recommendation 4a (build a story, add IoT to grants, new name of 

recommendation (carbon transparency, use IoT to...), make it main recomm, )

Ranveer, Arman, Benson 10/13/23

Review CTIA letter All 10/13/23

Send Critical and Emerging Technology list to board members Barbara Done

Send poll for Nov and Dec meetings Benson 9/30/23

Send supply chain/digital thread presentation to board members Tom 9/30/23

Send story input/feedback of supply chain/digital thread presentation to Tom All 10/13/23
Reminder

Please send to Barbara 

electronic copies of everything 

you shared here today.
Vision

Vision

What

Opportunities – Precision Ag -

Economic Growth, Social benefits, 

Call to Action

Opportunities – Traffic and transit –

economic growth, social benefits, Call 

to Action

Opportunities – Logistics and supply 

chains - Economic Growth, Social 

benefits, Call to Action

...

How

Infrastructure • Recommendations 1

• Recommendations 2

trust • Recommendations 1

• Recommendations 2

Theme3 • Recommendations 1

• Recommendations 2

Precision ag specific 

recommendation

Traffic specific 

recommendation

Industry specific 

recommendation

Extra other 

recommendation