October 1, 2011 – The IPSO Alliance has named seven international experts in the area of Smart Objects to its Technical Advisory Board (TAB) for the coming year. Jari Arrko, Internet Architect from Ericsson Research will head the TAB. Also joining the Board are: Danny Cohen, Distinguished Engineer, Oracle; David Ewing, CTO, Synapse Wireless; David Menga, Research Engineer, Electricite de France R & D; David Ress, Smart Grid Solutions Architect, Sensus; Karl Jonsson, Sr. Director of Product Management, Platform and Lighting, GreenWave Reality; and Thomas Herbst, Senior Director – Standards & Technology, Silver Spring Networks. The TAB closely interacts with the IPSO Board of Directors and is responsible for the following duties:

■Technical oversight of documents. The TAB is responsible for reviewing the technical accuracy of white papers, use cases and other documents produced by the IPSO alliance, including technical press releases.
■Produce technical white papers on behalf of the alliance of interest for the IPSO members and the community at large.
■Form the technical IPSO committees and help define their charter.
■Update IPSO and its members on the IETF work. The TAB will provide regular updates
to the IPSO members on the standardization progress made by the relevant IETF Working
Groups.
■Establish potential alliances with various standardization body committees.