1. GSC-8007 SOURCE:TSACC TITLE:TSACC Activities Since GSC-7 AGENDA ITEM:GSC-8, Item 2.2 18/11/2015 TSACC Since GSC-7 JIM MACFIE CHAIRMAN

2. 18 November 2015GSC-8, OTTAWA TSACC’s Origins Established in 1991 after Fredericksburg USA meeting on global standards Sponsors: –Industry Canada –Information Technology Association of Canada –Standards Council of Canada Membership: organizations from Canadian industry and governments

3. 18 November 2015GSC-8, OTTAWA TSACC CHARTER To Address Policy and Strategic Dimension Of ICT Standards We Are Not A Standards Development Organization TSACC Provides Two-Way Communications Between Government and Industry On ICT Standards Policies And Priorities

4. 18 November 2015GSC-8, OTTAWA TSACC STRUCTURE Elected Chair from private sector – Mr. Jim MacFie, Nortel Networks Appointed Vice Chair from government at senior official level – Mr. Mike Binder, Assistant Deputy Minister, Spectrum Part time Executive Secretary and Secretariat from Industry Canada –Mr. Wm. McCrum, Executive Secretary –Mr. David Clemis, Manager, TSACC Secretariat Over 35 Private Sector Companies and 6 Public Sector Organizations 90+ Members 8 Working and Ad Hoc Groups (next slide)

5. 18 November 2015GSC-8, OTTAWA Working Group on the Information Highway (WGIH) National and international interconnection frameworks, including Internet Protocols and telephony Working Group on Security (WGS) Canadian strategy for security & encryption standards Electronic Commerce Standards Strategy Team (ECSST) Canadian strategy for e-commerce standards Working Group on Standards Information Systems (WSIS) Canadian contributions on electronic document handling and information services Working Group on Privacy (WGP) Canadian strategy for privacy standards Working Group on Conformity Assessment (WGCA) Canadian positions conformity assessment, participation in domestic, regional, and international test specification development Radio Standardization (RAST) Canadian contributions on wireless standardization National Broadband Working Group To evolve technical requirements for broadband network TSACC Working and Ad Hoc Groups

6. 18 November 2015GSC-8, OTTAWA Our Partners

7. 18 November 2015GSC-8, OTTAWA KEY ISSUES SINCE GSC 7 Broadband Access standards Next generation Networks Network vulnerabilities and security

8. 18 November 2015GSC-8, OTTAWA FUTURE DIRECTIONS Broadband Access standards NGN architecture and protocol standards with focus on limited set of protocol stacks Network vulnerability and protocol analysis RABC partner focus on 3G deployment, 4G fundamentals, Ultra Wideband, RLANs

9. 18 November 2015GSC-8, OTTAWA FUTURE DIRECTIONS cont’d After GSC 8, major program review / confirmation / re- focusing Understanding the contradictions: -More interoperability – fewer de jure standards -More connectivity – less de jure standards Comprehending the changing paradigm in standards development and deployment Establishing a renewed work program where the priorities will attract active participation