The ISA100.11a working group, following a very successful meeting in February, is planning an early April committee meeting in Chongqing, China. During the meeting, the ISA100.11a draft standard is scheduled to be issued for initial work group balloting, which is the first step in the consensus based approval process for the standard. The draft ballot will be voted on by the work
group via mail at a later time.

The series of meetings held last month in Orlando included several workshops where leaders and editors presented technical material from the standard under development.

Several open items were discussed and resolved in various task groups, including the security task group, where several motions were put forward and passed.

About 40 individuals representing more than 30 companies attended the work group meeting and workshops, with about 50 people attending an ISA100 overview session. The overview session provided information about the work of the committee, the ISA100.11a standard, the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute, interoperability, and user expectations.

The April meeting will be held from April 1-4 at the Empark Grand Hotel in Chongqing, China. For more information about ISA100, or to register to attend the meeting, visit www.isa.org/standards or call Charley Robinson at (919) 990-9213.