Test Technology Standards Committee

Meeting Agenda

Draft Agenda – July 8th, 2026

Updated on July 8th, 2026 – see Meeting Announcement for Webex details.

1       Call to order, Chair’s remarks

To include:

  • Patents slideset (ref)
  • Copyright policy (ref)
  • Participant behavior (ref)

2       Approval of the agenda

3       Approval of minutes of previous meetings

3.1       Regular meeting, April 15th, 2026.

The draft minutes are available on the IEEE TTSC iMeet site: Here

4       Participants

4.1 Call for New Participants

  • Call by Chair for new participants.

5       Action items review

  Action Who
1   None at this time.

6       Technical Topics

6.1       Standards Committee action requested/required

6.2       Regular order

6.2.1      Election review

Status reports

  • P1687.2 (C: Steve Sunter, VC: Vladimir Zivkovic, S: Hans-Martin von Staudt, E: Jeff Rearick)
    • Administrator: Heiko Ehrenberg
    • Auditor: Louis Ungar
    • Results:
      • WG Chair: Steve Sunter
      • WG Vice Chair: Vladimir Zivkovic
      • WG Secretary: Hans Martin von Staudt
      • WG Editor: Jeff Rearick

Elections due by next meeting

  • Election check:
    • 1687 – Last election in Q2 2024
    • 1838.a – Last election in Q1 2024
  • Other upcoming elections
    • Placeholder – IEEE Std 1149.1 (C: Heiko Ehrenberg, VC: Jason Doege, S: -, E: – )
      • Last election in November 2024. Next election in November 2026.
    • Placeholder – IEEE Std 1450.4 (C: Ric Dokken)
      • Ric appointed as Chair in April 2026.
      • Election to be held within 6 months: November/December 2026. 

6.2.2      Status of projects in active development

All chairs of active WGs: Please provide reports 7 days prior to the meeting using the standard reporting form (ref) and upload to Meeting Materials/Meeting_2026.07. Discussion by exception.

  • IEEE 1581 (C: Heiko Ehrenberg, VC: Ian McIntosh, S: – , E: -)
    • Approved – Status with IEEE Editor?
      • Last course of action: Malia will send a reminder.
  • PAR for 1450.4 was approved by NesCom
    • Standard Test Interface Language (STIL) Extensions for Test Flow Specification
    • Ric is spreading a Call for Participation – First meeting in August.
  • IEEE 1149.6 (C: Saghir, VC: Parthivi Patil, S: Andrei Karavaev)
    • Would need more participants (currently 7-8 regulars).
6.2.2.1 New projects starting up

6.2.3      Maintenance review

  • Without SC action, the following standards will expire at the end of 2028:
    • Covered in Q1-2026.

6.2.4      Upcoming PAR expiration in 2026

7       New Business

7.1       Promotion of Standards, PARs

7.2       Other Topics

  • IEEE P1838 “b/c” discussion (Martin Keim)
    • Discussion at the end of the 3D workshop at ETS (May 2026).
    • Heads-up: upcoming Study Group?
    • Could it be a .1/.2 iso b/c – Discussion

8      Subcommittee reports

  • European Test Symposium – 2027 (London) – Panel on Standardization
    • Call for Participation to be sent out later in July.
  • Open Source Officer – Status – Placeholder for later
    • Course of action (discussed in 2026-Q2)
      • Previous assessment: Lack of momentum without precise target – wait for 1687 to publish.
      • Re-assessment with interest fro P1687.1 and P2929 – Discussion

9      Any other business

  • Point triggered by Jeff during last meeting: WG’s are to not use AI when developing standards.
    • Should IEEE/IEEE SA build an AI for standards development?

10    New action items

11    Next meeting

The next meeting is proposed for: September 30, 2026.
Note on time constraints:
1.  Early in October to process PAR extensions requests for NesCom meeting in Q4.
2. ITC is October 11-16.