The WssTP Board has decided to set up a WssTP innovation and Technology Advisory Board, whose mission will be to advise the Board on the consistency and relevance of the WssTP WG structure; evaluate and advise the board on the relevance of bottom-up proposals for new WG; monitor, guide, and supervise the quality of the work done in the individual WGs and the WG structure as a whole, as well as guide the WssTP director and the technical officer in the management of the WGs.