• Influencing the global standards development process for Internet and industrial systems;

• Facilitating open forums to share and exchange real-world ideas, practices, lessons, and insights;

• Building confidence around new and innovative approaches to security.

• 利用现有以及新创建工业使用案例和试验平台用于真实世界应用；

• 提供最佳实践、参考架构、案例研究和标准要求，以简化连接技术的部署；

• 影响互联网和工业系统的全球标准制定流程；

• 促进开放式论坛的发展，以分享和交流真实生活中的技术理念、实践、经验教训和见解；

• 围绕新式创新方式树立安全信心。

“We are at the precipice of a major technological shift at the intersection of the cyber and physical worlds, one with broad implications that will lead to substantial benefits, not just for any one organization, but for humanity," said Janos Sztipanovits, E. Bronson Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Director of the Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS), Vanderbilt University. “Academia and industry understand the need to identify and establish new foundations, common frameworks and standards for the Industrial Internet, and are looking to the IIC to ensure that these efforts come together into a cohesive whole.”

范德堡大学软件集成系统研究院院长、E. Bronson Ingram工程学杰出教授Janos Sztipanovits表示：“我们正处于网络世界和物理世界交汇历经重大技术变革的重要时期。这场技术变革具有广泛影响，能够带来实实在在的利益，不仅可以造福于任何一个组织，而且还能造福于全人类。学术界和工业界均理解为工业互联网确定和建立新基础、共同框架和标准的必要性，并期望工业互联网联盟确保这些工作能够汇聚成一个紧密结合的整体。”

As founding members, AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel will each hold permanent seats on an elected IIC Steering Committee along with four other elected members. The Steering Committee will provide leadership and governance to help organizations capitalize on this vast opportunity.