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+# Confidential Computing Consortium
+
+## Minutes of the Technical Advisory Council
+
+### Meeting details
+
+**Date**: Thursday, January 22, 2026
+
+**Time**: 8a-09a US Pacific Time
+
+* **Zoom**: [https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/94618773737?password=4b2a5cdf-685a-4ea3-822d-24ff7ddab72e] 
+
+* **Calendar**: [https://calendar.confidentialcomputing.io](https://calendar.confidentialcomputing.io),
+[ical](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c\_c0pcihr7n2n1k3a38i32d9ag10%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics),
+[Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=c\[email protected])
+
+* **Recordings**: [YouTube TAC Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmfkUJc39uMjaB_I1dYW72I44kr9QzG_B)
+
+## Links
+
+* **Code of Conduct**: [code-of-conduct.confidentialcomputing.io](https://code-of-conduct.confidentialcomputing.io)
+* **CCC Charter**: [charter.confidentialcomputing.io](https://charter.confidentialcomputing.io)
+* **LF Training course on DEI**: [Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation (LFC102) (free)](https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/inclusive-open-source-community-orientation-lfc102/)
+* **Declared project dependencies**: [Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UKnbbGWXYLjnPZsox3zmYo59nv3XSXjePfas5E2fER0/edit#gid=0)
+* **CCC YouTube**: [youtube.confidentialcomputing.io](https://youtube.confidentialcomputing.io)
+* **LFX**: [lfx.linuxfoundation.org](https://lfx.linuxfoundation.org)
+* **Join the CCC**: [join.confidentialcomputing.io](https://join.confidentialcomputing.io)
+* **Contact the CCC**: [confidentialcomputing.io/contact-us/](https://confidentialcomputing.io/contact-us/)
+
+## Agenda and Minutes
+
+### Welcome
+
+* Dan Middleton (DM) opened the call at 8:05 am PT
+* DM welcomed the members of the TAC and reviewed the values of the CCC and the antitrust policy of the Linux Foundation
+* Renu Chauhan (RC) created meeting minutes.
+* DM reviewed the agenda
+
+
+### Roll Call / Attendance
+
+A quorum was not achieved
+
+#### Voting members of the TAC
+
+*Per the [charter](https://charter.confidentialcomputing.io), all [CCC Premier members](https://confidentialcomputing.io/members/) receive one vote on the TAC. Quorum for votes is at least 50% of voting members present.*
+
+* AMD - Nathaniel McCallum / David Kaplan
+* Arm - Paul Howard  
+* Google -  Rene Kolga / Keith Moyer
+* Huawei - Zhipeng (Howard) Huang 
+* Intel - Scott Raynor+ / Simon Johnson
+* Meta - Ahmed Magdy+
+* Microsoft - Alec Fernandez+
+* Nvidia - Fritz Alder+ / Dan Middleton+
+* TikTok -  Mingshen Sun / Yao Zhang
+* Shielded Technologies - Bob Blessing-Hartley 
+
+   " + " indicates attending
+
+#### Other Attendees
+* Artem Barger (Modelyo)  
+* Caroline Perez-Vargas (Microsoft)
+* Chris Ramming
+* Eric Hibbard
+* Hesham ElBakoury (Innovax Technologies)
+* Jens Albers (Fr0ntierX Inc)
+* Jordi Thijsman (imec)
+* Ijlal Loutfi (Canonical) 
+* Lasse  
+* Leonardo Garcia
+* Luca Preibsch (FAU)  
+* Manu Fontaine (Hushmesh)
+* Merlijn Sebrechts (imec)  
+* Mike Bursell (Linux Foundation)
+* Nicolas Maeding
+* Ofir Azoulay-Rozanes (Anjuna) 
+* Ram Pai (IBM)
+* Renu Chauhan (Linux Foundation)
+* Roman Zhukov (Red Hat)
+* Rüdiger Kapitza (FAU)
+* Rithikha Rajamohan (EQTY Lab)
+* Simon Gallagher 
+* Steven Bellock (NVidia)
+* Zack Slayton (imec-UGent)
+
+
+## Welcome New Community Members
+Alec Fernandez (AF) introduced Simon Gallagher as the alternate voting representative for Microsoft. 
+Roman Zhukov, Simon Gallagher, Merlijn Sebrechts, Jordi Thijsman, Zack Slayton, Ahmed Magdy, Artem Barger, Rithikha Rajamohan, Rüdiger Kapitza and Luca Preibsch introduced themselves to the meeting.
+
+
+## Meeting Minute Approval & Old Business
+* Meeting minutes will be approved via GitHub. DM reviewed the old Business covered in the previous meeting. 
+
+## 2025-10-15 Board Decision & TAC direction
+DM recapped the contributions from Red Hat over the last year. DM emphasized the "Cut wood, carry water" ethos, specifying that Premier members are expected to contribute directly to work items.
+
+## Joint TAC & Board Member agreement on Basic Expectations & Q1 Deliverable
+DM mentioned that the Board members and the TAC members had a joint meeting and aligned on the mission and expectations for 2026, with plans to start with a tangible project within a quarter.
+
+
+## TAC Meeting Cadence
+DM requested to vote for the TAC meeting cadence.The group decided to return to the meeting schedule of 2-hour sessions every two weeks.
+
+## TAC Tech Talk: Browser-based Remote Attestation
+Rüdiger Kapitza (RK) gave an introduction, whereas Luca Preibsch (LP) gave a detailed presentation on the topic “Browser-based Remote Attestation”.They also discussed their follow-up work on runtime attestation and the possibility of using site certificates for attestation.
+Nicolas Maeding (NM) volunteered to present on IBM Secure Execution in a future meeting. AF committed to arranging a talk on file system integrity and rollback protection.[Slide](./CCC_TAC_Tech-Talk_Site-Attestation.pdf)
+
+## Topic Schedule 2026
+DM introduced the rotating chair schedule. He briefed the details about the upcoming annual project reviews & tech talks as well.
+
+
+## Revisit project allocations
+DM mentioned regarding Veraison project funding (which received the most votes previously in the year 2025) was postponed to the next meeting to allow for a formal check for objections/change in voting.
+
+## Strawman Deliverable
+DM discussed the first deliverable of the year with the TAC members. [Link](https://github.com/confidential-computing/governance/issues/336)
+DM requested the TAC members to review the GitHb issue and also to contribute to the documents.
+Blueprint A:Simon Gallagher (SG) volunteered to genericize Azure-specific implementation guides into concepts documentation
+Blueprint B:NM suggested the CNCF Trustee project as a reference point.
+
+## Topic Schedule 2026  &  Future Business
+DM discussed the future topics scheduled for 2026, including the Annual project review, tech talks and the TAC Goal topics. 
+
+## Any Other Business
+Fritz Alder (FA) announced a confidential computing dev room at Fosdam on February 1st in Brussels.
+Mike Bursell (MB) offered to provide a description for his upcoming presentation, which was agreed to schedule for the next meeting on February 5th.
+
+## Future Meetings 
+Next meeting  February 05, 2026.
+DM adjourned the meeting at 08:39 am PT.