Jon Piesing is the vice-chair of HbbTV. He played a major role facilitating the convergence of the original French and German initiatives which together become HbbTV. He chairman of the Technical Module and a member of the Steering Board of the DVB project and a member of the Steering Committee of the CTA Web Application Video Ecosystem (WAVE) project. Jon has been a leading figure in the development of specifications for integration of TV and interactivity for more than fifteen years. This has also included leadership / chairman positions in the Open IPTV Forum and the UK DTG.