The presentation will be an overview of the Next Generation Space Interconnect Standard (NGSIS) effort.

1. Background describing the origin of the effort, sponsors and participating government and industry entities.
2. Summary of the NGSIS effort.
3. Overview of the VITA 78 SpaceVPX specification effort with current status.
4. Overview of the RapidIO 3.1 specification effort with current status.
5. Overview of the VITA 79 Embedded Photonics effort with current status.