Balance
Balance is essential to the SMETAC’s credibility and in turn to the relevance of IRPP programs. Road pricing depends on operational, technical, financial, and policy perspectives. No single sector can define the profession on its own. SMETAC therefore brings together operators, vendors, and consultancies, with expertise spanning Roadside Systems, Back-Office Solutions, Finance & Pricing Models, and Policy & System Design.
SMETAC is an advisory body. Members contribute expertise to IRPP, including to the Body of Knowledge. The BoK is independently validated through a Job Task Analysis which informs training and the credential programs.
A Say From The Start
Founding Sponsors - the organizations whose staff populate the SMETAC - is not just a logo placement at IRPP. A SMETAC seat places a Founding Organization's practitioners in the room while the Body of Knowledge, training curricula and exam programs are being written - rather than after they are fixed. This is the point at which your expertise shapes IRPP the most. The definitions of competence that the field will use and work to for years to come are formed in this period, and SMETAC practitioners at the table for it. That contribution is a matter of public record. Founding Sponsors and SMETAC members are named on IRPP registries, and the designation does not lapse when the three-year Sponsorship term ends.
Joining
SMETAC participants span the road pricing field rather than just one segment of it, and include operators, technology providers and consultancies. This is because a Body of Knowledge, training and exam programs shaped by a single constituency would inherit that constituency's blind spots. The process is straightforward. Start a conversation to confirm fit, and see the summary of terms here.