October 8, 2024

Letter from GlobalPlatform’s Executive Director

Dear GlobalPlatform Members,

As we move into the autumn season, I hope you are all enjoying cooler temperatures. In September, we completed the board nomination and voting process, and we are pleased to welcome Jürgen Hirschinger from Giesecke+Devrient GmbH to the GlobalPlatform board, replacing Claus Dietze.

In addition, the following board members were re-elected for a 2-year term:

• NTT Corporation – Eikazu Niwano
• Qualcomm – Jeremy O’Donoghue
• T-Mobile – Scott Migaldi
• Trustonic – Richard Hayton
• Visa – Marc Kekicheff

We would like to thank Claus for his service as well as congratulate the new and returning members of the board.

This week, the eID Wallet Seminar (10 October) & Secure Element for EUDI Training (8 & 9 October) will be taking place in Brussels. There is still time to register for the eID Wallet Seminar – in person or virtual attendance is available. We have recently confirmed a number of new speakers including:

• Laurent Bailly, VISA
• Yann Bouan, iDAKTO
• Anthony Carmoy, ANTS
• Johan Klykens, Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium
• Vedran Lalic, European Parliament
• Elyes Lehtihet, ANSSI

See the agenda and register here.

Japan Task Force – Tokyo

The Japan Task Force will hold an in-person meeting with GlobalPlatform leadership at the Toshiba headquarters in Tokyo on October 23^rd.

Learn more and RSVP here.

Automotive Security Roundtable

On October 24^th, join GlobalPlatform leadership and members of the Japan task force in Tokyo for an Automotive Security Roundtable, exploring the key cybersecurity issues and requirements impacting the Japanese market.

Review the agenda and request to attend here.

Fall Members Meeting – November 18-22

The full meeting schedule for the Fall Members meeting in Porto is now available. Make plans to join us in person for key Committee and Task Force meetings along with a joint meeting with ENISA on November 20^th. We are also excited to share that Filipe Jones Mourao from the European Commission will be joining the meeting of the Security Task Force to present on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

View the meeting schedule and RSVP here.

Cybersecurity Vehicle Forum

We will be hosting the next Cybersecurity Vehicle Forum on December 4^th at the Palace Hotel Berlin alongside the SDV Europe conference. We will be exploring automotive security certification, SESIP for automotive, secure silicon and software defined vehicles.

Register here.

Sponsorship opportunities are available. If interested, please email automotive@globalplatform.org.

SAVE the DATE: Spring Members Meeting

The Spring Members Meeting is scheduled for March 31 to April 4^th in New Orleans, LA, USA.

Mark your calendar.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the upcoming members meeting and other events through the fall.

Kind regards,
Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere