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Ecma news, press releases and communications
- April 2026NFC standards and ecosystem workshop on the 1st of July 2026 in Geneva
- April 2026Ecma International participates in the OCP summit Barcelona as a proud alliance partner
- March 2026Ecma International celebrates 65 years of global standards leadership
- February 2026Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2026
- December 2025Ecma International approves NLIP standards suite for universal AI agent communication
- December 2025Ecma recognition award honours Luoming Zhang for his contributions and services to Ecma
- December 2025Ecma International approves new standards
- December 2025Ecma International welcomes new members
- September 2025Loss of an Ecma colleague and friend Jan van den Beld, former Ecma Secretary General
- July 2025Call for participation and comments on revised NLIP specification and new WebSocket binding
- July 2025Ecma recognition awards honour Touradj Ebrahimi, Hyun Kahng, Robert Palmer and Michael Saboff for their contributions and services to Ecma
- June 2025Ecma International approves new standards
- June 2025Ecma International welcomes new members
- May 2025Call for participation on NLIP for communication with AI agents standardization
- May 2025Loss of an Ecma colleague and friend Gino Lauri
- March 2025Loss of an Ecma friend and Ecma Fellow Donald Baines
- January 2025Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2025
- January 2025Collaborating across W3C and Ecma for web-interoperable server runtimes through WinterTC
- December 2024Ecma new standard ECMA-425 on statistical background correction for information technology and telecommunications equipment noise measurements
- December 2024Ecma International approves new standards
- December 2024Ecma International welcomes a new member
- November 2024Two Ecma International winners for the 2024 JavaScriptLandia community award
- October 2024Ecma International and the Open Compute Project announce a new collaboration
- July 2024Ecma International enables innovative research between the Korean KAIST research group and Ecma TC39
- July 2024Ecma International approves new standards
- July 2024Ecma new standard ECMA-424 on CycloneDX Bill of Materials
- June 2024Ecma International welcomes new members
- January 2024Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2024
- December 2023Ecma recognition awards honour Taku Hoshizawa, Myles Borins, Shane F. Carr and Mark Miller for their contributions and services to Ecma
- December 2023Ecma International approves new standards
- December 2023Ecma International welcomes new members
- November 2023Agenda of Ecma TC53 workshop on the future of embedded software on 6 December 2023
- November 2023Postponed to a later date – Workshop on opportunities for data and cloud standardization
- October 2023OWASP Foundation is keen to join Ecma International
- October 2023Ecma TC39 “ECMAScript®” initiates a new task group to standardize source maps
- October 2023Invitation to Ecma TC53 workshop in Cupertino, USA, on 6 December 2023
- September 2023Collaboration between W3C and Ecma International – A presentation by Ecma Secretary General and Vice-President
- September 2023JavaScript community event in Tokyo, Japan on 25 September 2023
- July 2023PRESS RELEASE – Ecma International appoints Samina Husain to Secretary General
- July 2023Ecma new standard ECMA-423 on physical, optical and mechanical characteristics of a holographic data storage disk
- June 2023Ecma recognition award honour Olaf Wilke for his contributions and services to Ecma
- June 2023Ecma International welcomes new member
- June 2023Ecma International approves new standards
- May 2023Workshop on opportunities for data and cloud standardization
- January 2023Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2023
- December 2022Ecma recognition awards honour Isabelle Valet-Harper and Rex Jaeschke for their contributions and services to Ecma
- December 2022Ecma International approves new standards
- December 2022Ecma International welcomes new members
- June 2022Ecma recognition awards honour Koji Fusa and Joel Marcey for their contributions and services to Ecma
- June 2022Ecma International approves new standards
- June 2022Ecma TC51 joins ITU-T JCA on digital Covid-19 certificates
- May 2022Ecma President presenting on AI standardization supporting regulatory needs during the inaugural ISO/IEC AI Workshop
- May 2022Recruitment of a new Secretary General for Ecma International
- January 2022Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2022
- December 2021Ecma recognition awards honour Aki Rose Braun and André Bargull for their contributions and services to Ecma
- December 2021Ecma International approves new standards
- December 2021Ecma International welcomes new members
- November 2021US National Academy of Engineering publication highlights Ecma TC26 noise standards
- November 2021Psychoacoustic Analyses according to ECMA-418-2 presented at INTER-NOISE 2021
- August 2021Ecma International approves new edition of ECMA-417 Standard
- July 2021Ecma TC39 new Task Group dedicated to the security of the ECMAScript (JavaScript) language
- June 2021Ecma recognition awards honour Carol Eidt, Jordan Harband and Toyoshige Nohnishi for their contributions and services to Ecma
- June 2021Ecma International approves new standards
- June 2021Ecma International welcomes new members
- June 2021Ecma International celebrates its 60th Anniversary
- March 2021Call for participation on vaccine passport international standardization
- March 2021Ecma Secretary General presented on the role of standards in Open Source at OpenForum Europe (OFE)
- January 2021Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2021
- January 2021Ecma International launches its new website
- December 2020Ecma recognition awards honour Bob Hellweg, Shouichi Nakano and Charlie Oppenheimer for their contributions and services to Ecma
- December 2020Ecma International welcomes new members
- December 2020Ecma International approves new standards
- September 2020W3C workshop about Machine Learning APIs in ECMAScript/JavaScript
- June 2020Ecma recognition awards honour Caroline Arms and Leonardo Balter for their contributions and services to Ecma
- June 2020Ecma International welcomes new members
- June 2020Ecma International approves new standards
- March 2020The presentations given at the TC53 seminar in Tokyo on a modern approach to embedded software are available
- February 2020A short presentation to explain standardization at Ecma, its process, cooperation with Open Source, liaisons and more
- January 2020An article on Ecma International activities in IEEE Communication Standards magazine
- January 2020Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2020
- December 2019Ecma recognition awards honour Masakazu Ito, Yoshinobu Mitsuhashi and Yulia Startsev for their contributions and services to Ecma
- December 2019Ecma International welcomes new members
- December 2019Ecma International approves new standards
- December 2019A meetup by Ecma TC53 and Moddable on Wednesday 11 December 2019 Tokyo, Japan
- November 2019Dr Istvan Sebestyen, Past Secretary General of Ecma, participated in a panel discussion and presented on the role of standards in Open Source at the Workshop about Open Source beyond 2020
- November 2019Invitation to Ecma TC53 seminar, Tokyo, 11 December 2019, 10.00-12.00
- October 2019Ecma TC53 meets in Boston, USA with a new title and scope to more accurately reflect the focus of the technical committee
- August 2019Ecma General Assembly appoints Patrick Luthi as Secretary General
- August 2019Ecma Fellow awards presented to Donald Baines and Kei Yamashita for their contributions to Ecma standards
- June 2019Ecma International welcomes new members
- June 2019Ecma International approves new standards
- June 2019Ecma International joined Electrosuisse
- May 2019Ecma SG gave a talk in the DLM Forum Annual General Meeting (May 21-22, 2019) in Bern, Switzerland
- April 2019Ecma TC39 (ECMAScript) has formally now a new Task Group (TG2)
- April 2019Ecma TC39 (ECMAScript) and TC53 (Wearables) are now “Royalty Free Technical Committees (RFTCs)”
- April 2019Ecma TC39 (ECMAScript) has formally now a new Task Group (TG2)
- February 2019Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2019
- January 2019Former Ecma President and friend of many, Mr. John Neumann passed away
- January 2019Ecma Fellow awards presented to Brendan Eich and Allen Wirfs-Brock for their contributions to the ECMAScript standard
- January 2019Rex Jaeschke (Ecma), Anders Sandholm (Google) and Reinhard Meindl (NXP) have received the Ecma recognition award
- January 2019Extension of the RF Ecma Patent Policy Option also to “Royalty Free TCs”
- December 2018Results of the 116th General Assembly held in Boston, December 12, 2018
- November 2018Ecma SG participated in the fifth World Internet Conference
- October 2018Discussion topics for the inaugural meeting of Ecma TC53 in Boston (USA) on 15-16 October 2018
- September 2018TC53 on Smart Wearable Systems and Sensor-Based Devices inaugural meeting
- September 2018Launching of the Ecma Fellow award program
- June 2018Results of the 115th General Assembly held in Geneva, June 27, 2018
- May 2018Loss of an Ecma friend and former Ecma President, Dr. Paul Weijenbergh
- May 2018Call for participation Royalty-Free Animated JPEG Standardization Proposal
- April 2018New Ecma Wearable TC introduction and call for participation
- February 2018Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2018
- January 2018Kei Yamashita (Hitachi) – Ecma International President receives – Ecma Award of Appreciation
- December 2017The fourth World Internet Conference was held on December 3-5, 2017 in the East China town of Wuzhen
- December 2017IMTC presents lifetime achievement award to Ecma Secretary General
- December 2017Last results of the 114th General Assembly held in Tokyo, December 6, 2017
- November 2017SEAD Connected Efficiency Award goes to Ecma TC38
- September 2017ECMA-262: The ECMAScript (JavaScript) – the most popular web scripting standard – is celebrating its 20th birthday
- August 2017Ecma Secretary General honoured with JPEG award
- June 2017Last results of the 113th General Assembly held in Montreux, June 27, 2017
- January 2017Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2017
- January 2017Presentations from the EPFL – Ecma International Summit on Smart Wearable Systems (13-14 October 2016) are now also available on YouTube
- December 2016Last results of the 112th General Assembly held in Santa Clara, December 7, 2016
- September 2016Time to register to the EPFL – Ecma International Summit on Smart Wearable Systems (13-14 October 2016)
- July 2016International summit on smart wearable systems
- June 2016Last results of the 111th General Assembly held in Montreux, June 14, 2016
- April 2016New Ad hoc Group on sensors in wearable and small intelligent devices
- January 2016Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2016
- December 2015Last results of the 110th General Assembly held in Tokyo, December 9, 2015
- September 2015On 17 June 2015, the 109th Ecma General Assembly approved new editions of Standards ECMA-370 and ECMA-400
- August 2015At the 17 June 2015 Ecma General Assembly in Montreux, Ecma published 1st edition of Access Systems standards
- August 2015On 17 June 2015, the 109th Ecma General Assembly approved new editions of NFC Standards
- July 2015At the June 17, 2015 Ecma General Assembly in Montreux, ECMA TR/107 1st edition “An alternate background noise correction sensitive to the steadiness of background noise” has been adopted
- July 2015At the June 17, 2015 Ecma General Assembly in Montreux, ECMA-262 6th edition – ECMAScript® 2015 Language Specification and ECMA-402 2nd edition – ECMAScript® 2015 Internationalization API have been adopted
- June 2015At the June 17, 2015 Ecma General Assembly in Montreux, ECMA-408 3rd edition – the Dart programming language specification – has been adopted
- June 2015At the June 17, 2015 Ecma General Assembly in Montreux the “experimental” TC39 and TC52 Ecma Royalty-Free (RF) patent policy has become “formal” Ecma-wide patent policy option and the “experimental” TC39 software copyright policy has been promoted to a “formal” Ecma-wide software copyright policy.
- June 2015Last results of the 109th General Assembly held in Montreux, June 17, 2015
- January 2015Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2015
- December 2014Last results of the 108th General Assembly held in Sapporo, December 11, 2014
- September 2014The world’s first 3D audio Standard ECMA-407 showcased in IBC 2014’s “future zone”
- September 2014A TC39 (ECMAScript) panel discussion will be held in Boston on September 23, 2014.
- September 2014PRESS RELEASE – Ecma publishes the world’s first 3D audio standard ECMA‑407:”Scalable Sparse Spatial Sound System (S5) – Base S5 Coding”
- June 2014Last results of the 107th General Assembly held in Heidelberg, June 25, 2014
- February 20142013 Download Statistics from the Ecma Public Website
- January 2014Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2014
- December 2013Last results of the 106th General Assembly held in Las Vegas, December 10, 2013
- November 2013Presentation to IMTC 20th Anniversary Forum, Porto, October 2013 by Mr. Clemens Par (Convenor of Ecma TC32-TG22)
- September 2013Panel discussion at Bocoup in Boston about the JavaScript (ECMAScript – ECMA-262) language
- September 2013Ecma workshop on Dart
- June 2013Last results of the 105th General Assembly held in Nice, June 11, 2013
- May 2013Ecma recognition to JTC 1 on their 25 years Anniversary
- March 2013Loss of two Ecma friends and collaborators Mr. Francois Le Carvennec and Mr. Mike Deese
- March 2013New Ecma Technical Report TR/106 “Guidance and Comparison between 60950-1 and 62368-1”
- March 2013Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2013
- December 2012Last results of the 104th General Assembly held in Nice, December 12, 2012
- June 2012Last results of the 103rd General Assembly held in Vienna, June 25, 2012
- December 2011Last results of the 102nd General Assembly held in San Francisco, December 6, 2011
- June 2011Ecma International celebrates its 50th anniversary
- June 2011Last results of the 101st General Assembly held in Divonne, June 29, 2011
- March 2011Ecma publishes new Standard on Test Method for the Estimation of Lifetime of Optical Media for Long-term Data Storage
- December 2010Last results of the 100th General Assembly held in Montreux, December 8, 2010
- June 2010Last results of the 99th General Assembly held in Tokyo, June 17, 2010
- December 2009Ecma International approves major revision of ECMAScript