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The Java Card Form e.V. is a collaboration of companies from the smart card, secure operating system, and secure silicon industry, working together to promote and develop Java as the preferred programming language for multi-application smart cards and secure devices.

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2025

Christian Kirchstaetter is selected as 2025 Bertrand Award Winner

Christian Kirchstaetter, Chairman of the Technical Committee (working at NXP) has been selected by his peers as this year’s winner of the Bertrand Award.

More details can be found here

Java Card Development Kit 25.1 is now available

Find out here about the updates

2025 Webinar Series – now open for registrations

Join us for the 6th year of JCF Webinars, covering topics such as PQC, automotive, Digital Currency, SE developing, surgical procedures and eSIM value added services.

Why Java Card is used by ST in their next generation payment solution

STMicroelectronics has unveiled STPay-Topaz-2, its next-generation contactless payment card system on chip (SoC) using Java Card technology – find out why here.

Java Card Development Kit 25.0 is now available

Find out here about the upgrades

2024

2024 Webinar Series – Webinars available for download

We have now come to the end of the 2024 Webinar Series and all Webinars + presentation slides are available for download here

Java Card Protection Profile 3.2 is available for download

Java Card Protection Profile 3.2 has been certified to level CC EAL 4 and is available for download on the Oracle website here

Nicolas Regnault is selected as 2024 Bertrand Award Winner

Nicolas Regnault of the Technical Committee (working at Thales) has been selected by his peers as this year’s winner of the Bertrand Award.

More details can be found here

jNet Secure joins Java Card Forum

The JCF is delighted to welcome jNet as a new member.

Details about jNet can be found here

2024 Webinar Series is now open for registration

Join us for the 5th year of Java Card Webinars, as we discuss the role of the Java Card platform in telecom, digital currencies, ID Wallet and payment.

Java Card Development Kit 24.1 is now available

Find out here about the upgrades from 24.0.

Java Card is ST’s platform of choice for eIdentity and eGovernment applications

STMicroelectronics has just revealed the STeID Java Card smartcard platform that meets state-of-the-art requirements for electronic identity (eID) and eGovernment use cases.

Find out more here

Java Card Development Kit 24.0 is now available

Find out here what improvements have been made.

2023

Calinel Pasteanu is announced as 2023 Bertrand Award Winner

Calinel is recognised by his peers for his exceptional contribution to the Java Card Forum’s work.

Find out more here

2023 Webinar Series is now open for registration

Join us for the 4th year of Java Card Webinars, as we discuss the role of the Java Card platform in 5G, digital currencies, ID Wallet, Automotive and Medical devices.

Java Card version 3.2 has been released

Java Card version 3.2 has now been released, with support for (D)TLS1.3 protocols and API clarifications.

Find out more here

Java Card Forum YouTube channel launched

All the Java Card Forum Webinars and Interviews can now be found on our YouTube channel – subscribe today!

Access the channel here

Saqib Ahmad is announced as 4th Bertrand Award Winner

To celebrate the memory of Bertrand du Castel, each year the JCF recognises a member of the Forum who has contributed the most to Java Card technology.

Full details here