May 2008

May 5, 2008 — I3A's Consumer Photo Preservation Team Now Open to New Participants; Group Will Work to Enhance, Expand I3A's Educational Web site "SaveMyMemories.org"

April 2008

April 30, 2008 — NFC Forum Announces Winners of Touching the Future Global Competition; VingCard Elsafe and Lancaster University Earn Top Awards at WIMA in Monaco

April 7, 2008 — Register Now For I3A's "Imaging Innovation '08" and Save: Early Bird Siscount Ends April 18; Limited Sponsorships Available for the Event, June 4-6 in Vancouver

April 2, 2008 — NFC Forum Announces Finalists: Touching the Future Global Competition; Winners to be Announced at WIMA NFC Developers Summit, Monaco, April 29, 2008

March 2008

March 17, 2008 – Search Engine Marketing Shows Strength as Spending Continues on a Growth Track Against Doom and Gloom Economic Background

March 14, 2008 – SEMPO Board of Directors Elects 2008 Officers

March 12, 2008 – At SES New York, SEMPO to Present Findings From the 4th Annual State of Market Survey

March 6, 2008 – SEMPO Institute Pilots New Class Hybrid Training Concept; One-Day, Intensive Search Engine Marketing Class Rolls Out At Bentley College, March 28, 2008

March 3, 2008 — Save the Date for Imaging Innovation '08: I3A's 62nd Annual Conference, June 4-6 in Vancouver

February 2008

February 26, 2008 — IFX Forum Attains Status as Liaison "A" Organization to ISO TC 68, SC7

February 8, 2008 — I3A Presents 2008 Leadership Award to Nikon's Makoto Kimura

February 7, 2008 — Extended Deadline – Touching the Future: NFC Forum Global Competition; New Deadline is February 29, 2008

January 2008

January 22, 2008 — Go Inside the Imaging Industry with I3A at PMA on Feb. 1

January 15, 2008 — BBC News Names NFC One of Five Top Technologies for 2008

December 2007

December 17, 2007 — Call For Entries – Touching the Future: NFC Forum Global Competition

December 17, 2007 — PICMG and Communications Platforms Trade Association Complete Second Successful Interoperability Workshop; November Testing Focused on AMC and MicroTCA

December 13, 2007 — Take Your Precious Memories Home Safely: I3A Advises Holiday Air Travelers; Hand Inspection of High-Speed Film Recommended; Digital Media Safe in Transit

December 11, 2007 — I3A Welcomes Eight New and Upgrading Members

December 6, 2007 — PICMG Creates Document Library; New on-line index of PICMG Member Companies' reference documents

December 3, 2007 – SEMPO Launches 2007 State-of-the-SEM Market Survey; Changes in Distribution of Online Ad Spend Dollars One Major Focus

November 2007

November 29, 2007 – SEMPO to Exhibit and Participate on Digital Shelf Panel; SEMPO Hosting Event on Monday Evening, December 3, With Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft Representatives

November 27, 2007 — WS-I to Demonstrate Secure Interoperability at Gartner's AADI Summit 2007; Web Services Interoperability Organization Also to Participate in Standards Corner

November 12, 2007 — NFC Forum Welcomes NTT DoCoMo as Sponsor Member; Rapid Growth in Membership Shows Momentum for Near Field Communication

November 7, 2007 — I3A Publishes Camera Phone Image Quality White Paper; CPIQ Initiative Phase 2 Now Open to New Members

October 2007

October 31, 2007 — IFX Forum Issues New Version of Specification, IFX Version 1.8; New Features Include ATM-POS and Business Banking Material, Plus Improved Download Format

October 16, 2007 — Mobile Payment Forum Holds Fall Members Meeting October 23-24 in Montreal

October 10, 2007 — Gartner Group Research Vice President to Deliver Keynote Address at WS-I's Community Meeting; Member Meeting Features Research Vice President Daniel Sholler on Web Services, Standards and SOA

October 3, 2007 — Mobile Payment Forum Announces Mobile Marketing Task Force; Task Force to Help Stimulate M-Commerce Market through Consumer Awareness and Support to Solution Providers

October 3, 2007 — Cyber Security Industry Alliance Mobilizing to Support Data Security Legislation; CSIA Members will Visit Congressional Offices in California, Massachusetts, New York & Texas during Senate Recess

October 2, 2007 — Cyber Security Industry Alliance Supports National Cyber Security Awareness Month

September 2007

September 17, 2007 — NFC Forum Grows to Over 130 Members; Momentum for Near Field Communication Continues to Attract Industry-Leading Organizations to Association

September 17, 2007 — PICMG Publishes Master Glossary

September 6, 2007 — Cyber Security Industry Alliance Welcomes European Parliament Report on EU Consumer Acquis

September 6, 2007 — Cyber Security Industry Alliance Renews Call for Congressional Action on Cyber Security

August 2007

August 15, 2007 – SEMPO Announces Streamlined Search Advertising Accreditation Process

July 2007

July 31, 2007 — NFC Forum Issues Specifications for Four Tag Types

July 30, 2007 — 18th Annual PTC/USER World Event 2007 Draws Record Attendance; PTC Announces Winners Of Student Design Challenge

July 24, 2007 — More Than 100 Industry Leaders Attend I3A’s "Inspiring Imaging Innovation" Conference in Denver; HP’s George Lynch Receives I3A Annual Achievement Award

July 17, 2007 — PICMG and Communications Platforms Trade Association Wrap Up First Cooperative Interoperability Workshop; June Event Focuses on AdvancedMC and MicroTCA(TM)

July 16, 2007 — Members: Freescale Semiconductor, InvenSense, OmniVision Technologies, STMicroelectronics and Verizon Wireless FotoNation, Image Integration and Scalado Also Join as Associate

July 16, 2007 — Timothy Jemal Joins CSIA as Senior Vice President of Government Relations; Former AeA Executive Brings More Than 20 Years of Public and Government Affairs Experience

July 9, 2007 — Near Field Communication Forum Begins Work on Host Controller Interface Specification

June 2007

June 26, 2007 — IFX Forum Adds Microsoft to Board, Elects Officers at 2007 Annual Meeting in Paderborn, Germany

June 14, 2007 — WS-I Hosts Interoperability Demonstration at Burton Group's Catalyst Conference 2007; WS-I President to Speak at San Francisco Conference on WS-I SOA Initiatives

June 4, 2007 — WS-I Board Member to Speak at Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit; Panel Discussion to Highlight Latest Developments in SOA Standards, Strategies and Implementations

June 4, 2007 — NFC Forum Chairman Christophe Duverne to Speak at CARTES & IDentification 2007 Launch Conference on June 5; NFC Forum to Host NFC Zone Demo Center at CARTES Conference in November 2007, Highlighting NFC Technologies

June 1, 2007 — Last Call to Register for the I3A "Inspiring Imaging Innovation" Conference, June 6-8 in Denver; Emerging Imaging Technologies, Awards Program, Member Exhibits Are Highlights

May 2007

May 7, 2007 — I3A "Inspiring Imaging Innovation" Conference Will Explore Fluidic Lenses, Single-Pixel Imaging, Image Stabilization, and More; Event Takes Place in Denver, June 6-8, Sponsored by HP, FotoNation, Nethra Imaging, Eastman Kodak Company, Felix Schoeller, and FUJIFILM Corporation

May 4, 2007 — ITechLaw Sponsors Videoconference Roundtable on Competitive Intelligence, Corporate Espionage and Technology

May 4, 2007 — World's Leading Technology Law Association Names New Officers and Board Members

April 2007

April 30, 2007 — CSIA Appoints Tim Bennett as President; Former AeA COO Brings Over 25 Years of International Public Policy Experience to Alliance

April 27, 2007 — The First European NFC Competition, “Touching the Future” Announces Winners

April 24, 2007 — CSIA Endorses Recommendations of Identity Theft Task Force Report But Notes Key Deficiency

April 23, 2007 — MISMO Joins the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) as 12th Associate Member; Demonstrates Growing Support Among Vertical Industry Standards Organizations

April 18, 2007 — PTC/User World Event 2007 Highlights Product Development and Technical Publishing Strategies for Global Business Leaders; New Management Forum Presents Strategies for Lean Product Development, Design Outsourcing and Product Innovation

April 17, 2007 — I3A Conference Coming to Denver in June: "Inspiring Imaging Innovation" Innovative Technologies Showcased and Industry Issues Explored

April 12, 2007 — CSIA Urges Congress and the Administration to Strengthen the Federal Information Security Management Act; Disappointing FISMA Grades Underscore Need for Improved Information Assurance

April 4, 2007 — Mobile Payment Forum Announces Two New Members to Its Board of Directors

April 3, 2007 — WS-I Publishes Basic Security Profile 1.0; Adds Security to Interoperable Web Services

March 2007

March 28, 2007 — Interest in Near Field Communication Brings Growth for NFC Forum; Membership Now Tops 110 Organizations

March 19, 2007 — Camera Phone Image Quality — Is Technology to Blame?: I3A Track in the Emerging Technology Forum at CTIA Wireless Event, March 26 in Orlando

March 12, 2007 — I3A Presents 2007 Leadership Award to Antonio M. Perez, Chairman and CEO of Eastman Kodak Company

March 13, 2007 — ITechLaw Brings Annual World Meeting and Conference to Chicago April 26- 27, 2007; Barbara Frederiksen, Noted Forensic Software Analyst, to Deliver Keynote Address

March 5, 2007 — Web Services Interoperability Organization, WS-I, Announces Newest Members, Alcatel-Lucent and Drummond Group

March 1, 2007 — I3A Puts the Spotlight on Imaging at PMA 2007, March 9: Free Technical Forum on Digital Photo Archiving, Evening Reception & Annual Leadership Award

March 1, 2007 — Mobile Payment Forum Holds Spring Meeting March 13-14 in San Diego; "Innovative Mobile Payments Technology Showcase " is Theme for Two-Day Event

February 2007

February 13, 2007 — "Father of Indian Software" Faqir Kohli to Deliver Keynote at ITechLaw Asian Conference

February 12, 2007 — NFC Forum Issues White Paper, "The Keys to Truly Interoperable Communications"

February 12, 2007 — I3A to Complete Camera Phone Image Quality Initiative, Phase One

February 8, 2007 — NFC Forum 3GSM World Congress Press/Analyst Luncheon and Briefing

February 7, 2007 — CSIA Announces 2007 Board of Directors; CEOs from SurfControl and TechGuard Security Join Board

February 6, 2007 — CSIA Congratulates Winners of the 2007 RSA Conference Award for Excellence in the Field of Public Policy; Deborah Platt Majoras and Senator Joe Simitian Recognized for Leadership in Combating Identity Theft Crimes and Introducing California Data Breach Legislation

February 5, 2007 — I3A Launches Digital Photo Preservation Web Site, www.savemymemories.org, for Consumer and Industry Education; Easy Step-by-Step Approach to Assuring Safe Storage of Precious Memories

February 1, 2007 — Call for Entries: the First European NFC Competition, "Touching the Future"; Extended Deadline for Preliminary Proposals is February 19

January 2007

January 31, 2007 — Cyber Security Industry Alliance Releases Federal Progress Report for 2006 and 2007 Agenda for U.S. Government Action; Urges Congress and the Administration to Assert Greater Leadership and Take Action on Improving Overall State of Information Security

January 30, 2007 — Celent Research Predicting 60% Global Adoption Of IFX By 2009 Now Available From IFX Forum Web Site

January 22, 2007 — I3A Welcomes New Strategic and Participating Members: Motorola, Nokia, Advanced Micro Devices, Cypress Semiconductor, DxO Labs, Flextronics, Foveon, Micron Technology, Nethra Imaging, NVIDIA, Palm, Inc., Sony-Ericsson and Texas Instruments; Artificial Muscle, Inc. and MDS Technology Also Join as Associate Members

January 18, 2007 — CSIA Renews Call to Congress to Pass a National Data Security Law in Response to TJX Data Breach; Law Should Address Prevention and Notification and Establish Reasonable Security Measures

January 12, 2007 — Mobile Payment Forum Releases Proximity Payment Issues & Recommendations Document; Webinar on January 16, 2007 to Explore Findings and Conclusions

January 10, 2007 — Mobile Payment Forum Announces New Board of Directors

January 10, 2007 — Mobile Payment Forum Announces New Membership Category; Emerging Company Membership Category Approved by New 2006-2008 Board of Directors

January 4, 2007 — ITechLaw Announces Third International Asian Conference, February 14-15, 2007; International Technology Law Association Addresses the Challenges of Globalization at Bengaluru, India event

2006 Releases

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