GlobalPlatform TestFest Q&ADocument Version
3 January 2012
The purpose of this document is to explain the intent of GlobalPlatform TestFests and how member
organizations can participate in the events. This document is a ‘living’ document and will be updated
from time to time as new questions arise that warrant a documented response from GlobalPlatform. If
there are additional questions after reviewing this document, please feel free to contact
gpcompliance@globalplatform.org.
What is a GlobalPlatform TestFest?
‘TestFest’ means an event conducted by GlobalPlatform for purposes of enabling product vendors toengage in cross-testing of products, in order to demonstrate compliance with the relevant and thencurrent GlobalPlatform Specifications for a configuration and category of product.
The TestFest is a meeting, or series of meetings, organized during a single business week to perform
tests between real products and Test Tools. It is envisioned that GlobalPlatform will host TestFests foreach newly released Test Plan. The TestFest will bring together member organizations in a testing
environment where products can be tested for compliance to the specifications in a variety ofmultivendor, multi-tool combinations.
The GlobalPlatform Technical Director is responsible for organizing TestFests. With the help of theGlobalPlatform Secretariat, the Technical Director will secure facilities at a neutral site, such as a hotel
for the TestFest and provide the necessary support (power, internet, etc.) to ensure participants areproperly equipped.
What is the purpose of the TestFest?
The purpose of the TestFest is to validate a Test Plan, ensure Test Tools implementing the GlobalPlatform
Test Plan are stable and of a high quality. The TestFest environment also offers participants the ability
to interact with one another for purposes of improving their individual products and providing feedback
to GlobalPlatform on the specifications/configurations themselves.
How can I test compliance to GlobalPlatform technology?
GlobalPlatform supports an open compliance program ecosystem to ensure the long-term
interoperability of secure chip technologies. The program benefits secure chip manufacturers, test toolsuppliers, test laboratories and issuers. The program is based on testing product compliance to specificmarket sector 'configurations' based on Card Specification v2.2.1 and TEE Initial Configuration v1.0, so
as to ensure product features important to a given sector are tested and validated as compliant to thespecification.
How often will GlobalPlatform conduct a TestFest?
The frequency of TestFests will be determined by the rate of innovation within the organization. As avoluntary member-driven organization, GlobalPlatform releases new specifications on a time table thatis determined by the members themselves within the various technical committees.

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As a general rule, TestFest’s are expected to occur at least once per year. TestFest locations will varydepending on the needs of the organization and the convenience of the participants.
How will I be notified that a TestFest is being scheduled?
GlobalPlatform members will be notified via the members-only website meeting calendar and meetingannouncements.
Once the logistical details of a TestFest have been confirmed, an email will be distributed toparticipants of the respective compliance WG, including the registration and hotel information. If
fees are applicable for the TestFest, an invoice will be provided upon registration.
Who can attend a GlobalPlatform TestFest?
TestFest are open to Members in good standing who are at the ‘Participating’ or ‘Full’ membership levels,and are:• a Test Tool supplier expecting a qualification• or a product vendor with product samples.
Members meeting the aforementioned requirements are eligible to send a limited number ofrepresentatives to participate in the TestFest. These individuals are typically engineers/productdevelopers who have extensive knowledge of the GlobalPlatform specification/configuration that is being
tested, knowledge of the Test Tool and/or knowledge of the product being tested. These individuals are
permitted to attend the TestFest provided that they have properly registered for the event on theGlobalPlatform members-only website by the provided deadline so that GlobalPlatform has appropriate
advance knowledge of their intent to participate and venue space permitting. In the event of venue
space limitations, active participation in the Test Session organized in preparation for the relevant
TestFest may be a mandatory requirement in determining those that will permitted to participate.
Representatives are required to attend the whole TestFest.
GlobalPlatform will also require that each participant sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) prior to theTestFest.
Individuals or entities that are not eligible to participate in the TestFest include Marketing personnel,Sales personnel (direct, indirect, third party distribution, etc.), Trade Press, Students and/or otherobservers from member organizations who are not engineering/product development.
Are the TestFest environments ‘confidential’?
It is GlobalPlatform’s intent to host TestFests in a confidential environment that allows for open
discussion only among the various qualified participants to the TestFest. Any information,
documentation, reporting, etc., that is a result of the TestFest will be for the benefit of the participants
only. GlobalPlatform will ask that qualified participants to the TestFest sign a NDA prior to participatingin the TestFest.
What is the fee for participation in a TestFest?
The ‘Participation Fee’ in the TestFest is US $4,000 for each TestFest to work on a specific Test Plan orconfiguration. If, at a TestFest, there is an opportunity to work on more than one Test Plan or

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configuration, the meeting fee will be increased an incremental US $2,000 per additional Test Plan orconfiguration per meeting for those that wish to participate in multiple Test Plans or configurations.
The Participation Fee will be waived for product vendors. Test Tool providers and product vendors maysend up to two (2) representatives to the TestFest. Up to two (2) additional representatives may attend
for an ‘Additional Representative Fee’ of US $500 per individual, per TestFest gathering.
The Participation Fee permits the qualifying member organization to participate in a TestFest for any
single TestFest gathering for one (and only one) Test Tool expecting a qualification. For each additional
Test Tools seeking to be qualified at the same TestFest, there will be an additional charge of US $1,000per Test Tool.
There will be instances whereby a TestFest may require several gatherings over a period of time in order
for a single Test Plan or specification/configuration to have a positive outcome. In this instance, theParticipation Fee stated above, will be charged for each such gathering. GlobalPlatform will use theabove fees to cover various costs of conducting the TestFest including but not limited to the cost ofTestFest facilities and required infrastructure (power, internet, AV, furniture and fixtures, set-up and tear
down, etc.), food for TestFest participants (morning and afternoon breaks and lunch), and services to beprovided by GlobalPlatform including scheduling, documentation printing and publishing, registration
management, scheduling, event coordination and communications and follow-up.
The fee does not cover breakfast and dinner, ground or air transportation or hotel accommodations or
miscellaneous expenses incurred by participants of the TestFest.
The fee will be due and payable to GlobalPlatform 15 days prior to the TestFest. Fees will be refunded
if for any reason the TestFest is cancelled.
Will GlobalPlatform help negotiate favorable room rates for participants?
Yes. When and where possible, GlobalPlatform will seek to obtain a block of rooms at a negotiated anddiscounted rate for participants to the TestFest. In order to do so, GlobalPlatform will require advanceregistration for the TestFest via the members-only website. This is to ensure that
GlobalPlatform has a means of tracking participation and can ensure GlobalPlatform’s ability to fulfill its
contractual obligations with the hotel.
Who will be managing the TestFest?
The Technical Director will be responsible for managing the TestFest. The Technical Director will provide
any advance materials, including an agenda, TestFest venue, any pertinent logistical information andthe like, to registered TestFest participants in advance of the gathering. A formal testing schedule will
also be circulated in advance of the TestFest. Once the TestFest location and dates have been chosen
and accepted by the compliance working group, the Technical Director will forward the details to theGlobalPlatform Secretariat.
At what point is a TestFest considered ‘completed’?
A TestFest will be considered ‘completed’ when the TestFest results (outcomes of all intended tests)
have been reviewed and approved by the Technical Director. The success of a TestFest is related tovalidation and the release of a new Test Plan (stable test specification and sufficient coverage) or thequalification of one or more Test Tools.
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What happens if a TestFest is not completed?
GlobalPlatform expects that in some cases there will be the need to have more than one gathering toresolve issues associated with a particular specification/configuration. These issues and errors will be
openly discussed and corrected by the participants to the TestFest to ensure that the next TestFest is
ultimately successful and that Test Tools and products can be commercialized and brought to market ascompliant to the specification/configuration. Documenting and resolving any such issues/errors are theresponsibility of the Compliance Secretariat.
Will GlobalPlatform publicize the results of the TestFest?
GlobalPlatform may issue a PR which is intended to address background information about theCompliance Program that will put the process into context for industry trade press.
Only GlobalPlatform is allowed to communicate on the results of a TestFest. Test Tool vendors should
synchronize their public communication with the reception of GlobalPlatform’s Letter of Qualification.
Product vendors should synchronize their public communication with the publication by GlobalPlatformof a Self Test claim or the reception of GlobalPlatform’s Letter of Qualification.
Will GlobalPlatform publicize (via press release and website) the participants of the TestFest?
Upon successful completion of the TestFest, GlobalPlatform may issue a PR which is intended toaddress all participants to the TestFest as well as background information about the Compliance
Program that will put the process into context for industry trade press. Individual companies should
refrain from issuing any public communication until after GlobalPlatform’s PR is released.
Participants may generate their own PR to promote their success and highly publicize the tool(s) they
will be bringing to market. If a request is made of GlobalPlatform to add a quote to a member’s press
release, the Executive Committee of GlobalPlatform will respond to these requests in a fair andconsistent manner to all members who make this request.

Please note that the information contained in this document issubject to periodic revision by GlobalPlatform.

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