JTC1 plenary 44

• As per the recommendation from AG 21 report, JTC 1 established a pilot project for a Strategic Coordination Group (SCG) on Data Management and Data Governance and another Strategic Coordination Group (SCG) on Metaverse. These two groups, consisting of various JTC 1 SC and JTC 1/WG leadership, will have an initial period of two years to work through their terms of reference and will report to each JTC 1 plenary meeting with updates and progress. The Data Management and Data Governance SCG will be led by Don Deutsch from the US and the Metaverse SCG will be led by Fernando Gebara Filho from Brazil.

• JTC 1 has requested its Subcommittee (SC) Chairs and Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) Mentors to provide detailed reports on their engagement with the Open Source community. The objective is to consolidate these individual submissions into a comprehensive document that encapsulates the collective efforts and interactions with the Open Source community across JTC 1.This initiative underscores JTC 1’s commitment to fostering a collaborative relationship with the Open Source community, recognizing its pivotal role in the evolving landscape of technology standards.

JTC 1 approved the reestablishment of following Ad Hoc Groups:

• AhG 5 – JTC 1 standards made freely available
• AhG 7 – Supplement Alignment

• A new Ad Hoc Group 9 on Shaping the Future of Consumer Protection and Privacy Topics in JTC 1 was established.

• A new Joint Working Group was established between JTC 1 and ISO/TC 268/SC 1 on Smart City Infrastructure Planning.

• A new Advisory Group 22 on Coordination with World Economic Forum on areas of mutual interest like digital trust, was established through the November 2025 JTC 1 Plenary.

• Alongside the full week of plenary meetings, several JTC 1’s advisory and ad hoc groups took the opportunity to hold face to face meetings including: AG 1 Communications, AG 2 JETI, AG 14 System integration facilitation and AhG 8 Succession Planning.