PDF Week Boston 2025
As part of our focus on building the ecosystem the PDF Association invites its members and delegates to ISO TC 171 to PDF Week Boston 2025!
PDF Week offers key benefits for PDF developers, technical product managers and other stakeholders:
- An opportunity to advance your interpretation and agenda in-person
- Meet and learn from industry colleagues, international representatives and end users
- Networking and group events
- Observe and participate in ISO meetings
- Build links from ongoing PDF Association technical activities to ISO standardization
Are you a PDF Association member and didn’t get your invitation to register? Contact Betsy Fanning.
Attending PDF Week
April 28 - May 2, 2025
Concord Colonial Inn
48 Monument Square
Concord, MA 01742
This is an in-person meeting. PDF Association members and ISO delegates who may not be able to travel may join the meeting virtually (audio / screen-share only).
Register for this event today!
The PDF Week Hotel
The PDF Association has reserved a block of rooms at the Concord Colonial Inn for $238 / night plus 11.7% tax. – A continental breakfast, served in the meeting room, is included in this package.
The Inn’s booking system is in the midst of being replaced, and thus, online booking using our negotiated package rates is unavailable at this time. You can book your room in two ways:
- Email: Christine Tarris (ctarris@concordscolonialinn.com) can help you to book room(s) for PDF Week.
- Phone: Call the Inn’s front desk at +1 800 370 9200 and mention that you wish to book a room for PDF Week.
Please make your booking before April 5.
Practical Information
Additional information about the meeting venue, restaurants, airport and transfers, climate, and sightseeing can be found in the Practical Information Document.
Thanks to our sponsors for the coffee and sandwiches!
The following companies are ensuring that PDF Week attendees are well-fed and caffeinated. Sponsoring PDF Week Boston 2025 is only part of what these companies do to support the format’s development and ISO standardization. Members, get in touch to learn about sponsorship options.
Agenda
PDF Week is for PDF Association members, delegates to ISO TC 171 and observers. The event consists of members-only PDF Association Technical and Liaison Working Groups and ISO WGs.
Monday, April 28, 2025
| Time | Room A | Room B |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 – 0930 | PDF Forms TWG | |
| 0930 – 0945 | Break | |
| 0945 – 1115 | Deriving HTML from PDF TWG | |
| 1115 – 1130 | Break | |
| 1130 – 1300 | RichMedia TWG | PDF Accessibility LWG |
| 1300 – 1415 | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 1415 – 1530 | 3D PDF TWG & User LWG | PDF Accessibility LWG |
| 1530 – 1545 | Break | |
| 1545 – 1700 | TC 171 SC 2 WG 7 (Engineering/3D) | PDF Accessibility LWG |
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
| Time | Room A | Room B |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 – 1030 | PDF Reuse TWG | |
| 1030 – 1045 | Break | |
| 1045 – 1215 | PDF/UA TWG | |
| 1215 – 1330 | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 1330 – 1500 | PDF/UA Processor LWG | TC 171 SC 2 WG 10 (File Formats) |
| 1500 – 1515 | Break | |
| 1515 – 1700 | Cryptography & Provenance TWG | TC 171 SC 2 WG 10 (File Formats) |
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
| Time | Room A | Room B |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 – 1015 | TC 171 SC 2 WG 9 (Accessibility) | TC 171 SC 1 |
| 1015 – 1030 | Break | |
| 1030 – 1145 | PDF Imaging Model TWG (with PDF/R TWG) | TC 171 SC 1 |
| 1145 – 1300 | Sponsored Networking Lunch | |
| 1300 – 1430 | PDF Forensics LWG | TC 171 SC 1 |
| 1430 – 1445 | Break | |
| 1445 – 1600 | PDF TWG | TC 171 SC 1 |
| 1600 – 1715 | TC 171 SC 2 WG 8 (PDF) | TC 171 SC 1 |
Thursday, May 1, 2025
| Time | Room A | Room B |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 – 1015 | TC 171 SC 2 WG 13 (Content Provenance) | TC 171 SC 1 |
| 1015 – 1030 | Break | |
| 1030 – 1230 | TC 171 SC 2 WG 13 (Content Provenance) | TC 171 SC 1 |
| 1230 – 1345 | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 1345 – 1500 | PDF/A TWG | TC 171 SC 1 |
| 1500 – 1515 | Break | |
| 1515 – 1645 | TC 171 SC 2 WG 5 (PDF/A) | TC 171 SC 1 |
| 1700 – 1830 | Walking Tour of Concord (Leaving from Concord’s Colonial Inn) | |
Friday, May 2, 2025
ISO meetings are open to ISO delegates.
| Time | Room A | Room B |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 – 1000 | TC 171 SC 2 Plenary | |
| 1000 – 1115 | Break | |
| 1015 – 1100 | TC 171 SC 1 Plenary | TBA |
| 1100 – 1215 | TC 171 Plenary | TBA |
| 1215 – 1330 | Lunch | |
| 1330 – 1445 | TBA | |
| 1445 – 1500 | Break | |
| 1500 – 1615 | TBA | |