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Monday, September 15

All times are CET (Central European Time)

08:30	Registration opens at 08:30 CET on the 1st floor. (Foyer)
10:00	The PDF Association welcomes you to PDF Days Europe 2025! (Ballsaal/Plenum)
10:15	The role of AI in rapidly reshaping content creation, management, and authenticity (Ballsaal/Plenum)
11:00	Coffee break

	Track A (Ballsaal/Plenum)	Track B (Lankwitz)	Track C (Zehlendorf)
11:30	PDF 2030 Kevin De Vorsey, Kevin De Vorsey Slides:	Modern invisible ink – Understanding hidden information in PDF Felix Wermelinger, PDF Tools AG Slides:	Tagged PDF in the Wild Boris Doubrov, Dual Lab sprl Slides:
12:15	Lunch
13:15	Technical Posters (Steglitz) PDF Association members showcase their ideas to promote discussion. Attendees vote to choose the best poster!
15:00	Coffee break
15:30	Collaborative PDF Leonard Rosenthol, Adobe Slides:	PDF Forensics and the Metadata conundrum Cherie Ekholm, Verisk Slides:	Understanding the structure of PDF tables and extracting data from them Dr. Tamir Hassan, Tamir Hassan Slides:
16:15	Document security and authenticity Yulian Gaponenko, Apryse Eugene Bochilo, Apryse Slides:	HTML and PDF, best of Frenemies Mike Bremford, BFO (Big Faceless Organization) Slides:	Beyond Automation Dr. Ann Knettler, GrackleDocs Inc. Slides:
18:30	Evening event

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Tuesday, September 16

All times are CET (Central European Time).

09:00	Accessible Digital Documents (Ballsaal/Plenum)
09:45	Elevator Pitches (Ballsaal/Plenum) PDF Days sponsors race the clock to tell you about themselves in 5 minutes each!
10:30	Coffee Break

	Track A (Ballsaal/Plenum)	Track B (Lankwitz)	Track C (Zehlendorf)
11:00	Working with Techniques for accessible PDF Duff Johnson, PDF Association Markus Erle, axes4 GmbH Slides:	When PDF is production critical Dietrich von Seggern, callas software GmbH Slides:	In Defense of the Incremental Save Cherie Ekholm, Verisk Slides:
11:45	Empowering the Future of PDF with AI Matthew Hardy, Adobe Slides:	Making it easier to design… David van Driessche, callas software GmbH Slides:	PDF XMP Metadata Validation with Relax NG Schemas and the PoDoFo Library Francesco Pretto, The PoDoFo Community Slides:
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Tagged and Accessible PDF with LaTeX — revisited Frank Mittelbach, The LaTeX Project Ulrike Fischer, The LaTeX Project Slides:	PDF, AI, and Data Protection: Can Smart Be Safe? Elodie Tellier, JLB Informatique Slides:	Breaking Good Peter Wyatt, PDF Association Slides:
14:15	Solutions Posters (Steglitz) PDF Days sponsors showcase their products and services in an open forum designed to promote discussion.
15:00	Coffee
15:30	AI and PDF Accessibility Thomas Schempp, axes4 GmbH Slides:	PDF Between the Lines: Specification, De Facto Standards, and the Coming UX Shift Roman Toda, Foxit Corporation Madhura Damodaran, Foxit Corporation Slides:	PDF Association Membership Benefits 101 Peter Wyatt, PDF Association Melina Tusch, PDF Association Slides:
16:15	Working Group Reports (Ballsaal/Plenum) TWG and LWG chairs briefly describe their group’s activities and plans.
17:10	PDF Association members-only meeting (Ballsaal/Plenum)