The world-wide PDF technology event brings together PDF’s top experts from across the industry and the world.

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: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0-1-11_30-KevinDeVorsey-PDF_2035.pdf	Modern invisible ink – Understanding hidden information in PDF Felix Wermelinger, PDF Tools AG Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0-2-11_30-FelixWermelinger-Invisible_Ink.pdf	Tagged PDF in the Wild Boris Doubrov, Dual Lab sprl Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0-3-11_30-BorisDoubrov-Tagged_PDF_in_the_Wild.pdf
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: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Collaborative-PDF.pdf	PDF Forensics and the Metadata conundrum Cherie Ekholm, Verisk Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0-2-15_30-CherieEkholm-PDF_Forensics_and_the_Metadata_conundrum.pdf	Understanding the structure of PDF tables and extracting data from them Dr. Tamir Hassan, Tamir Hassan Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0-3-15_30-TamirHassan-Extracting_Data_From_PDF_Tables.pdf
16:15	Document security and authenticity Yulian Gaponenko, Apryse Eugene Bochilo, Apryse Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/0-1-16_15-YulianEugene-Document_Security_Authenticity-untagged.pdf	HTML and PDF, best of Frenemies Mike Bremford, BFO (Big Faceless Organization) Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0-2-16_15-MikeBremford-HTML_and_PDF_Best_of_Frenemies.pdf	Beyond Automation Dr. Ann Knettler, GrackleDocs Inc. Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/0-3-16_15-AnnKnettler-Beyond_Automation.pdf
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: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-09-16_PDF-Days-Europe-2025_TechniquesForAccessiblePDF_.pdf	When PDF is production critical Dietrich von Seggern, callas software GmbH Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/When-PDF-is-production-critical.pdf	In Defense of the Incremental Save Cherie Ekholm, Verisk Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1-3-11_00-CherieEkholm-In_Defence_of_Incremental_Saves.pdf
11:45	Empowering the Future of PDF with AI Matthew Hardy, Adobe Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1-1-11_45-MatthewHardy-Empowering_the_Future_of_PDF_with_AI.pdf	Making it easier to design… David van Driessche, callas software GmbH Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1-2-11_45-DavidVanDriessche-Making_it_easier_to_design_and_harder_to_print.pdf	PDF XMP Metadata Validation with Relax NG Schemas and the PoDoFo Library Francesco Pretto, The PoDoFo Community Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1-3-11_45-FrancescoPretto_PDF_XMP_Metadata_Validation_with_Relax_NG_Schemas.pdf
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Tagged and Accessible PDF with LaTeX — revisited Frank Mittelbach, The LaTeX Project Ulrike Fischer, The LaTeX Project Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/PDFAdays-2025-talk-tagged.pdf	PDF, AI, and Data Protection: Can Smart Be Safe? Elodie Tellier, JLB Informatique Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1-2-13_30-ElodieTellier-PDF_AI_and_DataProtection_Can_Smart_be_Safe.pdf	Breaking Good Peter Wyatt, PDF Association Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PDFDays2025-BreakingBad-Wyatt.pdf
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: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1-1-15_30-ThomasSchempp-AI_and_PDF_Accessibility.pdf	PDF Between the Lines Roman Toda, Foxit Corporation Madhura Damodaran, Foxit Corporation Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1-2-15_30-RomanMadhura-PDF_Between_the_Lines_Specification.pdf	PDF Association Membership Benefits 101 Peter Wyatt, PDF Association Melina Tusch, PDF Association Slides: https://pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1-3-1530-MelinaPeter-PDF_Association_Membership_Benefits_101.pdf
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)