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Why Organizations Shouldn’t Miss PDF Days Europe 2025

August 2025 by PDF Association staff

Every enterprise relies on PDF. From contracts and financial reports to regulatory submissions and customer communications, PDFs underpin critical business processes. Yet many organizations only scratch the surface of what this technology can do.

At PDF Days Europe 2025, executives and IT leaders will gain direct insight into how better use of PDF can reduce compliance risks, cut costs and unlock new value from information assets through automation, AI integration and reusable content.

This event isn’t just about standards — it’s about leveraging technical expertise to serve enterprise strategy. Attendees connect directly with the experts who build the technology, gaining practical, future-ready approaches to document management.

For organizations that depend on trust, efficiency, and long-term information integrity, PDF Days Europe is a strategic investment.

Every enterprise relies on PDF. From contracts and financial reports to regulatory submissions and customer communications, PDFs underpin critical business processes. Yet many organizations only scratch the surface of what this technology can do.

At PDF Days Europe 2025, executives and IT leaders will gain direct insight into how better use of PDF can reduce compliance risks, cut costs and unlock new value from information assets through automation, AI integration and reusable content.

This event isn’t just about standards — it’s about leveraging technical expertise to serve enterprise strategy. Attendees connect directly with the experts who build the technology, gaining practical, future-ready approaches to document management.

For organizations that depend on trust, efficiency, and long-term information integrity, PDF Days Europe is a strategic investment.

Designing PDFs for Pattern-Based Reading

August 2025 by Jacob Mellor (Iron Software)
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This article is written from my perspective as a lifelong software engineer and current CTO who codes differently – first because I read differently, and now because I program by … Read more

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July 2025 by Peter Wyatt
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We were asked to investigate non-functional internal document (intra-document) hyperlinks in PDFs stored on Google Drive and viewed with Google’s … Read more

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July 2025 by Paul Rayius (Allyant)
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Experience since PDF/UA-1 was published has revealed that some rules were too prescriptive. In some situations the semantic significance of … Read more

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June 2025 by Patrick Gallot (Datalogics)
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PDF has long relied on Flate for general-purpose data compression. Today, Brotli has emerged as a promising new approach that … Read more

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June 2025 by Patrick Gallot (Datalogics)
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This article explains the options in allowing, limiting, and/or preventing data scraping from occurring when AI and text data mining … Read more

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June 2025 by PDF Association staff
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In support of the International Archives Week theme and its four subthemes, the PDF Association is announcing its forthcoming Best … Read more

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May 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Announcing the Monday keynote speaker for PDF Days Europe 2025, the new poster sessions and Peter Wyatt’s PDF Workshop!

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April 2025 by Duff Johnson
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What does it take to build the organizational skills and resources necessary to succeed in ensuring PDF documents are accessible?

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March 2025 by Robin Watts (Artifex Software Inc)
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Brotli compression is coming soon to PDF 2.0, enabling smaller file sizes. Sample PDF files are available to kickstart development!

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March 2025 by Erin Dempsey (TWAIN Working Group)
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This article explores how ISVs can use PDF/R to improve imaging application software’s efficiency, reduce development complexity, and enhance customer … Read more

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February 2025 by Peter Wyatt
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Google’s Jpegli promises smaller JPEG images (and so, smaller PDF files) with no change to reader software! Check it out … Read more

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