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Agenda Announced for PDF Days Europe 2025

June 2025 by PDF Association staff

There’s simply no better way to learn about PDF and network in the PDF technology space than PDF Days!

Across two keynotes, 21 educational presentations, a Technical Poster competition, a Solutions Poster session, briefings from working group chairs and the classic “elevator pitch” session, the PDF Days experience in 2025 will be wide-ranging and current.

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There’s simply no better way to learn about PDF and network in the PDF technology space than PDF Days!

Across two keynotes, 21 educational presentations, a Technical Poster competition, a Solutions Poster session, briefings from working group chairs and the classic “elevator pitch” session, the PDF Days experience in 2025 will be wide-ranging and current.

View the complete agenda and register now!

Members, get working on your technical posters! (login required)

Preparing for PDF files “from the future”

May 2024 by Peter Wyatt
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LOGIN REQUIRED: These synthetic files are intended for user experience and human-computer interaction (HCI) specialists to assess the behavior of their current generation of PDF applications to ensure that appropriate … Read more

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May 2024 by Peter Wyatt
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Accurately understanding the kinds of data that can be in a PDF and how it is stored can be very … Read more

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April 2024 by Peter Wyatt
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All ISO publications are written according to a set of rules known as the ISO Directives. In this article, the … Read more

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April 2024 by axes4 GmbH
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Accessibility is vital for ensuring that everyone, regardless of their abilities, can fully participate in society. This article delves into … Read more

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March 2024 by Peter Wyatt
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How meaningful is PDF’s version number? SafeDocs’ research reveals that 20% of extant files contain features that exceed the stated … Read more

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March 2024 by Peter Wyatt
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Peter Wyatt shares his custom metadata panels – very useful for discovering ISO standards and PDF Declarations metadata! (until vendors … Read more

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February 2024 by Duff Johnson
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It’s time for AI integrators to help authors make semantically rich documents… and step up their game on PDF inputs.

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January 2024 by PDF Association staff
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A major focus of the PDF Association’s work is to increase awareness and adoption of standards and best practices for … Read more

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January 2024 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF, ICC, NITF and video datasets used in SafeDocs’ performer hackathons and evaluations are now available for download from … Read more

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December 2023 by PDF Association staff
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In 2023, the volunteers and staff of the PDF Association were busier than ever, with new working groups, resources, and … Read more

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December 2023 by Duff Johnson
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It’s difficult to find other search terms that share PDF’s continuous upwards trend. Few technologies show this resilience, especially over … Read more

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