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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.

UNSAFE-DOCS: a new SafeDocs Corpus including the Voice of the Offense

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 digitalcorpora.org.

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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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December 2023 by PDF Association staff
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Join this webinar to learn why PDF/X-1a was a good idea 20 years ago, but no longer today and find … Read more

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December 2023 by PDF Association staff
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The Imaging Model Technical Working Group (TWG) will now focus on the research, specification, and prototyping at the very core … Read more

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November 2023 by Dietrich von Seggern (callas software GmbH)
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Callas software’s Dietrich von Seggern describes a few of the innovative technologies under consideration for PDF as discussed at the … Read more

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October 2023 by Peter Wyatt
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Although PDF is commonly understood as a single holistic file format, in reality, PDF comprises a number of distinct dialects, … Read more

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October 2023 by PDF Association staff
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5 years ago the PDF Accessibility LWG began a project to develop a set of accessibility techniques for PDF files. … Read more

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October 2023 by National Archives and Records Administration

New federal regulations set digitization standards for permanent records and require agencies to manage their permanent records in digital format.

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September 2023 by Thomas Zellmann
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To encourage marketing staff to sign up for the PDF Technology Marketing Working Group we decided to record a recent … Read more

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September 2023 by PDF Association staff
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PDF Week in San Francisco this October is hosting a free industry Symposium on Advancing the PDF Imaging Model! There’s … Read more

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