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Recordings from PDF Days Europe 2025 are now available

October 2025 by PDF Association staff

PDF Days Europe 2025 was a tremendous success, bringing together the global PDF community to explore AI, accessibility, authenticity, metadata, security, and the evolving user experience in ISO-standardized PDF.

The event showcased what makes the PDF ecosystem unique: a standards-driven, industry-wide collaboration where vendors, implementers, researchers, and users shape the future together.

The video recordings of all 23 presentations are now available – access them via the event agenda, presentation archive, or YouTube playlist to revisit every highlight, discussion, and practical takeaway from this inspiring event!

PDF Days Europe 2025 was a tremendous success, bringing together the global PDF community to explore AI, accessibility, authenticity, metadata, security, and the evolving user experience in ISO-standardized PDF.

The event showcased what makes the PDF ecosystem unique: a standards-driven, industry-wide collaboration where vendors, implementers, researchers, and users shape the future together.

The video recordings of all 23 presentations are now available – access them via the event agenda, presentation archive, or YouTube playlist to revisit every highlight, discussion, and practical takeaway from this inspiring event!

How Google Trends sees “pdf” in 2022

October 2022 by Duff Johnson
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As of October 28 2022 worldwide searches for “pdf” had peaked in March, 2022. Even as internet searches continue to rise worldwide, “pdf” keeps up.

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October 2022 by Dietrich von Seggern (callas software GmbH)
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Some time ago Adobe announced that it “will disable support for authoring with Type 1 fonts by January 2023”. Dietrich … Read more

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August 2022 by John Brinkman (Adobe)
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John Brinkman provides an update on the work of the PDF Association’s Forms TWG and its development of the next … Read more

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August 2022 by Akash Choudhary (callas software GmbH)
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Dietrich von Seggern and Akash Choudhary from callas software and David van Driessche from Four Pees are presenting at this … Read more

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August 2022 by Paul Rayius
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The new PDF/UA Processor LWG’s mission is to establish principles and a framework, and then develop requirements for PDF/UA processors … Read more

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August 2022 by Matthias Valvekens (Matthias Valvekens)
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Matthias Valvekens explains the difference and respective value of digital signatures vs. MAC-based technology for authenticating PDF files.

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August 2022 by Matthias Valvekens (Matthias Valvekens)
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Matthias Valvekens, the ISO project leader who led development of ISO 32004, has written a pair of blog posts to … Read more

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July 2022 by PDF Association staff
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5 reasons your boss should want you to attend PDF Days Europe 2022 in September!

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May 2022 by Duff Johnson
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Tagged PDF is becoming increasingly common. On #GAAD 2022, PDF/UA’s ISO Project Leader takes stock of the progress and highlights … Read more

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May 2022 by Peter Wyatt
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The PDF Association has updated IANA’s MIME media types registry for FDF, XFDF, PRC and U3D.

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April 2022 by Global Graphics Software
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Martin Bailey reflects on the history of PDF/X and its impact on production printing and the exchange of documents in … Read more

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