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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)

Tagging Images in PDF/UA-1 and PDF/UA-2

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 an image is due to its representation of text, and … Read more

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July 2025 by PDF Association staff
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This recently published report from ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 34 presents an analysis of related standards, the current status and … 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 PDF Association staff
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If you use a word processor creating Tagged PDF is your default. | FOGRA’s summary of developments in print | … Read more

PDF in the Wild

June 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Berlin ist calling! Are you ready for the big city?

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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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This document provides essential guidance and recommendations for those aiming to create PDF files that adhere to multiple ISO-standardized subsets … 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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June 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Tickets for PDF Days Europe 2025 and the PDF Workshop are now available! Space is limited and demand is high, … 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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May 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Submit a Technical Poster to showcase your ideas at PDF Days Europe 2025!

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