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5 reasons to attend PDF Days in 2025

July 2025 by Duff Johnson

Insight. PDF Days is a great place to learn about new approaches, ask vendors hard questions, and benefit from centuries of collective wisdom.

Networking. PDF Days is a great way to make connections with peers, vendors, customers, regulators, and more.

Inspiration. I’ve been told that attendees value PDF Days for the information they did NOT come to learn, but that nonetheless offered real value.

Learning. PDF Days, together with the PDF Workshop immediately prior, is an ideal opportunity to help new developers, consultants, product managers and marketers deepen their knowledge of PDF’s capabilities and the competitive landscape.

Foresight. PDF Days is an opportunity to hear first-hand about coming advances in PDF technology and discover what’s next for PDF!

Insight. PDF Days is a great place to learn about new approaches, ask vendors hard questions, and benefit from centuries of collective wisdom.

Networking. PDF Days is a great way to make connections with peers, vendors, customers, regulators, and more.

Inspiration. I’ve been told that attendees value PDF Days for the information they did NOT come to learn, but that nonetheless offered real value.

Learning. PDF Days, together with the PDF Workshop immediately prior, is an ideal opportunity to help new developers, consultants, product managers and marketers deepen their knowledge of PDF’s capabilities and the competitive landscape.

Foresight. PDF Days is an opportunity to hear first-hand about coming advances in PDF technology and discover what’s next for PDF!

PDF 2.0 modernizes cryptographic support

January 2023 by Peter Wyatt
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ISO TC 171 SC 2 is publishing new extensions and clarifications to PDF 2.0 in support of advanced cryptography.

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December 2022 by Duff Johnson
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In 2023 the PDF Association will focus on technical community while the final phase of the SafeDocs program offers an … Read more

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December 2022 by Matthias Valvekens (Matthias Valvekens)
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A commentary on the interoperability of encrypting PDF documents with public-key cryptography.

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December 2022 by Matthias Valvekens (Matthias Valvekens)
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Identifying the signer’s key in a PDF signature: how does that work?

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December 2022 by Dietrich von Seggern (callas software GmbH)
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Dietrich von Seggern from callas software explains, how companies can optimally prepare PDF files for variable data printing.

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December 2022 by PDF Association staff
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Adobe releases the source code for an early version of PostScript, the forerunner of PDF.

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November 2022 by PDF Association staff
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DARPA will provide seed funding of $1.3M for research and prototyping centered on reinventing the PDF specification and delivering on … Read more

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November 2022 by PDF Association staff
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Our all-new presentation archive now includes recordings from PDF Days Europe 2022!

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November 2022 by PDF Association staff
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Impressions of the PDF Days Europe 2022 in September in Berlin at the Novotel Tiergarten. Images of several keynotes, sessions, … Read more

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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 … Read more

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October 2022 by PDF Association staff
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In a new podcast episode, SE Radio’s Gavin Henry interviews PDF Association CTO Wyatt and CEO Johnson about a wide … Read more

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