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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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ISO 14289-2 (PDF/UA-2), the “gold standard” for accessibility in PDF 2.0, has arrived

March 2024 by PDF Association staff
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Based on WTPDF, ISO 14289-2 serves to assure institutions that the PDF Association’s requirements for creating and validating accessible PDF 2.0 files are now ISO-standardized.

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March 2024 by PDF Association staff
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Join pdfa.org for exclusive member benefits tailored to PDF development. Our Member Benefit Manager, Melina, engages in insightful discussions with … Read more

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March 2024 by PDF Association staff
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The latest veraPDF release candidate adds PDF/UA-2 support. LibreOffice creates PDF/A and PDF/UA together. A “white paper” gets PDF wrong, … Read more

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March 2024 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF Association has established a new Liaison Working Group (LWG) to serve as a place for forensics experts and … Read more

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February 2024 by PDF Association staff
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Well-Tagged PDF (WTPDF), a common specification for both reuse and accessibility, is a massive leap forward for PDF technology.

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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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February 2024 by PDF Association staff
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PDF Week Online 2024 week 2 is coming up! Did you know that PDF 2.0 adds ARIA to PDF? How … Read more

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February 2024 by PDF Association staff
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All PDF Association Full and Liaison Members who have joined Technical and/or Liaison Working Groups are welcome for two weeks … Read more

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January 2024 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF Association is launching a new benefit specifically designed for Individual members.

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January 2024 by PDF Association staff
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LibreOffice now supports PDF/UA! AI LLMs’ support for PDF is substandard, and is retarding innovation. Yet more misinformation about malware. … Read more

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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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