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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.

PDF moves ahead with HDR

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 of the PDF imaging model, with special focus on HDR … Read more

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November 2023 by PDF Association staff
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The new VSCode extension by the PDF Association provides PDF syntax awareness to this popular editor, and is designed to … Read more

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November 2023 by Peter Wyatt
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The PDF Association’s unique Visual Studio Code “pdf-cos-syntax” extension is now available for immediate download.

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November 2023 by PDF Association staff (PDF Association, Inc.)
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The PDF technical community will hold a series of online meetings during February 2024 to continue advancing the PDF file … 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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November 2023 by PDF Association staff
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We wanted to know how well ChatGPT processes PDF files. So we signed up for ChatGPT 4.0, the paid version, … Read more

PDF in the Wild

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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October 2023 by PDF Association staff
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PDF Week Fall 2023 in San Francisco covered subjects ranging from HDR to compression, color fonts, animation, accessibility and (much!) … Read more

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October 2023 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF Association is perhaps DARPA’s smallest-ever prime contractor. For DARPA’s SafeDocs program, however, it’s also the biggest success story.

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