Duff founded and led several businesses in the electronic document industry. Today, as CEO of the PDF Association, Duff coordinates a variety of industry activities worldwide pertaining to the advancement and adoption of PDF technology. In addition to his PDF Association responsibilities Duff serves in technical roles as Project Leader for ISO 14289 (PDF/UA) and as Project co-Leader for ISO 32000 (the PDF specification). He also chairs the US Technical Advisory Committee (TAG) for ISO TC 171 SC 2, and serves as its Head of Delegation. He can be reached at duff.johnson@pdfa.org.
Duff founded and led several businesses in the electronic document industry. Today, as CEO of the PDF Association, Duff coordinates a variety of industry activities worldwide pertaining to the advancement and adoption of PDF technology. In addition to his PDF Association responsibilities Duff serves in technical roles as Project Leader for ISO 14289 (PDF/UA) and as Project co-Leader for ISO 32000 (the PDF specification). He also chairs the US Technical Advisory Committee (TAG) for ISO TC 171 SC 2, and serves as its Head of Delegation. He can be reached at duff.johnson@pdfa.org.
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Session Description: Everyone understands paper’s features, and how it “works”. For PDF, “full-function” isn’t really defined. 4 PDF experts will discuss under moderation from Duff Johnson, Executive Director of the PDF Association, how to encourage …
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