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The PDF Association hosts a library of recordings of educational presentations by members and guest speakers at industry events. This collection, now including downloadable slide decks in many cases, is now accessible from pdfa.org.

All presentations are posted as received from the speaker. The PDF Association does not take responsibility for presentation content, comments by attendees or the speakers’ downloadable PDF files.

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Peter Wyatt
The future: re-imagining the best possible definition of PDF

We can and must do better if PDF is to remain reliable, portable, and relevant – and thus grow into the future for all its stakeholders. And now, we have that chance…

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Accelerated document rendering with modern hardware
Michael Vrhel at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Optimization

Today’s hardware provides several options to leverage in the rendering of documents. These include multi-cores, single instruction multiple data (SIMD) intrinsics, and general-purpose graphic processing units (GPGPUs). In this talk, we will explore the use of some of these methods …



Accessibility, automation and AI: The future of accessible PDF documents
Paul Rayius at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Accessibility

Anyone with PDF accessibility experience knows it can be technical and can get complicated quickly. Every day, organizations are looking for better, faster, and easier solutions to solve the problem including looking at automation. Sure, an automated solution that fixes …



Accessible math in PDF
Boris Doubrov at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Accessibility

We provide the detailed analysis of the current state of art of Math accessibility in PDF publications. It covers the complete document flow from the Authoring software to the Accessibility AT. In the center of this flow we have the …



An accessibility label for electronic documents
Robert Martinengo at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Accessibility

The new Accessibility Information Label for electronic documents gives anyone who distributes electronic documents a simple and free method to demonstrate support for people with disabilities by disclosing accessibility information through a standard electronic label.



Are you confident that your redacted documents are safe to be shared?
Patrick Gallot at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Document management

Removal of sensitive information from public documents is increasingly important, particularly for privacy concerns. Redaction is a critical operation that requires multiple steps and the expertise to execute accurately. We’ll review the internal syntax of a document, looking at the …



Automatic distribution of full indexed documentation
Dario Finardi at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Document management Creation

This paper discusses the importance of documentation limitations, and the problems they can create, identifies the role of PDF with packaged extra-contents as the best relying technology to quickly deliver, store and browse technical manuals in a heavy-duty environment. By …



Blockchain for documents – the future of security
Ross Frank at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Security

This talk reviews how the use of blockchain technology can benefit document workflows. Blockchain technology can be used to secure PDF invoices and digital signatures and makes it possible to store digital signatures in a blockchain itself instead of in …



Boeing’s Digital Transformation Journey (Keynote)
Kenny Swope at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Document management Keynote


Could PDF be a weapon in cyber wafare?
Duff Johnson, Peter Wyatt at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Security

Today PDF is the format of choice for every kind of document used in all industries, governments and by all citizens. It is trusted by everyone to reliably communicate accurate information… but how can we guarantee a document and its …



Document adaptation: responsiveness and personalization of the document experience
Matthew Hardy at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Document management Reuse

As the nature of computing has changed, bringing screens from the size of watches to interactive walls, how do documents respond to this challenge? How do end users gain some control over this experience without losing what is important about …



Email archival in PDF – how does that make sense?
Dietrich von Seggern at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Document management Archiving


How reusable content in pdf could be: deriving HTML
Roman Toda at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Reuse


I didn’t know PDF could do that!
Matt Kuznicki at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Document management


Impact of ECG on PDF publication
William Li at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Print Creation


Interoperable CCM to connect legacy, current and future Platforms
Scott Gerschwer at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
CCM


Leveraging vector graphics in PDF
Jean Haney at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Engineering / 3D


Millions of PDFs once a month: serverless estatements
Jason Harrop at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
CCM


Open data – PDF beyond final form visual content
Dov Isaacs at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Reuse


PANEL: Ask a PDF Expert
Panel discussion at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
PDF community


PANEL: Challenges facing electronic document developers over the next 10 years
Panel discussion at Electronic Document Conference 2019 ( 2019, Jun )
Document management PDF community