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PDF industry presentations

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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Structure recognition for information retrieval and layout
Mining for structure in a reliable scalable way
Joris Schellekens at PDF Days Europe 2018 ( 2018, May )
Reuse


Studie PDF-Barrierefreiheit 2018
Ergebnisse des PDF/UA-Monitoring bei Deutschen Bundesministerien Ausgabe 3
Markus Erle at PDF Days Europe 2018 ( 2018, May )
Accessibility


Tagged PDF 2.0
What PDF 2.0 tagging brings in the context of format interchange and repurposing?
Roman Toda at PDF Days Europe 2018 ( 2018, May )
Accessibility PDF 2.0


Text and fonts in PDF
What has PDF 2.0 (not) changed for font encoding?
Dietrich von Seggern at PDF Days Europe 2018 ( 2018, May )
Creation


The power of 3D PDF
3D PDF Use cases, with history, status and future of 3D PDF in terms of ISO
Ulrich Isermeyer at PDF Days Europe 2018 ( 2018, May )
Engineering / 3D


veraPDF after PREFORMA
Real world adoption and industry needs for more PDF standards
Boris Doubrov at PDF Days Europe 2018 ( 2018, May )
Archiving


PDF Day DC Overview
Introduction and remarked by the Archivist of the United States
Duff Johnson at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
PDF community


A brief introduction to archiving information with PDF
Best practices for creating archival documents
Matt Kuznicki at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Archiving

Learn about what makes PDF the ideal document format for long-term information preservation, including best practices for creating archival documents, and how PDF is used to facilitate reliable information interchange and helps ensure future usability.



Accessible PDF Authoring
Breaking Through the limits of Adobe InDesign
Damian Sian at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Accessibility Creation


Accessible PDF Usability
Considerations for Accessible documents from an Authoring and User Perspective
Dennis Quon at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Accessibility


Archiving Engineering Documents using PDF
Applying PDF standards to archive engineering data
Phil Spreier at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Engineering / 3D Archiving

PDF is the most popular format for sharing engineering documents. Join us to explore the various PDF standards (PDF, PDF/A, PDF/E) and how they can be applied to archive engineering data.



Artificial intelligence and PDF document processing
How AI can automate your PDF document workflows
Henry Sal at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Document management

Tesla makes self-driving cars, Amazon can predict what you are interested in purchasing, Starbucks now even knows what your coffee order will be when you walk into their store, all possible due to artificial intelligence technology. Artificial intelligence software can … Read more



Best Practices For Converting Paper to Digital Documents
Carsten Heiermann at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Creation


Everything you want to know about eSignatures & Digital Signatures in PDF
Legality and current state of signatures in PDF
Jonathan Rhyne at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Digital signatures

What is an eSignature? What is a Digital Signature? Will they hold up in court? In this session, Jonathan will run through the current state of the different types of signatures possible in PDFs and their legality.



How blockchain could revolutionize documents
Use Cases of Distributed Ledger Technology and PDF
George Allen at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Security

For almost 25 years, many different companies have joined forces to establish a paperless world. When we look at the adoption of standards such as ZUGFeRD in more and more countries, when we see that NARA will stop accepting non-electronic … Read more





Leveraging PDF 2.0 for High Volume Invoices, Statements and other Personalized Communication
Benefits of PDF 2.0 in transactional content workflows
Drew Sprague at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
CCM PDF 2.0

While PDF is widely recognized as a critical content format for publishing, office, marketing and other forms of low volume and impersonal content, PDF plays an essential role in high value, high volume personalized content generation and distribution. This presentation … Read more



Managing the transition: Legacy AFP to PDF/UA
Planning Your Accessibility Migration
Karen Tremblay at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Accessibility Creation

When considering Accessibility and legacy documents, do you start from scratch or do you work with what you’ve got to migrate? In this presentation Compart’s VP of Technology John Lynch examines the transition from a trusted legacy print stream (AFP) … Read more



NARA’s Strategic Direction
A briefing regarding NARA's Records Management Policy and Outreach Program
John Martinez at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Archiving


Planning for PDF accessibility within your organization
How to achieve document accessibility
Paul Rayius at PDF Day Washington DC 2018 ( 2018, Jan )
Accessibility

In this session we will discuss what PDF accessibility is, what’s driving the need, and what regulations and standards are applicable. We’ll also propose a multi-phase plan to help your organization achieve document accessibility, identify some tools that may be … Read more