PDF Days Online 2021

We can't meet in person... but we can still talk about PDF!

Technical Days sessions are educational / non-commercial in nature; 30 minutes of presentation, 10 minutes reserved for Q&A.

We look forward to returning to in-person events in 2022.

Technical Days sessions

Date	1600 CEST / 1000 ET / 0700 PT	1700 CEST / 1100 ET / 0800 PT
Sept. 27	Create PDFs using HTML How to use HTML to generated PDF documents Document management Creation Francois Fernandes Digital Frontiers GmbH & Co. KG Generating documents can be challenging. There are many tools, different platforms and markup languages. Especially these markup languages like XSL:FO or similar, do have a … read more	Deriving HTML from PDF – lessons learned Implementation challenges in reusing PDF content Reuse PDF 2.0 Roman Toda Normex Two years after introducing Deriving HTML from PDF document, two years after implementing the core concept, after processing countless authored and un-authored pdf files we … read more
Sept. 28	Cryptography in PDF: future perspectives Taking PDF crypto to the next level Security Digital signatures Matthias Valvekens iText Group NV The relationship between cryptography and PDF is one with a long history. PDF’s cryptography-related features have been through a number of significant revisions over the … read more	The Arlington PDF Model A specification-derived, machine-readable definition of PDF PDF 2.0 Peter Wyatt PDF Association This talk will present the Arlington PDF Model as the first open access, vendor-neutral, comprehensive, specification-derived machine-readable definition of all formally defined PDF objects and … read more
Sept. 29	Making sense of PDF structures in the wild at scale Building a file observatory to support secure parser development Security Document management Tim Allison Jet Propulsion Laboratory PDFs in the wild offer a bewildering amount of variation in syntax, features and structure. For those building parsers or evaluating parsers, it is critical … read more	Two Standards. One Goal. Modernizing Print Communication Production PDF+JDF=ADF! Explore the possibilities when you modernize with automation, PDF features and JDF/JMF connections Print Document management PDF 2.0 Mary Ann Rowan Solimar Systems Inc. The term Automated Document Factory (ADF) might sound familiar, especially if you have worked in or around print over the last three decades. For the … read more
Sept. 30	PDF/R revisions and new, highly compressed image format What is new and how can it benefit you? PDF 2.0 Rene Rebe TWAIN Working Group This presentation will outline the current development of PDF/R and the state of research for adding new, highly efficient image codes to future PDF versions … read more	The Low Code Revolution and PDF What does it mean for PDF Developers and PDF Technology Companies? Document management Neil Pitman Aquaforest Limited Ever-increasing demand for productivity and faster time to delivery is increasing awareness and adoption of Low-Code application development by IT teams and “Citizen IT”. This … read more
Oct. 4	PDF/A Conversion and Validation Challenges This presentation will discuss some of the challenges in PDF to PDF/A conversion and PDF/A validation and how to overcome them. Archiving Elodie Tellier Orpalis We will examine how specific problems are handled in these (not so) similar processes. Sometimes PDF/A validation can be more complex than PDF/A conversion, and … read more	Archiving email – as PDF? The current state of discussions and developments in the field of interoperable email archival Archiving Dietrich von Seggern callas software GmbH Digital archives have to preserve not only the data formats, they also have to make sure that proper viewer technology is available in the future. For … read more
Oct. 5	Survey of open source PDF solutions Rendering, creation, and manipulation Michael Vrhel Artifex Software Inc The presentation will first provide an overview of the current active open-source projects that deal with PDF rendering, creation, and manipulation. We will be looking … read more	3DPDFs + the future format usage + collaboration Engineering / 3D Andrey Safonov PDFTron Since the entry of 3D to the PDF specification, usage has been dominated by the AEC industry. Today, the way we use, interpret and digest … read more
Oct. 6	STOP PRESS! Or how to avoid it! How do you streamline problem PDFs into the print workflow Print David Stevenson Global Graphics What would your print customer say if you rejected any PDF files that were poorly constructed and likely to slow down the press? With such … read more	SafeDocs – towards a more secure future Securing file formats through provable techniques Security Peter Wyatt PDF Association This talk will present industry-relevant outcomes from the DARPA-funded “SafeDocs” research program, as well as reviewing future directions. This research is aimed at reducing the … read more
Oct. 7	What makes a tagged PDF a proper tagged PDF/UA document? Let us show you how the Matterhorn Protocol helps to generate a PDF/UA compliant document, learn about the most essential tasks and to which difficulties you have to pay attention to. Accessibility Rene Treuber axaio software GmbH Tagged, accessible PDF documents are already part of the standard requirements of many companies – partly due to legal obligations, but increasingly also under a … read more	Lessons from implementing a PDF/UA-centric mobile reader What we've learned while making a better mobile experience Accessibility Matt Kuznicki AbleDocs What does it mean for a mobile PDF reader to focus on accessibility? How does a PDF presentation optimized for accessibility differ from a strictly … read more
Oct. 12	WCAG or PDF/UA: what’s the difference Gap analysis and challenges in validation Accessibility Boris Doubrov Dual Lab sprl At the moment WCAG validation is a legal requirement, while PDF/UA is not (unfortunately). In this talk we make an attempt to perform a gap … read more	Accessible PDF – How to tag content the right way Finding appropriate Tags for content Accessibility Reuse Klaas Posselt Einmanncombo More and more PDFs need to be accessible and so PDF/UA compliant. Today it is technically possible to generate such files of of many tools … read more
Oct. 13	OpenType color fonts in PDF Implementing emoji and other colored symbols in PDF Print PDF 2.0 Thomas Merz PDFlib GmbH We are used to setting text in color, but for decades operating systems and font formats supported only monochrome fonts where the font specifies only … read more	Content accessibility for all screen sizes The evolution of content and how we consume it Accessibility Andrey Safonov PDFTron With mobile claiming more than 50% of total internet usage for the past 5 years, the way we interact and manipulate content must continue to … read more
Oct. 14	Future of Traversing PDF Files SELECT future FROM pdf.*; Document management PDF 2.0 Michael Demey iText Group NV As we all know, PDF files are a structural marvel. There are many ways of constructing a file while still maintaining the same visual result. … read more	How to make e-Signing interoperable Getting rid of proprietary data and closed workflows Digital signatures Carsten Heiermann Foxit Corporation This presentations sorts out digital signatures and e-Signing and describes the current status of e-Signing, with its non-interoperable, cloud based workflows. Can PDF turn e-Signing … read more
Oct. 18	Content Authenticity and PDF Support of PDF as part of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity Security Creation Archiving Leonard Rosenthol Adobe Come learn about new standards from the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) and how this impacts PDF and the future of content. read more	Validating digital signatures in PDF About user experiences and pitfalls Digital signatures Bernd Wild intarsys GmbH Digital signatures and PDF are an increasingly popular combination for digitizing paper-based business processes. While the focus of most signature products and solutions is on … read more

Solution Days sessions

Solution Days sessions are compact (most are 15 minutes in length) presentations by PDF Days sponsors.

Accessibilty
Oct. 19 at 1600 CEST / 1000 ET / 0700 PT (SILVER sponsor)			AbleDocs: The ‘Royal Flush’ in PDF/UA presented by Adam Spencer, President (GLOBAL) of AbleDocs COVID-19 has shifted the way we work online and reinforced the need for digital accessibility, especially when it comes to PDFs. Learn about the state of PDFs today and how AbleDocs is helping lead the charge in assisting businesses to ensure they are sharing accessible documents. Find out about AbleDocs’ suite of services, including ADScan, ADLegacy, ADStream, axesWord and axesPDF, and how they can help you ensure your PDFs are PDF/UA-compliant, no matter if it’s a single document or a high-volume of documents.
Oct. 19 at 1630 CEST / 1030 ET / 0730 PT (SILVER, sponsor)			axaio MadeToTag – the tool for proper accessible PDF out of Adobe InDesign presented by René Treuber MadeToTag is an Adobe InDesign plug-in to prepare and export InDesign documents as tagged, accessible PDFs. For all those who have to create accessible PDFs on a regular base, will get an easy-to-use tool that considerably simplifies and speeds up preparation, review and creation steps. In addition, PDFs generated with MadeToTag meet the requirements of the international PDF/UA standard (universal accessibility) to comply with legal regulations.
Archiving
Oct. 20 at 1600 CEST / 1000 ET / 0700 PT (GOLD sponsor)			The email to PDF/A reality show presented by Dietrich von Seggern Join us for a practical demonstration for email archival in PDF/A. After my theoretical presentation on September 27 "Archiving email – as PDF?” this will be a reality show - starring callas pdfaPilot.
Oct. 21 at 1630 CEST / 1030 ET / 0730 PT (GOLD sponsor)			How PDF/A-2 and -4 are better than PDF/A-1 presented by Dietrich von Seggern In this short session we will convert selected real world PDF files to PDF/A-1 and PDF/A-2. This will demonstrate when and why PDF/A-2 is the better choice - and if PDF/A-4 is even better.
Oct. 19 at 1700 CEST / 1100 ET / 0800 PT (SILVER, sponsor)			Your multiformat solutions for viewing, converting, and archiving your files presented by Elodie Tellier Build all-in-one PDF solutions with our toolkits for desktop, Web, and Cloud development. We also provide enterprise software, low code/no code, and productivity applications to batch process and automate your PDF workflows.
Oct. 21 at 1700 CEST / 1100 ET / 0800 PT (BRONZE, sponsor)			Leverage PDF Cloud processing for digital document sustainability presented by David Behrns PDF was created so that any operating system or computer can open and view your files as it was intended to be used. Whether you have 10 or millions of documents, you want to make sure that they are preserved for long-term accessibility. Find out how you can future-proof your PDFs by harnessing the power of PDF Cloud processing.
Oct. 20 at 1630 CEST / 1030 ET / 0730 PT (BRONZE, sponsor)			PDF/A eats PDF/E presented by Dr. Uwe Wächter At the end of 2020, the 4th part of the PDF/A standard was released - for the first time also with a focus on 3D. The PDF/E standard will included, which was previously intended to standardize the 3D part of PDF. This presentation explains roughly 3D PDF and the latest developments. Finally, first experiences with 3D standardization using PDF/A from customer projects will be given.
PDF Creation
Oct. 20 at 1730 CEST / 1130 ET / 0830 PT (GOLD sponsor)			Is PDF Your Targeted Standard? If Not, it Helps Your Competition presented by Jonathan Malone-McGrew, Senior Director of Engagement, Mary Ann Rowan, Chief Experience Officer (CXO) and Guest Analyst and Expert, Pat McGrew, McGrewGroup In today’s technology-fueled environment, we interact with literally thousands of communications each day. In the print and digital communications creation, production and delivery world, these messages have significant importance and value to the organizations that push them out. A statement that is also true for all of us who receive them. In this session, we put a stake in the ground that PDF is the only file format that can cross the physical, digital, accessibility and storage chasm. Join us to learn about real-world examples and the competitive advantage they have provided.
Oct. 20 at 1700 CEST / 1100 ET / 0800 PT (SILVER, sponsor)			On-demand PDF generation on low-code platforms presented by Tanel Tähepõld More and more companies use low-code platforms to build their software solutions for both external and internal users. On these platforms, developers no longer have access to programming language-specific utility libraries for PDF generation that they have used. Developers rely on functionality provided by the low-code platform or find a third-party partner that can solve their document generation needs. Let's look at how PDF Generator API can help developers with on-demand PDF generation on low-code platforms. Live examples with Wix, Bubble and Integromat.
PDF Processing
Oct. 25 at 1630 CEST / 1030 ET / 0730 PT (GOLD, sponsor)			Preparing for an XFA-free future presented by Gert Michiels, Foxit Product Management XFA has been deprecated from the current PDF 2.0 standard, and XFA support from newer tools is completely lacking. XFA files just can’t be read, unless an additional viewer component is installed or made available. With the Adobe LiveCycle on the retreat, the number of applications still creating and shelling out fresh XFA forms is diminishing. However, worldwide, systems and archives are filled to the brim with millions of XFA documents. Foxit has been helping customers defusing the XFA bomb using its enterprise-grade Document Transformation Services platform in a one-time massive cleanup operation and will talk about one such process and also cover the different challenges that were encountered and mastered.
Oct. 25 at 1600 CEST / 1000 ET / 0700 PT (GOLD sponsor)			eSigning made easy presented by Carsten Heiermann, Foxit Chief Evangelist This presentation will discuss Foxit Sign, a new eSignature service providing full, legally binding and secure eSign workflow. Foxit Sign makes it easy to create and sign digital contracts, agreements and forms to expedite business in a digital world.
Oct. 21 at 1600 CEST / 1000 ET / 0700 PT (GOLD sponsor)			PDFs and 30+ other formats at their best, working for you presented by Elma Khandaker and Andrey Safonov PDFTron is the definitive digital content platform. With PDFs at the core, from fully customizable SDK (high-code), to plug-n-play APIs (low-code), to end-user application (no-code), we’ve got it all to help you turn the digitization of documents into a business advantage. In this 30 minute session, we’ll do a live run-through of our flagship, fully client-side solution and talk through some use cases from our top customers.
Oct. 21 at 1730 CEST / 1130 ET / 0830 PT (SILVER sponsor)			iText DITO 2.0, a new standard for data-driven, template-based PDF generation presented by Alexey Subach Text DITO is our highly-scalable, intuitive PDF generation solution. It’s come a long way since 2019, with version 2.1 being released just a few months ago. Here at iText we take versioning seriously, so when we say 2.1, we mean it. Join Director of Development Alexey Subach as he takes you through the groundbreaking new features in iText DITO 2.1. As well as improvements to the template editor and SDK/API, version 2.0 introduced the iText DITO Manager. With this new management experience, you can efficiently manage the full lifecycle of your templates and all of their dependencies, like data collections, images, stylesheets, and fonts. Take the first step towards unburdening your developers and empowering your business users, saving you both time, and money.
Oct. 19 at 1730 CEST / 1130 ET / 0830 PT (BRONZE, sponsor)			Smart Processing of Millions of PDF Files - No Code Required presented by Steffen Kretzschmar This session will illustrate a number of solutions for intelligent processing of large volumes of PDF files without the need for traditional development methods by using no-code/low-code tools.

PDF Days Online 2021 sponsors

Gold sponsors

Adobe

Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. Our creative, marketing, and document solutions empower everyone — from emerging artists to global brands — to bring digital creations to life…

callas software GmbH

callas software finds simple ways to handle complex PDF challenges. As a technology innovator, callas software develops and markets PDF technology for publishing, print production, document exchange and document archiving….

Foxit Corporation

Foxit is a leading provider of innovative PDF products and services, helping knowledge workers to increase their productivity and do more with documents. Foxit addresses the needs of three distinct…

PDFTron

PDFTron Systems Inc. is a global provider of industry-leading, high-performance document processing and conversion technology related to PDF, XPS, SVG, and other graphic file formats. Our flagship cross-platform PDF library,…

Solimar Systems Inc.

Solimar Systems enables organizations around the globe to onboard, make ready, enhance, manage and deliver print and digital communications. As an early adopter of the PDF output format, our Chemistry™…