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PDF Days Europe 2014 New user event shows real
form
PDF Association | July 4, 2014
Berlin/Cologne, 04 July 2014. The PDF Association has successfully brought to life
a new user-focused event in the form of the PDF Days Europe 2014. In mid-
June, 160 participants came to Cologne to seize the opportunity to learn
everything there is to know about the different PDF standards, their advantages
and their uses. The first day focused on sharing knowledge, allowing visitors to
assemble their own personal information package out of three parallel series of
developer-neutral presentations. The second day, the practical day, was all
about the practical and successful implementation of PDF projects using specific
solutions. Participants especially praised the practically-minded selection of
subjects, the structure of the conference with its three parallel series of
presentations, and the many opportunities to speak to suppliers and other users.
With this overwhelmingly positive feedback in mind, the PDF Association plans to
continue the PDF Days Europe next year.
The PDF Days Europe 2014 offered visitors the unique opportunity to learn
everything they needed to know about the PDF standards and the latest news and
developments in the world of PDF technology, and all in just two days, explained
Olaf Drmmer, chairman of the PDF Association board. In particular, the
practically-minded nature of the presentations on the second day, which was very
strongly focused on projects and solutions, proved to offer significant added value
to participants.
To begin the conference, six proven experts had seven minutes each to introduce
one PDF standard, providing a good overview of PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/UA, PDF/VT,
PDF/X and PDF itself.
On the first day of the event, presentations on the use of the PDF format on
mobile devices were met with particularly significant interest. These included case
studies for scanning with smartphones, clearing invoices, legally signing PDF
documents and options for optimising PDF display on mobile devices.
Presentations on e-invoicing with the now officially approved ZUGFeRD data
model were also very popular, as were those on the new technical guidelines for
replacement scanning, TR-RESISCAN.
Contributing providers began the practical day: each had a closely-measured five
minute slot to introduce their product or solution. This brief, fast-paced overview
made it easier for participants to decide which questions or solutions they wished
to focus on out of the available options. One key issue here was converting
scanned and digital documents, and particularly emails, to PDF and not just to
PDF/A for long-term archiving. Both the introduction to and the workshop on
universally-accessible PDFs in the form of PDF/UA were very popular with visitors.
All in all, the many lively discussions in the presentations showed just how critical
the issues presented were to participants.
Interested parties who missed the PDF Days Europe 2014 can view video
recordings of the presentations at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?
list=PLfGR40SWnakjyWjfnmFOz-nsmf3_ap_Ec.
About the PDF Association
The PDF Association pursues the goal of promoting open-standards-based PDF
applications for digital documents. This international association works to actively
share knowledge and exchange know-how and experience between all interested
parties worldwide. Currently over 100 companies are members of the PDF
Association, including many experts from over 20 different countries.
The PDF Association board is made up of the leadership of the firms Adlib
Information Systems Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., callas software GmbH, Datalogics
Inc., intarsys consulting GmbH, levigo solutions GmbH, LuraTech Europe GmbH,
Nitro Software Inc. and Satz-Rechen-Zentrum (SRZ). The chairman of the board is
Olaf Drmmer, president of callas software GmbH. Duff Johnson, the project
leader for the ISO working group for the PDF standard, is the boards vice-
chairman.
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