Welcome to IPTC's Spring 2018 meeting

1. Welcome to Athens!
Stuart Myles * Chairman of the Board * 23rd April 2018
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2. IPTC Spring Meeting
• At the end, I’ll ask each
person to introduce
themselves
– Name?
– Organization?
– What are you hoping to
learn or achieve at this
meeting?
• But first…a glance at the
what we’re up to for the
next three days
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3. IPTC
• IPTC is rooted in the news industry
• We develop technology solutions for news challenges
• Often in the form of open source standards
• Enable hundreds of news and media organizations,
large and small
• IPTC standards power software used to create, edit,
archive and distribute news and information around the
world
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4. Tuesday
Sports Content
Rights Expression
RightsML 2018.1*
Standards Updates
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Monday
NewsCodes
Video Metadata
Video Metadata Hub 1.2*
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* Standards up for votes
Wednesday
Photo Metadata
NewsML-G2
NewsML-G2 2.27*

5. Trust, Transparency
Truly Media
Provenance
GDPR
Presentations and Discussion
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Video
Video production DPP
InVid Tech
VideoDextra
And More
EXTRA
JPEG 360
Localization
Internationalization
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6. IPTC Managing Director
• Thanks to Michael Steidl for 15 years of service to IPTC!
• Which continues in this meeting and until July 2018
• After which he will take a well-earned retirement
• https://iptc.org/news/michael-steidl-retiring-mid-2018/
• And we welcome our new Managing Director
• Who has joined us at this meeting
• Introduction, opportunity for questions and discussion
• Time to reflect on the past, look ahead to the future
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7. Dates and Places of Next Meetings
Toronto 15th – 17th October 2018
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Berlin 31st May 2018
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Two cities
with impressive
towers
Please suggest topics
and locations for future
meetings

8. Tips for Attendees
• Introduce yourself to someone you don't know
• Ask questions
– During the sessions (use the microphones)
– At the coffee breaks
– Over breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Pick one thing you're interested in and volunteer to help
• Think of a colleague and rope them in
• Write a trip report
– Help spread the word about the good work that IPTC does.
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9. Why I Go To IPTC Conferences
• To work on technical solutions to news challenges
• To learn from people who do similar work
– Partners
– Competitors
– Vendors
– Researchers
• To find out what works – and what doesn’t
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10. Introductions
• Name?
• Organization?
• What are you hoping to
learn or achieve at this
meeting?
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