An overview of the IPTC Spring 2019 conference in Lisbon

1. Welcome to Lisbon!
Stuart Myles * Chairman of the Board * 8th April 2019
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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. Tuesday
Photo Metadata
Video Metadata
Standards Updates
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Monday
NewsML-G2
SportsML / SportsJS
SportsML 3.1
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Wednesday
NewsCodes
RightsML
ninjs

4. Monday Discussions
• https://iptc.org/moz/events/spring-meeting-2019/
• Update from the IPTC Board
• IPTC/MINDS C-POP / “Performing Content” project
• Integrating audience analytics and feedback into editorial workflows
using standards - BBC
• News credibility
– The Trust Project, The Journalism Trust Initiative
– DPA’s work implementing Trust Indicators
– Lusa’s fake news project “Combate Às Fake News”
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5. Tuesday Discussions
• https://iptc.org/moz/events/spring-meeting-2019/
• Image regions for smart cropping
• Implications of the EU Copyright Directive
• Metadata to support government copyright directive(s)? What next for Google
Images?
• DPP Metadata for News Exchange
• BBC Project Connect – metadata in the newsroom
• Image rights protection using blockchain
• Overview of recent Shutterstock metadata projects
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6. Wednesday Discussions
• https://iptc.org/moz/events/spring-meeting-2019/
• AI and text analysis with identified entities
• New taxonomies (eg describing images) and ways of managing them
(eg entities)
• AI-based text mining demo
• Practical user experience issues for rights management
• Open discussion of new board ideas
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7. Dates and Places of 2019 Meetings
Ljubljana, Slovenia
14th – 16th October
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Paris
6th June 2019
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https://iptc.org/events/autumn-meeting-2019/
Please suggest topics and locations for future meetings

8. 2020 Meetings
• Spring Meeting: Yokohama, Japan
–2nd-4th March 2020
–Olympics, ISO, CIPA
–We have started the planning
• Photo Metadata Conference
• Autumn Meeting
–Both likely to be in Europe
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9. Tips for Attendees
• Introduce yourself to someone you don't know
– Particularly to newcomers on Tuesday and Wednesday
• Ask questions
– During the sessions - use the microphones
– At the coffee breaks, over breakfast, lunch and dinner
– In slack iptc.slack.com – email office@iptc.org for an invite
• 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
• Upload presentations https://iptc.org/moz/events/spring-meeting-2019/
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10. Introductions
• Name?
• Organization?
• What are you hoping to learn or
achieve at this meeting?
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