The IPTC is pleased to announce the final agenda for next week’s IPTC Autumn Meeting.

Held online via Zoom from 13.00 to 18.00 UTC from Monday to Wednesday, the meeting will include:

Monday 2 October

• Working Group presentations:
  • Video Metadata Working Group who will be proposing a new version of Video Metadata Hub handling metadata specifying whether content can be included in AI training data and other forms of data mining
  • Sports Content Working Group who will be proposing the 1.0 version of the new IPTC Sport Schema standard
• Member presentations:
  • Demo of how to implement IPTC Sport Schema in MarkLogic and Semaphore from Progress Software
• Guest presentations:
  • Update from the HAND project: a new approach to identity in media and entertainment

Tuesday 3 October

• Working Group presentations:
  • NewsML-G2 Working Group who will be proposing a new version of NewsML-G2 that includes Digital Source Type metadata to bring it in line with other IPTC standards
  • Photo Metadata Working Group who will be proposing a new version of the IPTC Photo Metadata Standard handling metadata specifying whether content can be included in AI training data and other forms of data mining
  • NewsCodes Working Group (including a discussion of a proposed new vocabulary on “editorial tone”)
• Member presentations:
  • Broadcast Solutions presenting the ASBU Cloud project, based on NewsML-G2
  • New member Newsbridge presenting how their systems implement IPTC standards
• Guest presentations:
  • Update on Project Origin and C2PA, featuring the CEO of Media City Bergen, Helge Svela

Wednesday 4 October

• IPTC Annual General Meeting 2023
  • Election of IPTC Board of Directors and Chair
  • Approval of budget for 2023
  • Updates from the Managing Director and Chair of the Board of Directors
• IPTC Autumn 2023 Standards Committee meeting
  • Votes on new versions of NewsML-G2, Photo Metadata Standard, Video Metadata Hub and presenting proposed new standard IPTC Sport Schema
• Working Group presentations:
  • News in JSON Working Group
• Working Group and member presentations:
  • Discussion on a simple rights format
  • DPP Live Production Exchange (LPX) project from CNN and new member Arqiva

IPTC member representatives can view the full schedule on the IPTC Autumn Meeting 2023 event page in the Members-Only Zone.