The PREFORMA project is running a webinar series throughout September. Each webinar will focus on one of the three open source conformance checkers for TIFF; Matroska, FFV1, & PCM, and PDF/A. The webinars will:

*introduce the PREFORMA project
*update participants on the current status of the conformance checkers
*demonstrate the software
*outline future plans
*give examples of how the community can contribute, or provide feedback

An overview of each webinar is available on the PREFORMA website at: http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/article/preforma-webinars-dpf-manager-mediaconch-verapdf/.

Schedule:
Thursday 8 September 15:00 CET: DPF Manager (http://dpfmanager.org/)
Thursday 15 September 15:00 CET: MediaConch (https://mediaarea.net/MediaConch/)
Thursday 22 September 15:00 CET: veraPDF (http://verapdf.org/)

Registration:
There are 50 places available for each webinar, allocated on a first come, first served basis. To register for the webinars visit: http://preforma-webinars.eventbrite.co.uk/.

The webinars will last approximately one hour and will be recorded for those who cannot attend live. 

About PREFORMA:
PREFORMA – PREservation FORMAts for culture information/e-archives, is a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) project co-funded by the European Commission under its FP7-ICT Programme. The project’s main aim is to address the challenge of implementing standardised file formats for preserving digital objects in the long term, giving memory institutions full control over the acceptance and management of preservation files into digital repositories. http://www.preforma-project.eu/.

Kind Regards,
Becky McGuinness | Community Manager
Open Preservation Foundation | http://openpreservation.org/
@openpreserve | @_veraPDF