Autumn Meeting 2024
30 September – 2 October, online

This information last updated 2024-09-05

The  IPTC Autumn Meeting and Annual General Meeting 2024 will be held online this year.

Schedule

Monday 30 September

  • Introduction and update from Managing Director Brendan Quinn and the IPTC Board of Directors
  • Attendee introductions: get to know your fellow members
  • Working Group presentations:
    • Photo Metadata Working Group
    • Video Metadata Working Group
  • Member presentations:
    • Presentation from Xinhua (China) about their standards for use of AI in news production
  • Guest presentations:
    • Invited speaker to be confirmed

Tuesday 1 October

  • Working Group presentations:
    • NewsML-G2 Working Group
    • News in JSON (ninjs) Working Group
    • NewsCodes Working Group (including a discussion of a proposed new vocabulary on “editorial tone”)
    • Sports Content Working Group
  • Member presentations:
    • European Broadcasting Union (EBU) presenting an update on the TEMS (Trusted European Media Data Space) project
  • Guest presentations:
    • Liaison partner DPP presenting the DPP Live Production Exchange (LPX) project, based in ninjs, featuring representatives from Reuters, CNN and Arqiva

Wednesday 2 October

  • IPTC Annual General Meeting 2024
    • Election of IPTC Board of Directors and Chair
    • Approval of budget for 2025
    • Updates from the Managing Director and Chair of the Board of Directors
  • IPTC Autumn 2024 Standards Committee meeting
    • Votes on new versions of NewsML-G2, ninjs and IPTC Sport Schema (to be confirmed)
  • IPTC October 2024 Media Provenance Committee meeting
    • Including updates from Media Provenance working groups:
      • Provenance Governance Working Group
      • Provenance Best Practices and Implementation Working Group
      • Provenance Advocacy and Education Working Group
  • Invited guest presentations:
    • Liaison partner Global Media Registry presenting the ISO IWA 44 project creating a “Unique Media Identifier (UMId)” for distribution channels and brands

Representatives from IPTC member organisations can register to attend the event (for free) using the registration link on the IPTC Members-Only Zone.