IPTC Photo Metadata Conference 2025

Online – 18 September 2025

The 2025 IPTC Photo Metadata Conference will be held online, free for anyone to attend.

Topics will include:

Update on the latest in photo metadata from the IPTC, including work on metadata for AI plus the latest from the Media Provenance Committee, bringing C2PA to the news and media industries
Invited speakers showing how photo metadata is used to help real-world photographers and media managers handle huge amounts of imagery in real-world workflows
See the impact of AI on photography, both in terms of creating images and by using AI to improve photo management workflows

The IPTC Photo Metadata Conference has been held almost every year since 2007.

Watch video recordings and see presentation slides from our previous events:

2024 IPTC Photo Metadata Conference videos featuring a history of 20 years of IPTC Photo Metadata, panels on content authenticity and photo metadata in AI, and a demo of Adobe’s Custom Metadata Panel.
There was no IPTC Photo Metadata Conference in 2023.
2022 IPTC Photo Metadata Conference videos continuing our efforts on accessibility and authenticity with Microsoft, CameraBits, vAIsual and more.
2021 IPTC Photo Metadata Conference videos featuring a focus on accessibility and authenticity with Macmillan Learning, the Smithsonian, Adobe, the Content Authenticity Initiative and more
2020 IPTC Photo Metadata Conference videos including presentations from Google, Getty Images, Picturemaxx, Content Authenticity Initiative and others.
Discover what was presented and discussed at meetings before 2020