Photo Metadata Conference

Seventh international

Photo Metadata Conference

"Image rights:
manage them - or lose them"

 

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Barcelona (Spain)

Organisers  

IPTC

CEPIC

 

 

 

Previous Metadata Conferences:

2012 in London (UK)

2011 in Istanbul (Turkey)

2010 in Dublin (Irland)

2009 in Dresden (Germany)

2008 on Malta

2007 in Florence (Italy)

 

 

 

 

Main session in the morning

The main meeting in the morning of the conference day will focus on how users can properly manage the rights of their images.

Machine Readable Rights in Practice

  • Introduction to machine readable rights in the picture library industry
  • How can software help to manage rights?
  • What the users need: the (bad?) experience of buyers and sellers
  • The wider context: what is driving change?

The Camera: a Source of Rights Metadata?

Discussion with camera makers about products which can be connected to the internet.

Afternoon breakout sessions

Two sessions in the afternoon will focus special facets of metadata:

Metadata of Cultural Heritage images

A meeting of people with interest in Cultural Heritage images and their requirements for special metadata.

Metadata technology: what the future might bring

A round table discussion with metadata experts and software makers about gaps waiting to be filled.

 

Participation

The programme is aimed at all who want to improve  image retrieval and protect their rights, including free-lance photographers, small and large picture agencies and libraries, and trade associations in the visual image business.

Timetable:

10:00 Opening of the morning session
  Coffee break
14:00 Lunch break
15:00 Opening of the afternoon breakout sessions
16:30 Closing of the breakout sessions

 

Venue

The Conference will be held again in conjunction with the CEPIC Congress - find there details about the Conference venue in Barcelona.

Registration

Attending the conference requires registration - goto the venue/registration page.

* All participants of the CEPIC Congress should tick the Metadata Conference as optional programme item in their registration for the Congress.