Talks and presentations
I speak about PDF engineering, document systems, performance, standards, and the engineering decisions behind production-grade document workflows.
Topics I speak about
- PDF performance and rendering bottlenecks
- PDF-UA, PDF-A, and shipping compliant document workflows
- HTML-to-PDF systems that survive real production complexity
- Digital signing and validation in enterprise document pipelines
- Designing technical systems for both human users and LLM-assisted workflows
Selected talks
Microsoft Build 2026: Design systems for every user, including people and LLMs
A pre-recorded session at Microsoft Build 2026 on how accessible PDF documents are no longer just a compliance checkbox but are valuable to make your documents better understandable for LLMs.
GIDS 2026: Your Users Are Not Just Human: Designing Systems for People and LLMs
A talk about designing modern systems for both human users and AI-assisted workflows, with a focus on product thinking and implementation trade-offs.
PDF Days Europe 2025: Technical poster
A technical poster recognized at PDF Days Europe 2025, focused on practical PDF engineering insights.
Good fit for audiences who care about
- real implementation details, not just high-level theory
- performance and reliability in document systems
- compliance and accessibility in production software
- lessons from building and maintaining SDK-level PDF tooling
Invite me to speak
If you’re organizing an engineering event, internal meetup, architecture session, or product-focused technical talk, feel free to reach out.
- Email: guust[dot]ysebie[at]gmail[dot]com
- LinkedIn: Guust Ysebie
- Whatsapp: +32 49 298 34 21