The 8th International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications will be held from 22 to 26 September 2008 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.  The Conference is co-organized by the Competence Center for Interoperable Metadata (KIM), Göttingen State and University Library (SUB), Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), German National Library, Humboldt-University zu Berlin, and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI).

SuMa-e.V. is a non-profit organisation for search-engine technology and free access to knowledge.

The SuMa-e.V. congress 2008 takes place in Berlin. Main topics are the awarding of the SuMA-Awards 2008 and lectures about technical and legal focus on access to information.