UnicodeIUC11
Conference Program
Day 1: Tuesday, September 2
Tutorial
Tracks A, B and C
Character Sets
Session TA1:
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm
The Unicode® Standard: Version 2
Asmus Freytag, President, ASMUS, Inc., USA
Day 2: Wednesday, September 3
Tutorials
Track A
 Track B
 Track C
JavaInternationalization and LocalizationDatabases
Session TA2:
9 am - 12 noon
Developing Internationalized Applications / Applets with Java
Thomas C. McFarland, I18N Architect, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA		Session TB2:
9 am - 12 noon
Non-Latin Writing Systems: Characteristics and Impacts on Multinational Product Design
Richard Ishida, Globalisation Consultant, Rank Xerox Ltd., UK		Session TC2:
9 am - 12 noon
Unicode in Databases
Stefan Buchta, Principal Product Manager, Server Globalization Technology, Oracle Corporation, USA
Internet StandardsInternationalization and LocalizationPlatforms and Internationalization
Session TA3:
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Weaving the Multilingual Web: Standards and their Implementation
Martin J. Dürst, Senior Research Associate, University of Zurich, Switzerland
François Yergeau, Technology Adviser, Alis Technologies Inc., Canada
Gavin Thomas Nicol, Systems Architect, Inso Electronic Publishing Solutions, USA		Session TB3:
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Cultural Issues with On-Screen Information
Richard Ishida, Globalisation Consultant, Rank Xerox Ltd., UK		Session TC3:
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm
An Introduction to Internationalization in Win32
Bill Hall, Program Manager, Internationalization, NETCOM On-Line Communciations, Inc., USA
Internet StandardsCJKCharacter Sets
Session TA4:
4:35 pm - 5:35 pm
Web Internationalization - An Open Discussion Forum (BOF)
Misha Wolf, Standards Manager, Reuters Ltd., UK		Session TB4:
4:35 pm - 5:35 pm
New Progress of CJK Encoding in ISO/IEC 10646 and Unicode
Zhoucai Zhang, CCID Senior Engineer / IRG Rapporteur, Research Center of Computer and Microelectronic Industry Development, Ministry of Electronics, China		Session TC4:
4:35 pm - 5:35 pm
Survey of Character Encodings
Peter K. Edberg, Senior Software Engineer, Apple Computer, Inc., USA
Day 3: Thursday, September 4
Opening Addresses and Keynotes
Plenary Session
9 am - 9:10 am
Opening Remarks
Lisa Moore, Co-Chair, Conference Review Board
Plenary Session
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Opening Address
Mark Davis, President, The Unicode® Consortium
Keynote Address
9:40 am - 10:20 am
Concepts of Text and the Evolution of Markings and Meanings
Charles Bigelow, Consulting Associate Professor, Computer Science and Art, Stanford University, HI, USA
Presentations
Track A
 Track B
 Track C
Internet StandardsDatabasesPlatforms and Internationalization
Session A1:
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Update on W3C's Activities in Internationalization
Bert Bos, Internationalization Lead, W3C, France		Session B1:
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Use of Unicode by World-Class Database Vendors
Michael G. McKenna, Globalisation Strategist, Sybase, Inc., USA		Session C1:
10:40 am - 11:20 am
IBM Worldwide Language Support
Ken Borgendale, Senior Programmer, IBM Austin Texas, USA
Steve Atkin, Development Lead Universal Language Support, IBM Austin Texas, USA
Internet StandardsDatabasesPlatforms and Internationalization
Session A2:
11:25 am - 12:05 pm
XML: A Simple Generic Markup Language
Gavin Thomas Nicol, Systems Architect, Inso Electronic Publishing Solutions, USA		Session B2:
11:25 am - 12:05 pm
Unicode in Databases
Stefan Buchta, Principal Product Manager, Server Globalization Technology, Oracle Corporation, USA		Session C2:
11:25 am - 12:05 pm
Unicode and the Localization Challenges of Corporate Developers
Kevin Cavanaugh, Vice President, Lotus Development Corp., USA
Internet StandardsFontsPlatforms and Internationalization
Session A3:
1:20 pm - 2 pm
Internationalization and Unicode in LDAP Directory Services
John Kristian, Member of Technical Staff, Netscape Communications Corp., USA		Session B3:
1:20 pm - 2 pm
Unicode & Fonts
Kamal Mansour, Manager of Non-Latin Products, Monotype Typography Inc., USA		Session C3:
1:20 pm - 2 pm
New Tools for Globalizing Software
David Goldstein, Technical Product Manager, Accent Software International, Israel
Internet StandardsFontsPlatforms and Internationalization
Session A4:
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
Internationalizing Internet Identifiers
Martin J. Dürst, Senior Research Associate, University of Zurich, Switzerland		Session B4:
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
Unicode & Fonts - Continued
Kamal Mansour, Manager of Non-Latin Products, Monotype Typography Inc., USA		Session C4:
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
Apple's Unicode Road Map
Merle Tenney, International Technology Evangelist, Apple Computer, Inc., USA
Internet StandardsFontsPlatforms and Internationalization
Session A5:
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
Unicode: Making Natural Language Markup Natural
Gavin Thomas Nicol, Systems Architect, Inso Electronic Publishing Solutions, USA		Session B5:
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
Unicode and the New Information Appliances
Jim Welch, Director, Emerging Technologies, Bitstream Inc., USA		Session C5:
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
Unicode for Korean Solaris
Changhoon Jung, Member of Technical Staff, SunSoft, Inc., USA
Case StudiesFontsApplications
Session A6:
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Conversion Of A Multinational Software Developer To Unicode - A Case-history-to-date
Michael G. McKenna, Globalisation Strategist, Sybase, Inc., USA		Session B6:
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
The Design of an International Web Font Extension for Cacading Style Sheets
Chris Lilley, Graphics and Fonts Guy, The World Wide Web Consortium, France		Session C6:
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Developing a Unicode Desktop Publishing Application Based on Windows NT and Windows95
Thomas Nielsen, Manager, R&D, Calamus, MGI Software Corp., Denmark
Case StudiesFontsApplications
Session A7:
4:35 pm - 5:15 pm
Browsing the Memory of the World
Carl-Martin Bunz, Academic Research Assistant, Universitaet des Saarlandes, Germany		Session B7:
4:35 pm - 5:15 pm
The World Wide Web (WWW) and Unicode
Suresh Duddi, Architect: Dynamic Fonts, Netscape Communications Corp., USA		Session C7:
4:35 pm - 5:15 pm
Report from the Trenches - MS Publisher Goes Unicode®
Asmus Freytag, President, ASMUS, Inc., USA
Case StudiesFontsApplications
Session A8:
5:20 pm - 6 pm
Unicode - The Glue in the European Coding World - Some Case Studies
Wolfgang Keber, DIaLOGIKa, Germany
Lazaros Tossounidis, European Commission		Session B8:
5:20 pm - 6 pm
Towards Arabic Computer Typography
Thomas Milo, President, DecoType, The Netherlands		Session C8:
5:20 pm - 6 pm
Unicode Implementation in the picoVue Patient Monitor
Gerhard Tivig, Project Leader CMS SW & Localization, Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Germany
Reception and Exhibits
6 pm - 8 pm
Day 4: Friday, September 5
Presentations
Track A
 Track B
 Track C
SearchingComplex ScriptsApplications
Session A9:
9 am - 9:40 am
Unicode and Multilingual Search and Retrieval
Roland Wang, Senior Internationalization Engineer, Verity, Inc., USA		Session B9:
9 am - 9:40 am
Rendering Multi-Level Arabic Script
Thomas Milo, President, DecoType, The Netherlands
Roeland Baelde, Barco Graphics N.V., Belgium		Session C9:
9 am - 9:40 am
Microsoft Office97 and Unicode
Christopher Pratley, Far East Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Platforms and InternationalizationComplex ScriptsApplications
Session A10:
9:45 am - 10:25 am
Towards a Unicode based Multilingual Multimodal Support Environment
Yean-Fee Ho, Director of Business Development and World-wide Solutions, Star+Globe Technologies, Singapore		Session B10:
9:45 am - 10:25 am
What You Need To Know About Processing and Rendering Multilingual Text
Edwin Hart, Senior Engineer, Johns Hopkins University, USA		Session C10:
9:45 am - 10:25 am
International Features of Netscape Communicator
Frank Yung-Fong Tang, Internationalization Engineer, Netscape Communications Corp., USA
Robert Jung, Manager, Software Internationalization, Netscape Communications Corp., USA
JavaComplex ScriptsCharacter Sets
Session A11:
10:45 am - 11:25 am
Creating Global Applications with JDK 1.1
Mark Davis, Taligent, Inc., USA		Session B11:
10:45 am - 11:25 am
Handling Complex Unicode Rendering Problems
John H. Jenkins, International Software Engineer, Apple Computer, Inc., USA		Session C11:
10:45 am - 11:25 am
ISO 10646 and Unicode - Continued Convergence
Michael Ksar, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA
JavaComplex ScriptsCharacter Sets
Session A12:
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Developing Java-based Unicode applications: A Case Study
Robert Bingler, Programmer / Analyst, The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, USA		Session B12:
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Complex Script Support in Microsoft® Windows NT
F. Avery Bishop, Senior Program Manager, New Languages Enabling Group, Microsoft Corporation, USA		Session C12:
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Supporting Multiple Character Sets on the Internet
David Goldsmith, Architect, Apple Computer, Inc., USA
Keynote Address
1:25 pm - 2:05 pm
The World Wide Web Consortium
Jim Miller, Leader, Technology and Society Domain, W3C
Presentations
Track A
 Track B
 Track C
JavaCJKCharacter Sets
Session A13:
2:15 pm - 2:55 pm
New Developments for the Implementation of Unicode Word Processing Systems in Java
Mirko Raner, Software Developer, MATHEMA Software GmbH, Germany		Session B13:
2:15 pm - 2:55 pm
Personalized Searching and Filtering for Large Volume of Chinese Documents
Pintsang Chang, R&D Program Co-Lead / Advisory Engineer, Institute for Information Industry, ROC		Session C13:
2:15 pm - 2:55 pm
Mail Converter
Oleg Botchkarev, System Engineer, DataX / FLORIN, Inc., Russia
JavaCJKCharacter Sets
Session A14:
3 pm - 3:40 pm
Distributed Input Method Architecture for the Internet, Network Computer and Java
Hideki Hiura, Architect / Senior Staff Engineer, SunSoft, Inc., USA		Session B14:
3 pm - 3:40 pm
Unihan: Dispelling the Myths
John H. Jenkins, International Software Engineer, Apple Computer, Inc., USA		Session C14:
3 pm - 3:40 pm
The Properties and Promises of UTF-8
Martin J. Dürst, Senior Research Associate, University of Zurich, Switzerland
JavaCJKCharacter Sets
Session A15:
4 pm - 4:40 pm
Developing Internationalized Applications / Applets with Java
Thomas C. McFarland, I18N Architect, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA		Session B15:
4 pm - 4:40 pm
Checking Chinese Text Errors in the Unicode Environment
Leo YuHsiang Liu, Software Engineer, IBM Corporation, USA		Session C15:
4 pm - 4:40 pm
The Standard Compression Scheme for Unicode®
Asmus Freytag, President, ASMUS, Inc., USA
JavaCJKCharacter Sets
Session A16:
4:45 pm - 5:25 pm
World Ready Java - The Next Step
Brian Beck, Member Technical Staff, JavaSoft, Inc., USA 		Session B16:
4:45 pm - 5:25 pm
Large-Scale Chinese Electronic Publications with Unicode
Zhoucai Zhang, CCID Senior Engineer / IRG Rapporteur, Research Center of Computer and Microelectronic Industry Development, Ministry of Electronics, China		Session C16:
4:45 pm - 5:25 pm
Universal and Efficient Compression of Unicode Character Streams
Mirko Raner, Software Developer, MATHEMA Software GmbH, Germany
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