Day 1: Wednesday, April 8
Tutorials
Track A	Track B	Track C
Character Sets	Java	Databases
Session TA1: 9:00 am - 12:10 am The Unicode Standard: A Tutorial Hideki Hiura, Architect/Sr. Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA Tatsuo Kobayashi, Director, JUSTSYSTEM Corporation, Japan	Session TB1: 9:00 am - 12:10 am Developing Internationalized Applications/Applets with Java Tom McFarland, Internationalization Architect, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA	Session TC1: 9:00 am - 12:10 am Unicode in Databases Stefan Buchta, Principal Product Manager, Oracle Corporation, USA
Internet Standards	Internationalization & Localization	Operating Systems & Toolkits
Session TA2: 1:25 pm - 3:35 pm Unicode and HTML: Status and Developments Martin J. Dürst, Associate Professor (W3C Project), Keio University, Japan François Yergeau, Senior Technology Advisor, Alis Technologies, Canada Gavin Thomas Nicol, Systems Architect, Inso EPS, USA	Session TB2: 1:25 pm - 3:35 pm Cultural Issues with On-Screen Information Richard Ishida, Globalisation Consultant, The Document Company, Xerox, UK	Session TC2: 1:25 pm - 3:35 pm Unicode and Win32 Internationalization Dr. William S. Hall, President, MLM Associates, Inc., USA
Internet Standards	Internationalization & Localization	Operating Systems & Toolkits
Session TA3: 3:50 pm - 5:15 pm Unicode, XML, XLL and XSL Jon Bosak, Online Information Technology Architect, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA Makoto Murata, Engineering Manager, Fuji Xerox Information Systems, Japan Gavin Thomas Nicol, Systems Architect, Inso EPS, USA	Session TB3: 3:50 pm - 5:15 pm Non-Latin Writing Systems: Characteristics and Impacts on Multinational Product Design Richard Ishida, Globalisation Consultant, The Document Company, Xerox, UK	Session TC3: 3:50 pm - 5:15 pm Unicode and Win32 Internationalization - Continued Dr. William S. Hall, President, MLM Associates, Inc., USA
Internet Standards	Internationalization & Localization	Character Sets
Session TA4: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Unicode, XML, XLL and XSL - Continued Jon Bosak, Online Information Technology Architect, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA Makoto Murata, Engineering Manager, Fuji Xerox Information Systems, Japan Gavin Thomas Nicol, Systems Architect, Inso EPS, USA	Session TB4: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Non-Latin Writing Systems: Characteristics and Impacts on Multinational Product Design - Continued Richard Ishida, Globalisation Consultant, The Document Company, Xerox, UK	Session TC4: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Survey of Character Encodings David Goldsmith, Architect, International Text & Graphics Dept., Apple Computer, Inc., USA
Day 2: Thursday, April 9
Opening Addresses and Keynotes
Plenary Session
9:00 am - 9:10 am Welcome Tatsuo Kobayashi, Co-Chair, Twelfth International Unicode/ISO10646 Conference
Keynote Address
9:10 am - 9:45 am A Brief History of the Japanese Printing Industry and Kanji Typesetting Hidehiko Nakanishi, Vice President, Nakanishi Printing Co., Ltd., Japan
Plenary Session
9:45 am - 10:20 am Unicode and ISO 10646: Achievements and Directions Mike Ksar, Globalization Manager, Corporate External Standards, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA
Presentations
Track A	Track B	Track C
Input Methods	Operating Systems & Toolkits	Case Studies
Session A1: 10:40 am - 11:20 am Unicode Based Input Method and Han-Character Search Takashi Maruyama, Assistant Manager of Product and Technology Management, JUSTSYSTEM Corporation, Japan	Session B1: 10:40 am - 11:20 am Unicode: An Interoperability Enabler in HP-UX Susan L. Kline, Unicode Architect, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA	Session C1: 10:40 am - 11:20 am Unicode and Largest Business Application Software Nobuyoshi Mori, Development Manager, SAP AG, Germany
Input Methods	Operating Systems & Toolkits	Case Studies
Session A2: 11:25 am - 12:05 pm IIIMF - Distributed Input Method Architecture for the Internet, Network Computer, and Java Hideki Hiura, Architect/Sr. Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA	Session B2: 11:25 am - 12:05 pm World Ready Java - The Next Step - Part 1: General I18N, Text Layout and User Interface Brian Beck, Software Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., JavaSoft Division, USA	Session C2: 11:25 am - 12:05 pm Multilingual Internet Commerce: A Case Study Tim Greenwood, Internationalization Architect, Open Market Inc., USA
Input Methods	Operating Systems & Toolkits	Case Studies
Session A3: 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm World Ready Java - The Next Step - Part 2: Input Method Framework Masayoshi Okutsu, Staff Engineer, Nihon Sun Microsystems K.K., JavaSoft Asia/Pacific, Japan Norbert Lindenberg, Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., JavaSoft Division, USA	Session B3: 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm Unicode Locale Support in Solaris Ienup Sung, Member of Technical Staff, SunSoft, Inc., USA	Session C3: 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm Case Study: Unicode in Large Network Systems Management David Hetherington, Manager TME 10 Internationalization, Tivoli Systems, USA
Input Methods	Operating Systems & Toolkits	Case Studies
Session A4: 2:05 pm - 2:45 pm Unicode, Java and Input Methods Kok Yong Leong, Systems Analyst, National University of Singapore, Singapore	Session B4: 2:05 pm - 2:45 pm IBM AS/400 Unicode Support Shigeru Shimada, Software Developer, IBM Rochester, USA	Session C4: 2:05 pm - 2:45 pm Global Access to Technical Documentation William Smith, Engineering Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA Don Stinchfield, Project Lead, INSO Corp., USA
Input Methods	Operating Systems & Toolkits	Case Studies
Session A5: 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm A Flexible IME Implementation Murray Sargent III, Senior Software Design Engineer, Microsoft Corporation, USA	Session B5: 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm IBM Graphical Locale Builder Steven Atkin, Development Lead, Internationalization, IBM Corporation, USA	Session C5: 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm Unicode on a Budget: A Case Study for Embedded Products Joann Girard, Lead Engineer, Motorola, Inc., USA R. Douglas Nordeman, Senior Software Engineer, Motorola, Inc., USA
Kanji	Operating Systems & Toolkits	Internationalization & Localization
Session A6: 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm Development of a Japanese Kanji Character Frequency List Nobuko Chikamatsu, Assistant Professor, DePaul University, USA Shoichi Yokoyama, Senior Research Scientist, The National Language Research Institute, Japan	Session B6: 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm Unicode and Internationalization Support on Netscape ONE Tague Griffith, Internationalization Engineer, Netscape Communications Corporation, USA	Session C6: 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm A Rule-Based Approach to Number Spellout Richard T. Gillam, Advisory Software Engineer, IBM Center for Java Technology, USA
Kanji	Operating Systems & Toolkits	Internationalization & Localization
Session A7: 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm Coincidence and Clash of Jitai Hiroyuki Sasahara, Research Scientist, The National Language Research Institute, Japan	Session B7: 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm Language Engineering with Unicode François Yergeau, Senior Technology Advisor, Alis Technologies, Canada	Session C7: 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm Internationalization of the Handle System - A Persistent Global Name Service Sam X. Sun, Member of Technical Staff, Corporation for National Research Initiative, USA
Kanji	Operating Systems & Toolkits	Internationalization & Localization
Session A8: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Exploring the Potentials of Web Technologies for the Handling of Rare Ideographs and Ideograph Variants Martin J. Dürst, Associate Professor (W3C Project), Keio University, Japan	Session B8: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm The Document Object Model: What it is, and what it means Gavin Thomas Nicol, Systems Architect, Inso EPS, USA	Session C8: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Unicode Issues and Localization of Software in Indian Languages Uppuluri Murty, Visiting Faculty, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
Reception and Exhibits
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Day 3: Friday, April 10
Presentations
Track A	Track B	Track C
Applications	Internet Standards	Databases
Session A9: 9:00 am - 9:40 am Microsoft Office97 and Unicode Christopher Pratley, International Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA	Session B9: 9:00 am - 9:40 am Multilingual, and Parallel Aligned Texts: Putting XML and XLL to Work Gavin Thomas Nicol, Systems Architect, Inso EPS, USA	Session C9: 9:00 am - 9:40 am Use of Unicode by World-Class Database Vendors Mike McKenna, Globalization Strategist, Sybase, Inc., USA
Applications	Fonts & Typography	Databases
Session A10: 9:45 am - 10:25 am Developing a Unicode Desktop Publishing Application based on Windows NT and Windows95 Thomas Nielsen, Director of Development, MGI Software Corp., Canada	Session B10: 9:45 am - 10:25 am The Netscape Dynamic Font Architecture Tague Griffith, Internationalization Engineer, Netscape Communications Corporation, USA	Session C10: 9:45 am - 10:25 am Migration of a 4GL and Relational Database to Unicode Tex Texin, Manager of International Products, Progress Software Corporation, USA
Applications	Internet Standards	Databases
Session A11: 10:45 am - 11:25 am Developing a Unicode GIS Application for Microsoft Windows and UNIX Yan Li, Development Programmer, Team Leader, ESRI (Environmental System Research Institute), USA	Session B11: 10:45 am - 11:25 am Equivalence vs. Normalization: The Case of Identifiers Martin J. Dürst, Associate Professor (W3C Project), Keio University, Japan	Session C11: 10:45 am - 11:25 am Unicode Inside: A View from the Trenches Gary Roberts, Consulting Scientist, NCR, USA
Applications	Internet Standards	Databases
Session A12: 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Java Kanji Flashcard 500: Kanji, Java and the World Wide Web Stephen Wood Ryner Jr., Lead Instructional Applications Developer, DePaul University, USA Nobuko Chikamatsu, Assistant Professor, DePaul University, USA	Session B12: 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Web Internationalization Panel of speakers	Session C12: 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Unicode and Proposed Changes to the SQL Standard Stefan Buchta, Principal Product Manager, Oracle Corporation, USA Michael McKenna, Globalization Strategist, Sybase Inc., USA
Applications	Fonts & Typography	Character Sets
Session A13: 1:25 pm - 2:05 pm Eudora and Unicode: Internationalizing the P.O. Pete Resnick, Senior Engineer, Qualcomm, Incorporated, USA	Session B13: 1:25 pm - 2:05 pm Unicode & Fonts Kamal Mansour, Manager of Non-Latin Products, Monotype Typography Inc., USA	Session C13: 1:25 pm - 2:05 pm Dispelling the Myths: The Truth about Unihan Yasuo Kida, Architect and Manager, OS Engineering, Apple Computer, Inc., Japan
Applications	Fonts & Typography	Character Sets
Session A14: 2:10 pm - 2:50 pm Internet Explorer Internationalization Takao Suzuki, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA	Session B14: 2:10 pm - 2:50 pm Worldwide Typography and how to apply JIS X-4051-1995 to Unicode Michel Suignard, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA	Session C14: 2:10 pm - 2:50 pm User Defined Character Set Support in Unicode Jianping Yang, Development Manager, Oracle Corporation, USA
Searching	Fonts & Typography	Character Sets
Session A15: 3:10 pm - 3:50 pm Considerations for Unified Han character search operations, input, and output, in multi-lingual environment Takaaki Shiratori, Staff Software Engineer, IBM Japan, Japan	Session B15: 3:10 pm - 3:50 pm Handling Complex Unicode Rendering Problems David Goldsmith, Architect, International Text & Graphics Dept., Apple Computer, Inc., USA	Session C15: 3:10 pm - 3:50 pm Mapping Between Unicode and Other Character Sets: Methods and Issues Lloyd Honomichl, Senior Consulting Engineer, Novell, Inc., USA
Searching	Fonts & Typography	Character Sets
Session A16: 3:55 pm - 4:35 pm Unicode Based Chinese Text Retrieval Jack Chen, Senior Technical Staff, Oracle Corporation, USA	Session B16: 3:55 pm - 4:35 pm The design of an International Web Font Extension for Cascading Style Sheets Chris Lilley, Graphics and Fonts Guy, The World Wide Web Consortium, France	Session C16: 3:55 pm - 4:35 pm Supporting Multiple Character Sets on the Internet David Goldsmith, Architect, International Text & Graphics Dept., Apple Computer, Inc., USA
Plenary Session
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm Unicode in Japan Panel of speakers

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