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| Day 1: Monday, March 24 | ||
| Tutorials | ||
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| .NET | Scripts | Legacy |
| Session TA1: 9:00 am - 11:45 am Internationalization Features of Microsoft.NET Bill Hall - Globalization Consultant, MLM Associates, Inc., USA |
Session TB1: 9:00 am - 11:45 am An Introduction to Writing Systems: Characteristics that impact information technology Richard Ishida - Internationalization WG Chair, W3C, UK |
Session TC1: 9:00 am - 11:45 am Introduction to Distributed Systems and Unicode Michael McKenna - Globalization Architect, Haddon Hill International, USA |
| Level: Intermediate Audience: Content Developers, Managers, Software Engineers, Internationalization and Localization Engineers and Managers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Marketers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Font Designers, Content Developers, Graphic Designers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
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| Web | Scripts | CJK |
| Session TA2: 1:00 pm - 3:20 pm Web Internationalization: Standards and Practice Tex Texin - Xen Master, XenCraft, USA Yves Savourel - RWS Group, USA |
Session TB2: 1:00 pm - 3:20 pm Authentic Arabic Thomas Milo - President, DecoType, The Netherlands |
Session TC2: 1:00 pm - 3:20 pm Simple and Complex Chinese Scripts: History and Integration to Unicode Thomas Emerson - Software Engineer, Basis Technology Corporation, USA |
| Level: Beginner Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Manager, Software Engineer, Marketer |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Font Designers, Managers, Marketers, Software Engineers, L10N Engineers |
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| Web | Scripts | Scripts |
| Session TA3: 3:40 pm - 6:00 pm Nuts & Bolts of Web Internationalization Lloyd Honomichl, Senior Internationalization Engineer, Lionbridge, USA |
Session TB3: 3:40 pm - 6:00 pm Introduction to Indic Scripts Richard Ishida - Internationalization WG Chair, W3C, UK |
Session TC3: 3:40 pm - 6:00 pm Stylistic Decisions in Multi-Script Fonts Thomas Rickner - Type Designer, Agfa Monotype Corporation, USA |
| Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Marketers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Font Designers, Content Developers, Graphic Designers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Content Developers, Font Designers, Graphic Designers |
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| Day 2: Tuesday, March 25 | ||
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| Welcome | ||
| 9:00 am - 9:05 am Welcome Address Lisa Moore, Software Engineer, IBM Corporation, Co-Chair, International Unicode Conferences |
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| Keynote Address | ||
| 9:05 am - 9:45 am Prague, the Hapsburgs, and Unicode Donald DePalma - President, Common Sense Advisory, Inc., USA |
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| Track A |
Track B |
Track C |
| Web | Database | Internationalization |
| Session A1: 10:00 am - 10:40 am Web Internationalization -- An Update from the W3C Martin Dürst Internationalization Activity Lead, W3C, USA Richard Ishida- Internationalization WG Chair, W3C, UK |
Session B1: 10:00 am - 10:40 am Unicode and Collation Support in Microsoft SQL Server Michael Kaplan - Senior Developer, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
Session C1: 10:00 am - 10:40 am Internationalization for Technology Based Learning Resources Craig Stewart - Research Student, University of Nottingham, UK |
| Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Beginner Audience: Content Developers, Educationalists |
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| Web | Database | Exhibitors |
| Session A2: 10:45 am - 11:25 am Programming for the World Wide Web in an International Environment David Taieb - Software Engineer, IBM Corporation, USA |
Session B2: 10:45 am - 11:25 am Globalisation: Unicode in Computer Associates' Advantage Ingres Jeremy Peel - Senior Software Engineer, Computer Associates International, Inc., Germany |
Session C2: 10:45 am - 11:25 am Exhibitors Panel -- Panel of Speakers Tex Texin (Moderator) - Xen Master, XenCraft, USA |
| Level: Intermediate Audience: Software Engineers |
Level: Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Content Developers |
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| Web | Internationalization .NET | Exhibitors |
| Session A3: 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Globalization of Enterprise Data Using Web Services Petr Palas - Product Manager, Moravia IT, Czech Republic Milan Karasek - Internationalization Expert, Moravia IT, Czech Republic |
Session B3: 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Globalization with Microsoft .NET Framework François Liger - Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
Session C3: 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Exhibitors Panel -- Panel of Speakers -- Continued Tex Texin (Moderator) - Xen Master, XenCraft, USA |
| Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Marketers, Content Developers, Technical Writers |
Level: Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Software Engineers, Technical Writers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Content Developers |
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| Web | Internationalization .NET | Scripts |
| Session A4: 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm My "Shoe Size Web Page" Fetish or How Companies are Losing Money on the Internet Tex Texin - Xen Master, XenCraft, USA |
Session B4: 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm Building a Multi-lingual, Multi-cultural Web Site with the Microsoft .NET Framework François Liger - Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
Session C4: 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm Sorting It All Out: An Introduction to Collation Michael Kaplan Senior Developer, Microsoft Corporation, USA Cathy Wissink - Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
| Level: Beginner Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Content Developers |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Marketers, Content Developers, Technical Writers, Graphic Designers |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
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| Web | Internationalization .NET | Scripts |
| Session A5: 2:05 pm - 2:45 pm World Wide Localization Martin Dürst - Internationalization Activity Lead, W3C, USA |
Session B5: 2:05 pm - 2:45 pm Developing International Applications for Mobile Devices with .NET Achim Ruopp - Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
Session C5: 2:05 pm - 2:45 pm Adventures in Multilingual Computing Peter Constable - Non-Roman Script Researcher, SIL International, USA Presented by: Jonathan Kew - Programmer/Analyst, SIL International, UK |
| Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Content Developers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Font Designers |
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| Web | Internationalization .NET | Scripts |
| Session A6: 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm IDN and IRI, Finally an Internationalized Solution to Domain Name and Resource Identifiers Michel Suignard - Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
Session B6: 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm Telling Time Internationally Bill Hall - Globalization Consultant, MLM Associates, Inc., USA |
Session C6: 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm Representation of Balochi, Punjabi, Pushto, Sindhi Characters in Unicode Khaver Zia Director, Beaconhouse-Informatics Computer Institute, Pakistan Sameen Reza - Beaconhouse-Informatics Computer Institute, Pakistan |
| Level: Intermediate Audience: Software Engineers, Marketers, Content Developers |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Internationalization and Localization Engineers, QA Engineers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Font Designers, Technical Writers |
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| Web | Open Source / ICU | Scripts |
| Session A7: 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm Extending SVG Fonts with Graphite Chris Lilley - Graphics Activity Lead, W3C, France |
Session B7: 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm An Overview of ICU Mark Davis Chief Globalization Architect, IBM Corporation, USA Steven Loomis - Software Engineer, IBM Corporation, USA |
Session C7: 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm Indic Script Support on the Windows Platform Cathy Wissink - Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
| Level: Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Software Engineers, Font Designers, Graphic Designers, Technical Writers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Software Engineers |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
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| Web | Open Source / ICU | Scripts |
| Session A8: 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm Web Internationalization -- Panel of Speakers Richard Ishida (Moderator), Internationalisation WG Chair, W3C |
Session B8: 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm Experiences in Adapting and Customizing ICU Daniel Chen - Senior Programmer Manager, IBM Corporation, USA Presented by: Steven Loomis - Software Engineer, IBM Corporation, USA |
Session C8: 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm A Unified Phonemic Code Based Scheme for Effective Processing of Indian Languages R.K. Joshi - Visiting Design Specialist, National Centre for Software Technology, India |
| Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Software Engineers, Font Developers |
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| Web | Open Source / ICU | Scripts |
| Session A9: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Web Internationalization -- Panel of Speakers -- Continued Richard Ishida (Moderator), Internationalisation WG Chair, W3C |
Session B9: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Open Source Development Methodologies and Unicode Michael Twomey - Globalization Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Ireland |
Session C9: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Codicology Meets Unicode: The Need for Southeast Asian Extensions Christian Bauer - Professor of Southeast Asian Philology, Humboldt University, Germany |
| Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Software Engineers, Font Designers, Content Developers, Graphic Designers, Technical Writers, Librarians, Archivists |
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| Special Event Dinner | ||
| 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Visit to the MLÝNEC Restaurant |
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| Day 3: Wednesday, March 26 | ||
| Conference | ||
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| Track A |
Track B |
Track C |
| Internationalization | Platforms | Scripts |
| Session A10: 9:00 am - 9:40 am What is Wrong with Locales? Tex Texin - Xen Master, XenCraft, USA |
Session B10: 9:00 am - 9:40 am An Introduction to Mac OS X and Unicode John Jenkins - International Software Engineer, Apple Computer, Inc., USA Presented by: Lee Collins - Manager, OS Engineering, Asia, Apple Computer, Inc., USA |
Session C10: 9:00 am - 9:40 am Text Layout for Complex Scripts: Data Structures and Algorithms Graham Asher - Software Architect, Freelance, UK |
| Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Content Developers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
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| Internationalization | Platforms | Scripts |
| Session A11: 9:45 am - 10:25 am Common XML Locale Repository Mark Davis Chief Globalization Architect, IBM Corporation, USA Steven Loomis - Software Engineer, IBM Corporation, USA |
Session B11: 9:45 am - 10:25 am Building Localized Applications in Cocoa on Mac OS X John Jenkins - International Software Engineer, Apple Computer, Inc., USA Presented by: Lee Collins - Manager, OS Engineering, Asia, Apple Computer, Inc., USA |
Session C11: 9:45 am - 10:25 am The Maya Hieroglyphic Script: Ready for Unicode? Philip Blair, jr. - Information Officer, The World Bank, USA |
| Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Software Engineers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Content Developers, Font Designers, Scholarly Community, Archivists, Publishers, People interested in the scope of Unicode |
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| Internationalization | Platforms | Scripts |
| Session A12: 10:45 am - 11:25 am Reconciling Locale Data - A Case Study On How Sun is using LDML Simon Dean - Globalization Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Ireland |
Session B12: 10:45 am - 11:25 am Unicode and Windows XP Cathy Wissink - Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
Session C12: 10:45 am - 11:25 am UniHan Variation: Issues and Solutions Richard Cook - Project Manager, University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Technical Writers |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Marketers |
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| Internationalization | Platforms | Scripts |
| Session A13: 11:30 am - 12:10 pm ULocales: A Proposal for Locales Tags on the Internet Addison Phillips - Director, Globalization Architecture, webMethods, Inc., USA |
Session B13: 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Supplementary Character Support in Microsoft Products Michael Kaplan - Senior Developer, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
Session C13: 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Guidelines for Use of Arabic Characters Kamal Mansour - Manager Non-Latin Products, Agfa Monotype Corporation, USA |
| Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Software Engineers |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Content Developers, Font Designers, Technical Writers, Graphic Designers |
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| Internationalization | Platforms | Standards |
| Session A14: 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm QA Automation in the Globalized Environment Vita Santrucek - QA Team Lead, Sun Microsystems, Czech Republic |
Session B14: 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm Beyond UTR22: Complex Legacy-to-Unicode Mappings Jonathan Kew - Programmer/Analyst, SIL International, UK |
Session C14: 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm What's New in Unicode 4 Mark Davis Chief Globalization Architect, IBM Corporation, USA |
| Level: Beginner Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, QA Managers, QA Engineers |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Software Engineers |
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| Internationalization | Characters and Algorithms | Standards |
| Session A15: 2:05 pm - 2:45 pm Improving Initial Translation Quality: Correlation of Context David Kumhyr - Internationalization Engineer, IBM Corporation, USA |
Session B15: 2:05 pm - 2:45 pm Conversion Between HKSCS-2001 and Unicode -- Going Beyond Basic Multilingual Plane Linus Toshihiro Tanaka - Principal Member of technical Staff, Oracle Corporation, USA |
Session C15: 2:05 pm - 2:45 pm Implementing the Unimplemented: Representing Unencoded Scripts in Unicode 3.2 John Jenkins - International Software Engineer, Apple Computer, Inc., USA Presented by: Lee Collins - Manager, OS Engineering, Asia, Apple Computer, Inc., USA |
| Level: Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Content Developers, Managers, Software Engineers, Technical Writers, Translators, Project Managers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
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| Internationalization | Characters and Algorithms | Fonts |
| Session A16: 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm Architecture Independent Language Delivery David Kumhyr - Internationalization Engineer, IBM Corporation, USA |
Session B16: 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm Problems Finding Word Boundaries in Different Languages Sophy Carroll - QE Team Lead, IBM Software Group, Ireland |
Session C16: 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm Pitfalls of Multi-script Font Design Joshua Hadley - Sales Engineer, Agfa Monotype Corporation, USA |
| Level: Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Content Developers, Managers, Software Engineers, Technical Writers, Translators, Project Managers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Technical Writers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Marketers, Software Engineers, Font Designers, Content Developers, Graphic Designers |
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| Internationalization | Characters and Algorithms | eBusiness |
| Session A17: 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm Unicode and Keyboards on Windows Michael Kaplan Senior Developer, Microsoft Corporation, USA Cathy Wissink - Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
Session B17: 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm ADFSAs in Unicode, Take 2 Thomas Emerson - Software Engineer, Basis Technology Corporation, USA |
Session C17: 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm Handling Unicode in Legacy Applications Michael McKenna - Haddon Hill International |
| Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
Level: Advanced Audience: Software Engineers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts |
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| Internationalization | Characters and Algorithms | eBusiness |
| Session A18: 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm Designing Global Applications for Wireless Devices with Java and XML Karl Kurbel Professor, European University Viadrina, Germany Andrzej Dabkowski Research Assistant, European University Viadrina, Germany Anna Maria Jankowska Research Assistant, European University Viadrina, Germany |
Session B18: 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm Four ACEs: A Review of ASCII Compatible Encodings Addison Phillips - Director, Globalization Architecture, webMethods, Inc., USA |
Session C18: 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm Going Global with Microsoft E-Business Servers Laurence Kancherla Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA Gwyneth Marshall Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA Vincent Célié - Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA |
| Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Marketers, Content Developers, Technical Writers |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Software Engineers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Marketers, Content Developers |
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| Internationalization | Characters and Algorithms | eBusiness |
| Session A19: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Printing International Text Using Java, XML, XSLT, and PDF Forms Geoff Adams - Senior Software Engineer, FGM Inc., USA |
Session B19: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Unicode Encoding Formats: A Devil In Disguise? Debmalya Biswas - Software Engineer, Infosys Technologies Limited, India |
Session C19: 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Machine Translation Manifesto - A Proposal for Open Source Development Renato Beninatto - Partner, Common Sense Advisory, Inc., USA |
| Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Software Engineers |
Level: Intermediate Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Content Developers, Technical Writers |
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Marketers, Content Developers, Technical Writers, Computational Linguists |
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