Unicode in Government:

Building a Multilingual Infrastructure

Washington D.C., USA

March 31 - April 2, 2004

The Internationalization & Unicode Conference is the premier technical conference worldwide for both software and Web internationalization.

This conference will focus on solutions that address the language and multilingual requirements of governments and industries around the world.

Technologies built on the Unicode Character Standard make it feasible today to build a multilingual infrastructure that satisfies these requirements. This conference will examine the requirements and explore recent advances in the state of the art, as well as traditional best-practices.

The Washington DC venue was specifically chosen to allow discussion and peer networking around the needs of government including topics such as U.S. Homeland Security, and the European Union's challenges supporting all its official languages.

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Diverse Topics and Formats
The conference features tutorials, lectures, and panel discussions that provide coverage of standards, best practices, and recent advances in the globalization of software and the Internet.

Emphasis on Current Government Needs
Language and multilingual requirements of governments and industries around the world will be addressed in several sessions as well as in the Government Track devoted to standards and resources for government workers. Everette Jordan, Director of the United States Government National Virtual Translation Center (NVTC), will be a keynote speaker, kicking off the conference.

Exhibitor's Showcase and Panel Sessions
A forum that highlights the latest advances in language services, tools and technologies.

Unicode 4.0
The Unicode tutorial and many other tutorials and breakout sessions are updated to cover the most recent release of the Unicode Standard. This conference is your best opportunity to learn about Unicode and internationalization directly from the experts.

International Unicode Conferences are organized by Global Meeting Services, Inc., (GMS). GMS is pleased to be able to offer the International Unicode Conferences under an exclusive license granted by the Unicode Consortium. All responsibility for conference finances and operations is borne by GMS. The independent conference board serves solely at the pleasure of GMS and is composed of volunteers active in Unicode and in international software development. All inquiries regarding International Unicode Conferences should be addressed to info@global-conference.com.