Hello Unicoders,
It's conference time - September in California! Time to get up-to-date on
creating a global Internet through Unicode. Attached is the amended
conference information, showing a number of additional speakers. The three
keynote speakers, from JavaSoft, Microsoft and Netscape, represent some of
the many vendors who are "Going Global with Unicode". Please help spread the
word - share this information with your colleagues and friends.
See you in San Jose -
Misha Wolf, Technical Review Board Co-Chair
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Ninth International Unicode Conference
and
Global Computing Showcase
Software Development + the Internet: Going Global with Unicode
September 4-6, 1996
San Jose, California
The Ninth International Unicode Conference will bring together industry-wide
experts on the global Internet and Unicode, internationalization and local-
ization, implementation of Unicode in operating systems and applications,
fonts, text layout, and multilingual computing.
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS
The following speakers have been added to the program since the original
mailing:
Keynote Speaker, September 5, am:
Miko Matsumura, Java Evangelist, JavaSoft
Keynote Speaker, September 5, pm:
Nadine Kano, Program Manager, Windows NT Strategy, Microsoft Corporation
Session A6, September 5:
Manuel Tomas Carrasco Benitez, European Commission (replaces Dina Bai)
Session B8, September 6:
Thomas Milo, President, DecoType
ACCOMMODATION
Red Lion Hotel San Jose
2050 Gateway Place
San Jose, California 95110
Tel: (408) 453-4000
Fax: (408) 437-2883 (reservations only)
A guest room block has been set aside for the Conference. To receive the
conference rate of US $95.00 single and $105.00 double occupancy plus
applicable taxes, please call or fax the Red Lion Hotel San Jose directly and
request the Unicode Conference special group rate. This rate is valid during
the dates of September 2-8, 1996 inclusive.
Hotel reservations should be made prior to August 7, 1996. Thereafter this
special rate will be offered on a space available basis only.
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
Conference attendees are to make their own travel arrangements.
Japanese guests may make their travel arrangements through:
Skyear Express Inc.
Attention: Mr. Hibi or Mr. Ono
7-9-3 Akasaka. Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 107
Tel: +813 (3585) 8371 Fax: +813 (3584) 2060
CONFERENCE FEES
Pre-Conference Tutorials/Workshops - September 4:
All attendees: $ 50.00
- To include a full day of 2 tutorials/workshops,
proceedings, 2 refreshment breaks. Lunch is
not included.
Conference - September 5 & 6:
Unicode members: $ 425.00
- All (employees of) corporate,
associate and individual members
Non-members:
- Prior to August 15 $ 475.00
- After August 15 $ 525.00
Exhibit only pass: $ 25.00
Conference registration to include all conference materials; proceedings;
continental breakfast, refreshment breaks and luncheons for both days;
cocktail reception and entry to the exhibition area.
GLOBAL COMPUTING SHOWCASE
Visit the Showcase to find out more about products for the Unicode Standard,
or products and services that can help you globalize or localize your
software, documentation or the internet content.
The Showcase is open September 5 from 10:00 am - 8:00 pm and September 6 from
10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Reserve your exhibit space now. Contact Barbara at:
Global Meeting Services Inc.
Tel: (604) 983-9157 Fax: (604) 983-9158
Internet: conference@unicode.org
Exhibits to date:
Alis Technologies Inc.
Apple Computer
Bitstream, Inc.
Gamma Productions Inc.
International Communications Inc.
MGI Software Corporation
Software AG
Star+Globe
PROGRAM
Pre-conference Tutorials/Workshops
Wednesday, September 4
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Time | Track A | Track B | Track C
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07:00-09:00 | Registration
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09:00-12:10 | A1: | B1: | C1:
| Input Method Design | National Language | Non-Latin Writing
| | and Unicode Support | Systems:
| Mark Leisher | in Relational Data- | Characteristics and
| Computer Analyst, | bases and SQL2/3 | Impacts on Multi-
| The Computing | | national Product
| Research Lab of New | Stefan Buchta | Design
| Mexico State | Group Manager, |
| University, New | Software AG, | Richard Ishida
| Mexico | Berlin, Germany | Global Design
| | | Consultant, Rank
| | | Xerox Technical
| | | Centre, Herts, UK
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12:10-01:30 | Luncheon
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01:30-04:40 | A2: | B2: | C2: (Repeat)
| Weaving the Multi- | The Unicode(tm) | Non-Latin Writing
| lingual Web: | Standard: Version 2 | Systems:
| Standards and their | | Characteristics and
| Implementation | Asmus Freytag | Impacts on Multi-
| | President, ASMUS, | national Product
| Martin Duerst | Inc., Seattle, WA | Design
| Senior Research | |
| Associate, Univ of | | Richard Ishida
| Zurich, Zurich, | | Global Design
| Switzerland | | Consultant, Rank
| | | Xerox Technical
| Gavin Nicol | | Centre, Herts, UK
| Manager, Technical | |
| Consulting Divi- | |
| sion, EBT Japan, | |
| Tokyo, Japan | |
| | |
| Francois Yergeau | |
| Technology Advisor, | |
| Alis Technologies | |
| Inc., Montreal, | |
| Canada | |
| | |
| Glenn Adams | |
| Architect, | |
| Spyglass, Inc., | |
| Cambridge, MA | |
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Conference
Thursday, September 5
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Time | Track A | Track B | Track C
------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------------
07:00-09:00 | Registration/Continental Breakfast
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09:00-09:10 | Opening Address
|
| Misha Wolf
| Co-Chair, Ninth International Unicode Conference
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09:10-09:50 | Keynote Speaker
|
| Miko Matsumura
| Java Evangelist
| JavaSoft
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09:50-10:25 | The Unicode(tm) Standard: Challenges and Opportunities
|
| Asmus Freytag
| VP Marketing, The Unicode(r) Consortium
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10:25-10:45 | Refreshment Break
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| WEB | TEXT EDITING | ORGANIZATION
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10:45-11:25 | A1: | B1: | C1:
| Implementing | Shrink-Wrapping | ISO 10646 and
| Unicode in Netscape | Unicode | Unicode: Continued
| Navigator | | Convergence
| | Christopher Pratley |
| Frank Yung-Fong | Microsoft Corpora- | Michael Ksar
| Tang | tion, Redmond, WA | Hewlett-Packard
| Internationaliza- | | Company, Palo Alto,
| tion Engineer, | | CA
| Netscape Communica- | |
| tions Corp., | |
| Mountain View, CA | |
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11:30-12:10 | A2: | B2: | C2:
| Implementing | A Unicode Text | Conversion of a
| Unicode in your | Object Model (TOM) | Multinational Soft-
| Internet Applica- | | ware Developer to
| tions | Murray Sargent | Unicode: A Case
| | Senior Software | History To-Date
| Ken Fowles | Design Engineer, |
| VP Developer | Microsoft Corpora- | Michael McKenna
| Strategies, Accent | tion, Redmond, WA | Globalization
| Software Interna- | | Strategist, Sybase,
| tional, Redmond, WA | | Inc., Emeryville,
| | | CA
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12:10-01:30 | Luncheon
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| WEB | TEXT EDITING | UNIX
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01:30-02:10 | A3: | B3: | C3:
| Java Internation- | Unicode and Inter- | Unicode and Inter-
| alization | nationalization on | nationalization
| Architecture | Mac OS 8 | with UNIX and X-
| | | Window's System
| Asmus Freytag | John McConnell |
| Internationaliza- | International | Hideki Hiura
| tion Architect for | Evangelist, Apple | Software Architect,
| Java, President, | Computer, | SunSoft, Inc.,
| ASMUS, Inc., | Cupertino, CA | Mountain View, CA
| Seattle, WA | |
| | |
| Mark Davis | |
| Taligent, Inc., | |
| Cupertino, CA | |
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02:15-02:55 | A4: | B4: | C4:
| Java Internation- | Designing the NeXT | Multilanguage Input
| alization | Text System | Model on X-Window
| Architecture - | | System
| Continued | Rick McGowan |
| | Software Engineer, | Shinobu Matsuzuka
| | NeXT Software Inc., | Member of Technical
| | Redwood City, CA | Staff, SunSoft,
| | | Inc., Mountain
| | | View, CA
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02:55-03:15 | Refreshment Break
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03:15-03:55 | A5: | B5: | C5:
| Text Searching | Unicode Editor | Supporting Unicode
| Across Multiple | Applet OCX | on a UNIX System
| Character Sets in | |
| Unicode | Carl Forsander | Juergen Bettels
| | VP Engineering, | Globalization
| Philippe Boucher | Gamma Productions, | Consultant, Digital
| Senior Programmer, | Inc., San Diego, CA | Equipment Corpora-
| Bunyip Information | | tion, Switzerland
| Systems, Montreal, | |
| Quebec, Canada | | Wendy Rannenberg
| | | Technical Director,
| | | Digital Equipment
| | | Corporation,
| | | Nashua, NH
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04:00-04:40 | A6: | B6: | C6:
| Multilingual | Developing a | An Adventure in
| Parallel Hypertext | Unicode DTP | Implementing
| | Application for | Unicode Support on
| Manuel Tomas | Windows NT/95 | UNIX Platforms
| Carrasco Benitez | |
| European Commission | Thomas Nielsen | Mark Leisher
| (on leave) | MGI Software Corp, | Computer Analyst,
| | Denmark | Computing Research
| | | Lab of New Mexico
| | | State University
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04:45-05:25 | Keynote Speaker
|
| Nadine Kano
| Program Manager, Windows NT Strategy
| Microsoft Corporation
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05:30-08:00 | Reception/Exhibits
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Friday, September 6
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Time | Track A | Track B | Track C
------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------------
07:00-09:00 | Registration/Continental Breakfast
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| WEB | DATABASE | OS SUPPORT
------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------------
09:00-09:40 | A1: | B1: | C1:
| Supporting Multiple | Unicode in Distrib- | Unicode and Win32
| Languages and | uted Computing |
| Character Sets on | Environments | Bill Hall
| the Internet | | Engineering Con-
| | Michael McKenna | sultant, Novell,
| Ron Murray | Globalization | Inc., San Jose, CA
| Software Develop- | Strategist, Sybase, |
| ment Engineer, | Inc., Emeryville, |
| Microsoft Developer | CA |
| Relations Group, | |
| Redmond, WA | |
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09:45-10:25 | A2: | B2: | C2:
| Acrobat Meets | National Language | Universal Language
| Unicode | and Unicode Support | Support in OS/2
| | in Relational Data- | Warp Version 4
| Craig Rublee | bases and SQL2/3 |
| Computer Scientist, | | Steve Atkin
| Adobe Systems, | Stefan Buchta | IBM Corporation
| Inc., Mountain | Group Manager, |
| View, CA | Software AG, |
| | Berlin, Germany |
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10:25-10:45 | Refreshment Break
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| WEB | COMPRESSION/ | LIBRARY
| | CONVERSION |
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10:45-11:25 | A3: | B3: | C3:
| Platform Independ- | Reuters Compression | The European
| ent Font Support | Scheme for Unicode | Library Community
| | (RCSU) | and Unicode/ISO
| Jim Welch | | 10646
| Director, Emerging | Misha Wolf |
| Technologies, | Globalisation | Anthony Brickell
| Bitstream Inc., | Manager, Reuters, | System Development
| Cambridge, MA | London, UK | Manager, The
| | | British Library,
| | | London, UK
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11:30-12:10 | A4: | B4: | C4:
| Unicode and HTML: | Mapping Between | Input of Multilin-
| Status and | Unicode and Other | gual Information in
| Developments | Character Sets: | Unicode-Based
| | Methods and Issues | Applications
| Martin Duerst | |
| Senior Research | Lloyd Honomichl | Ilya Gavrishin
| Associate, | Consultant | Russian State
| University of | Engineer, Novell, | Library for Foreign
| Zurich, Zurich, | Inc., Provo, UT | Literature, Moscow,
| Switzerland | | Russia
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12:10-01:30 | Luncheon
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| WEB | IDEOGRAPHS/FONTS | LOCALIZATION
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01:30-02:10 | A5: | B5: | C5:
| Dynaweb: Content | Design and Imple- | What Does Localisa-
| Generation based on | mentation of the | tion Involve?
| Client Preferences | CJK Unified Charac- |
| | ter Set on UNIX | Richard Ishida
| Gavin Nicol | Systems | Global Design
| Manager, Technical | | Consultant, Rank
| Consulting Divi- | Yufang Sun | Xerox Technical
| sion, EBT Japan, | Deputy Director of | Centre, Herts, UK
| Tokyo, Japan | Institute of Soft- |
| | ware, Academia |
| | Sinica, Beijing, |
| | P.R. China |
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02:15-02:55 | A6: | B6: | C6:
| Challenge of | Simple Implementa- | Entire Translation
| Creating a Unicode | tions of Difficult | Services
| WWW Homepage | Scripts |
| | | Ken Torri
| Yean-Fee Ho | Martin Duerst | Advisory R&D
| Director, Marketing | Senior Research | Specialist,
| & Sales, Star+Globe | Associate, | Software AG,
| Technologies, Kent | University of | Roseville, CA
| Ridge, Singapore | Zurich, Zurich, |
| | Switzerland |
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02:55-03:15 | Refreshment Break
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03:15-03:55 | A7: | B7: | C7:
| Weaving the Multi- | Designing an | Testing Interna-
| lingual Web: An | Extended Japanese | tional Software
| Open Discussion | Character Set: |
| Forum (BOF) | From Conception to | Jennifer Doman
| | Implementation | Manager, Sybase,
| | | Inc., Global
| | Ken Lunde | Products Group,
| | Project Manager, | Emeryville, CA
| | CJK Type |
| | Development, Adobe |
| | Systems, Inc., |
| | Mountain View, CA |
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04:00-04:40 | A8: | B8: | C8:
| Weaving the Multi- | Encoding Sense and | Localizing Multi-
| lingual Web: An | Nonsense: The | lingual Cross-
| Open Discussion | Arabic Ligature | Platform Software
| Forum (BOF) - | | Using Foreign-
| Continued | Thomas Milo | Desk(tm)
| | President, |
| | DecoType, | Roger Jeanty
| | Amsterdam, | President and CEO,
| | Holland | International Com-
| | | munications, Inc.,
| | | Framingham, MA
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04:45-05:25 | Keynote Speaker
|
| Rick Schell
| Vice President of Product Development
| Netscape Communications Corporation
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05:25-05:30 | Closing Remarks
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Please check http://www.unicode.org for amendments to the schedule
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