Unicode Technology Workshop 2025
Event program for the Unicode Technology Workshop 2025, Nov. 11-13, hosted at Microsoft at its Silicon Valley campus
Join us at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View, California for one, two, or all three days of community building around the Unicode technology that makes software work for billions of people.
🗓️ November 11 - Tutorial Day on Unicode Technologies
🗓️ November 12-13 - Unicode Technology Workshop 2025
Expect workshops, seminars, free-form discussions, and lightning talks centered around i18n libraries, locale data frameworks, globalization tooling, localization pipelines, input methods, and text rendering. Network with the developers and users to help shape the future of Unicode technology.
You will come away with deeper knowledge on how to solve tough problems in the i18n and l10n space and how to engineer products that work better for global users. To encourage maximum collaboration amongst the attendees, this is an in-person-only event.
💲Discounts
Special rates available to current Unicode members, students, and academics. Students and academics also receive one year of Unicode individual membership with their registration. The early bird discount code is not required for students or academics.
Complete your registration here or by clicking the Register button below.
🫶 Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities are available at various levels. Sponsorship benefits include complimentary registrations, opportunities to lead a session or workshop, recognition on the event website, program and event materials, visibility on social media, and much more. Specific offerings vary by sponsorship level.
If you want to demonstrate your industry leadership, enhance your brand, share your knowledge, promote your products and services, and foster community building, contact events@unicode.org today to learn more. Sponsorship discounts are available to Unicode Full and Supporting Members.
💲Industry & Media Partner Pricing
As a valued partner, we are extending the same rates available to our Organizational and Individual Members. Early bird registration code for a discounted price on your registration. The code is: UTW2025Early. ⏳ Early bird closes Aug 31.
Learn more and complete your registration here.
📣 First glimpse of Sessions and Tutorials
The UTW Program Committee is excited to announce some of the confirmed tutorials and sessions* as of September 2.
Tutorials - November 11
- Introduction to Internationalization and Unicode Internationalization Technologies with Joel Sahleen
- Demystifying Unicode Text Display: From Unicode Code Points to Positioned Glyphs with Peter Constable and Craig Cornelius
- Getting Started with ICU4X with Shane Carr
- Putting ICU to Work with Elango Cheran and Markus Scherer
Sessions - November 12 and 13
- AI-Powered Globalization: Streamlining Global Product Expansion with Globalization-Compliant Development with Ritika Mathur, Mario Juarros, and Nitin Choweth Vijayakumar
- An Accidental Map of the History of Writing with Minh Nguyen
- Ask Mark Anything with Mark Davis
- Assessing a Script’s Unicode Readiness with Anushah Hossain and Helena Kansa
- Automated i18n Quality for Enterprise Platforms with Yaniv Zimet and Mike McKenna
- No Spaces? No Problem! Segmenting Complex Scripts with Machine Learning with Shane Carr
- Grammatical Agreement with Unicode Inflection with Nebojša Ćirić, George Rhoten
- Using AI to Create Keyboard Layouts with Tex Texin
- Why We Build our Own Cross-Platform i18n SDKs for TikTok with Zhongjun Ge, Phil Song
*Please note sessions or hosts continue to be added and some may change as we get closer to the event. Please bookmark this page for any updates including session timing.
