From: Rick McGowan (rick@unicode.org)
Date: Tue Mar 20 2007 - 09:19:09 CST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Stephanie Covert
Object Management Group
+1-843-737 0637
info@unicodeconference.org
Call for Participation: 31st Internationalization & Unicode Conference San
Jose, Calif., USA; October 15-17, 2007
Mountain View, CA, USA – March 20, 2007 – The Unicode® Consortium
today announced a call for participation in The Thirty-first
Internationalization & Unicode® Conference (IUC), taking place in San
Jose, Calif., USA; October 15-17, 2007, sponsored by Gold Sponsor Adobe
Systems (www.adobe.com). The call for participation runs until Monday,
April 23. The annual conference is produced by The Object Management Groupâ„
¢ (OMGâ„¢). Details about the conference and the call for participation
are available at http://www.unicodeconference.org/iuc31call.
The Internationalization & Unicode Conference is the premier annual
technical conference focusing on multilingual, global software and Web
internationalization. Each IUC conference features a variety of tutorials
and conference sessions that cover current topics related to Web and
software internationalization, globalization, and Unicode.
IUC 31 will include sessions with a special focus on compliance,
conformance testing and related topics. Organizations, including libraries
and universities are specifically invited to submit case studies on their
globalization efforts. The conference Program Committee is also seeking
technical and business-focused presentations on case studies, experience
reports, evaluations or research papers on topics relevant to (but not
limited to):
* New and upcoming technologies
* Implementation of Unicode
* Unicode conformance and international standards compliance issues
* Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)
* Internationalization or enabling of applications or Web sites
* Working with multilingual text and data
* Global development best practices
* Security and phishing
* Business cases and technical issues for globalized software
* Publishing and broadcasting for a global audience
* Encoding and Internationalization challenges for governments
* Unicode in the library and in university curricula
Tutorial Sessions are an important part of the conference. The Program
Committee is seeking proposals on topics of interest to general software
users, to project and program managers, and to technical attendees who need
to build basic knowledge of Unicode and software internationalization.
Tutorial topics can also include (but aren’t limited to):
* Program and project management of internationalization
* Best practices in localization process and technology
* Users: making the most of international features in common applications
* Unicode and internationalization in programming languages
Tutorial presenters receive complimentary registration, an honorarium and
two nights lodging. Session presenters receive a fifty percent conference
discount and two nights lodging. See the web site for full details and
restrictions.
Proposals for panel sessions in any of the above areas are also welcomed.
Those interested in holding Birds-of-a-Feather meetings should contact
Kevin Loughry with their suggestions at loughry@omg.org, +1-781-444 0404.
Interested individuals or organizations are invited to submit a brief (up
to 600 word) abstract of their proposed conference presentation by Monday,
April 23 using this web form: http://www.unicodeconference.org/abstracts.
The Program Committee will select presentations for inclusion in the
program and notify authors by Monday, May 7. Final presentation materials
will be required from all selected presenters by Monday, October 1. The
conference agenda will be available by Monday, May 14 and posted at
http://www.unicodeconference.org.
Sponsorships and exhibit space are available; for more information on
sponsoring or exhibiting contact Jon Roussel at jroussel@omg.org,
+1-781-444-0404 ext. 106. For all other questions email
info@unicodeconference.org.
Internationalization and Unicode experts, implementers, clients, teachers
and vendors are invited to attend this unique conference. The interactive
format makes the Internationalization & Unicode Conference a great place to
meet and exchange ideas with leading experts, find out about the needs of
potential clients, or get information about new and existing
Unicode-enabled products.
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About the Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization founded to develop,
extend and promote use of the Unicode Standard and related globalization
standards.
The membership of the consortium represents a broad spectrum of
corporations and organizations in the computer and information processing
industry. Members are: Adobe Systems, Apple, Basis Technology, Denic e. G.,
Google, Government of India - Ministry of Information Technology,
Government of Pakistan - National Language Authority, HP, IBM, Justsystems,
Microsoft, Monotype Imaging, Oracle, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, The
University of California at Berkeley, Yahoo, and over 100 Associate,
Liaison, and Individual members.
For more information, please contact the Unicode Consortium
http://www.unicode.org/contacts.html.
About the Event Producer
The Object Management Groupâ„¢ (OMGâ„¢) is the new Event Producer for the
Internationalization & Unicode Conferences. The OMG is an open membership,
not-for-profit consortium that produces and maintains computer industry
specifications for interoperable enterprise applications. Our
specifications include MDA®, UML®, CORBA®, MOF™, XMI® and CWM™.
OMG’s specifications are all available for download by everyone without
charge.
For more information about OMG, visit us online at http://www.omg.org.
Note to editors: Unicode Standard, Unicode and the Unicode Logo are
trademarks of Unicode, Inc. Unicode Consortium is a registered trademark of
Unicode, Inc. OMG and Object Management Group are trademarks of Object
Management Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
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