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Monday, October 17, 2011

TUTORIALS Track 1 Track  2 Track  3

Morning

SESSION 1

09:00 – 10:30
An Introduction to Writing Systems & Unicode
 
  Richard Ishida
Internationalization Lead
W3C
Internationalization: An Introduction, Part I: Character Encodings and Unicode
 
  Addison Phillips
Globalization Architect
Lab126 (Amazon)
Comprehensive Arabic Script
 
  Thomas Milo
Partner, DecoType
10:30 - 10:45  Morning Refreshments

Morning

SESSION 2

10:45 – 12:30
An Introduction to Writing Systems & Unicode (Cont’d.)
 
  Richard Ishida
Internationalization Lead
W3C
Internationalization: An Introduction, Part II: Enabling Software
 
  Addison Phillips
Globalization Architect
Lab126 (Amazon)
Smart Code Set Conversions for Unicode Support in Heterogeneous Environments
  Su Liu
AIX Globalization Architect, IBM
12:30 - 13:30  Lunch

Afternoon

SESSION 1

13:30 – 15:30
Unicode - A Grand Tour
 
  Craig R. Cummings
Michael G McKenna
Senior International Engineering Manager, Zynga
Web Internationalization - Standards and Best Practices
 
  Tex Texin
Chief Globalization Architect, Rearden Commerce, Inc.
Building multilingual websites in Drupal7 and Joomla1.6
 
  Jim DeLaHunt
Principal
Jim DeLaHunt & Associates
15:30 – 15:45  Afternoon Refreshments

Afternoon

SESSION 2

15:45 – 17:45
Unicode - A Grand Tour
(cont'd.)
 
Internationalization Testing Best Practices
 
  Loïc Dufresne de Virel
Localization Strategist,
Intel Corporation
Using ICU Workshop
 
  Steven Loomis
Software Engineer
IBM
18:00-19:00  Welcome Reception  

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

09:00 - 9:15

 Welcome & Opening Remarks

09:15 – 10:00

 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Building the Multilingual Web - The Long View

Laura Welcher
Director of Operations, The Rosetta Project
10:00 - 20:00       EXHIBIT AREA OPEN
10:00 – 10:30  Morning Refreshments in Exhibit Area
PRESENTATIONS Track 1
World Wide Web		 Track 2
Localization		 Track 3
Arabic/Bidi

10:30 – 11:20

SESSION 1
To the Promised Land: I18N Developments in HTML5 and CSS3
Addison Phillips
Globalization Architect, Lab126 (Amazon)

Richard Ishida Internationalization Lead, W3C
Pseudolocalization at Google -- some innovations
.

 

Aharon Lanin
Software Engineer, Google, Inc.

 

Andy Staudacher

Software Engineer, Google Inc.

 

John Tamplin
Software Engineer, Google Inc.

 

Katsuhiko Momoi
Staff Test Engineer & I18n Consultant, Google Inc.


Mark Davis
Sr. Internationalization Architect, Google Inc.


Implementing Better Source Editing for Bidirectional HTML and XML in the Text Editor Emacs
  Martin J. Dürst
Professor,
Aoyama Gakuin University

Shunsuke Oshima
Master Course Student
Aoyama Gakuin University

11:30 – 12:20

SESSION 2
Enterprise PHP Internationalization and Localization: A Case Study
 
  Joel Sahleen
Software Developer,
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Localization Optimization Using Translation Repositories
  Tak Takahashi
Globalization Engineering Manager,
Teradata
Bidi Parentheses Algorithm
 
  Murray Sargent III
Partner Software Design Engineer, Microsoft
12:30 - 13:30  Lunch
PRESENTATIONS Track 1
World Wide Web		 Track 2
Localization		 Track 3
Arabic/Bidi

13:30 – 14:20

SESSION 3
Internationalizing Twitter
  Matt Sanford
Tech Manager of International Team,
Twitter, Inc.
libphonenumber - The Swiss Army Knife of International Telephone Number Handling
 
  Shaopeng Jia
Software Engineer,
Google
Bidirectionalization and Localization
 
  Roozbeh Pournader
Internationalization Engineer, 
Google

14:30 – 15:20

SESSION 4
Encoding Health of the WWW
 
  Norbert Runge
Test Engineer, 
Google, Inc. 
Internationalization in Google+
 
  Mark Davis
Sr. Internationalization Architect,
Google Inc. 

 

Luke Swartz

Product Manager, Google Inc.
DecoType Font Design Concepts and Tools
  Thomas Milo
Partner, DecoType
15:20 – 16:00  Afternoon Refreshments in Exhibit Area
PRESENTATIONS Track 1
World Wide Web		 Track 2
Localization		 Track 3
Arabic/Bidi

16:00 – 16:50

SESSION 5
Web App i18n/l10n
 
  Luke Swartz
Product Manager, 
Google, Inc.
Localization Data Standards: Apathy, Skepticism, and Cynicism
  Helena Chapman
Program Director,
IBM
Unicode and the Revolution
 
  Adil Allawi
Technical Director, 
Diwan Software Limited

17:00 – 17:50

SESSION 6
Breaking The Language Barrier On The Social Web
 
  Andrew Swerdlow
Privacy Technical Program Manager,
Google, Inc.
Korean Hangul: from Sejong the Great's Hunmin Jeongeum to Unicode 6.1
 
  Michael S. Kaplan
Program Manager,
Microsoft Corporation
An Abstract Model for the Typography of Perso-Arabic Script
 
 

Behnam Esfahbod 

Sharif University of Technology

 

Yahya Tabesh

Sharif University of Technology
18:00 - 20:00  Conference Reception in Exhibit Area

 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

PRESENTATIONS Track 1
Windows		 Track 2
Globalization		 Track 3
Fonts

09:00 – 09:50

SESSION 7
International User Experiences in Windows
 
  Andrew Glass
Program Manager,
Microsoft Corporation
Study for Processing Unicode Data with Multiple Versions of Unicode and Non-Unicode Standard
  Su Liu
IBM
Fonts for the Ages
  Pim Rietbroek
Brill

 John Hudson
Tiro Typeworks

10:00 – 10:50

SESSION 8
Locales on Windows - The View from 18 Years in
 
  Michael S. Kaplan
Program Manager,
Microsoft Corporation
Internationalization Assessments: Merging the Best of Three Approaches
  Leandro Reis
Senior Program Manager, Globalization,
Adobe Systems

Mike McKenna
Senior International Engineering Manager, Zynga 

Paul-Henri Arnaud
Senior Process Analyst, Autodesk
Creating World-Ready Apps For Windows 8
 
  Peter Constable
Senior Program Manager,
Microsoft Corporation
10:50 - 11:10  Morning Refreshments

11:10 – 12:00

SESSION 9
Application Resources and Localization for Metro-Style Apps in Windows 8
 
  Peter Constable
Senior Program Manager,
Microsoft Corporation
What's new in CLDR 2.0
 
  Steven Loomis
Software Engineer,
IBM
Developing a Unicode font for the desktop, the mobile and the web
 
  Adil Allawi
Technical Director, 
Diwan Software Limited
12:00 - 13:00  Lunch
PRESENTATIONS Track 1
Platforms		 Track 2
Languages		 Track 3
Scripts

13:00 – 13:50

SESSION 10
Best Practices with the Java 7 Locale

 
 
  Doug Felt
Google

Steven Loomis
Software Engineer
IBM
Plural & Gender in Translated Messages

 
 
  Markus Scherer
Unicode Software Engineer, Google Inc.

Mark Davis
Sr. Internationalization Architect,
Google Inc.
A Pre-script-ion for the Future: Unicode and the Development of Minority Languages in South Asia
 
  Anshuman Pandey
Ph.D. Candidate,
University of Michigan

14:00 – 14:50

SESSION 11
Agile Internationalization and Localization
  Michael Kuperstein
Localization Engineer,
Intel
Speech Internationalization at Google
  Martin Jansche
Google, Inc.
ScriptSource: Making information on the world's scripts accessible
  Martin Raymond
Software/Web Development, 
SIL International
14:50 – 15:10  Afternoon Refreshments
PRESENTATIONS Track 1
ICU		 Track 2
East Asia		 Track 3
Scripts

15:10 – 16:00


SESSION 12
Bits of Unicode: ICU Data, Algorithms, and Performance
  Markus Scherer
Unicode Software Engineer, Google Inc.

Mark Davis
Sr. Internationalization Architect,
Google Inc.
Genuine Han Unification
 
  Ken Lunde
Senior Computer Scientist
Adobe
The Cherokee Syllabary in Digital Applications
 
 

Roy Boney

Language Technologist, Cherokee Nation

 

Joseph Erb

Educational digital media specialist, Language Technology Program at Cherokee Nation Education ServicesGroup

 

Jeff Edwards

Language Technologist,

Cherokee Nation

16:10 – 17:00


SESSION 13
New in ICU
 
 

Stuart Gill
Member of Technical Staff,
Google, Inc.

 

Peter Edberg

Senior Software Engineer, Apple Inc.

 

Markus Scherer

Unicode Software Engineer, Google Inc
Some Special Requirements for Cloud-Publishing of Chinese Ancient Classics
 

Zhang Zhoucai
CEO
Beijing UniHan Digital Tech Co.Ltd.

 

Zhang Chiyi

COO, Beijing UniHan Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
Does it hurt when I do this? Data for I18n Testing
  Tex Texin
Chief Globalization Architect, Rearden Commerce, Inc.


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