UnicodeIUC14
Conference Program
Day 1: Monday, March 22
Tutorial

Characters & Character Sets
Session TA1:
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Introducing Unicode -- A Tutorial
Asmus Freytag, President, ASMUS, Inc., USA

Day 2: Tuesday, March 23
Tutorials

Track A

Track B

Track C

InternetScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutJava & Internationalization
Session TA2:
9:00 am - 11:45 am
Weaving the Multilingual Web: Standards and their Implementations
Martin J. Dürst, Project Associate Professor, W3C/Keio University, Japan
Gavin Thomas Nicol, Systems Architect, Inso Corporation, USA
François Yergeau, Senior Technology Adviser, Alis Technologies, Canada
Session TB2:
9:00 am - 11:45 am
Authentic Arabic: Backgrounds and Aesthetic and Technical Challenges
Thomas Milo, President, DecoType, The Netherlands
Session TC2:
9:00 am - 11:45 am
Developing Internationalized Software with Java
Tom McFarland, Internationalization Architect, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA
Richard Gillam, Advisory Software Engineer, Text & International, Center for Java Technology, IBM Corporation, USA



Internationalization & LocalizationScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutWindows & Internationalization
Session TA3:
1:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Non-Latin Writing Systems: Characteristics and Impact on Product Design
Richard Ishida, Global Design Consultant, Xerox Ltd., UK
Session TB3:
1:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Unicode & Fonts
Kamal Mansour, Manager of Non-Latin Products, Monotype Typography Inc., USA
Session TC3:
1:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Unicode, Windows NT, and Windows 95
Bill Hall, Internationalization Director, SimulTrans, LLC, USA



Internationalization & LocalizationScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutScripts, Fonts & Text Layout
Session TA4:
3:40 pm - 6:00 pm
Making Your Product Translatable
Richard Ishida, Global Design Consultant, Xerox Ltd., UK
Session TB4:
3:40 pm - 6:00 pm
Questions & Answers on Fonts -- Panel of Speakers
Kamal Mansour (Moderator), Manager of Non-Latin Products, Monotype Typography Inc., USA
Other Speakers
Session TC4:
3:40 pm - 6:00 pm
Characters, Glyphs & Rendering
Edwin Hart, Senior Engineer, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA
John H. Jenkins, Engineer, International and Text Group, Apple Computer, Inc., USA
Brendan Murray, Software Architect, International Product Development, Lotus Development Corporation, USA

Day 3: Wednesday, March 24
Conference

Plenary Session
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Welcome
Tex Texin, Director, International Products, Progress Software Corporation, USA

Keynote Address
9:05 am - 9:45 am
Linguistic Services for Knowledge Management
Kevin Cavanaugh, Vice President , International Product Development, Lotus Development Corporation, USA

Track A

Track B

Track C

ApplicationsAlgorithmsCharacters & Character Sets
Session A1:
10:00 am - 10:40 am
Microsoft Office 2000 and Unicode
Christopher Pratley, Lead International Program Manager, Word Product Unit, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Session B1:
10:00 am - 10:40 am
Open Database Connectivity API (ODBC) and Unicode
Ed Batutis, Independent Software Consultant
Session C1:
10:00 am - 10:40 am
From U+20AC to the Euro Key -- The Birth of a New Character
Wolfgang Keber, Head of Section, DIaLOGIKa, Germany



ApplicationsAlgorithmsCharacters & Character Sets
Session A2:
10:45 am - 11:25 am
Microsoft Office 2000 and Unicode -- Continued
Christopher Pratley, Lead International Program Manager, Word Product Unit, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Session B2:
10:45 am - 11:25 am
Text Boundary Analysis in JDK 1.2
Richard Gillam, Advisory Software Engineer, Text & International, Center for Java Technology, IBM Corporation, USA
Session C2:
10:45 am - 11:25 am
Ideographs in Unicode's Future
John H. Jenkins, Engineer, International and Text Group, Apple Computer, Inc., USA



ApplicationsAlgorithmsCharacters & Character Sets
Session A3:
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Multilingual Application with Netscape Application Server
Hiroyuki Komatsu, Development Manager of Server Product Internationalization, Netscape Communications Corporation, USA
Session B3:
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
A Rule-Based Approach to Number Formatting
Richard Gillam, Advisory Software Engineer, Text & International, Center for Java Technology, IBM Corporation, USA
Session C3:
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Resolving the Outbound Encoding of Published Text
Brendan Murray, Software Architect, International Product Development, Lotus Development Corporation, USA



Systems & InternationalizationSearching & Information RetrievalCharacters & Character Sets
Session A4:
1:20 pm - 2:00 pm
ISO 10646/Unicode Support in Compaq's DIGITAL UNIX
Wai-man Long, Software Principal Engineer, Compaq Computer Corporation, USA
Session B4:
1:20 pm - 2:00 pm
Unicode Text Searching in Java
Laura A. Werner, Senior Software Engineer, Java i18n Project Lead, IBM Center for Java Technology, USA
Session C4:
1:20 pm - 2:00 pm
ISO/IEC 10646 and the Unicode Standard: Current State and Future Directions
Mike Ksar, Globalization Manager, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA



Systems & InternationalizationSearching & Information RetrievalCharacters & Character Sets
Session A5:
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
Developing a Single-Binary Unicode Application that Runs on Windows 9x and Windows NT
F. Avery Bishop, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Session B5:
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
URSA: The Unicode Retrieval System Architecture for Multilingual and Translingual Information Retrieval
Mark Davis, Analyst, Computing Research Lab, New Mexico State University, USA
Session C5:
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
Unicode Support in EBCDIC Based System
V.S. Umamaheswaran, Senior Analyst, IBM Ltd., Canada
Jianping Yang, Development Manager, Oracle Corporation, USA



Systems & InternationalizationSearching & Information RetrievalInternet
Session A6:
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
Building a Unicode Application on the Mac OS
Merle Tenney, International Technology Evangelist, Worldwide Developer Relations, Apple Computer, Inc., USA
Session B6:
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
Segmentation and Semantic Requirements for Multilingual Information Retrieval
Andrew Hodgson, President, Lyricom Consulting, Canada
Session C6:
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
iDNS - An Experimental DNS System with Unicode Support
Juay-Kwang Tan, Research Officer, Bioinformatics Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore



Systems & InternationalizationScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutInternet
Session A7:
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
A Comparison of Locale Support in Win32 and Java
John O'Conner, International Software Architect, QAD, Inc., USA
Session B7:
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Complex Text Layout Support in Solaris(tm) CDE MOTIF
Prabhat Hegde, Member Of Technical Staff, Sun MicroSystems, Inc., Global Products Group, USA
Session C7:
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
A Character Model for the WWW: Purpose and Status
Martin J. Dürst, Project Associate Professor, W3C/Keio University, Japan



Systems & InternationalizationScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutInternet
Session A8:
4:35 pm - 5:15 pm
Implementing Microsoft's COM on COMPAQ's OpenVMS
Curtis J. Coppersmith, Senior Engineering Manager, Compaq Computer Corporation, USA
Session B8:
4:35 pm - 5:15 pm
UMLE (Universal Multiscript Layout Engine) for Complex Text Layout Scripts
Ienup Sung, Member of Technical Staff, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA
Session C8:
4:35 pm - 5:15 pm
Internationalization of the Internet -- Panel of Speakers
Tim Berners-Lee, Director, World Wide Web Consortium, USA
Misha Wolf (Moderator), Standards Manager, Reuters Ltd., UK
Other Speakers



Systems & InternationalizationScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutInternet
Session A9:
5:20 pm - 6:00 pm
Internationalization of UNIX Commands and Utilities II
Charles M. Richmond, President/Consultant, Integrated International Systems Corporation, USA
Session B9:
5:20 pm - 6:00 pm
Tips and Tricks on Editing and Displaying Unicode Text
Murray Sargent III, Senior Software Design Engineer, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Session C9:
5:20 pm - 6:00 pm
Internationalization of the Internet -- Panel of Speakers -- Continued
Tim Berners-Lee, Director, World Wide Web Consortium, USA
Misha Wolf (Moderator), Standards Manager, Reuters Ltd., UK
Other Speakers

Reception and Exhibits
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Reception and Exhibits

Day 4: Thursday, March 25
Conference

Keynote Address
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Tell Tale
Thomas Milo, President, DecoType, The Netherlands

Track A

Track B

Track C

Case Studies & User RequirementsScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutInput Methods
Session A10:
10:00 am - 10:40 am
Unicode from the Users' Perspective -- Panel of Speakers
Jennifer DeCamp (Moderator), Principal Network and Distributed Systems Engineer, MITRE Corporation, USA
Other Speakers
Session B10:
10:00 am - 10:40 am
From Unicode to Typography, a Case Study: the Greek Script
Yannis Haralambous, Independent Consultant, Atelier Fluxus Virus, France
Session C10:
10:00 am - 10:40 am
Specification and Implementation of Input Methods Using Finite-State
Remi Zajac, Project Manager, Computing Research Laboratory, New Mexico State University, USA



Case Studies & User RequirementsScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutInput Methods
Session A11:
10:45 am - 11:25 am
Unicode from the Users' Perspective -- Panel of Speakers -- Continued
Jennifer DeCamp (Moderator), Principal Network and Distributed Systems Engineer, MITRE Corporation, USA
Other Speakers
Session B11:
10:45 am - 11:25 am
Encoding Script-Specific Writing Rules based on the Unicode Character Set
Malek Boualem, Researcher, Computing Research Laboratory, New Mexico State University, USA
Mark Leisher, Researcher, Computing Research Laboratory, New Mexico State University, USA
Session C11:
10:45 am - 11:25 am
IIIMF - Distributed Input Method Architecture for the Internet, Network Computer, and Java
Hideki Hiura, Architect/Sr. Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA



Case Studies & User RequirementsScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutInput Methods
Session A12:
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
The Reality of Unicode: Better Than Expected?
Sandra Martin O'Donnell, Internationalization Consultant, Compaq Computer Corporation, USA
Session B12:
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Displaying Unicode Characters with Java's Composite Fonts
John O'Conner, International Software Architect, QAD, Inc., USA
Session C12:
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Java Input Method Framework
Norbert Lindenberg, Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Java Software Division, USA



Case Studies & User RequirementsScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutInternationalization & Localization
Session A13:
1:20 pm - 2:00 pm
Destination Japan: Internationalization of the Lycos Search Engine
Jeff Vander Clute, Global Operations Manager, Lycos Inc. USA
Tina Lieu, Project Manager, Basis Technology Corporation, USA
Session B13:
1:20 pm - 2:00 pm
Typography, Layout and the World Wide Web
Tague Griffith, Internationalization Engineer, Netscape Communications Corporation, USA
Session C13:
1:20 pm - 2:00 pm
The Java i18n API, JDK 1.1 and Beyond
Helena Shih, Advisory Software Engineer, IBM Corporation, USA



Case Studies & User RequirementsScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutInternationalization & Localization
Session A14:
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
A Case Study on the ForeignDesk™ Internet Server
Jonathan Clark, Director of Research & Development, International Communications, Inc., USA
Scott Cahoon, Senior Manager, Software Engineering, International Communications, Inc., USA
Session B14:
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
Complex Text Rendering in Java
Brian Beck, Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Java Software Division, USA
Session C14:
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
Creating a Multilingual Application in Java
John O'Conner, International Software Architect, QAD, Inc., USA



Case Studies & User RequirementsDatabasesInternationalization & Localization
Session A15:
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
Perl Changes Its Character
Dick Hardt, President and CTO, ActiveState Tool Corporation, Canada
Session B15:
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
Developing Multilingual Java Applications for Oracle8i
Simon K. Wong, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle Corporation, USA
Session C15:
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
Exploring Locale in Win32
Bill Hall, Internationalization Director, SimulTrans, LLC, USA



Case Studies & User RequirementsScripts, Fonts & Text LayoutInternationalization & Localization
Session A16:
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Processing Database Information Using Unicode
Brian Carr, Director Systems Development, Trillium Software System, USA
Karen Watts, Project Manager, Basis Technology Corporation, USA
Session B16:
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
W3C Working Drafts: "International Layout in CSS" and "Ruby"
Marcin Sawicki, Program Manager, Word Product Unit, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Session C16:
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Unicode in a Compact Patient Monitor - the Language Verification Perspective
Gerhard Tivig, Project Leader Patient Monitor SW, Hewlett-Packard Patient Monitoring Division R&D, Germany



Case Studies & User RequirementsDatabasesInternationalization & Localization
Session A17:
4:35 pm - 5:15 pm
Java & Unicode for Legacy Database Access
Carter Weiss, Globalization Coordinator, Information Builders, Inc., USA
Toshifumi Kojima, National Language Support Engineer, Information Builders, Inc., USA
Session B17:
4:35 pm - 5:15 pm
Unicode Inside: The Teradata Experience
Gary Roberts, Consulting Scientist, NCR, USA
Session C17:
4:35 pm - 5:15 pm
In Defense of Multilingual Resources
Bill Hall, Internationalization Director, SimulTrans, LLC, USA



Case Studies & User RequirementsDatabasesInternationalization & Localization
Session A18:
5:20 pm - 6:00 pm
Migration of a 4GL and Relational Database to Unicode
Tex Texin, Director, International Products, Progress Software Corporation, USA
Session B18:
5:20 pm - 6:00 pm
Status of Proposed Unicode Changes to the SQL Standard
Michael McKenna, Globalization Strategist, Sybase, Inc., USA
Stefan Buchta, Principal Product Manager, Oracle Corporation, US
Session C18:
5:20 pm - 6:00 pm
A Unicode/Character Set Viewer for Windows NT and Windows 95/98
Bill Hall, Internationalization Director, SimulTrans, LLC, USA

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