Re: Deadline Extended: IUC 29 call for participation

From: Rick McGowan (rick@unicode.org)
Date: Fri Oct 28 2005 - 16:49:03 CST

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    Hello everyone --

    Just thought I'd send another reminder that the deadline is close for
    submitting abstracts for participation in the 29th conference.

    The closing date is Monday.

    Regards,

            Rick McGowan
            Unicode, Inc.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Contact:
    Stephanie Covert
    Object Management Group
    +1-781-444 0404 ext. 142
    info@unicodeconference.org

    IUC 29 Call for Participation Deadline Extended
    San Francisco, Calif., March 6-8, 2006

    Mountain View, CA, USA – October 24, 2005 – The
    Unicode® Consortium is extending the deadline for
    submission for its call for participation in The
    Twenty-ninth Internationalization & Unicode
    Conference (IUC). IUC 29 will take place in San
    Francisco, California, USA on March 6-8, 2006. The
    call for participation has been extended to run
    until October 31. All conference and call details
    are available at
    http://www.unicodeconference.org/IUC29call.

    The Internationalization & Unicode Conference is
    the premier technical conference for both software
    and Web internationalization. It is the only
    industry event sanctioned by the Unicode
    Consortium. Each IUC conference features a variety
    of tutorials and conference sessions that cover
    current topics related to Web and software
    internationalization, globalization, and Unicode.
    Companies 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):

    - Web internationalization
    - Text and data mining
    - New and upcoming technologies
    - Enterprise software in a global environment
    - Web services, SOA and Internationalization
    - Security and phishing
    - Language tags and locales: implications for
    developers
    - Making scripts and languages accessible
    - Global development best practices
    - What’s new with Unicode 4.0
    - Internationalized Domain Names/Internationalized
    Resource Identifiers
    - Tips, tricks and potential traps in developing
    international software
    - Successful implementations of Unicode 4.0
    - Globalizing your product, the business cases and
    technical issues

    In addition, proposals for panel sessions in any
    of the above areas are also welcomed. Proposals
    are welcomed for quarter and half-day tutorials on
    established techniques in any of the areas touched
    on in this call. Those interested in holding
    Birds-of-a-Feather meetings should contact Kevin
    Loughry at loughry@omg.org, +1-781-444 0404.

    Unicode experts, implementers, clients 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.

    Interested individuals or organizations are
    invited to submit a brief (up to 600 word)
    abstract of their proposed conference presentation
    by the revised deadline of October 31 using this
    Web form:
    http://www.unicodeconference.org/abstracts.

    The Program Committee will select presentations
    for inclusion in the program and notify authors by
    November 16. Final presentation materials will be
    required from all selected presenters by January
    16, 2006. The final conference agenda and
    registration details will be available by January
    16 and posted at http://www.unicodeconference.org.

    Exhibit space is available; for more information
    on exhibiting contact Sandy Burke at sandy@omg.org
    or +1-781-444 0404. For sponsorship opportunities,
    contact Nicole Rikkinen at nicole@omg.org. For all
    other conference-related questions contact Kevin
    Loughry at loughry@omg.org, +1-781-444 0404.

    The conference is produced by The Object
    Management Group™ (OMG™) and is sponsored by Basis
    Technology (www.basistech.com), media sponsors
    MultiLingual Computing Inc. (www.multilingual.com)
    and Localisation Research Centre
    (www.localisation.ie) and organizational sponsors
    Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA)
    (www.lisa.org) and the Globalization and
    Localization Association (GALA)
    (www.gala-global.org).

    ###

    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, L'Agence
    Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, Apple
    Computer, Basis Technology, Denic e.G., Government
    of India - Ministry of Information Technology,
    Government of Pakistan - National Language
    Authority, HP, IBM, Justsystem, Microsoft,
    Monotype Imaging, Oracle, RLG, SAP, Sun
    Microsystems, Sybase, The University of California
    at Berkeley, VeriSign, Yahoo! and about one
    hundred Associate, Liaison, and Individual
    members.

    For more information, please contact the Unicode
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    Event Producer for the Internationalization &
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    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
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    OMG has been producing events for fifteen years
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    of in-house staff and contract service providers
    have years of experience organizing, producing and
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    World, EclipseCon, the OSDL Enterprise Linux
    Summit and now the Internationalization & Unicode
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    five OMG Technical Meetings, and nine conferences
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