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| 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 | ||
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| Day 2: Tuesday, March 23 | ||
| Tutorials | ||
| Track A |
Track B |
Track C |
| Internet | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Java & 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 & Localization | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Windows & 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 & Localization | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Scripts, 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 |
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| 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 |
| Applications | Algorithms | Characters & 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 |
| Applications | Algorithms | Characters & 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 |
| Applications | Algorithms | Characters & 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 & Internationalization | Searching & Information Retrieval | Characters & 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 & Internationalization | Searching & Information Retrieval | Characters & 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 & Internationalization | Searching & Information Retrieval | Internet |
| 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 & Internationalization | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Internet |
| 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 & Internationalization | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Internet |
| 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 & Internationalization | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Internet |
| 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 | ||
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| 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 Requirements | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Input 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 Requirements | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Input 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 Requirements | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Input 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 Requirements | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Internationalization & 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 Requirements | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Internationalization & 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 Requirements | Databases | Internationalization & 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 Requirements | Scripts, Fonts & Text Layout | Internationalization & 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 Requirements | Databases | Internationalization & 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 Requirements | Databases | Internationalization & 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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