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TUTORIALS
Morning

Track 1An Introduction to Writing
Systems & Unicode

SESSION 1
09:00 –10:30

Richard Ishida
Internationalization
Lead
W3C

Track 2

Track 3

Internationalization:
An Introduction, Part
I: Character
Encodings andUnicode

Internationalization
in Database Drivers
for Your Applications

Addison Phillips
Globalization
Architect
Lab126(Amazon)

Sumit Sarkar
i18n ProductSpecialist

10:30 - 10:45 Morning Refreshments
Morning

An Introduction to Writing
Systems & Unicode (Cont’d.)

SESSION 2
10:45 –
12:30

Richard Ishida
Internationalization
LeadW3C

Internationalization:
An Introduction, Part
II: Enabling
SoftwareAddison Phillips
Globalization
Architect
Lab126(Amazon)

What's that
Gobbledygook in theURL?

Ram ViswanadhaInternationalization
Architect
Yahoo!

12:30 - 13:30 LunchUnicode - A Grand Tour
Afternoon
SESSION 1
13:30 –
15:30

Craig R. Cummings
Michael G McKenna
Internationalization
Architects
Yahoo! Inc.

Web
Internationalization Standards and Best
Practices
Tex Texin
Xen Master
XenCraft\

Building Multilingual
Websites in Drupal
and Joomla
Jim DeLaHunt
Principal
Jim DeLaHunt &Associates15:30 – 15:45 Afternoon Refreshments
Afternoon

Unicode - A Grand Tour(cont'd.)Developing World
Ready Applicationsfor Smart Devices

SESSION 2

Using ICU Workshop

Craig Rublee
Sr. Globalization
Architect
Adobe Systems,Inc.

15:45 –17:45

John Emmons
Senior Software
EngineerIBM

18:00-19:00 Welcome Reception   
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
09:00 - 9:15

Welcome & Opening Remarks

09:15 – 10:00

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION -Universal Access to All Knowledge Depends on Unicode
Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian

10:00 - 20:00       EXHIBIT AREA OPEN
10:00 – 10:30 Morning Refreshments in Exhibit Area
PRESENTATIONS

10:30 – 11:20
SESSION 1

Track 1
I18N

Track 2
Platforms

Track 3
Language Processing

Improving the
Global Gateway:
Established andEmerging Trendsin MultilingualNavigation

Internationalization
with PHP

The Power of "Plain Text" &the Importance ofMeaningful Content

Kirti Velankar
Yahoo Inc.

John_Yunker
President
Byte Level
Research

11:30 – 12:20
SESSION 2

Global Ready
Assessment Tool

Making Javascript
MultilingualMichael McKenna
Internationalization
Architect, Yahoo!
Inc.

Nebojša Ciric
SoftwareEngineer,Google, Inc.
Jungshik Shin
SoftwareEngineer,Google, Inc.

Ken LundeSenior Computer
Scientist
Adobe.

Multilingual Unstructured
Text Analytics
Rusmin Dirgantoro
Chief Engineer
Aeontera, Inc.

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

PRESENTATIONS

13:30 – 14:20
SESSION 3

I18N

Platforms

Language Processing

MachineTranslation as a
Problem of
Unstructured
DataNew
Internationalization
Functionality in the
Adobe Flash
platform

Name Writing in Public
Registers for Multi-country
Use

Andy Bellwelocalize

14:30 – 15:20
SESSION 4

Global by Design:
Systematic
Approach to I18N
TestingLoïc Dufresnede Virel
Localization
Strategist,
Intel
Corporation

Mihai Nita
Globalization
Architect
Adobe Systems,
Inc.
Globalization forFlash/Flex
Enterprise
Applications

MichaelBridgers
Sr. Software
Engineer,
Globalization,
SAS InstituteErkki I. Kolehmainen
Kotoistus and Oy
KREST Sales andConsulting Services Ltd

Proper NameTranscription/Transliteration
with ICUTransforms
Sascha Brawer
Google Inc
Martin Jansche
Google Inc
Hiroshi Takenaka
Google Inc
Yui Terashima
Google Inc

15:20 – 16:00 Afternoon Refreshments in Exhibit Area
PRESENTATIONS

Track 1I18N
ICU Update

16:00 – 16:50

YoshitoUmaokaSoftwareEngineer, IBMMarkus
SchererUnicode
SoftwareEngineer,
Google Inc.

SESSION 5

17:00 – 17:50

Extending ICU
with New
FeaturesSESSION 6

Savithri Jasti
Senior Engineer,
Yahoo Inc.
Kirti Velankar
Senior Engineer,
Yahoo Inc.

Track 2
Platforms
Korean Hangul:
from Sejong theGreat's HunminJeongeum toUnicode 5.2

Track 3
Language Processing
Statistical Language
Detection in Web Pages
Richard Sites
Google, Inc.

Michael S.
KaplanProgramManager,Microsoft
How To Achieve
World(-Ready)Domination In
Silverlight 4
Guy Smith-Ferrier
Internationalization
Consultant, Capella
Software Ltd.

Dialect Detection

Khaled Hafez
Google, Inc.

18:00 - 20:00 Conference Reception in Exhibit Area

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
PRESENTATIONS

Track 1
L10N Technology

09:00 – 09:50

Alert: NewInternationalized
Domain Names (IDNs)
are coming!

SESSION 7

Mark DavisSr.
Internationalization
Architect,Google Inc.

Track 2
PlatformsInternationalizing
TwitterMatt Sanford
Tech Manager ofInternational
Team,Twitter, Inc.

Track 3
Language Processing
Script Encoding
Initiative, UC
Berkeley(Click to see allabstracs)
Deborah Anderson
Researcher, Dept. ofLinguistics, UC Berkeley
University ofCalifornia, Santa Cruz
Unicode and CLDR
outside of Industry:
News from Academic
and Non-Profit
Projects

10:00 – 10:50
SESSION 8

IRIs Beyond theNapkin: A Survey ofInternationalized
Resource Identifier
Issues andImplementation
Martin J. DürstProfessor,
Aoyama Gakuin
University
Addison Phillips
Globalization
Architect, Lab126

ChromeInternationalization

Jungshik Shin
SoftwareEngineer,Google, Inc.
Nebojša CiricSoftware
Engineer,Google, Inc.

Unicode and CLDR
outside of Industry:
News from Academicand Non-Profit
Projects (Cont'd.)
The Rosetta Project Wiki of All Human
Language
Laura Welcher
Ph.D.
Locales for African
Languages - theANLoc AfriGen
Experience
Martin BenjaminExecutive
Director, Kamusi
ProjectInternational

10:50 - 11:10 Morning Refreshments
11:10 – 12:00

Unicode Fonts for theDesktop, the Mobile
and the Web

SESSION 9

Adil Allawi
Technical

Windows 7

Michael S. Kaplan
Program Manager
Company,

Tashkeel -- A library
for automaticallyadding diacritics toundiacritized Arabictext
Mohamed Eldawy

Director,Diwan SoftwareMicrosoftSoftwareEngineer,Google, Inc.
Mohamed Taha
SoftwareEngineer,Google, Inc.

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
PRESENTATIONS

Track 1
L10N Technology

Track 2
Platforms

Track 3
Language Processing(Cont'd)

13:00 – 13:50

Deploying the CLDR
Common Locale Data
Repository

International Featuresof the iPhone OS

Extending Bidi
Support on the Web

SESSION 10

14:00 – 14:50
SESSION 11

Steven Loomis
Software Engineer,
IBM
Mark Davis
Sr.
Internationalization
Architect,
Google Inc.
CLDR 1.8 - Meeting
the Challenges ofAfrica
John Emmons
Globalization
Architect,IBM

DeborahGoldsmith
Senior Software
EngineerApple, Inc.

Richard Ishida
Internationalization
Lead, W3C
Aharon Lanin
Software Engineer,Google, Inc.

Emoji in Unicode 6.0:
From Proposal to
Deployment

Tailoring the Unicode
Bidi Algorithm

Markus Scherer
Unicode Software
Engineer, GoogleInc.
Katsuhiko Momoi
Staff Test Engineer& I18n Consultant,
Google Inc.
Yasuo Kida
Apple, Inc.
Mark DavisSr.
Internationalization
Architect,
Google Inc.

Murray Sargent
III
Partner Software
Design Engineer,
Microsoft
Ayman Aldahleh
SoftwareDevelopment
Engineers,
Microsoft

14:50 – 15:10 Afternoon Refreshments
PRESENTATIONS

Track 1
L10N Technology

Track 2
Platforms

Track 3
Language Processing(Cont'd)

15:10 – 16:00

Solving Problems withLocale/Language
Identification

Designing Global Web
Service APIsA Beginner's Guide to
Indic Scripts

Yoshito Umaoka
Software Engineer,
IBM

Norbert Lindenberg
Internationalization
Architect, Yahoo!

SESSION 12

Christopher J.
ChapmanPrincipal

Mark DavisSr.
Internationalization
Architect,
Google Inc.

16:10 – 17:00

SESSION 13

Address and Phone
NumberInternationalization Standards,
Technologies and Best
Practices
Shaopeng Jia
SoftwareEngineer,
GoogleClint Yang
SoftwareEngineer,
GoogleLara Rennie
SoftwareEngineer,
GoogleInc.

Design Considerations
for Chinese
eCommerce Web Sites

Tex Texin
Xen Master,
XenCraftEngineer
Monotype
Imaging Inc.

The Past, Present,and Future of Tamilin Unicode

Michael Kaplan
ProgramManagerCompany,MicrosoftProgram is subject to change.

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