33rd Internationalization & Unicode Conference

Features Sessions on Security, Open Source, Social Networking and Cloud Computing

The Unicode(r) Consortium announces the program for the 33rd Internationalization & Unicode(r) Conference (IUC). The conference, sponsored by Gold Sponsor Adobe, Inc., will take place in San Jose, Calif., USA; October 14-16, 2009. The conference program is available online here.

The program committee has created an exciting program full of new and cutting-edge topics that is relevant and engaging for the internationalization community. The three-day conference will feature a full day of tutorials followed by two days of presentations, panels and discussions. There will also be technology exhibits and demonstrations.

Highlights of the Conference:

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Tutorials in Three Tracks:

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An Introduction to Writing Systems & Unicode

Internationalization: An Introduction

Building a Custom Keyboard Layout for the Mac with Ukulele and XML

Arabic Script: Structure, Geographic and Regional Classification

Unicode-a Grand Tour

Web Internationalization-Standards and Best Practices

Building Multilingual Websites in Joomla [Drupal]

Creating XHTML/HTML Pages with Right-to-Left Scripts

Free Software stack for Unicode Text Rendering

Presenters come from such organizations as DecoType, Amazon, Penn State, Red Hat/GNOME, W3C, XenCraft, and Yahoo! Inc.

Sessions in Three Tracks:

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* Session tracks are categorized by Programming Languages, Fonts and Typography, Unicode News, and I18n Standards News on Thursday morning; with Open Source Libraries, Assuring Quality, and Scripts tracks in the afternoon. On Friday, track topics include Development Platforms, Mobile Programming, Internationalization in Practice, and Leveraging CLDR in the morning; and Translation Services API, Bidirectional Text, and Case Studies in the afternoon.

* The following is just a small sample of some of the cutting-edge presentations that will be given at IUC 33. For the full program, visit the IUC 33 Web site.

-Internationalization for JavaScript applications

-Emoji in Unicode: Cell Phones Meet the Internet

-Banking in the Cloud: Challenges of Internationalizing Banking Software

-Twanguages of the World: a Language Census of Twitter

-HarfBuzz, the Free and Open OpenType Shaping Engine

* Session Presenters come from such organizations as Adobe, Inc.; Amazon; Apple, Inc.; Casaba Security; DataDirect Technologies; DecoType; UC Berkeley; Google Inc.; HighTech Passport; IBM; Intel Corporation; Microsoft; Monotype Imaging; University of Michigan; XenCraft; Yahoo! Inc.; and Yale University

The Internationalization & Unicode Conference is the premier technical conference for both software and Web internationalization. Unicode and internationalization 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 and internationalization-enabled products.

Gold sponsor: ADOBE-Media Sponsor: Multilingual

The early-bird registration deadline is September 4, 2009; the hotel registration deadline is September 23, 2009. For full conference details and to register, please click here. Sponsorships and exhibit space are available; for more information on sponsoring contact Ken Berk at www.unicode.org/contacts.html.

About the Event Producer

OMG(tm) is the Event Producer for the Internationalization & Unicode Conferences. OMG is an open membership, not-for-profit consortium that produces and maintains computer industry specifications for interoperable enterprise applications. Our specifications include MDA(r), UML(r), CORBA(r), MOF(tm), XMI(r) and CWM(tm). OMG's specifications are all available for download by everyone without charge.

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