Information for IMUG Presenters

Meetings of the International Macintosh Users Group are held once a month, on the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. We welcome proposals for talks on a broad range of topics on relevant aspects of computing, language, business and culture.

Contact

If you are interested in giving a presentation to the IMUG monthly meeting or an IMUG speciail event, or if you would like to suggest a speaker for us to invite, please contact Roger Sherman or Yuan Ho via this link.

Audience

Typical IMUG members are professional users or designers of multilingual computing systems: translators, publishers, font designers, engineers, project managers and testers in internationalization, localization, international marketing and related fields, including education, government and global business.

Some are independent software developers with their own small businesses, others are on the latest Silicon Valley startup teams, and many are among the top technical talent at major multinational corporations.

In addition to English, most of them are fluent in other languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Hindi, Arabic, French, Spanish, and many more. Attendance depends heavily on the topic, averaging approximately 30 attendees.

Format

You should arrive at 7 PM, and prepare to begin speaking at 7:30. Your presentation should take 45-60 minutes. Attendees then have another 15-30 minutes for questions. This is followed by some time for informal networking.

Abstract

We need an abstract of your presentation for our announcements at least four weeks before the meeting. Your abstract should be about 10 lines long and describe the content of the presentation, not advertise your products. You may add a speaker's biography of about 5 lines and links to additional information. We reserve the right to edit. Please send the abstract to us via this link.

Location

We meet in the "Silicon Valley" area at locations provided by our corporate sponsors. We can also arrange for a meeting at your site.

Equipment

If you need any other equipment, connections or specialized software, you must inform our Apple host, please contact us in advance.

Handouts

If you have any handouts, please bring at least 30 copies. After the presentation, if you wish we will be happy to post your presentation or a summary on our Web site in PDF, PowerPoint, html or most other formats.

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