The Premier Technical Conference for Software and Web Internationalization

Internationalization and Unicode Conference, 18-20 October, Santa Clara

Several IMUG members and speakers have been on the program committee and have offered tutorials and presentations at Internationalization & Unicode Conferences. These conferences are of particular value to anyone implementing the Unicode Standard or working on internationalization. The tutorials and conference sessions cover current topics related to Unicode, the web, software and internationalization. Participants can learn about new developments and implementing Unicode.

According the the IUC web page, reasons to attend include:

• This is the only conference where your organization’s staff can learn the fundamentals of i18n and Unicode directly from industry experts.
• Learn about the latest trends, tools and techniques in internationalization.
• This conference includes new speakers and topics, as well as the most popular speakers from prior conferences.
• Find out about security risks and preventative measures.
• Moving to the cloud or integrating social networking into your applications? This conference addresses those topics.
• Creating Web apps with tools like Joomla or PHP? This conference will show you how to create multilingual Web applications.
• Working with mobile applications? Learn about the problematic emoji characters and how they are being addressed.

Internationalization & Unicode Conferences are the ideal place to interact and exchange ideas with others in the field of internationalization, including experts, implementers, clients and vendors. The interactive format makes the Internationalization & Unicode Conferences a great place to meet leading experts, find out about the needs of potential clients, or find out what Unicode enabled products are available. 

For more information and links to upcoming and past conferences, visit http://www.unicode.org/conference/

 

Effectively Plan, Evangelize and Deliver Internationalization Efforts

Worldware Conference, March 2011, Santa Clara

The Worldware Conference, held each March in Santa Clara, California, presents strategies for delivering world-ready software products.

Several IMUG members and past speakers have been panelists at the event, including Daniel Goldschmidt and Tex Texin. For the latest speaker list, see this page: http://www.worldwareconference.com/speakers.php

The focus of the conference is be on business-case reasoning for proactive software internationalization. The benefits of a successful strategy is discussed in a two-day conference setting with a third day devoted to workshops.

The Worldware Conference is a fresh approach to internationalization. Practitioners agree that this is a vital component of strategic planning for today's world. To learn more, please visit www.worldwareconference.com

 

Three-Day Workshops in Europe and the US
GALA / ATA / Localization Institute / CSU-Chico

Localization Certification Program
and Localization Project Management Certification

IMUG member and frequent speaker Bill Hall recommends - and has lectured in - this innovative program of three-day workshops. Another recent IMUG speaker, Anna Schlegel of Acclaro, is helping to design the certification program and will lead workshops on localization management.

The program has been offered in France, Germany, California and Washington, DC. The workshops are attended by talented professionals from around the world, and features experts and guest speakers from companies such as Google, HP, Microsoft, Cisco, and Lionbridge.

The program offers certification by the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), the Localization Institute, and California State University - Chico. Also approved for 20 credits by the American Translators Association (ATA).

More information can be found at http://rce.csuchico.edu/localize/

 

LISA Forums and Workshops in the US and Around the World

The Localization Industry Standards Association

The Localization Industry Standards Association is a member-governed organization of professionals in globalization and related industries. Since 1991, the LISA Forum has been the premier business, networking, and technical conference in the globalization industry.

LISA Forum USA was recently held in the San Francisco Bay Area covering these topics:

• Current standards for doing business, procuring translation and other services
• New and emerging technologies - crowdsourcing, machine translation, translation automation, etc.
• Best practices for internal procurement, product development and outsourcing globalization services

LISA Forums in other locations have included:

• Outsourcing Globalization Services and Software Development (Estonia)
• Language – Society – Technology (Berkeley, CA)
• China as a Globalization Development Center (Beijing)

LISA workshops offered at those forums and as corporate in-house training include:

• Project Management for Globalization Professionals
• Internationalization and Localization Testing
• Software Globalization Testing with an Emphasis on Translatability Testing & Pseudo Translation

For more information on the San Francisco Bay Area event, visit the LISA Forum USA web page. See the global conference page on the LISA website for an ongoing schedule of LISA forums and workshops around the world.

 

A non-structured, non-sales, "non-conference"

Localization Unconference, every May in Silicon Valley and Dublin, IE

This "non-conference" allows you to set the agenda and generate discussions on i18n/L10n topics in a non-structured, non-sales environment. 2010 was the third year of this conference. The Silicon Valley half was hosted at Salesforce.com in San Mateo, CA by Teresa Marshall of Salesforce.com, Mark Flanagan of VistaTEC, Shawna Wolverton of Salesforce.com and Ultan O’Broin of Oracle. Ultan is also on the Multilingual Computing editorial board. For more information please visit http://localizationunconference.com/

 

GALA Conferences, Webinars and Events in Europe and Around the World

The Globalization and Localization Association

The annual GALA conference each May brings together suppliers, technology providers and consumers of translation and localization services to collaborate and discuss translation, localization and global content delivery. The three day event offers networking and education on building a global content strategy, running a language services company, and leveraging the latest language technologies and processes.

GALA 2010 was held in Prauge. GALA also offers global webinars and local networking events. Members have hosted networking dinners and cocktail events in Amsterdam, Rosario, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Denver. For more information please visit http://www.gala-global.org

 

Tools, Methods and Business Practices in Localization and Internationalization

Localization World

The Localization World conference is held two or three times a year in cities around the world. Past venues include California's Silicon Valley, Berlin, Madison, Shanghai, Montreal, Barcelona, San Francisco, Bonn and Seattle.

Localization World offers vendor-neutral sessions on new tools, methods and business practices in localization and internationalization. The conference is a production of The Localization Institute and MultiLingual Computing under the guidance of a committee of leading industry professionals. A recent US conference committee included Renato Beninatto and other IMUG members, who helped develop tracks on the following topics:

• Global Business Best Practices
• Localization Core Competencies
• Advanced Localization Management
• Managing Global Websites

 

For more information please visit http://www.localizationworld.com/

 

San Francisco Bay Area
Foothill College ACSP Training

Mac OS X Support Essentials

Mac OS X 10.5 Support Essentials Class is offered on a regular basis at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA The 6 week course is usually offered in the evenings in the Mac Lab (Room 4305) and as an online course, and has also been offered as a combination online/offline hybrid course.

This course provides the information necessary to pass the Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) OS X certification. The following topics are covered:

• Install Mac OS X software
• Manage accounts and groups
• Support secure lab environments
• Protect files from unauthorized access
• Prevent data loss
• Run Windows on your Mac
• Access network services
• Enable network services on Mac
• Connect printers and other peripherals
• Integrate with Active Directory/LDAP
• Troubleshoot installation and start up issues
• Manage network & security settings
• Run Unix command line tools

Register via the Foothill College website or contact the instructor, Una Daly, for more information.