Call for Papers - 11th Unicode Conference
From owner-meta2@mrrl.lut.ac.uk Wed Apr 2 08:31:07 1997
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 15:07:18 +0000 (GMT)
From: Misha Wolf <misha.wolf@reuters.com>
Subject: Call for Papers - 11th Unicode Conference - September 1997, California
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C A L L F O R P A P E R S
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Eleventh International Unicode Conference
and
Global Computing Showcase
Software Development + the Internet: Going Global with Unicode(R)
September 3-5, 1997
San Jose, California
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With the Internet comes change: businesses world-wide expect accurate
access to text, independent of location or language. Users demand
software that runs everywhere. To meet these needs requires global
computing. The Eleventh International Unicode Conference will address
all issues and topics relating to global computing with Unicode.
Conference attendees will include managers, software engineers,
systems analysts, and product marketing personnel responsible for the
development of software supporting Unicode/ISO 10646 as well as those
involved in all aspects of the globalization of software and the
Internet.
SPONSORS
Microsoft Corporation
Netscape Communications Corporation
Reuters Limited
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
WEB SITES
http://www.reuters.com/unicode/iuc11
http://www.unicode.org
DEADLINES
Submissions due: 18 April 1997
Notification date: 9 May 1997
Camera ready papers due: 6 June 1997
THEME & TOPICS
Global computing with Unicode is the overall theme of the Conference.
Presentations should be geared towards a technical audience.
Suggested topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- The Internet and Unicode
- The World Wide Web (WWW) and Unicode
- Java and Unicode
- Character set issues on the Internet and WWW
- Metadata and Unicode
- Web search engines and Unicode
- Library and archival concerns
- Unicode in UNIX
- Unicode in databases
- Unicode in large scale networks
- The results of using Unicode applications (case studies, solutions)
- Business topics and market forecasts
- Language processing issues with Unicode data
- Migrating legacy applications to Unicode
- Cross platform issues
- Compression of Unicode data
- Testing Unicode applications
- Usability evaluations of Unicode applications
SESSIONS
The Conference Program will provide a wide range of sessions
including:
- Keynote presentations
- Technical presentations
- Panel sessions
- Open discussion sessions
- Workshops/Tutorials
All sessions except the Workshops/Tutorials will be of 40 minute
duration. In some cases, two consecutive 40 minute program slots may
be devoted to a single session.
The Workshops/Tutorials will each last three hours. They should be
designed to stimulate discussion and participation, using slides and
demonstrations.
PUBLICITY
If your paper is accepted, your details will be included in the
Conference brochure and Web pages and the paper itself will appear in
the book of Conference Proceedings.
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions must contain:
1 An abstract of 150-250 words, consisting of statement of purpose,
paper description, and your conclusions or final summary
2 A brief biography
3 The details listed below:
TITLE OF SESSION: _________________________________________
TYPE OF SESSION: [ ] Keynote presentation
[ ] Technical presentation
[ ] Panel session
[ ] Open discussion session
[ ] Workshop/Tutorial
TARGET AUDIENCE (you may select more than one category):
[ ] Manager
[ ] Software Engineer
[ ] Systems Analyst
[ ] Marketer
[ ] Other: ______________________________
NAME: Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms: _________________________________________
TITLE/POSITION: _________________________________________
ORGANIZATION/AFFILIATION: _________________________________________
ORGANIZATION'S WWW URL: _________________________________________
OWN WWW URL: _________________________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS: _________________________________________
ADDRESS FOR PAPER MAIL: _________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
TELEPHONE: _________________________________________
FAX: _________________________________________
For e-mail submissions, please submit in ASCII, uncoded, non-
compressed text and use the following subject line:
Proposal for IUC 11
Submissions should be sent to the following address by e-mail, post,
or fax:
Eleventh International Unicode Conference
c/o Global Meeting Services
3627 Princess Avenue
N.Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V7N 2E4
Tel: +1 604 983 9157
Fax: +1 604 983 9158
E-mail: papers@unicode.org
or: info@global-conference.com
EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES
The Conference will have an Exhibition area for corporations or
individuals who wish to display and promote their products, technology
and/or services.
Every effort will be made to provide maximum exposure and advertising.
Exhibit space is limited. For further information or to reserve a
place, please contact Global Meeting Services at the above location.
CONFERENCE VENUE
Red Lion / Doubletree Hotel San Jose
2050 Gateway Place
San Jose, California 95110
USA
THE UNICODE STANDARD
The Unicode Standard is a 16-bit character encoding encompassing the
world's principal scripts which provides the foundation for the
internationalization and localization of software. With its simple
and efficient approach to special and modified characters, the Unicode
Standard defines a new degree of data portability between platforms
and across borders. Software (especially modern, distributed systems)
can be adapted for particular countries far more easily than when
existing character sets are used. The Unicode Standard is code-for-
code identical to the International Standard ISO/IEC 10646.
For further information on the Unicode Standard, visit the Unicode Web
site at <http://www.unicode.org> or e-mail <unicode-inc@unicode.org>.
(R) 'Unicode' is a registered trademark of Unicode, Inc.