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LRC '04 - Open Source LocalisationThe 9th Annual Localisation Conference and Industry Exhibition organised by the LRCOriginally published in December 2004 issue of Localisation Focus. To learn more about Localisation Focus, click here. On the 21st and 22nd September the University of Limerick played host to the Annual Localisation Conference hosted by the Localisation Research Centre (LRC). This was the ninth annual localisation conference organised by the LRC and marks the second time that it has been held at the University of Limerick. The theme of this year’s conference was Open Source Localisation, a topical subject that is set to play a huge role in the future of both the localisation industry and multicultural computing in general. This theme highlights the constant evolution of the localisation industry and also shows the drive, determination and desire of people residing in locales that are considered unprofitable or disadvantaged, to enter the global IT market and promote the development of their cultures and languages in the electronic world. LRC ‘04 was also the venue for the presentation of the annual Localisation Research Centre awards. This year’s event saw the presentation of both the LRC Best Global Website Award and the LRC Best Localisation Scholar Award and the announcement of the winner of the 8th Annual LRC Best Thesis Award. The Best Global Website Award, sponsored by Euro RSCG Interaction was presented to Santosh Sinha of the BBC World Service for their “Your Voice” websites. This award was presented to Santosh by Reinhard Schäler (Director of the LRC), Roger Downer (President of UL) and Mario De Bortoli (localisation specialist, Euro RSCG Interaction. The 2004 LRC Best Localisation Scholar Award, sponsored by IBM, was also presented during the conference. This award was presented to Manuel Mata Pastor, a Madrid based language consultant, technical writer, translator and editor, as well as a specialist in translation and localisation projects. Ray Loughran (senior development manager – Lotus Engineering) of IBM joined Reinhard Schäler in presenting this award, along with a top of the range IBM Thinkpad, to Manuel on the second day of the conference. The winner of the 8th annual LRC Best Thesis Award, sponsored by Symantec, was also announced at the conference with the award going to Ms Huatong Sun, of the Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute in the USA. This year’s conference programme consisted of two days of highly focused workshops and plenary sessions, a meeting of the LRC’s Industrial Advisory Board (representing 18 localisation companies), the Annual General Meeting for The Institute of Localisation Professionals (TILP) and the TILP Annual Localisation Industry Dinner at the Castletroy Park Hotel. Representatives of organisations such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, ORACLE, Bowne Global Solutions, PASS Engineering, Vivendi Universal Interactive, LinuxTag and Connect Global Solutions attended the conference and gave presentations and talks on Open Source and it’s implications for the localisation industry. In addition Paul Gampe, the director of engineering for RedHat Asia Pacific, gave a very well received keynote speech for this event.
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