LRC - X will be the venue for the launch of GILC, the Global Initiative for Local Computing. GILC will work with appropriate organisations and individuals around the world to ensure that all people have access to computers and information technologies in their preferred language and following their favoured cultural practices. 

GILC will do this by building, on existing frameworks, the infrastructure for regional initiatives to coordinate, pool resources, raise awareness, and communicate on a global level and by removing myths around localisation, dealing with real needs and requirements in an imaginative, creative way.

For further information on GILC and its goals please visit www.gilc.info

Keynote Speakers Announced for LRC - X

There will be two keynote addresses for LRC - X. The first will be given by Kenneth Keniston and will address 'the unfinished saga of Indian language software.' The second will be given by Patrick J. Gannon.

Kenneth Keniston is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Human Development in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society and Director of the MIT India Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Click here for more details about Kenneth. 

Patrick J. Gannon is president and CEO of OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) and he also serves with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Click here for more details about Patrick.

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