Official Launch and Seminar
African Language Localisation
Co-hosted by the United Nations Economic Forum for Africa (UNECA) and the University of Limerick (UL)
Partners: GALA and The Rosetta Foundation

University of Limerick
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
Monday, 19 November 2012, 11:00

Official Launch

11:00 Atrium (IWA): Welcome &Refreshments

11:30 Tower Theatre (IWA): Official Launch

Welcome and Introduction (Reinhard Schäler)

Professor Don Barry, President, University of Limerick (UL)

Ms Aida Opoku-Mensah, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Hans Fenstermacher, CEO, Globalization and Localization Association (GALA)

Solomon Gizaw, PhD Student LRC/CNGL

12:00 Close

Seminar & Roundtable

University of Limerick
The Board Room
Glucksman Library
Monday, 19 November 2012, 15:00-17:00

15:00 Welcome and Introduction
          (Reinhard Schäler)

15:20 The African Language Localisation Challenge: 3,000 languages, 1 billion people
         (Aida Opoku-Mensah, UNECA)

15:50 Language Enterpreneurship without a Market?
         (Hans Fenstermacher, GALA)

16:20 Roundtable: A Handup, Not a Handout - African Language Localisation
          Introductions: Reinhard Schäler (LRC)
          Participants:

• Aida Opoku-Mensah (UNECA),
• Hans Fenstermacher (GALA),
• Sarah Moore (AVP Academic, tbc),
• Briga Hynes (Kemmy Business School, tbc),
• Helen Kelly-Holmes (ADR, LLCC, tbc),
• Chris Exton (CSIS, tbc),
• Solomon Gizaw (CSIS, tbc).