Localisation Ireland 2000
Localisation of Knowledge – Knowledge of Localisation
7-8 November 2000 Pre-conference seminar on Multilingual Websites (6 November 2000)Citywest Hotel Saggart Co. Dublin Ireland
Event updates: http://lrc.csis.ul.ie - Final announcement (27 October 2000) - Please note that this announcement may be subject to change.
Tuesday, 7 November 2000
| 08:30 | Registration | ||||||||
| 09:15 | Opening Session Welcome and introduction Reinhard Schäler, LRC |
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| 09:30 | Plenary session one: Keynote address The localization industry in transition: new economy, new technologies Florita Mendez, President Globalization and Internet Translation Division, L&H (Belgium) |
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| 10:00 | Plenary session two: Localisation Ireland Chair: Seamus Gallen, National Informatics Directorate (Ireland)
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| 10:45 | BREAK | ||||||||
| 11:15 | Morning workshops (three parallel workshops) | ||||||||
| Workshop I: Localisation Management – the
Balanced Scorecard Moderator: John Rowley, Director European Localisation, Corel Corporation This workshop is for localisation project managers, HR personnel and training professionals. From a localisation perspective, using a Balanced Scorecard in an organisation provides an opportunity to raise the profile of localisation issues and to quantify the contribution of other departments in their support (such as enabling or marketing) for localisation objectives. Keith Robinson from World Class International will introduce the concept of the Balanced Scorecard. The group will then work together to identify possible measures they could use for a scorecard and possible strategies for introducing it to their organisations. |
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| Workshop II: Localisation Engineering –
Transfer of Knowledge Moderator: Anna Brady, MD, Lucky Star Ltd. This workshop is for localisation engineers. It will discuss, among others, the following questions: What tasks are covered in localisation engineering, what tools are used, which processes followed? – How do localisation engineers acquire knowledge and do companies support knowledge acquisition? The following industry experts will contribute to this workshop: Padraic Bracken (Director, VistaTEC), Andrew Delaney (Symantec), Brian O’Donovan (Lotus Development), Aedan McCormick (Corel). |
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| Workshop III: Multilingual Web Sites Presented by Willem Stoeller This workshop is a summary of the full one-day workshop offered by the Localization Institute. |
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| 12:45 | LUNCH and EXHIBITION | ||||||||
| 14:15 | Plenary session three: Keynote address Shortening Projects in Web Time Fergus O’Connell, Chairman and CEO, ETP Ltd. |
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| 15:00 | BREAK and EXHIBITION | ||||||||
| 15:30 | Afternoon workshops (two parallel workshops) | ||||||||
| Workshop IV: Education, training and
recruitment for the industry-relevance and change Moderator: Helen Wybrants (LRC) This workshop is for localisation managers, HR personnel, and training professionals.
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| Workshop V: Localisation testing
and QA Moderator: Paul McBride, GM, VeriTest (Division of Lionbridge) This workshop is for localisation managers, engineers and QA specialists. It will discuss technologies and approaches in localisation testing and QA, with coverage of emerging trends in web-load, stress and ASP testing for global software delivery. Contributors include Charlie McGrory, Quality Automation Ltd. |
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| 15:30 | Executive Roundtable (by invitation only) This roundtable is for senior executives. For details please contact the LRC. |
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| 17:00 | CLOSE | ||||||||
| The Annual Localisation Ireland Industry Reception and Dinner | |||||||||
| 17:30 Reception | |||||||||
19:00 Dinner
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Wednesday, 8 November 2000
| 08:30 | Registration | ||||||||
| 09:15 | Opening session
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| 09:45 | Plenary session four: Localisation of
Knowledge – the Expansion of the Localisation Charta Chair: Seamus Gallen, National Informatics Directorate (Ireland)
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| 11:30 | BREAK | ||||||||
| 12:00 | Plenary session five: Keynote address From software to content localisation - A new European initiative Roberto Cencioni, Head of unit, Unit D4 (Language technologies & applications), Directorate General Information Society, European Commission (Luxembourg) |
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| 12:45 | LUNCH and EXHIBITION | ||||||||
| 14:15 | Plenary session six: Knowledge of
Localisation Chair:Alfie Keary, MD, The Informa Europe Group
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| 15:30 | BREAK and EXHIBITION | ||||||||
| 16:00 | Plenary session seven: Localisation
Technologies for eContent Chair: P.J. King, CEO, Clockworks International
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| 17:45 | Closing remarks | ||||||||
| 18:00 | CLOSE |
Sponsorship
 | The LRC Best Thesis Award is proudly sponsored by Symantec Ireland. |
| Refreshments at the Annual Localisation Ireland Industry Dinner are kindly sponsored by Howard Recruitment Ltd. |
| Two incentive prizes are kindly sponsored by Howard Recruitment Ltd. and the Informa Europe Group. |
Localisation Ireland 2000 is an event organized by the Localisation Research Centre (LRC) and supported by the Software Localisation Interest Group (SLIG).