LRC XIV

Localisation in The Cloud
The 14th Annual Internationalisation and Localisation Conference 
organised by the Localisation Research Centre (LRC)& supported
by the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL)

Supported by

The Rosetta Foundation

Many thanks to all the speakers and attendees that made this LRC conference a fantastic success

We hope to see you next year when we try to make the conference even better!

The Localisation Research Centre (LRC) is happy to announce that the 14th Internationalisation and Localisation Conference organised by the LRC, will take place on 24-25 September 2009 at the Clarion Hotel, in Limerick City,  Ireland. 

The theme of this year's conference is Localisation in The Cloud and the conference aims to look at the application of cloud based computing and software as a service concepts to the software localisation industry. 

Sessions will examine the tasks involved in involved in making customised and configurable localisation services and projects available over the internet. They will look at existing industry web-based localisation solutions and options, how the web can help with tools deployment and workflow management, and to what extent existing tools solutions can be integrated in ‘in the cloud’ solutions. 

The conference will also provide a forum for discussions on engaging customers, service providers, tools developers and the user community in the cloud.

Selected Talks from the programme*

Avoiding the Storm in the Clouds
Paul Leahy/Victor Amaya, Oracle

A corporate view of the Cloud
Francis Tsang, Adobe

Translation in the Community
Jason Rickard, Symantec

Active music content for web pages – Intelligent Music Localisation
Ian O’Keeffe, CNGL, LRC,UL

Total Recall? A Case Study of Consistency in Translation Memory
Joss Moorkens, CNGL, DCU

Supporting a Locale of One
Alexander O’Connor, CNGL, TCD

 Supporting Flexibility and Awareness in Localisation Workflows
David Lewis, Stephen Curran, Gavin Doherty, Kevin Feeney, Nikiforos Karamanis, Saturnino Luz, CNGL, TCD

The Web Foundation: Breaking Barriers to Empowerment
Steve Bratt, CEO World Wide Web Foundation

MT Technology in the Cloud – An evolving model
Kirti Vashee, Asia Online

Who should attend

LRC conferences are aimed at researchers, teachers, trainers, managers, engineers, translators and internationalisation specialists working in localisation. They are also aimed at businesses, governments, and international development agencies that would like to find out how internationalisation and localisation can help their endeavours.

AGIS 09 & The Rosetta Foundation Support LRC XIV

We are very happy to announce that Action Week for Global Information Sharing 2009 (AGIS) and the Rosetta Foundation are supporting Localisation in the Cloud and have arranged that all students, NGOs and Freelancers can avail of a special discounted registration fee of €100 for the full conference.

The Localisation Research Centre (LRC) provides a comprehensive information service to the localisation industry; conducts research and development in localisation and related areas, such as language engineering; produces a range of publications including Localisation Focus - the International Journal of Localisation; and oversees a number of education and training programs.