Localisation Ireland 2000
Localisation of Knowledge - Knowledge of Localisation
7-8 November 2000

Tuesday, 7th October

Plenary session one
The Localisation Industry in Transition: New Economy, New Technologies
The Localisation Industry in Transition: New Economy, New Technologies, Florita Méndez, Presidente Globalisation and Internet Translation Division, L&H (Belgium)

Plenary session two
Localisation Ireland
The Localisation Research Centre, Reinhard Schäler, LRC
(Unavailable), Alan Barrett, Chairperson, LRC Industrial Advisory Board
(Unavailable), John Rowley, Chairperson, SLIG

Plenary session Three
Shortening Projects in Web Time
How to Run Successful Projects in Web Time, Fergus O’Connell, Chairman and CEO, ETP Ltd.

Plenary session four
Localisation of Knowledge – the Expansion of the Localisation Charta
Multilingual Knowledge Management (dowload viewer), Alan Barrett, Director of Technology, International Product Development, Lotus Development
The Globalization Infrastructure for eBusiness, Fiona O’Carroll, VP EMEA Operations, Uniscape
A Software Publisher’s Perspective, Paul Quigley, Director of Translation Tools, Oracle WPTG
Localisation of knowledge – New service offering requirements, Ian Dunlop, Director of International Product Development, Novell

Workshop I
Localisation Management – the Balanced Scorecard
Turning Strategy into Action -the Balanced Scorecard, Keith Robinson, World Class International
(Unavailable), John Rowley, Director European Localisation, Corel Corporation

Workshop II
Localisation Engineering – Transfer of Knowledge
Engineering Knowledge Management, Padraic Bracken (Director, VistaTEC)
Experiencies with Project Management, Brian O’Donovan (Lotus Development)
(Unavailable), Aedan McCormick (Corel)
(Unavailable), Andrew Delaney (Symantec)

Workshop III
Multilingual Web Sites
Multilingual Web Sites, Willem Stoeller, (Localisation Institute consultant)

Workshop IV
Education, training and recruitment for the industry-relevance and change
Online Assessment as a National Standard (Eamonn Carey, FÁS)
Professional ndustry certification: The Issues (Helen Wybrants, LRC/University of Limerick)
Recruitment in the Localisation Industry (Carolyn Kollstedt, XTRA Translation Services)
Relevance of Third Level Courses (Richard Sutcliffe, LRC/University of Limerick)

Workshop V
Localisation testing and QA
Technologies, Approaches, and Trends Review, Paul McBride, GM, VeriTest (Division of Lionbridge)
What do Customers need?, Stephen Holmes (Novell)

Wednesday, 8th October

Plenary session five
From software to content localisation - A new European initiative
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)

Plenary session six
Knowledge of Localisation
The Localisation Institute, Ulrich Henes, MD, Localization Institute (USA)
Online Knowledge of Localisation
Localisation Research and the LRC, Richard Sutcliffe, LRC-University of Limerick

Plenary session seven
Localisation Technologies for eContent
Synchronization - the Localization of continuously changing Web Content (Download viewer), Bill Looby, Architect Domino Global Workbench , Lotus Development Corporation, Globelix and e-Business
ASP and Workflow, John Egan, VP, TRADOS
Global Content Management Technologies, Larry Wade, VP of Technology Service Offerings, Bowne Global Solutions (USA)