Presentations LRC Conference 2004

Presentations

LRC 2004 Open Source Localisation
Conference and Industry Showcase
21-22 September 2004
Computer Science Building,
University of Limerick, Ireland

Day 1 - Pre-conference Workshops
Day 2 - Conference

Day 1 - Tuesday, 21^stSeptember 2004
Pre-conference Workshops

Workshop 1
TILP: The Certified Localisation Professional (CLP)

	CLP - overview, Reinhard Schäler (LRC)
	The Training Provider’s Perspective, Siobhan King-Hughes (Globalanswers)

Workshop 2
Localisation Research: Opportunities and Direction

	Research projects at the LRC, Patrice Fanning (University of Limerick)
	The suitability of a CL/MT solution for the automatic translation of virus alerts, Fred Hollowood (for Johann Roturier)
	Translating into the Digital Age: The expanding horizons of localisation, Minako O’Hagan (Dublin City University)
	Localisation and the digital divide, Pat Hall (Open University)

Workshop 3
The Localisation Teaching, Training and Research Network (LttN)

	The cooperation between (translator) training institutions and the localisation industry: a report of a small-scale survey, Marcel Thelen (Maastricht School of International Communication, Zuyd University)
	On the Use of “Optimum-Cost-Ware” in Translator Training on Localisation, Manuel Mata Pastor (Winner of Best Scholar Award)
	Discussion of Action Plan for LttN 2004/2005 activities

Workshop 4
IGNITE: Linguistic Infrastructure for Localisation: Language Data, Tools and Standards

	Introduction to IGNITE, Reinhard Schäler (LRC)
	Panel Discussion with Participants: PASS Engineering, Vivendi Universal, LRC, (IGNITE partners)

Day 2 - Wednesday, 22^ndSeptember 2004
Conference

The Second Annual International Best Global Website Award, sponsored by EuroRSCG

	Announcement of the winner Mario DeBortoli (EuroRSCG Interaction)
	Presentation by the winner (Santosh Sinha - BBC World Service)

Keynote - Open Source: the new paradigm for international digital content development?
Paul Gampe, Director of Engineering, RedHat Asia Pacific

Session 1: Technical challenges & Standards

	Open Source - A Software Globalization Perspective in an Enterprise Mobile and Wireless World (Abdelfhafour Saidi, Patrick O’ Sullivan, IBM)
	XLIFF - the XML based open standard for localisable content (Tony Jewtushenko, Oracle)
	Trans-WS – the translation web services open standard (Peter Reynolds, Bowne Global Solutions)

Session 2: Commercial Realities for Publishers

	The Java Desktop System (JDS): Challenges Encountered and Methodologies Used in the provision of a Localised Desktop composed of Open Source Components (Damien Donlon, SUN Microsystems)
	The Big Blue: Open Source in IBM (Ray Loughran, IBM)

Session 3: Success stories

	Towards Lower Barriers in International Knowledge Transfer by Means of Open Source Approaches (Nils Magnus, Oliver Zendel, Program Chairs LinuxTag Conferences)
	Simship.com - Open Standard Service Offering (Stephen Flinter, Connect Global Solutions)