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| Activity | Details |
| TechLink TILP Certified Localisation Professional Course | |
| Location: | Online and onsite in eleven locations |
| Date | 12 May 2008 |
| Participants | up to 120 students |
| Topics/Activities Covered |
10 Topics online and 4-day intensive training course onsite.
Onsite content
Tools Distribution
These course will run until the beginning of September and are being used to:
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| Results of the activity | Ongoing |
| Further Information | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_Localisation_Professional http://www.tilponline.org/clp |
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| Memorandum of Understanding, Guest Lecture | |
| Location: | |
| Date | 18 January 2008 |
| Participants | President;
Director Prof Om Vikas; Faculty; 100 students approx. |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Meeting President of College; Director Prof Om Vikas; guest lecture to staff and students; solemn signing of the Memorandum of Understanding:IPEC will encourage faculty for pursuing PhD programme at LRC, collaborative research and development will be carried out in areas like Multilingual Digital Content Development, Digital Content Translation and Adaptation Technologies, Localization Tools, Integrating Interoperable Translation Technologies etc.; UL (LRC) may invite students for the summer internship/summer school as part of the TechLink initiative; both the parties may run joint graduate diploma in Localization Technology and Global Computing and the TechLink CLP Programme |
| Results of the activity | Memorandum of Understanding |
| Further Information | http://www.ipec.org.in/ http://www.ipec.org.in/news/ipecnewsjan08.htm |
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| Meeting
Secretary of Dept of IT, Government of |
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| Location: | Department of IT, Government
of |
| Date | 18 January 2008 |
| Participants | Jainder Singh, Secretary IT, DIT, Government of India, Mahesh D. Kulkarni, Programme Coordinator (GIST), CDAC Pune, Swaran Lata, Director, Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India, Reinhard Schäler, Director, University of Limerick |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Localisation teaching and training initiatives for India; development of tools and technology initiatives; establishment of a Localisation Research Centre India |
| Results of the activity | Common understanding, involvement of highest level government offices |
| Further Information | n/a |
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| ELITEX |
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| Location: | New Delhi, Habitat Centre |
| Date | 17-18 January 2008 |
| Participants | Several hundred delegates |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Presentation/talk/bilateral
meetings with government and industry representatives |
| Results of the activity | Contact
with localisation management of IBM India, Microsoft |
| Further Information | http://www.elitex.in/index.asp http://www.elitex.in/paper2008.asp http://www.elitex.in/paper2008/reinhard.ppt |
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| Consortium Meeting | |
| Location: | Mumbai |
| Date | 13-16 January 2008 |
| Participants | Sasikumar (C-DAC Mumbai), Aparna Ramamurthy (C-DAC Mumbai), Shruti Khanna (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay (representing Red Hat Software Services, Pune), Reinhard Schäler (University of Limerick) |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Outline course structure for online courses – review; location for onsite components of courses; potential for train-the-trainer sessions. |
| Results of the activity | Updated workplan; addition to online course content catering for specific requirements in India: Open Source Digital Content Localisation (to be developed by CDAC Mumbai) |
| Further Information | n/a |
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| Intensive One-Week Working Meeting (Indian Gov. Delegation) | |
| Location: | University of Limerick |
| Date | 12-16 November 2007 |
| Participants | High Level Delegation from the Department of IT, Government of India |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Localisation Teaching and Training requirements in India; localisation research and development activities; Indian language and cultural requirements in IT. |
| Results of the activity | Informal collaboration agreement; invitation to present at ELITEX 2008 and visit to Department of IT, Government of India |
| Further Information | n/a |
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| Localization World Conference | |
| Location: | Seattle, USA |
| Date | 16-18 October 2007 |
| Participants | ca. 400 delegates |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Exhibition stand, presentation |
| Results of the activity | Dissemination, Awareness raising, New contacts |
| Further Information | http://www.localizationworld.com/lwseattle2007/index.htm |
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| Curriculum Council Meeting | |
| Location: | Dublin |
| Date | 26 September 2007 |
| Participants | 13 members of the Curriculum Council |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Review of module content structure; structure of modules; tools and technologies for the development of module content |
| Results of the activity | Agreed structure of online module content; agreed tools and technologies for the development of the online modules |
| Further Information | n/a |
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| Localization World | |
| Location: | Berlin |
| Date | 19-20 June 2007 |
| Participants | ca. 400 delegates |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Exhibition stand |
| Results of the activity | Dissemination, Awareness raising, New contacts. |
| Further Information | http://www.localizationworld.com/lwber2007/exhibits.htm |
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| Curriculum Council - Workshop | |
| Location: | Berlin |
| Date | 18 June 2007 |
| Participants | Seven invited subject matter experts |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Planning for the production of the online components of the Certified Localisation Professional Courses (Level 1) |
| Results of the activity | Action plan for the development of the online course |
| Further Information | n/a |
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| TechLink Panel at ASLIB Conference – Translating and the Computer 28 | |
| Location: | London |
| Date | 16-17 November 2006 |
| Participants | TechLink Panel Members (see below) and ca. 150 conference delegates |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Introduction by Chair (Reinhard Schäler)
Training needs in localisation - the client's view, Liam Cronin (Microsoft, Ireland) Training initiatives in localisation - the vendor's view, Charles Campbell (spanishbackoffice, Argentina) Career development: staying up-to-date-the freelancers' view, Miriam Lee (Self–employed and VP Federation Internationale des Traducteurs, FIT) Access to resources and accreditation - the training providers' view, Dr. Tim Altanero (Austin, Texas) and Debbie Folaron (Concordia University, Canada) |
| Results of the activity | Raising awareness; conference proceedings |
| Further Information | http://www.aslib.co.uk/conferences/programme28.html |
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| Consortium Meeting | |
| Location: | London |
| Date | 15 November 2006 |
| Participants | Reinhard Schäler, Prof Patrick Hall, Dr Sasikumar |
| Topics/Activities Covered | Assessment of project status; planning of activities for next 12 months; preparation of panel session at ASLIB Conference |
| Results of the activity | Outline project action plan for next 12 months |
| Further Information | http://www.aslib.co.uk/conferences/programme28.html |
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