39th Internationalization & Unicode Conference to Take Place in October

The Unicode Consortium today announced the program for its 39th annual Internationalization and Unicode® Conference (IUC). The conference will take place from October 26th to October 28th at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA.

IUC is the premier event covering the latest in industry standards and best practices for bringing software and Web applications to worldwide markets. This annual event focuses on software and Web globalization, bringing together internationalization experts, tools vendors, software implementers, and business and managers from around the world. The conference is sponsored by Adobe and MultiLingual Magazine. This is Adobe’s ninth straight year as a Gold Sponsor of IUC.

The conference includes tutorials and sessions which are tailored for beginners that will provide individual and staff training on basic practices and implementations techniques for creating international software. Other presentations will focus on learning solutions to difficult problems or sophisticated requirements from industry leaders and experts as well as finding help from tool and product vendors to accelerate market adoption cost-effectively.

“Adobe is once again pleased and honored to support, as a Gold Sponsor, this world-class conference, which gathers the most brilliant minds in Unicode and globalization,” said Dr. Ken Lunde, Senior Computer Scientist 2 in Type Development at Adobe. “Whether you are new to Unicode, or a seasoned Unicode developer, this conference represents a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with and to promote discussion among your peers.”

To view the full IUC program and to register, visit www.unicodeconference.org.

About Unicode Consortium

The Unicode Consortium is a nonprofit organization founded to develop, extend and promote the use of the Unicode standard and related globalization standards. The membership of the consortium represents a broad spectrum of corporations and organizations in the computer and information processing industry. Members are: Adobe, Apple, Google, Government of Bangladesh, Government of India, IBM, Microsoft, Monotype Imaging, Oracle, SAP, The Society for Natural Language Technology Research, The University of California (Berkeley), The University of California (Santa Cruz), Yahoo!, plus well over a hundred Associate, Liaison, and individual members. For more information, please contact the Unicode Consortium http://www.unicode.org/contacts.html.

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