Unicode Technology Workshop on October 22-23 – Program Updates!

By the UTW 2024 Program Committee

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Join us for two days of community building around the Unicode technology that makes software work for billions of people. With a deeper emphasis on case studies, unconference, and workshop-style sessions, this event will enable participants to collaborate and learn from each other to tackle the latest challenges. Register Now for this in-person-only event hosted at Google in Sunnyvale, CA. The full program, including session details and bios, is available here:

UTW 2024 Event Website !

⭐ Highlights:

• Build connections within the internationalization community
• Learn best practices from peers and case studies
• Network with the developers and users to help shape the future of Unicode technology
• Deepen knowledge of how to solve tough problems in the i18n and l10n space and how to engineer products that work better for global users

📢 Confirmed Sessions!

• “A User-Centric Approach to a Bidi Text Interface” with Adil Allawi
• “Common Locale Data Repository - Using the Survey Tool to Expand Language Coverage” with Conrad Nied
• "Talking Emoji 🔥😮‍💨🍄🪦💀🐷🐙😤" with Jennifer Daniel
• “Design Deep-Dive” with Mark Davis
• “How Would You Like Your Text Today?” with John Hudson
• "Indic Script Policy & Planning in the Digital Age" with Karthik Malli
• “Language and Direction Metadata on the Web” with Addison Phillips
• “MessageFormat 2 Technical Preview: Where Are We Now?” with Addison Phillips
• “Tracking Language Digitization in the UNESCO World Atlas” with Jeannette Stewart and Tex Texin
• “Why Does Unicode Do That?” with Mark Davis
• "Volunteers for Keyboards for Indigenous Language Communities" with Tex Texin
• "Optimizing Glyphs for Real-Time Vector Rendering" with Eric Lengyel
• "How To Not Run Towards The Bear: Directionality & Emoji" with Kamilé Demir and Ben Joeng (Yang)
• "What is a Valid Person Name?" with Michael McKenna
• “Case Study - Solving Inflection” with Nebojša Ćirić (Chair of the Unicode ICU-Language Inflection Working Group) and George Rhoten
• “Bridging Languages in ICU4X: How Diplomat Brings i18n to the Web and Beyond” with Tyler Knowlton
• “We Need a New Message Resource Format” with Eemeli Aro
• "New in CLDR/ICU" with Mark Davis
• "Could You Give Me an Example? Simplifying the CLDR Survey Tool" with Helena Aytenfisu and Emiyare Ikwut-Ukwa
• “ICU4X 2.0: Next Level i18n” with Shane F Carr (Chair of the Unicode ICU4X Technical Committee)
• "From Oral to Digital in One Generation - An Exploration of Amazonian Languages and Their Path to Digital Inclusion" with Samuel Minev-Benzecry
• “Encoding Expectations: How Long Does It Really Take?” Anushah Hossain and Ahad Bashir
• "Indic Script Policy & Planning in the Digital Age" with Karthik Malli
• "Date, Time, and Timezone for Netflix Live Events” with Shawn Xu and Chester Fung
• "Behind the Curtains: Unicode Technical Groups” with Mark Davis (Unicode Co-founder and CTO)
• “Ask Unicode Anything” with Toral Cowieson, Mark Davis, Cathy Wissink

Please note that sessions are continually being added for the two tracks.

👍 Expect workshops, seminars, free-form discussions, and lightning talks on:

• i18n libraries
• locale data frameworks
• globalization tooling
• input methods
• text rendering
• localization pipelines

❓Who should attend?:

• Whether you’re an experienced GILT professional, an internationalization or Unicode enthusiast, just starting out, or a student, the UTW 2024 sessions will enrich your understanding of key issues!

❗Space is limited so be sure to secure your spot today!

• Discounts are available for Unicode members and students. Registration fees include continental breakfast, lunch, refreshments, and Mix & Mingle at the end of the first day.

Register Now !

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New Online Event – Overview of Internationalization and Unicode Projects

The Unicode Consortium is excited to invite you to our upcoming online event, “Overview of Internationalization and Unicode Projects.”

During this ~2-hour event, hear pre-recorded sessions from some of the experts working to ensure that everyone can fully communicate and collaborate in their languages across all software and services. Unicode representatives will be available for live Q&A for the last 30-40 minutes and our emcee throughout will be Elango Cheran of Google.

Topics and speakers include:

1. An Introduction to Internationalization (i18n) - Addison Phillips, Internationalization Engineer
2. Overview of the Unicode Consortium: History and Future - Mark Davis, Cofounder and President
3. Scripts and Character Encoding - Deborah Anderson, Chair of the Script Ad Hoc Committee
4. The Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) - Mark Davis and Annemarie Apple, Chair and Vice Chair of the CLDR Committee
5. International Components for Unicode (ICU) - Markus Scherer, Chair of ICU Committee
6. Bringing Internationalization to More Programming Languages and Resource-Constrained Environments (ICU4X) - Shane Carr, Chair of ICU4X Subcommittee

Date	Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
Time	9:30am (California)/12:30pm (New York)/16:30 (UTC)/17:30 (London)
Location and Cost	Online, free to attend
Registration	Register here. Please freely share this link with colleagues and anyone else who may be interested. Registration will also ensure you will receive updates for future Unicode events.

The recording and a playlist will be available on YouTube later this year for anyone who is unable to attend or if attendees want to share the information with others. Depending on community interest, Unicode project leaders will also be available in November and December for virtual “Office Hours” to talk more in depth and answer specific questions.

The link to share with your networks is: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ViDf3YFyS7WiAXnHYp88kw

Thanks and hope to see many of you on the 28th!

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