Event Dates: October 22-23, 2024
Where: San Francisco Bay Area (Hosted at Google’s Sunnyvale, California campus). For planning purposes, the closest airports are San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) and the recommended public transportation option is via VTA Light Rail to the Lockheed Martin Station.
The Second Annual Unicode Technology Workshop (UTW 2) builds upon the success of last year’s event, which brought together more than 80 internationalization enthusiasts for two days of connecting, learning, and envisioning the possibilities.
UTW 2 is designed to be accessible to GILT professionals and students, while providing enough information and depth to be relevant to established internationalization experts. The primary goals of the workshop are to strengthen the internationalization community and further the adoption of Unicode standards and technology. For this year’s workshop, Unicode will also be adding case studies and speed networking to provide an even more engaging experience for all attendees.
Call for Submissions Now Open!
Unicode is pleased to announce that session proposals for UTW 2 are now being accepted!
We are seeking proposals for workshops, seminars, free-form discussions, and lightning talks that center around Unicode i18n libraries, locale data frameworks, globalization tooling, localization pipelines, input methods, and text rendering. Come connect with other Unicode users, share your knowledge and experience, and help us envision the future of Unicode technology. You will come away with deeper knowledge on how to solve tough problems in the i18n and l10n space and how to engineer products that work better for global users. Note: To encourage maximum collaboration amongst the attendees, this is an in-person-only event.
If you have an idea for a session that you would like to lead, you can register your interest in contributing by using the following link: Submissions. We are interested in proposals that represent a variety of perspectives, so i18n and l10n technical specialists, working GILT professionals, and university students are all encouraged to propose ideas. Deadline for submissions is August 12, 2024 by 5:00PM PT. Proposals will be reviewed in late August and session hosts will be notified mid-September.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities are available at various levels. Sponsorship benefits include complimentary registrations, opportunities to lead a session or workshop, recognition on the event website, program and event materials, visibility on social media, and much more. Specific offerings vary by sponsorship level.
If you want to demonstrate your industry leadership, enhance your brand, share your knowledge, promote your products and services, and foster community building, contact events@unicode.org today to learn more. Sponsorship discounts are available to Unicode Full and Supporting Members.
About the Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is the premier non-profit open source, open standards body for the internationalization of all software and services.
For more than 30 years, the Unicode Consortium has coordinated the efforts of a world-wide team of volunteer programmers and linguists to standardize, evolve, and maintain a global software foundation that allows virtually every computer system and service to help people connect using their native language.
For additional information, visit home.unicode.org.
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