Hello, UA Colleagues: I want to be sure this group sees the call for participation for the Internationalisation and Unicode Conference, which takes place this October 13-15, 2021, in Santa Clara, California, USA. Do you want to propose a talk? If so, the deadline is next Friday, March 19, in the UTC-8 timezone. Many of you know the Internationalisation and Unicode Conference. For those who don't, it is a gathering of those who define The Unicode Standard for text, as well as architects of fonts, text rendering, and beyond that into software engineering aspects of internationalisation and localisation. About 100% of the audience are solidly in favour of the values and goals of Universal Acceptance. However, much fewer than 100% know what the Universal Acceptance Group does, and what the current successes and obstacles are. I think Universal Acceptance should not be absent from this conference. If anyone has questions about this conference, I have been attending for many years, and I would be happy to answer them. Others on this list are probably even more expert than I am. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada -------- Forwarded Message -------- Message-ID: <494e0cc2-9872-4701-824a-d8cdb8ebb7e1@dfw1s10mta162.xt.local> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 08:17:50 -0600 Subject: 45th Internationalization & Unicode Conference – Call for Participation From: Mike Narducci <mike@omg.org> Reply-To: mike@omg.org IUC 45 Conference Internationalization & Unicode Conference 45. October 13-15, 2021 - Santa Clara, CA U.S.A. Call for Participation Is Now Open! The IUC 45 Program Committee invites you to submit your session, tutorial, or panel abstracts for the *45th Internationalization & Unicode® Conference (IUC 45)* in Santa Clara, California, October 13-15, 2021. As we continue to navigate our way through COVID-19 protocols, we are starting to finally see some light at the end of the tunnel! With ever-increasing awareness, better understanding, more established community policies, as well as accelerating vaccination efforts, companies are starting to once again plan for 2021 face-to-face events. IUC 45 will be no different. We will continue to monitor the severity of the COVID crisis moving forward and shift to alternate planning if necessary. As for now, the goal is to see everyone face to face in Santa Clara, CA! Join other industry leaders as they map the future of internationalization, ignite new ideas, and showcase the latest technologies and best practices for creating, managing, and testing global, web, and multilingual software solutions. Be a leader. Direct the future of multilingual text and software internationalization! Submission types may include case studies, best practices, innovative technology, or presentations about evolving standards, to name a few. In addition, understanding the design of a development platform is often critical to implementing best practices in applications. The Internationalization and Unicode Conference seeks to offer technical tutorials on the internationalization capabilities and architecture of development platforms, including Mobile, Desktop, Cloud, and Virtual Operating Systems, Social Network Platforms, and Machine Translation and Machine Learning Systems. Please submit your proposals for presentations or tutorials by *Friday, March 19, 2021*. Submit Now! <https://go.omgprograms.org/e/658223/call-for-participation-htm/3xck9g/240282...> The Program Committee will notify authors by *Friday, April 16, 2021*. Speaker agreements and materials such as photos, bios and final presentation abstracts will be required from selected presenters by *Friday, April 30, 2021*. *Tutorial Presenters* receive complimentary conference registration, and two nights lodging, while *Session Presenters* receive a fifty percent conference discount and two nights lodging. GOLD SPONSORS: Adobe <https://go.omgprograms.org/e/658223/adobe-banner/3xck9j/240282543?h=deLboliO...> Google <https://go.omgprograms.org/e/658223/2021-02-12/3xck9l/240282543?h=deLboliOxo...> MEDIA SPONSOR: Multilingual <https://go.omgprograms.org/e/658223/ml-banner-/3xck9n/240282543?h=deLboliOxo...> *About The Unicode Consortium* The Unicode®Consortium is a non-profit organization founded to develop, extend and promote 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. 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