UA Colleagues: Below is a Call for Presentation Proposals announcement from the LocWorld conference, to be held in Vancouver Canada on October 27-29, 2020 (if the pandemic allows, of course). I think this conference is an interesting opportunity to put a Universal Acceptance message in front of an audience that has reason to be receptive, but probably hasn't thought much about non-Latin domain names or email addresses before. Maybe some people on UA-discuss might be interested in proposing presentations. If so, please follow the instructions below to submit them to the conference committee. The deadline is 30 April, 2020. I am happy to offer what advice I can to anyone on UA-discuss who wants to make a proposal. I myself do want to make a proposal. I will start a separate thread on UA-discuss, giving my idea for a presentation and asking for suggestions to make it stronger. It turns out I live in Vancouver, and can easily walk to the conference venue. Thus I will almost certainly attend the conference whether or not I am asked to make a presentation. For those who don't know, LocWorld is a conference for product localisers, translators, and the language industry. The name is short for "Localization World". Multilingual magazine <https://multilingual.com/> is one of the conference producers. LocWorld has a long history. It is one of the top conferences for the language industry. Attendees include the product managers who want their product localised, the translators and localisation specialists who do the localisation, and the tool vendors who sell to the localisation specialists. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: LocWorld43 Vancouver -- looking ahead From: LocWorld <news@locworld.com> Reply-To: LocWorld <news@locworld.com> To: list+localizationworld@jdlh.com Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 18:44:20 +0000 Message-ID: <741d27533912ecf288804ea35.4f645c2b50.20200409184410.f5072cd4f3.33efa836@mail217.sea101.rsgsv.net> LocWorld43 Vancouver -- looking ahead There is still time to submit your presentations! View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/locworld/lw43-cfp?e=4f645c2b50> Show What You Know! /Now accepting papers for LocWorld43 Vancouver October 27-29, 2020/ You would like to enter new markets. You study the statistics, analyze your cost of entry, calculate your return on investment. You determine what will be necessary to create a localized presence in those new markets. This is all good. But it is easy to overlook the most crucial part of this whole process. It’s not the markets or countries, it’s not (necessarily) the paying customer. It’s the end-users. Even if you are selling to companies, you are actually creating a product for the end-users: people who work for those companies or, even more removed, their customers. From introductory user interface design to sales and follow up service: how easy have you made it for users? How comfortable are they with you and your offerings? Do they feel welcome when using your site, your product, your support resources? Have you encouraged trust by showing your ability to cater to their needs? We invite you to share what you have learned from your experience with global end-users: how you have successfully engaged them or perhaps the painful lessons learned from failure. Your audience will be eager to learn from you and to share their experiences! Also, we always accept proposals on new trends, general localization and international business; see the submission link <https://locworld.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=741d27533912ecf288804ea3...> for all suggested topics. Our board of experts will review and evaluate all submissions. If yours is selected, you will get the opportunity to lead the conversation with the influencers and up-and-comers of the localization industry. We can’t wait to see you there! Get the full details on Engage Global Users proposals and submit your paper today <https://locworld.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=741d27533912ecf288804ea35&id=c0b8ed7698&e=4f645c2b50>! *Proposal submission deadline: April 30, 2020.* Submit your proposal <https://locworld.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=741d27533912ecf288804ea3...> LocWorld42 Berlin Update The corona virus pandemic is weighing on us all now – personally and profession<https://locworld.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=741d27533912ecf288804ea35&id=73faccd86e&e=4f645c2b50>ally. The LocWorld team is well and we hope you are, also. Regarding LocWorld42 in Berlin, we are in negotiations with our conference venue, the InterContinental Berlin, and are forced to wait for further developments in Germany before we can make a definitive announcement. Meanwhile, we are investigating opportunities for a virtual and safely-distant way to get together, network and learn. We promise to let you know more as soon as we can. 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