Registration for Language Standards for Global Business Summit

Database and Network Journal, Dec, 2005

Global Meeting Services, Inc. has opened registration for "Language Standards for Global Business Summit," taking place on December 12-13, 2005 in Berlin, Germany.

Summit will be non-commercial with no sponsors and no exhibitors. Presentations and delegates will focus on the importance and evolution of language standards in supporting global communications and commerce.

Leading global experts who drive the standards process, including: Tex Texin, chief architect and globalization consultant, Xencraft; Don DePahna, globalization and localization analyst, Common Sense Advisory; Professor Sue Ellen Wright, Institute for Applied Linguistics, Kent State University; and Hans Fenstermacher, president, ArchiText, will discuss which standards meet their objectives and which do not, and why.

Other experts in the fields of language technology, process, and quality will speak at the conference.

Highlights include:

* Language Standards Technology Panel: Focus on several platforms, including: ITS (W3C); TMX/TBX (OSCAR); OASIS Translation; WS TC; ISO 639; and OASIS XLIFF.

* Language Quality and Process Standards: EN 15038; ASTM; LISA QA; and J2450.

* The Ecosystem of Standards: Where do Language Standards fit in the context of XML, DITA, SI OOOD, SQL and other mainstream standards?--

* Plenary Sessions: Practical Business and Technology Case Studies Discussions based on Adobe; EMC; LIRICS Project; and IGNITE.

Date: December 12-13, 2005 Location: Hilton Berlin, Mohrenstrasse 30