[announce] LISA Forum Europe - Germany - November 4-7,2002 in Heidelberg

[Alex Lam <alex@lisa.org>]

The LISA Forum Europe
STANDARDS IN LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION
Multilingual Content Authoring, Web-Services, Workflow and your
Company's ROI 

4-7 November 2002  *  Heidelberg, Germany

The 2002 LISA Forum Europe and the Annual Meeting of the General
Assembly is LISA's 44th international conference. Going well beyond the
software industry, the program will focus on the optimization of
technologies for globalization, internationalization, localization and
translation (GILT) standards in multilingual workflows and web services.
Participants will learn how other business sectors, clients and partners
are solving multilingual information management challenges.

!! Act now because Early-bird registration ends September 4, 2002 !!

REGISTER  	http://www.lisa.org/events/2002europe/registration.html
FORUM OVERVIEW	http://www.lisa.org/events/2002europe/index.html
WORKSHOPS	http://www.lisa.org/events/2002europe/workshops/

Through workshops, discussion groups, case studies and panels, you will
learn from clients and end-users how language processing standards in
technology and business are providing unprecedented ROI and strategic
advantage in today's increasingly competitive global marketplace.

The program will feature:

*  Measuring customer implementations of CL and MT Systems, TM Tools and
the ROI achieved
*  An in-depth analysis of the relationship between content authoring
and localization
*  Standards in the GILT industry - what's working, what isn't, and why?


*  Open Standards-based workflow systems for tools: Are customers'
satisfied?
*  WORKSHOPS - Managing Localization Projects - Reducing Localization
Costs with XML-based Technology - Evaluating Website Globalization
Systems - L10n & I18n Testing
.  Exhibition of Language Technologies, Tools, and Services

AUTOMATED WORKFLOW TOOLS AND LOCALIZATION SERVICES EXHIBITION 
The industry's leading technology developers for automated language
processing systems, global web-services, internationalization,
translation and localization suppliers will demonstrate their products
and services.

The end result is four days of dedicated focus on the implementation of
language processing tools, web-services and standards.

-- Workgroup leaders, speakers and invited guests include  --   
Acrolinx *  Amadeus *  BMW *  Cisco *  Comprendium Technologies *
Daimler Chrysler *  Documentum *  The Economist *  Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper
*  Fortis Bank *  Fry & Bonthrone *  gwSaar GmbH *  GlobalSight *
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen *  Herald Tribune International *
Hewlett-Packard *  I18n Inc *  IAI Saarbrucken *  IBM *  Interverbum *
IP Options *  Isogen International *  JD Edwards *  Logitech *
Microsoft *  OASIS *  Oracle *  Philip Morris *  RWS Group *  SAP *  SAS
Institute *  Schneider AG *  SDL International *  Software AG *  Systran
*  Trados *  Tridion *  Venturi Partners *  Vignette *  Wall Street
Journal *  W3C *  Welocalize *  WH&P *  World Bank *  Xerox *
xPlanation *  

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For more details please visit or see text below
PRE-FORUM WORKSHOPS  http://www.lisa.org/events/2002europe/workshops/
FORUM OVERVIEW       http://www.lisa.org/events/2002europe/index.html


LISA Forum Europe Hosts and Member Sponsors 
SAP AG * WH&P - Wegwitz, Hoser & Partners * IBM * Hewlett Packard * SMP
Marketing SarL * with the collaboration of OASIS 


LISA Forum Exhibitors
SDL * Star Group * Trados * GlobalSight * ISOGEN International *  

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   PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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The LISA Forum Europe
STANDARDS IN LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION
Multilingual Content Authoring, Web-Services, Workflow and your
Company's ROI 

4-7 November 2002  *  Heidelberg, Germany

BEST PRACTICE * CASE STUDY * FEATURED TOPICS 

The program offers business and technical guidance in three areas *
Implementing Standards in a Multilingual Environment - from Content
Creation to the Web * GILT and International Business Planning * Best
practice and case studies through workgroup discussion and consultancy
roundtables.  Topics and featured events include:

*  Investing In Standards: The Business Case for Developing Linguistic
Assets
*  Content creation: A survey of existing practices, obstacles, and
plans
*  MT in global business: Where is it working and how is it saving
costs? 
*  Content creation vs. localization: similarities and differences
*  Maximizing ROI With Your Customer * How Businesses Can Measure
Results
*  The Translation Industry: Scope, Content and Outlook
*  Case Studies |  Controlled Language * Machine Translation *
Terminology 
   Management's ROI * Web Services * 
*  Roundtables  | The SME Business * TM and TMX - Segmentation * Regexp
* 
   * Terminology * TBX * QA Testing * Open Translation Memory *
*  Localization Business Case: XML and Reducing Localization Costs
*  CONSULTANCY SESSIONS | Enterprise Communications * ebXML *  
   * Terminology Management * XLIFF * Global Management Systems *
Testing 

LISA WORKSHOPS http://www.lisa.org/events/2002europe/workshops/
*  Managing Localization Projects
*  Evaluating Globalization Management Systems 
*  Internationalization for Global Websites
*  Enterprise XML Strategies
*  L10n and I18n Testing

Register http://www.lisa.org/events/2002europe/registration.html

** EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS SEPTEMBER 4TH **

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- Notices -
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LISA is the premier organization providing the mechanisms, services and
networking for professionals interested in sharing information on the
development of globalization and localization processes, tools, web
services and international business models. Formed in 1990, LISA members
today comprise of 210 companies employing over 400,000 people in 65
countries.

* We apologize if you received duplicates of this announcement.
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