[UA-discuss] [FYI, call for proposals]: LocWorld43 Vancouver -- looking ahead [October 2020, Vancouver Canada]

Thu Apr 9 20:46:06 UTC 2020

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

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LocWorld43 Vancouver -- looking ahead There is still time to submit your 
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      /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 
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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!

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*Proposal submission deadline: April 30, 2020.*

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    LocWorld42 Berlin Update

The corona virus pandemic is weighing on us all now – personally and 
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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. We ask for your patience 
and understanding.

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