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    <p><font face="Calibri">I just received a notice that the deadline
        to propose sessions for Internationalisation and Unicode
        Conference (IUC45) has been extended to this Friday, March 26,
        2021. Details at
        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.unicodeconference.org/call-for-participation.htm">https://www.unicodeconference.org/call-for-participation.htm</a> . <br>
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    <p><font face="Calibri">For my part, I am proposing three topics, in
        the hopes that the Program Committee will accept at least one
        but not all three: <br>
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      <li><font face="Calibri">A tutorial on the basics of Universal
          Acceptance</font></li>
      <li><font face="Calibri">A report on the top news in Universal
          Acceptance from the past year</font></li>
      <li><font face="Calibri">A discussion of Hosting Globally
          Inclusive (i.e. EAI) Email Mailboxes, drawing on the excellent
          recent work of the EAI WG<br>
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    </ol>
    <p><font face="Calibri">I plan to put out calls for suggestions and
        reviews to the list (and the EAI WG for #3) when it comes time
        to write. If anyone is interested in making your own proposal, I
        encourage you to go ahead. If anyone is interested in working
        with me on any of these proposals, let's talk.</font></p>
    <p><font face="Calibri">Best regards,<br>
            —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada</font></p>
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      <p><font face="Calibri">On 2021-03-09 12:09, Jim DeLaHunt via
          UA-discuss wrote:<br>
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      <p><font face="Calibri">Hello, UA Colleagues:<br>
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          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.<br>
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          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.<br>
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          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.<br>
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          Best regards,<br>
                —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada<br>
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        <p><font face="Calibri"> -------- Forwarded Message -------- </font></p>
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href="mailto:494e0cc2-9872-4701-824a-d8cdb8ebb7e1@dfw1s10mta162.xt.local"
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              <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date:
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              <td>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 08:17:50 -0600</td>
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              <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Subject:
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              <td>45th Internationalization & Unicode Conference –
                Call for Participation</td>
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              <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From:
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              <td>Mike Narducci <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                  href="mailto:mike@omg.org" moz-do-not-send="true"><mike@omg.org></a></td>
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              <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Reply-To:
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              <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                  href="mailto:mike@omg.org" moz-do-not-send="true">mike@omg.org</a></td>
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                  <h2 align="center">Call for Participation Is Now Open!</h2>
                   
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                            <p align="left">The IUC 45 Program Committee
                              invites you to submit your session,
                              tutorial, or panel abstracts for the <strong>45th
                                Internationalization & Unicode®
                                Conference (IUC 45)</strong> in Santa
                              Clara, California, October 13-15, 2021.</p>
                            <p align="left">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!</p>
                            <p align="left">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.</p>
                            <p align="left">Please submit your proposals
                              for presentations or tutorials by <strong>Friday,
                                March 19, 2021</strong>.</p>
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                              The Program Committee will notify authors
                              by <strong>Friday, April 16, 2021</strong>.
                              Speaker agreements and materials such as
                              photos, bios and final presentation
                              abstracts will be required from selected
                              presenters by <strong>Friday, April 30,
                                2021</strong>.</p>
                            <p align="left"><strong>Tutorial Presenters</strong>
                              receive complimentary conference
                              registration, and two nights lodging,
                              while <strong>Session Presenters</strong>
                              receive a fifty percent conference
                              discount and two nights lodging.</p>
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                  <b>About The Unicode Consortium</b><br>
                  The Unicode®Consortium is a non-profit organization
                  founded to develop, extend and promote use of the
                  Unicode Standard and related globalization standards.
                  <p>The membership of the consortium represents a broad
                    spectrum of corporations and organizations in the
                    computer and information processing industry.
                    Members are: Adobe Systems, Apple, Google,
                    Government of Bangladesh, Government of India, IBM,
                    Microsoft, Monotype Imaging, Oracle, SAP, The
                    Society for Natural Language Technology Research,
                    The University of California (Berkeley), The
                    University of California (Santa Cruz), Yahoo!, plus
                    well over a hundred Associate, Liaison, and
                    Individual members.</p>
                  <p>For more information, please contact the <a
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                  <p><b>About the Event Producer</b><br>
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                    Producer for the Internationalization & Unicode
                    Conferences. OMG is an international, open
                    membership, not-for-profit computer industry
                    standards consortium. OMG Task Forces develop
                    enterprise integration standards for a wide range of
                    technologies and an even wider range of industries.
                    OMG's modeling standards, including the Unified
                    Modeling Language™ (UML®) and Model Driven
                    Architecture® (MDA®), enable powerful visual design,
                    execution and maintenance of software and other
                    processes, including IT Systems Modeling and
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                    Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA®) and
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