The following workshop is organized by the Unicode Consortium. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNICODE / ISO 10646 IMPLEMENTERS WORKSHOP #4 December 3 & 4 1992 Sulzbach (Taunus) Germany This is an announcement for the upcoming fourth workshop in a series of workshops on implementing the Unicode Standard and sponsored by the Unicode Consortium. This is the first time the workshop is being offered in Europe. Should you not be able to attend yourself, please pass this notice on to somebody else who might be interested in attending this workshop. Unicode: Unicode is an international character encoding standard that encompasses all the world's national scripts in a 16-bit code space. Unicode is a profile of the International Standard ISO 10646. Supported by most major computer and software vendors, Unicode greatly facilitates the development of internationally accepted software. All currently used character sets can be transferred to Unicode. Target Audience: Software developers, technical writers, managers or engineers developing or considering development of software for the international market. Date and Time: December 3 and 4, 1992, 9am - 5pm Location: The workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn in the German town of Sulzbach (Taunus). Agenda: December 3 will feature a full day, professionally developed, lecture course covering the Goals and Architecture of the Unicode Standard. It will address the problems posed by support for writing systems worldwide and how Unicode's design enables their solution. In addition, the course will explore several implementation strategies for Unicode and illustrate them with specific examples. December 4 will feature invited papers on implementation aspects of Unicode and its relation to other standards. These seminar-style talks will cover specific, practical problems and point out solutions, as well as provide case studies and demonstrations of Unicode implementations underway. Speakers: Introductory Course Glenn Adams, Metis Technology, Inc. & The Institute for Advanced Professional Studies Keynote Address Gvtz H. Siebrecht General Manager Unisys Deutschland GmbH Unicode and 10646 Isai Scheinberg IBM Canada Program Migration to Unicode Alan Barrett Lotus Development Ireland Non-Spacing Marks Mark Davis Taligent, Inc. Operating System Support (Windows NT) Michel Suignard Microsoft Europe Codeset Conversions Lloyd Honomichl Novell, Inc. Unicode In the XPG/Posix Model Gary Miller IBM Corporation Collating Unicode Data Alain La Bonte Ministry of Communications, Quebec Unicode Support in the Application Development Tool Kit Tuoc Vinh Luong Borland International Internationalization in Windows Past and Future Bill Hall Novell, Inc. Unicode and Print Servers Tadao Yamasaki IBM Corporation/Pennant Unicode/UCS: What does it mean for the European environment? J|rgen Bettels Digital Switzerland Practical Experience with Unicode Bidi Algorithms Alex Morcos Microsoft Corporation Unicode and Network Internationalization Wayne Taylor Novell, Inc. Proceedings: A complete set of notes will be provided for the course at no extra charge. Hotel: The workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn, Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany. The conference rate for a single room is DM 165 per night which includes breakfast. Lunch and dinner on December 3, and lunch on December 4 are included in the conference registration fee. Room arrangements should be made directly with the hotel, requesting the Unicode Workshop rate. Reservations +49-6196-763810 Fax +49-6196-72996 Registration: To register, please complete the registration form to the right and send together with a check, or credit card information, to either of the locations below. Cancellations must be received by November 27, 1992 and will carry a DM 50 (US$37) cancellation fee. Contacts: European Contact: Unicode Implementer's Workshop c/o Unisys Deutschland GmbH Frau Helga Mifka/ML Postfach 1110 D-6231 Sulzbach (Taunus) Germany Phone: +49-6196-991259 Fax: +49-6196-991860 U.S./Canada Contact: Unicode Implementer's Workshop Classic Consulting, International 2249 LeClair Drive Coquitlam, British Columbia V3K 6P6 Canada Phone: 604-931-7600 Fax: 604-937-5898 E-mail: 72630.107@compuserve.com Registration form: Name: ________________________________________ Company: _____________________________________ Address: _____________________________________ City: ________________________________________ Country: _____________________________________ Postal Code: _________________________________ Phone: _______________________________________ Fax: _________________________________________ Non Member: DM 550______ US$370______ Unicode Member: DM 450______ US$300______ __ Check Enclosed __ AMEX __ Visa __ MC Card#: ________________________ Exp Date:_____ Signature: ___________________________________ Make checks payable to Unicode, Inc. Employees of Unicode Full and Associate Members are eligible for the member discount. Cancellations must be received by November 27, 1992 and will carry a cancellation charge of DM 50 (US$37). -------------------------------------------------------------------------