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CO-LOCATED WORKSHOPS — March 14 and 15, 2011
March 14: 9:00-5:00	All About Globalization Requirements Speaker: Matta Saikali	All About Internationalization 101 Speaker: Pierre Cadieux

March 15: 9:00-5:00	Globalization Project Management Speaker: Matta Saikali	All About Internationalization 102 Speaker: Pierre Cadieux

PRECONFERENCE DAY — March 15, 2011, Network Meeting Center
8:00	Registration opens
9:00-12:00	W1 Static Analysis of Code for Internationalization Planning Speakers: Adam Asnes (Lingoport), Olivier Libouban (Lingoport)	W3 Applied Bidirectionalization Speakers: Catherine Dove (PayPal), Roozbeh Pournader (HighTech Passpot, Ltd.), Razvan-Corneliu Rusu (HighTech Passport, Ltd.) Host: Magdalena Enea
12:00-1:30
1:30-4:30	W2 Agile Internationalization Speakers: Peter Green (Adobe Systems Incorporated), Gregor Kneitz (Microsoft), Warren Peet (Adobe Systems Incorporated)	W4 Unicode and Encodings for Beginners Speaker: Tex Texin (Rearden Commerce)
6:00-8:00	Opening Reception

CONFERENCE DAY ONE — March 16, 2011
7:30	Registration opens
8:30-9:30	K1 Is There a Cure for Buzzword Poisoning? Managing Preconceptions, Predilections and Personalities in the Globalization Process Speaker: Bill Sullivan (IBM) Host: Ulrich Henes
9:30-10:00
10:00-11:00	P1 Is there a Cure for Buzzword Poisoning? Managing Preconceptions, Predilections and Personalities in the Globalization Process Panelists: Danica Brinton (Zynga Inc.), Bob Jung (Google, Inc.), Bill Sullivan (IBM) Moderator: Ulrich Henes
11:00-11:15
11:15-12:15	A1 This Old Software Speaker: Tex Texin (Rearden Commerce) Host: Shy Avni	B1 Demo Derby Panelists: Jeff Kent (Sajan), Olivier Libouban (Lingoport), Kent Taylor (acrolinx GmbH) Facilitator: Adam Asnes
12:15-1:45
	STRATEGY	AGILE
1:45-2:45	A2 The Circular Path of Internationalization, Localization, Testing and Internationalization Speakers: Herb Bauer (SDL), Jonathan Slaughter (SDL) Host: Loïc Dufresne de Virel	B2 How to Build Product Help Communities Speaker: Aaron Fulkerson (MindTouch, Inc.) Host: Scott Abel
2:45-3:00
3:00-4:00	A3 I18n Assessments Panelists: Paul-Henri Arnaud (Autodesk, Inc.), Michael McKenna (Yahoo! Inc.), Leandro Reis (Adobe Systems Incorporated) Moderator: Gary Lefman	B3 Intro to Agile Speaker: Tiffany Vela (Hewlett-Packard) Host: Dirk Meyer
4:00-4:30
4:30-5:30	A4 The New Information Revolution Speaker: Andrew Bredenkamp (acrolinx GmbH) Host: Nico Posner	B4 Agile Panel Speakers: Peter Green (Adobe Systems Incorporated), Gregor Kneitz (Microsoft), Warren Peet (Adobe Systems Incorporated) Host: Mike Hedley
6:00-8:30	Evening Social Event / Dinner

CONFERENCE DAY TWO — March 17, 2011
8:00	Registration opens
9:00-10:00	K2 The Rise of Chindia: Opportunity or Threat? Speaker: Nitish Singh (Saint Louis University) Host: Donna Parrish
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:30	P2 Is the e-Middle East Becoming the New e-China? Speaker: Suleiman Bakhit (Aranim Media Factory) Host: Donna Parrish
11:30-11:45
11:45-12:45	A5 Emerging Markets Speakers: Ghassan Haddad (Facebook), Bob Jung (Google, Inc.), Nico Posner (LinkedIn Corporation) Moderator: Suleiman Bakhit	B5 Building Windows Ready for the World Speaker: Anu Arora (Microsoft) Host: Daniel Goldschmidt
12:45-2:15
	TECHNOLOGY	STRATEGY
2:15-3:15	A6 Unicode 6 Speaker: Mark Davis (Google, Inc.) Host: Ken Lunde	B6 Product Internationalization: The Pursuit for Cultural Adaptation (and happiness!), OR Transforming Cultural Challenges into Communal Channels Speaker: Talia Baruch (Copyous) Host: Dirk Meyer
3:15-3:30
3:30-4:15	A7 PayPal’s Use of Global English as a Pivot Language for Localization Speaker: David Hershfield (PayPal) Host: Andrew Bredenkamp	B7 LinkedIn Internationalization: Small Company, Global Growth Speaker: Nico Posner (LinkedIn Corporation) Host: Daniel Goldschmidt
4:15-4:30
4:30-5:15	A8 Bringing I18n to MT Development: Challenges, Solutions, Case Studies Speaker: Olga Beregovaya (PROMT) Host: Adam Asnes	B8 The Internationalization of Web Technologies: HTML5, JavaScript, Silverlight and Flash Speakers: Mihai Nita (Netflix, Inc.), Addison Phillips (Lab126) Host: Michael McKenna

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