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Adobe Technical Communication Suite - Integration
All-Around User Assistance: Delivering Layers of Information Efficiently
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
Authoring and Publishing with XMetaL and DITA
Breaking Down Silos with Flare: A Case Study in Transitioning to Content Management
Challenges of Creating Documentation for Mobile Devices
Comparing DITA Support in XMetaL and FrameMaker
Content Convergence: Trends in the Creation, Production, and Maintenance of Technical Content
Creating Quality Content with Open Source Tools
Creating Visual Training Using MadCap Mimic
Do You See What I See?: Optimizing Visual and Textual Content for Global Audience Acceptance
Document Testing: The Missing Step in Creating Effective Documents
Four Features That Matter When Choosing a HAT
Games to Explain Human Factors: Come, Participate, Learn and Have Fun!!!
Getting Up-to-Speed on Eclipse User Assistance
Lean Instructional Design for Today’s Competitive Environment
Leveraging the DITA Community: Advice, Tools and Resources To Get Your Tech Pubs Team Up-To-Speed
Localization Makes Strange Bedfellows: Three Companies That Eat Their Own Dog Food
Paths to Success: Networking and Contributing (It's All About Relationships)
Principles of Web Operations Management
Producing Quality Documentation In An Agile Development Environment
Proving DITA Success in a Small Shop Environment: A Case Study
Quaility Documentation Through Collaboration: Making the Review Process Efficient for All Involved
Should You Call It A Wiki, Or A Collaborative Work Space?
Social Media in Organizational Communication: How It Affects Technical Communicators
Sustainable XML for Publishing Applications: DITA Makes It Possible
Program
Day 1 (October 29, 2008)
Pre-conference Workshops
Authoring and Publishing with XMetaL and DITA
Speaker: Jeff Deskins
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
Games to Explain Human Factors: Come, Participate, Learn and Have Fun!!!
Speaker: Ronald Shapiro
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Using Adobe FrameMaker
Speaker: Alan Houser
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
Day 2 (October 30, 2008)
Do You See What I See?: Optimizing Visual and Textual Content for Global Audience Acceptance
Speaker: Maxwell Hoffmann
Time: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Experience level: All levels
All-Around User Assistance: Delivering Layers of Information Efficiently
Speaker: Nicky Bleiel
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
Agile Documentation Development: Thermo Fisher Scientific Uses DITA To Deliver Just-in-Time Documentation
Speaker: Tim Grantham
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
Four Features That Matter When Choosing a HAT
Speaker: Char James-Tanny
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Experience level: Intermediate
Getting Up-to-Speed on Eclipse User Assistance
Speaker: Lee Anne Kowalski
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Experience level: Intermediate
Breaking Down Silos with Flare: A Case Study in Transitioning to Content Management
Speaker: Theresa Putkey
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
The Next Generation Home Digital Experience
Speaker: David Schlesinger
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Experience level: All levels
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
Speaker: Edward Marshall
Time: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Experience level: Intermediate
Content Convergence: Trends in the Creation, Production, and Maintenance of Technical Content
Speaker: Rahel Anne Bailie
Time: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Experience level: Advanced
Reaching Untapped Markets in the US: Targeting the Hispanic and Other Non-native English Speaking Markets
Speaker: John Watkins
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
Paths to Success: Networking and Contributing (It's All About Relationships)
Speaker: Linda Urban
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
[Case Study] EMC: The Design, Creation and Maintenance of Content in a Corporate-Wide XML Authoring Environment
Speaker: Paul Masalsky
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Social Media in Organizational Communication: How It Affects Technical Communicators
Speaker: Rich Maggiani
Time: 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Experience level: Intermediate
Producing Quality Documentation In An Agile Development Environment
Speaker: Christine Sigman
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
Localization Makes Strange Bedfellows: Three Companies That Eat Their Own Dog Food
Speaker: Richard Sikes
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
Day 3 (October 31, 2008)
Lean Instructional Design for Today’s Competitive Environment
Speaker: Ray Magnan
Time: 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Experience level: All levels
Quaility Documentation Through Collaboration: Making the Review Process Efficient for All Involved
Speaker: Teresa Mulvihill
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Practical Uses for DITA: Product Documentation and Training - How a Software Company is Practicing What it Preaches
Speaker: Jeff Filo
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Comparing DITA Support in XMetaL and FrameMaker
Speaker: Simon Bate
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Sustainable XML for Publishing Applications: DITA Makes It Possible
Speaker: Eliot Kimber
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Experience level: All levels
Blogzilla: Why Blogs Are The Monster In The Business Closet: You Are No Longer In Control Of Your Brand
Speaker: David Esrati
Time: 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Experience level: All levels
Proving DITA Success in a Small Shop Environment: A Case Study
Speaker: William Hagen
Time: 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Experience level: All levels
Document Testing: The Missing Step in Creating Effective Documents
Speaker: Roy Jacobsen
Time: 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Experience level: All levels
The Right Tool for the Right Job for the Right Output for the Right Audience: Expanding Options for Technical Communicators
Speaker: Alan Houser
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Creating Quality Content with Open Source Tools
Speaker: Scott Nesbitt
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Choosing the English That’s Right for You: Simplified Technical English and Other Controlled Languages
Speaker: Brenda Huettner & Alison Huettner
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Leveraging the DITA Community: Advice, Tools and Resources To Get Your Tech Pubs Team Up-To-Speed
Speaker: Bob Doyle
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Challenges of Creating Documentation for Mobile Devices
Speaker: Tamara Knezic
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
Should You Call It A Wiki, Or A Collaborative Work Space?
Speaker: Stewart Mader
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
[Case Study] How Suite It Is: Creating Multimedia Documentation and Training with the Adobe Technical Communication Suite
Speaker: Donna Reynolds
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
Content Feedback Methods
Speaker: Jennifer Shankle & Mirhonda Studevant
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
The Shape of Information
Speaker: Roy Jacobsen
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Experience level: All levels
Day 4 (November 1, 2008)
Post-conference Workshops
Adobe Technical Communication Suite - Integration
Speaker: Alan Houser
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
Creating Visual Training Using MadCap Mimic
Speaker: Neil Perlin
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
Principles of Web Operations Management
Speaker: Kristina Podnar
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
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