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Adobe Technical Communication Suite - Integration

Agile Documentation Development: Thermo Fisher Scientific Uses DITA To Deliver Just-in-Time Documentation

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

Blogzilla: Why Blogs Are The Monster In The Business Closet: You Are No Longer In Control Of Your Brand

Building your Author-it Project

Challenges of Creating Documentation for Mobile Devices

Choosing the English That’s Right for You: Simplified Technical English and Other Controlled Languages

Comparing DITA Support in XMetaL and FrameMaker

Content Convergence: Trends in the Creation, Production, and Maintenance of Technical Content

Content Feedback Methods

Creating Quality Content with Open Source Tools

Creating Visual Training Using MadCap Mimic

Customizing HTML in Author-it

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

MadCap Flare - An Introduction to Topic Based Authoring: (Part 1)

MadCap Flare - Content Control and Publishing Techniques: (Part 2)

MadCap Flare - Controlling Document Look and Feel with CSS

Modular Content Projects: One Size DOES NOT Fit All

Navigating the Vendor Maze: Understanding XML Authoring Tools and Content Management Systems

Paths to Success: Networking and Contributing (It's All About Relationships)

Practical Uses for DITA: Product Documentation and Training - How a Software Company is Practicing What it Preaches

Principles of Web Operations Management

Producing Quality Documentation In An Agile Development Environment

Proving DITA Success in a Small Shop Environment: A Case Study

Quality Documentation Through Collaboration: Making the Review Process Efficient for All Involved

Reaching Untapped Markets in the US: Targeting the Hispanic and Other Non-native English Speaking Markets

Read, Write, Remix: The FLOSS Manuals Story

Reuse and Conditionality in Author-it (Full Day)

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

The Changing Face of TechComm and the Society for Technical Communication

The Next Generation Home Digital Experience

The Right Tool for the Right Job for the Right Output for the Right Audience: Expanding Options for Technical Communicators

The Shape of Information

Theory of Constraints and Project Management: Challenging the Dominant Paradigm

Understanding Author-it Concepts

Using Adobe FrameMaker

[Case Study] EMC: The Design, Creation and Maintenance of Content in a Corporate-Wide XML Authoring Environment

[Case Study] How Suite It Is: Creating Multimedia Documentation and Training with the Adobe Technical Communication Suite

Program

Day 1 (October 29, 2008)
Pre-conference Workshops

Authoring and Publishing with XMetaL and DITA

Speaker: Simon Bate
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session

Understanding Author-it Concepts

Speaker: Kendra Carter
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Experience level: All levels

MadCap Flare - An Introduction to Topic Based Authoring: (Part 1)

Speaker: Mike Hamilton
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 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

Building your Author-it Project

Speaker: Kendra Carter
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session

MadCap Flare - Content Control and Publishing Techniques: (Part 2)

Speaker: Mike Hamilton
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session

Day 2 (October 30, 2008)

The Next Generation Home Digital Experience

Speaker: David Schlesinger
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Experience level: All levels

Sustainable XML for Publishing Applications: DITA Makes It Possible

Speaker: Eliot Kimber
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:30 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

Do You See What I See?: Optimizing Visual and Textual Content for Global Audience Acceptance

Speaker: John Watkins
Time: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Experience level: All levels

Navigating the Vendor Maze: Understanding XML Authoring Tools and Content Management Systems

Speaker: Steve Manning
Time: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Experience level: All levels

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

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

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 - 3:00 PM
Experience level: Intermediate

Theory of Constraints and Project Management: Challenging the Dominant Paradigm

Speaker: Bob Donaldson
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Experience level: Intermediate
Laptop computer required for this session

Four Features That Matter When Choosing a HAT

Speaker: Char James-Tanny
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 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

Getting Up-to-Speed on Eclipse User Assistance

Speaker: Lee Anne Kowalski
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Experience level: Intermediate

Day 3 (October 31, 2008)

The Changing Face of TechComm and the Society for Technical Communication

Speaker: Susan Burton
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Experience level: All levels

Read, Write, Remix: The FLOSS Manuals Story

Speaker: Adam Hyde
Time: 9:30 AM - 10:15 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

Lean Instructional Design for Today’s Competitive Environment

Speaker: Ray Magnan
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

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

Quality 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

Modular Content Projects: One Size DOES NOT Fit All

Speaker: Steve Manning
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

Comparing DITA Support in XMetaL and FrameMaker

Speaker: Simon Bate
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