Just to let everyone now, there are only a few days left to register. The un-conference is nearly booked out now anyways. We have 30 people who said they’d come for sure and another 32 who might make it. Our goal was around 50 people and the max. capacity is around 60. So, we have pretty much hit the goal as far as the number of registrants is concerned. Should be an interesting event on Thursday.
Cheers,
Martin
…here is the proposal for the un-conference schedule:
09:00 - 09:30: Introduction
09:30- 10:30: Session 1
10:30 - 11:30: Session 2
11:30 - 12:30: Session 3
12:30 - 13:30: Lunch
13:30 - 14:30: Session 4
14:30 - 15:30: Session 5
15:30 - 15:45: Break
15:45 - 16:45: Wrap-up
The actual agenda for the day will be finalised during the intro session on the day. So, keep coming up with ideas and vote on them, in order to shape the agenda. We will be able to run 3 or 4 session concurrently, so we can cover a total of 15 to 20 topics. However, if there are topics that require more extensive conversations, it will also be possible to fill more than one slot with the same topic.
If you haven’t already done so, register here now or log in to the ideas portal.
Cheers,
Martin
Hello everyone,
So, two important updates here:
Actually, one more, so three updates: Places are filling quickly now and if you want to join, please make sure to select “definitely coming” in the registration form.
Cheers,
Martin
Fantastic: People have started to create the agenda of the Dublin unconference by creating ideas and voting on them. The agenda is beginning to take shape, but it will be decided collectively on the day what the final topics and times will be. To take part in this, just register here.
Cheers,
Martin
Seems like this is something one should have when twittering, so there you go. I think the way this works is that anyone twittering about this event can now add “#DuLU” to their tweet and then people can search for the tag. Relatively new to this twitter-thing, so I hope I got this right.
Cheers,
Martin
Just to clarify, because I got a question on this: There is no registration fee for the un-conference. The event is free as in “free beer”. Great news in times like these, isn’t it? The sessions themselves then will hopefully be free as in “free speech”. 
Cheers,
Martin
Calling all professionals interested in discussing the future of this dynamic industry in a non-structured, non-sales environment. The aim of this event will be a “meeting of minds” in order to discuss the industry at present and where it is going. This is the first European Localization Unconference, following up on the success of the inaugural event held in Silicon Valley, California on March, 14th, 2008 (for more about that event, click here).
In true Unconference style, this event will be organised by you, the participants, deciding what you want to talk about. The event will be taking place in the VistaTEC offices, Dublin, Ireland. All localisation professional are welcome to come and join!
This is an informal, free form, un-structured event. The participants decide what issues they would like to discuss and organise themselves into groups. The purpose of this event is to discuss the future of localisation industry in a non-sales environment.
More info to follow. Register now!
Cheers,
Tony, Henry, Mark, Antoine, Martin
Folks, you can now track updates on the Localization Unconference using Twitter.
http://twitter.com/localization/
Simply follow: localization
Folks, we’re in the planning stages of Localization Unconference for Europe. Right now, looking at early 2009, and Dublin.
Interest has already been expressed by some major players on the client and vendor side, and this will be a great opportunity for the industry to get together in a low-cost (free) forum and exchange views and build relationships, as well as for the localization and IT space in Ireland at a time of challenge.
We’re also going to build on our experience with Localization Unconference 1 in terms of sharing information and takeways after the event.
At the moment, we’re on the hunt for a suitable location in Dublin, and then we’ll open up the old ideas machine.
But, if you have ideas now, then shoot us an e-mail.
Stay tuned.
Yep. There I go again - takeway piece in the magazine. You’ll need a subscription to read it of course…
Localization UnConferencing: ready, shoot, aim
In March 2008, the first Localization UnConference was held in San Mateo, California, at the salesforce .com offices. About 40 participants with an interest in localization turned up to the day-long event to discuss current and emerging localization issues: localization and agile development, the SDL takeover of Idiom, collaborative translation and so on. The UnConference was inspired by my attendance at Mashup Camp (www.mashupcamp.com) in November 2007; Web 2.0, other principles and traditions hijacked from the nonprofit sector; and, as far as I am concerned, a frustration with the current localization conference “scene.”