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The France Chapter STC will host its annual conference at Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris in Paris, France. The theme is “Communicating Europe.” The conference will celebrate the diversity of technical communication in Europe, and Hans Fenstermacher, an internationally renowned expert in globalization and localization, will deliver the keynote address. Two half-day workshops will be held on Thursday, March 13 for interactive learning experiences. For more information or to register, please e-mail conference@stcfrance.org, or visit the France Chapter STC Web site.

March 14–15 CONFERENCE

The Atlanta Chapter STC will host its annual conference, “Currents 2008,” at the Southern Polytechnic State University campus in Marietta, Georgia. Jean-luc Doumont is scheduled to be one of the conference’s speakers, and Mark Clifford, STC first vice president, will deliver the keynote address. For more information, please contact Dirk Bender, conference manager, or visit the Atlanta Chapter STC Web site.

March 26 LIVE WEB SEMINAR

Richard Sikes, a globalization and localization expert, will present an STC live Web seminar sponsored by across Systems, “How Quality at the Source Affects Global Customer Satisfaction,” from 1 to 2:30 PM ET (13:00 to 14:30 GMT). This seminar focuses on the new trends and technologies that are gaining ground in companies in the forefront of customer communication. Processes that integrate the whole linguistic supply chain will be discussed, with a special focus on authoring assistance. This seminar is available at no cost to STC members only. More details about how to register will be available in mid-March.

March 28 CONFERENCE

The Rochester Chapter STC will hold “Spectrum 2008” at the R.I.T. Inn and Conference Center in Rochester, New York. STC Fellow Ginny Redish, who founded the Document Design Center for the American Institutes for Research in 1979, will serve as keynote speaker. For more information, please contact Linda Beattie, conference chairperson, or visit the Rochester Chapter STC Web site.

April 11 WORKSHOP

The Alberta Chapter STC will host an information design workshop from 9 AM to 4 PM at the Hotel Arts in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. STC Past President and Manager of Conferences Saul Carliner will introduce participants to the principles, processes, and practices of information design, provide a methodology for ensuring that the right users receive the right information at the right time, and demonstrate how to prepare a blueprint for a communication product. For more information, please visit the Alberta Chapter STC Web site.

April 14–15 CONFERENCE

The Manitoba Chapter STC and Red River College will hold their 5th annual technical communication conference at the Red River College Princess Street campus. STC Past President and Manager of Conferences Saul Carliner will serve as keynote speaker. For more information, please contact Brad Friesen, chapter president, or visit the Manitoba Chapter STC Web site.

April 16–18 CONFERENCE

The TransAlpine Chapter STC—representing Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland—will hold its 2008 conference at Hermes Softlab in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The event begins with a one-day workshop on April 16, followed by the two-day conference on April 17–18. For more information, please contact Dan Jones, chapter president, or visit the TransAlpine Chapter STC Web site.

June 1–4 CONFERENCE

STC’s 2008 Technical Communication Summit will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference will feature evaluation workshops and technical sessions in the following tracks: designing and assessing user experiences; developing and delivering content; emerging technologies; producing and publishing information; managing people, projects, and business; developing your skills and promoting your profession; and applying research and theory to practice. In addition, preconference certificate programs—Adobe Boot Camp, Management, Master Writers, Technical Communication 101, Usability and Accessibility, and Design and Development—will be offered, and “Institutes,” conferences-within-the-conference, will explore the areas of instructional design, business development, globalization and localization, and content management in depth.

Howard Rheingold, founding executive editor of HotWired and author of Smart Mobs, The Virtual Community, and Tools for Thought, will be the event’s keynote speaker.

For more information or to register, please visit the STC Web site.

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