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Subject:(Fwd) TKE'99 Last Call for Papers From:"Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 Oct 1998 05:16:29 -0600
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>Last Call for Papers
>(deadline for submissions: 30 November 1998)
>
>5th International Congress
>on Terminology and Knowledge Engineering
>TKE ?99
>Innsbruck (Austria)
>23-27 August 1999
>organized by
>Association for Terminology and Knowledge Transfer (GTW)
>International Information Centre for Terminology (Infoterm)
>International Network for Terminology (TermNet)
>
>http://gtw-org.uibk.ac.at/tke.html
>
>
>General considerations
>
>On behalf of the Association for Terminology and Knowledge Transfer -
>Gesellschaft für Terminologie und Wissenstransfer (GTW) - we are
>pleased to announce the 5th International Congress on Terminology and
>Knowledge Engineering TKE '99 which will be held on the campus of the
>University of Innsbruck, Austria, between 23-27 August, 1999.
>
>General schedule
>
>While Monday and Tuesday are reserved for workshops, the main
>conference with parallel sections and the exhibition will be held from
>Wednesday to Friday. The conference starts with a general opening on
>Wednesday morning. The keynote address "Conceptual navigation in
>Multimedia Knowledge Spaces" will be held by Prof. Kim Veltman from
>the renowned European McLuhan Institute for Digital Culture in
>Maastricht. The second 'International Infoterm Award for Applied
>Research and Development in the field of Terminology' (Terminology ARD
>Award 1999) will be awarded in conjunction with the TKE ?99. There
>will also be the 13th GTW general assembly, meetings of the IITF,
>TermNet and a TDCNet presentation. A high-ranking Multimedia Summit is
>planned for the day after the TKE.
>
>Sections
>
>The conference is subdivided into sections and workshops. The first
>will address theoretical problems and questions regarding each topic
>whereas the workshops cater for more application-oriented issues. The
>following sections are planned for TKE '99; the persons mentioned are
>organizers and members of the reviewing panel.
>
>Section 1: Philosophy of Science and Terminology Studies
>E. Oeser, G. Budin
>
>Section 2: Knowledge Resource Management
>KD. Schmitz, S.E. Wright, I. Meyer
>
>Section 3: Knowledge Transfer by Specialist Communication
>H. Picht, S. Shelov, J. Graham
>
>Section 4: Terminology in Multimedia, Education and Training
>C Galinski, K. Prochazka, T. Cabré i Castellvi, H. Sonneveld
>
>Section 5: Terminology, Localisation and Internationalization
>A. Melby, S.E. Wright, K.H. Freigang
>
>Section 6: Terminology in new World Wide Web applications
>K. Ahmad, F. Mayer, C. Plested Alvarez
>
>Section 7: Terminology in the Multilingual Information Society
>C. Lauren, Y. Arsky, J. Myking
>
>Section 8: Culture in the Multimedia Information Society
>H. Benking, A. Goppold, G. Budin
>
>Submitted Papers
>
>The overall time for presentations including time for discussion will
>be 30 minutes. The papers may be presented in English, German or
>French while the submitted written version for the proceedings should
>be in English.
>
>According to the time schedule above some 50 papers (including the
>keynote speech at the general opening and the second keynote address
>on Thursday morning) will be presented at TKE '99.
>
>The abstracts should be sent preferably by e-mail
>(peter -dot- sandrini -at- uibk -dot- ac -dot- at), a submission form is available on the TKE
>home page at http://gtw-org.uibk.ac.at/tke.html, by mail or by fax.
>
>Authors are asked to provide an abstract of their papers to the
>organizer by 30 November 1998, at the latest. They will have time
>until 30 March 1999 to submit the full version, which will be
>processed for publication in the proceedings and printed prior to the
>Congress.
>
>Proceedings
>
>The Proceedings of TKE '99 will be published in advance by TermNet.
>There will be one volume of the Proceedings including all papers in
>topic order. The proceedings will be available for the participants at
>the beginning of the Congress.
>
>Workshops
>
>Workshops within the framework of the Congress are held on Monday and
>Tuesday. Several workshops in correspondence with the section topics
>either with a more application-oriented or research-oriented emphasis
>are planned.
>
>Exhibition
>
>Within the framework of the general TKE Conference an exhibition /
>fair will be organized from Wednesday through Friday and coordinated
>by TermNet. The conditions for exhibitors will be available from
>TermNet.
>
>Location
>
>The workshops on Monday and Tuesday as well as the congress itself are
>planned to be held in the rooms of the University of Innsbruck.
>Detailed plans for venues, lunches, exhibition etc. will be given
>later.
>
>TKE Youth Forum
>
>Students and young graduates interested in terminology and knowledge
>engineering will be welcome to the TKE conference and a special
>package (TKE Youth Forum) will be available which comprises: · reduced
>congress fee · reduced workshop fee · admission to the Youth Forum
>
>This special package applies to students and graduates with a degree
>not older than three years. A photocopy of the student ID or passport
>is required.
>
>Congress fees
>
>Detailed information on Congress fees will be given in the program to
>be printed and distributed at the beginning of 1999. For the speakers
>accepted, a reduction of 50% will be allowed. Conference participants
>requesting a reduced fee will have to provide adequate proof.
>
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>Pre-registrations:
>
>Tyrol Congress GmbH
>Rennweg 3, A-6020 Innsbruck
>Tel. +43+512/575600
>Fax: +43+512/575607
>email: tyrol -dot- congress -at- tirol -dot- com
>
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>Contributions and Abstracts:
>
>Gesellschaft für Terminologie und Wissenstransfer (GTW)
>Universität Innsbruck
>Fischnalerstr. 4 A-6020 Innsbruck (Austria)
>Tel. +43 512 507 4261
>Fax +43 512 507 2966
>http://gtw-org.uibk.ac.at
>email: Peter -dot- Sandrini -at- uibk -dot- ac -dot- at
>
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>PETER SANDRINI Institut fuer Uebersetzen und Dolmetschen
>TEL +43 0512 507 4261 der Universitaet Innsbruck (Austria)
>Fax " 2966
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Eric J. Ray RayComm, Inc. http://www.raycomm.com/ ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com
*Award-winning author of several popular computer books
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*Technology Department Editor, _Technical Communication_