By Elango Cheran

On September 28th, Unicode held a webinar on the “Overview of Internationalization and Unicode Projects” for Unicode enthusiasts. More than 180 people across 30 countries joined us for this online event.

The Consortium is pleased to now make available the videos from this event. If you are new to Unicode and internationalization or want an overview of the most recent projects, check out our new YouTube playlist and Technical Quick Start Guide.

Our Technical Leadership and other experts provide a handy overview on such topics as:

• Introduction to Internationalization - Addison Phillips, Internationalization Engineer
  
• Unicode Consortium: Past, Present, and Future - Mark Davis, Cofounder and President
• Scripts and Character Encoding - Deborah Anderson, Chair of the Script Ad Hoc Committee
• Unicode CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository) - Mark Davis and Annemarie Apple, Chair and Vice Chair of the CLDR Committee
• Unicode ICU (International Components for Unicode) - Markus Scherer, Chair of ICU Committee
• Unicode ICU4X 2022 - Shane Carr, Chair of ICU4X Subcommittee

Also included in the playlist is the audience Q&A with Elango Charan, the webinar’s emcee,  and Mark Davis, Cofounder and President of Unicode.

The Unicode Technical Quick Start Guide is also now available. The guide explains what Unicode is, including answering the question, “What is Internationalization and Why it Matters.”  There is also an overview of the technical committees and useful links to more detailed information and how you can get involved.

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The Unicode Consortium is excited to invite you to our upcoming online event, “Overview of Internationalization and Unicode Projects.”

During this ~2-hour event, hear pre-recorded sessions from some of the experts working to ensure that everyone can fully communicate and collaborate in their languages across all software and services. Unicode representatives will be available for live Q&A for the last 30-40 minutes and our emcee throughout will be Elango Cheran of Google.

Topics and speakers include:

1. An Introduction to Internationalization (i18n) - Addison Phillips, Internationalization Engineer
2. Overview of the Unicode Consortium: History and Future - Mark Davis, Cofounder and President
3. Scripts and Character Encoding - Deborah Anderson, Chair of the Script Ad Hoc Committee
4. The Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) - Mark Davis and Annemarie Apple, Chair and Vice Chair of the CLDR Committee
5. International Components for Unicode (ICU) - Markus Scherer, Chair of ICU Committee
6. Bringing Internationalization to More Programming Languages and Resource-Constrained Environments (ICU4X) - Shane Carr, Chair of ICU4X Subcommittee

Date	Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
Time	9:30am (California)/12:30pm (New York)/16:30 (UTC)/17:30 (London)
Location and Cost	Online, free to attend
Registration	Register here. Please freely share this link with colleagues and anyone else who may be interested. Registration will also ensure you will receive updates for future Unicode events.

The recording and a playlist will be available on YouTube later this year for anyone who is unable to attend or if attendees want to share the information with others. Depending on community interest, Unicode project leaders will also be available in November and December for virtual “Office Hours” to talk more in depth and answer specific questions.

The link to share with your networks is: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ViDf3YFyS7WiAXnHYp88kw

Thanks and hope to see many of you on the 28th!

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