Tuesday, 13 November 2007

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome
JoAnn Hackos, Director
The Center for Information-Development Management

09:15 - 10:15

Keynote Presentation
DITA in Europe: Who, How and Why?
Julian Murfitt , Mekon Ltd.

10:15 - 10:30 — Break

10:30 - 11:30

Developing a Solid Publishing Automation Strategy
Bret Freeman, JustSystems

Reuse 1.1: Conref, Ditaval, and Chunking
Michael Priestley, IBM Corporation

11:30 - 12:30

Meeting Technical Documentation Challenges with DITA and CMS
Celia Marsh, Apertio
Yves Rombauts, Trisoft

OAXAL — Beyond DITA
Andrzej Zydroń, XML-INTL

12:30 - 13:30 — Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

Did DITA Cross the Chasm?
DITA in the Light of the Technology Adoption Life-Cycle:
Just a Hype or Ready for You?
Gunnar H. Krause, Qimonda AG

Formatting DITA with XSL–FO
Michael Miller, Antenna House

14:30 - 15:30

DITA, Instructional Design, and Human Learning Processes
Timo Nevalainen, Citec Information

Accelerating DITA
Marc Speyer, Stilo International

15:30 - 16:00 — Break

16:00 - 17:00

Using DITA for Designing and Delivering
Training Material
Vince Savard, PTC

Open Source Wikis:
A New Platform for Technical Writing Groups
Peter Dykstra, MetaphorX, LLC

17:00 - 18:00

Art of Short Description
Kristen James Eberlein, Systems Documentation, Inc.

DITA Rapid Prototyping with the IBM Task Modeler
Alan Houser, Group Wellesley, Inc.

Wednesday, 14 November 2007

08:45 - 09:00

Welcome
JoAnn Hackos, Director
Center for Information-Development Management

09:00 - 10:00

Reuse or Die Trying?
Reorganising Your Thinking for DITA Success
Ben Noz Urbina, Mekon, Ltd.

Dynamic Interactive Technical Authoring:
Bringing Your Style Guide to Life
Terry Lawlor, SDL International

10:00 - 10:30 — Break

10:30 - 11:30

DITA and the Machine Industry
Christian Kravogel, SeicoDyne GmbH

Using FrameMaker 8 and DITA — From Conversion to Publication
Mark Poston, Mekon, Ltd.

11:30 - 12:30

DITA Best Practices
Karsten Schrempp, Dokuwerk Gundlach & Partner

A Technical Writer's Confession on How to Move from Traditional Topic-Based Writing to DITA
Eva Lemaire, Agfa HealthCare

12:30 - 13:30 — Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

Practical Experience with the DITA Application Pack
Markus Abt, Comet Computer GmbH
Sissi Closs, Comet Computer GmbH

DITA Implementation: Models in Shifting from Unstructured (FrameMaker or Word) to DITA
Katriel Reichman, Method M Ltd.

14:30 - 15:30

Quality Assurance in DITA Framework
Andrew Bredenkamp, acrolinx
Oliver Collmann, acrolinx

Confessions of a Software Company: Using Our Own Tools to Create DITA-Based User Guides
Gary L. Schaffer, Inmedius

15:30 - 16:00 — Break

16:00 - 17:00

Content Applications in the Wild — The Path to DITA Success
Paul Preuveneers, Mark Logic UK

Extending DITA: The Open Toolkit and its Plug-ins
Ellyn Larson, Portalyx

17:00 - 18:00

Keynote - Information Development in a Flat World
JoAnn Hackos, Comtech Services, Inc.