3di sponsors Technical Communication UK

LATEST UPDATE: This years conference looks like being the best attended for many years. If you haven't booked your place yet, you better get in contact with the conference team soon! Visit the Technical Communication web site.

Technical Communication UK (TCUK) is the annual conference that enables technical authors, illustrators, and translators—along with their managers and clients—to gather and exchange views on best working practices and new trends. It is also an ideal opportunity for networking and to meet many industry experts. 3di is a proud sponsor at this hugely popular event, which is organised by the ISTC.

Technical Communication UK 2010 - registration now open!

This year's conference at the Oxford Belfry Hotel on 21-23 September will build on last years hugely successful event. Registration is now open on the conference website - we recommend you book early to be sure of your place.

Technical Communication UK 2010 will deliver more than 30 sessions over three days, with presentations, workshops, case studies, and hands-on product demonstrations from experts in their field. For fully residential delegates in the 4-star Oxford Belfry hotel, this is all available for less than £500.

It has been confirmed that Indi Liepa (IT Manager and XML Concept Owner) of Nokia will be this year's opening Keynote Speaker. Indi will provide an insight into how Nokia meets its huge and complex technical information challenge: that is, to meet the small and simple needs of each and every customer. She has over 20 years experience in documentation as a technical writer, technical trainer, information designer, project manager, information architect, content management architect and enteprise architect.

3di will be exhibiting at the conference through out the three days and will be available to discuss our services in Technical Authoring, Information Design, Localization and Translation. Our very own Daljit Hanspal and Rob Sexstone will also be presenting a seminar on the challenges of localizing e-Learning material, covering topics such as:

• Optimal preparation of e-learning source for localization
• Localization testing and how to pre-empt last minute surprises
• Localization QA process automation
• Latest trends in tools for handling XML localization, review and QA
• Challenges in e-learning localization and how to predict and manage costs

If you are interested in speaking, being a sponsor or exhibiting you can find out more about these opportunities on the Technical Communication Conference website.

Technical Communication UK 09 - a huge success

This year's event was held at the Mickleover Hotel in Derby on 22nd–24th September and featured over 40 workshops and presentations. With over 150 delegates and 20 exhibitors, the feedback on the quality and value of the conference has been tremendous. Here are just a few comments: