技术信息传播者和语言专家国际会议（tcworld 2015）

8:30

Welcome Coffee and Registration

9:15

Opening and Welcome
Dr. Michael Fritz - CEO tekom
高建忠 Gao Jianzhong -Secretary-General, CAS, China

9:30

Technical Documentation as Part of the Safety Concept of Products
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ISO/IES 82079 – The international standard for technical communication – Definition of product – Definition of product safety – Risk analysis – Three steps to product safety – Safety-related information – Warning messages – The role of technical documentation in product compliance, Example 1: European directives – Example 2: FDA regulations

10:30

State of the Art in International Technical Communication, Part 1: Structured Authoring and Translation
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Structuring methods – XML, the technical standard for storing structured contents – DITA, the most relevant structuring standard for software documentation – Using structured authoring tools – Using translation memories for higher translation quality and for the reduction of translation costs

11:30

State of the Art in International Technical Communication, Part 2: Intelligent Publishing    
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Metadata: making contents intelligent – The use of component-based content management systems – Re-use is king – Managing multi-language translation processes – Publishing to different output media: print, embedded, online and mobile documentation    

12:30

Lunch Break

13:30

Best Practices in China, Part 1
Mr. Fredrik Larsson, Manager, Digital Development, Semcon Sweden 
"Digital Distribution of Product Information (the cutting edge of digital publishing/info distribution platform that connects well with cloud and big data technologies)"

14:30

Best Practises in China, Part 2
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15:30

Tasks, Roles and Competences of Technical Writers (Reference Model)   
Dr. Michael Fritz - CEO tekom

16:30

Panel Discussion: Technical Communication in China    
Moderator: Dr. Michael Fritz - CEO tekom

Panelists:

高建忠 Gao Jianzhong - Secretary-General, CAS China
Mr. Zhijun Gao, Lecturer/Localization Engineer, Peking University
Xudong Wang, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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Topic: The Importance of TechDoc for Chinese Companies

• The positioning of TechDoc departments in Chinese companies
• Use of authoring tools, CCMS, translation memories and other specialized software
• The situation in international companies
• Chinese champions
• Education and training for technical writers

17:30

Closing Discussion

17:45

Networking