Conference Program
Thursday, October 25

Time Hall 1
4:30 pm Registrations
6:00 pm Opening ceremony and welcome reception

Preconference workshops begin on October 25, at 9:30 am. To view detailed information on the preconference workshops, click here.


Friday, October 26

Time Grande Sala Sala de Banquete HRL Boardroom Tools Booth
9:00 - 9:45 am Registrations      
10:00 - 10:45 am Get ready for the next wave, Brian Keefe, EMC      
10:45 - 11:30 am Strategies for succeeding in a global documentation team, Francisco Abedrabbo, Oracle If you agree, click "No!", Suman Kumar, Dell Demystifying localization, S Ravi Kumar, Sun Using FrameMaker to publish online Help and PDF with one click, Gyaneshwar Talwar, Persistent
11:30 - 12:00 pm Break      
12:00 - 12:45 pm Debate     Rubicon - An XQuery-based Framework for Intelligent Help Systems, Titash Neogi, Symantec
12:45 - 1:00 pm Group Photo      
1:00 - 2:00 pm        
2:00 - 2:45 pm Collaborative content development through communities, Shripad M. Patki/Peter Fernandez, Sun Test plans as a source of improving documentation quality, Rachna Ganguli/Shilpa Sharma, Cadence From good to great: what it takes to be a great Tech Pubs manager, Denise Kiser, Vmware FrameMaker 8.0 + RoboHELP 7.0, Vivek Jain/Akshay Madan, Adobe
2:45 - 3:30 pm Introducing Adobe Technical Communication Suite, Vivek Jain, Adobe     
3:30 - 4:00 pm Break      
4:00 - 5:00 pm State of the union: technical writing in India (panel discussion), Fred Menezes, Siemens PLM Software     Designing Tables & Skins That Conform To Corporate Standards, Shalini Thakkur, Manhattan Associates
5:00 - 5:30 pm   Technical communication quiz prelims    
5:30 - 7:00 pm     STC India Annual General Meeting. Open to STC India members only.  
7:00 pm onwards Gala Dinner      



Saturday, October 27

Time Grande Sala Sala de Banquete HRL Boardroom Tools Booth
10:00 - 10:45 am Tools, communication, process: the keys to a global, collaborative Technical Publications organization, Manmohan/Jayalakshmi, CA      
10:45 - 11:30 am The business management lessons I learnt from my gardening hobby, Makarand Pandit, Technowrites Usability evaluation of Help, Anupama G/Jayalakshmi M, Amit B, Infosys Documentation tools for technical writing 2.0, Suraj Jayan, HP Automating FrameMaker Tasks using FrameScript, Surbhi Singhal, ST Microelectronics
11:30 - 12:00 pm Break      
12:00 - 12:45 pm Makeover of information management systems - DITA migration strategy, Jyothi Jandhyala, BEA Creating readers by capturing and delivering documentation in Question and Answer format, Nandini Gupta, Cadence E-learning through gaming, Surag Ramachandran, Honeywell Using FrameMaker to publish online Help and PDF with one click, Gyaneshwar Talwar, Persistent
12:45 - 1:30 pm Technical communication Quiz, Edwin Skau, Juniper     Designing Tables & Skins That Conform To Corporate Standards, Shalini Thakkur, Manhattan Associates
1:30 - 2:30 pm Lunch Managers forum    
2:30 - 3:15 pm The truth about blogging, Dr Manjula Kandula, Sun A technical editor's job, Sankara Rajnala, Cisco   Rubicon - An XQuery-based Framework for Intelligent Help Systems, Titash Neogi, Symantec
3:15 - 3:30 pm Closing formalities      
3:30 - 3:45 pm Break      
3:45 - 4:30 pm Closing session - Illusionist Edmundo