The LISA Forum Europe, December 8-11 in Dublin, will exclusively focus on business globalization standards and the costs of operating without them. LISA have just released a call for speakers. The list of the Forum's main topics is given below. For further information, contact Michael Anobile, LISA Managing Director. www.lisa.org

You can download the speaker proposal form at: http://www.lisa.org/SpeakerProposal.812.0.html

The LISA Forum Europe topics include:

• Concrete Steps for Incorporating Standards into Enterprise Content Management Systems
• Benchmarking Your Globalization Engineering and Workflow Processes
• Translation Automation Standards: What is Feasible Today and What Will It Take to Implement?
• How Can Standard Methods (Best Practice) Enable More Companies to Use MT More Efficiently?
• Content Creation Standards: Current Practices for Product Globalization
• How Authoring and Content Standards Impact Automated Translation and Workflow Technologies
• Global Information Management Metrics: Standardizing on Consistent Cost Estimation Procedures
• Multimedia Localization Projects: Guidelines for Creators
• Participating in LISA Standards Committees (SIGs): Requirements, Time, Procedures and Results
• How New Markets, Media and Product Requirements are Challenging Conventional Localization Production Models
• Lessons Learned: How has Ireland's Localization Business Changed?
• The Evolution of Language Service Providers
• Impact of Outsourcing/Offshoring Models