[Sigia-l] Documentation and Training - April 18-21, 2007 - Vancouver

[Scott Abel]

Documentation and Training: The User Experience Comes To Vancouver

The 8th Annual Documentation and Training Conference held for the  
first time on the west coast in beautiful downtown Vancouver, BC.  
This year, we focus on the increasing importance of the user  
experience in our work as technical communication and training  
professionals. Specifically, we focus our energies on the new tools  
and emerging technologies that are changing customer expectations  
including: structured blogging, wikis, user-generated content,  
podcasting, hosted content management, YouTube, AJAX, Flex, the  
Semantic Web, DITA, S1000D, experience design, information  
architecture, and XML syndication. Each of these hot topics are  
creating new career opportunities for technical communicators and  
changing the expectations of the users we serve.

The workshops, presentations, and roundtable discussions we have  
lined up for you are lead by the best and brightest practitioners in  
our industry. Each presenter has committed to providing you with a  
top-notch educational experience loaded with practical information  
that you can use when you return to work. Registration price includes  
FREE pre- and post-conference half-day workshops (Adobe Captivate,  
the Darwin Information Typing Architecture, Information Architecture,  
Taxonomy Development, and Managing and Delivering Dynamic,  
Personalized Content.

Whether you can attend the entire show or not, you'll want to stop by  
our Technology Showcase -- it's free (thanks to the folks at Adobe  
Systems and Astoria Software). Our Technology Showcase is a one-stop  
shop for anyone looking for new software tools or services. Software  
vendors and service providers will be on hand to demonstrate their  
tools and tout their latest service offerings. And, of course,  
there's free food (and later in the day -- cocktails!)

Our keynote speaker, angel investor and structured content guru Salim  
Ismail, rounds out the event. He will deliver an exciting and thought- 
provoking message about the future of the XML publish/subscribe model  
of content delivery and its impact on the way we work today and in  
the near future. Other featured speakers include: Ann Rockley,  
Bernard Aschwanden, Neil Perlin, and Vancouverites Kevin Shoesmith,  
Rahel Bailie and Emma Hamer.

Check out the schedule: http://www.doctrain.com

Questions? Contact Scott Abel at 317-466-1840 or via email  
abelsp at netdirect.net.

Hope to see you there!

Scott Abel
The Content Wrangler, Inc.
6178 Crittenden Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46220 USA
+1 317-466-1840
skype: abelsp
email: abelsp at netdirect.net
web: www.thecontentwrangler.com
DOCUMENTATION & TRAINING: THE USER EXPERIENCE
APR 18-21, 2007 ~ Vancouver BC
Learn more: http://www.doctrain.com