icmc

Tuesday September 29
9.00 h	Registration
9.30 h	Welcome • Antoni Mir, Director of Linguamón – House of Languages • Adama Samassekou, President of Maaya Institutional message from UNESCO The International Telecommunications Union The Organisation internationale de la francophonie
10.00 h	Lecture Digital divide, content divide, linguistic divide Moderator: Antoni Mir • Alfonso Gumucio, Communication for social change • Daniel Pimienta, FUNREDES
10.30 h	Lecture The economic, social, cultural and human importance of languages in cyberspace Moderator: Antoni Mir • José Antonio Millán
11.00 h	Coffee break
11.30 h	Lecture Languages in cyberspace: context and figures Marcel Diki-Kidiri, University of Québec in Outaouais
12.00 h	Lecture Languages 2.0: prospective on how languages fit in the evolution of cyberspace • Luis Angel Fernández Hermana
12.30 h	Round Table I International advocates of linguistic diversity in cyberspace UNESCO, IGF, Maaya, etc. Moderator: Alfonso Gumucio • Viola Krebs, IGF • Daniel Prado, MAAYA • Louis Pouzin, Eurolinc • Pietro Sicuro, Francofonia • Alexander Ntoko UIT • Thibault Grouas, Foruminternet.org
13.30 h	Round Table II Internet for the masses: unrestricted promotion, public involvement and projects underway in relation to linguistic diversity and cyberspace Moderator: Ricardo Baeza Yates • Marta Xirinachs, Linguamón Audiovisual • David Franquesa. Tecnologia per tothom, Càtedra UNESCO de sostenibilitat de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. • Dwayne Bayley, PanAfril
14.00 h	Lunch break
16.00 h	Round Table III Immigration, multilingualism and ICT Moderator: Mercè Solé, Linguamón-House of Languages • ICVoluntaris-Barcelona / ICVolontaires-France • Jordi Serrano, UniversalDoctorSpeaker
16.30 h	Round table IV Resources and best practices for managing multilingualism on the internet Moderator: José Antonio Millán • Apertium/ Juan Antonio Pérez Ortiz, Universitat d’Alacant • Nuria Bel, FLARENET • Jerôme Gouadin, Diversum
17.15 h	Round table V The results of the experience of non-country code TLDs. Identification of success stories and pitfalls Moderator: Louis Pouzin • Jordi Iparraguirre, Fundació puntCAT .cat Domain • Ashu Marashinge, Language Observatory • Frederic Monràs: Catalonia Polytechnic University (UPC)

Wednesday September 30
9.30 h	Workshops (simultaneous sessions) Workshop 1 Localisation and international domain names Moderator: Cláudio Menezes Rapporteur: Viola Krebs • Francis Muguet, UNIGE • Dwayne Bayley, PAnAfril • Louis Pouzin, Eurolinc • Jordi Iparraguirre, Fundació PuntCAT Workshop 2 Measuring linguistic diversity in cyberspace Moderator: Daniel Prado • Jerôme Gouadin, Diversum • Frederic Monràs, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Grup de recerca llengües i ciberespai • Ashu Marashinge, LOP • Daniel Pimienta, FUNREDES • Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Yahoo
11.30 h	Coffee break
12.00 h	Workshops (simultaneous sessions) Workshop 3 Translation and language tools Moderator : Vicent Climent Rapporteur : Viola Krebs • Francis Muguet, UNIGE • Ashu Marashinge, LOP • Any Freitas i Philippe Lacour, TRADUXIO • Michel Novovich, UNDL Foundation • Diego Bartolomé, “Ta with you” Workshop 4 Content production, digital literacy and orality Moderator: Pietro Sicuro, OIF Rapporteur: Daniel Prado • Alfonso Gumucio • Luis Angel Fernández Hermana • Daniel Pimienta, FUNREDES • Daniel Prado, Unió Llatina
14.00 h	Lunch break
16.00 h	Plenary session Summary of workshops and open discussion Moderator : Adama Samassékou, Maaya Workshop 1 Localisation and international domain names • Viola Krebs Workshop 2 Gauging linguistic diversity in cyberspace • Jose Antonio Millan Workshop 3 Translation and language tools • Viola Krebs Workshop 4 Content production, digital literacy and orality • Daniel Prado
18.00 h	Closing session Linguistic diversity and cyberspace: looking ahead • Jordi Bosch i Garcia , Information Society and Communications • Adama Samassekou, president of Maaya • Antoni Mir, director of Linguamón – House of Languages