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CONFERENCE: STC Region 2 Conference, London, 13-14 October 2006
The Region 2 Conference pages on the STC UK web site at http://www.stcuk.org/R2conf now include details of the exciting line-up of speakers for the STC Conference that is taking place in London on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 October 2006. There is also an online booking form, with early-bird booking discounts for STC members.
Among the leading speakers addressing the conference are Sarah O'Keefe, analysing the business case for XML implementation, Ian Larner of IBM telling us about DITA, Patrick Hoffmann examining the Return on Investment aspects of usability and information design, and we even have the inside track on the new Windows Vista operating system.......
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