The IWIPS 99 program includes peer reviewed paper presentations, keynote and invited speakers, breakout working sessions on key I18N topics, and last but not the least, International Dinner and Dance.

The workshop will have multiple tracks in product design, user interface design, usability testing, web design, and cultural aspects. Presenters at the workshop include well known academicians as well as industries/design firms such as Nokia, Honeywell, Siemens, AT& T Labs, Microsoft, Lucent Technologies, and Eastman Kodak. The presenters at the workshop will represent countries such as from Taiwan, Australia, India, Mexico, Japan, Germany, Finland, United Kingdom, Canada and the USA. Currently following peer reviewed presentations are accepted for presentation at the workshop:

1. Laws and the Internet, Nuray Aykin, AT&T Labs, USA
2. Using Color to Facilitate the Internationalization and Localization of User Interfaces, Chien-Hsiung Chen, Tatung Institute of Technology, Taiwan
3. "Cross-cultural" or "Intercultural" - some findings on International Usability Testing, Pia Honald, Siemens AG, Germany
4. Global User Experience: Honor the Past, Better the Future, Dan Harel, Eastman Kodak Company, USA
5. Questionnaire Development for Multicultural Data Collection, Donald Day, Towson University, USA
6. Authoring Tools and Cultural Diversity, Elke Duncker, Middlesex University, UK
7. Globalization and User-Interface Design for the Web, Aaron Marcus, USA
8. Internationalization and Localization of Educational Software, Paula Bourges-Waldegg, Mexico
9. Assigning Safety Functions to Products During Design - A Cultural Perspective, Tracy Strik, University of Windsor, Canada
10. Cross-cultural Understanding of Interface Design: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Icon Recognition, Vanessa Evers, Open University, UK
11. Internationalizing Inferno, Steve Wang, Lucent Technologies, USA
12. Using Design Rationale to Manage Culture-Bound Metaphors for International User Interfaces, John Carroll, Virginia Tech, USA
13. The Cross-Cultural User Interface Initiative at Honeywell, Tom Plotcher, USA
14. Mobile Communication Device for International Use - Exploring Cultural Diversity through Contextual Inquiry, Ruuska Saato, Nokia, Finland
15. ColorTool: The Cross Cultural Meanings of Color, Surya Vanka, Microsoft Corporation, USA
16. A Quick and Dirty User Profiling Technique, Apala Chavan, India
17. Tips for International Evaluation of Localized User Interfaces, Christina Modica, Kodak Boston Development Center, USA
18. Lessons Learned from Internationalizing a Global Resource, Debbie Hysell, OCLC, USA
19. Product Internationalization: Designers need a More Expansive View, Richard Branham, USA
20. Human Computer Interface Design for Industrial Process Operators in the Coastal Provinces of Mainland China, Ushnish Sengupta, USA
21. Getting back on line: Designing for Universal Access for the Information Age, Lisa Hood, Australia
22. A Collaborative Process for Creating International Products, Lorraine Justice, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

• Carl Kohrt, Chief Operating Office, Eastman Kodak Company, NY
• David Johnston, Johnston and Associates, Sarasota, Florida
• William Bullock, Prof. and Managing Director, Collaborative Product Development Lab, GIT, Atlanta, GA
• Heiko Sachar, GVO Inc, Palo Alto
• Prof. Donald Day, Towson University, Baltimore

The workshop committee is also planning to have multiple breakout sessions to discuss internationalization issues related to product design, user interface design, usability testing, and cultural aspects. The Chair for each of these breakout session will lead the discussions with a brief 5 minutes presentation on the issue and moderate the discussions. Based on the discussions, the group will also submit a 3-5 page report along with the participants list. The
report will be published in the workshop proceedings either as a campanion or integrally.

The evening of May 21 holds a fun-filled event with International Dinner and Folk Dances. We are planning on a having talented artists from the Western New York area perform Eastern European (German, Israeli, Hungarian, Russian), Asian (Chinese, Indian, and Japanese), and Afrian/Brazilian dances. After the performances, workshop delegates will have a chance to particpate and learn dances from different cultures.

Delgates are welcome to come dressed in their ETHNIC attire for the May 21 evening Dinner.

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