Documentation and Multimodality

The Finnish Technical Communications Society is arranging a two-day seminar in Tampere on 4-5 October 2010. This year the seminar theme is Documentation and Multimodality . The aim is to discuss ways in which different modes – text, image, sound and movement – are combined in various technical communication information products targeted at different user groups.

The organisers invite papers on topics such as the following:

• The visualisation of documentation
• Rich media
• Multimodal user interfaces, tools and services
• Localisation, internationalisation, globalisation

In addition, we invite papers on different forms of enterprise in the field and challenges related to them, particularly freelancing and setting up your own company. As in the past, other presentations on technical communication theory and practice are also welcome.

Send your proposal (no more than 400 words) by 16 August 2010 to anne.karppinen@nsn.com. Also give information about the length of your presentation: either 30 + 15 min. (for discussion) or 45 + 15 min. Notification of acceptance will be sent by the end of August. Accepted proposals will be posted on the society website prior to the seminar. Final presentations must be delivered to the same address by 6 September 2010. Seminar presentations will be made available to society members on the society website after the seminar.

In addition to traditional presentations, we invite companies and suppliers to present the latest tools, services and solutions related to technical communication. If your company wants to give a 10minute presentation, send a message to anne.karppinen@nsn.com.

There are two keynote speakers in this year’s seminar: Guy Boy (Chief Scientist for Human Centered Design, NASA, http://www.ihmc.us/groups/gboy/) and Professor Hanna Risku (Danube University Krems, http://www.donau-ni.ac.at/en/universitaet/whois/00793/).

Finnish and English are the working languages of the seminar. Information on registration, payment, accommodation and other practicalities will be posted on the society website and mailing list in September 2010.

If you have any questions, please send them to stvyinfo@stvy.fi.

Seminar program committee