Also in recognition of the importance of the Asian market, the LISA Forum Asia: China Focus (March 31–April 3), held in collaboration with IDEAlliance, is focusing on the growth of trade (particularly in the Asia-Pacific region) as facilitated by open standards and language technology. There is still time to sign up for this event to learn about the growing role of China and other emerging markets in the global economy and the GILT industry.

Outsourcing has been an increasingly important issue in recent months, both economically and politically. India is one of the preferred locations for outsourcing, but for many “an understanding of the localization process, along with its required tools and technology, is lacking” (for more information see Localization in India: Is the Market Ready?). The LISA Workshops India (April 7–9) provide an economical way to provide Asia-based staff with expert training from the best trainers in the GILT industry on a variety of topics ranging from Internationalization and Web Site localization to Unicode.

Download your copy of the LISA Localization Industry Primer or sign up for the LISA Forum Asia or LISA Workshops India today! And don’t forget to plan now to attend the LISA Forum Russia and Outsourcing Localization Summit in St. Petersburg (June 9–11), LISA Global Strategies Summit in San Francisco (June 21–24) and LISA Forum Europe in Brussels (October 6–8).

* LISA would like to thank its members LDS, WH&P, text&form, TechWord, Arabize, WordWide and Hermes Traducciones for the generous support that has made localization of the Localization Industry Primer possible.