Wednesday, April 26, 2017
| Time | Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | Track 4 | Technology Test Kitchen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 – 8:30 | Breakfast and Morning Announcements | ||||
| 8:30 – 9:10 | Taking your content with you—From knowledge base to mobile app Bill Gamboa, Astoria Software & Mark Poston, Congility |
Three Projects—One Important Lesson Joe Gollner, Gnostyx Research |
What is a DITA Style Guide and Why do I need one? Deb Bissantz, Healthwise |
What IT doesn’t know about publishing DITA Chris Nitchie, Titania |
Technology Test Kitchen |
| 9:20– 10:00 | Optimizing search: Stop playing hide and seek with your users Sharon Fingold, ServiceNow & Wendi Pohs, InfoClear |
Project mic drop: Text to speech in micro-learning with the DITA L&T specialization Bob Ryan, Nokia, Suzanne Mescan, Vasont Systems, & Brian Buehling, Dakota Systems |
Scaling quality using Schematron Scott Hudson & Darrel Schultz, Jeppesen |
It’s an Agile world—How to continuously ship documentation Carsten Brennecke, SAP |
Technology Test Kitchen |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Break | ||||
| 10:30 – 11:10 | Taxonomy now! Building a stress-resistant knowledge architecture in your current tools Joe Pairman, Mekon |
Make your Help Portal great again: How changing web technologies offer modern, low cost opportunities for DITA driven sizzle Steve Manning & Morley Tooke, Innovatia |
Hacking the user experience: Actionable UX tips for improving your content Tara Knapp, Lincoln Financial Group & Pam Noreault, SDL |
DITA versus DITA-OT: Who gets the credit (or the blame)? Robert Anderson, IBM |
Technology Test Kitchen |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Using Automation and APIs to simplify the delivery and maintenance of content Jason Chong, SAP |
Getting to yes: Successfully negotiating with your business partners Jill Orofino, Dell EMC |
Specializing DITA for the enterprise Alan Houser, Group Wellesly |
Technology Test Kitchen | |
| 1:30 – 4:30 | Ask The Experts! Location: Mission III Ballroom Is there something you need help with? Is there a problem you can’t find a solution for? If so, bring your question(s) and ask the experts! Stay for a couple of minutes or stay all afternoon. Lunch is not provided by the conference on Wednesday. However, the hotel offers a quick lunch and there are also several fast food options nearby. |
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