<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I wanted to pass along the message below on behalf of the Unicode Consortium. Having participated in past years, this event is a great opportunity for humanists working on writing and technology to engage with script/language communities, technologists, and policymakers. </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Feel free to write to me with any questions, and mind the upcoming deadline for abstracts of <b>June 1st.</b> </div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">---</div><br></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:24px"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Call for Proposals Now Open!<br></span></span><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Unicode’s

 annual conference is leaving the Bay Area for the first time in over 

twenty years, taking place this year in Nancy, France. The event is 

being organized in partnership with the Missing Scripts collaborative, 

which includes the Script Encoding Initiative at UC Berkeley, the 

Atelier National de Recherche Typographique in Nancy, and the Institut 

Designlabor Gutenberg in Mainz. Our theme this year is <a href="https://www.unicode.org/events/utw/2026/"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Unicode in the World</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">.

 This can stand for many things –  the role of Unicode’s standards, 

algorithms, and data as used across various technology stacks, or 

perhaps the diverse experiences with text technologies by internet users

 around the world.<br><br>We invite you to submit proposals to be part of this exciting program. </span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">The deadline for submissions is June 1st, 2026.<br><br></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Two types of submissions are possible:<br>– </span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Tutorials: </span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">one or more 90-minute slots for interactive, workshop-style classes meant to build relevant skills<br>– </span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Sessions: </span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">a 45-minute slot for a delivered talk, encompassing research seminars, case studies, and more<br><br>Please take a look at the key dates below, and share widely with your networks!<br><br></span></span></span></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">May 15</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">: Early Bird Registration opens<br></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">June 1: </span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Call for Submissions closes<br></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">June 23: </span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Session hosts notified<br></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">August 1:</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"> Early Bird Registration closes<br></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">August 2:</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"> Regular Registration opens<br></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">October 20-21: </span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">UTW 2026 —Tutorials<br></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">October 22-23: </span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">UTW 2026 —Sessions</span></span></span></span></em></div><div><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Submit a proposal here: </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.unicode.org/events/utw/2026/sessions/">https://www.unicode.org/events/utw/2026/sessions/</a></b></div><div><em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span></span></em></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Anushah Hossain</b></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Research Director, Script Encoding Initiative</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://sei.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">sei.berkeley.edu</a></font></div><span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></font></div></div></div>