[Sw-l] Announcing the SignWriting Symposium 2024

Tue Jul 4 00:03:37 UTC 2023

Hello Steve!
Many thanks for your guidance!
I would like to get registered. I look forward to the opening of
registration on the site.
It's good that we will have plenty of time to prepare.
Hug to everyone!

Em seg., 3 de jul. de 2023 às 10:50, Steve Slevinski <slevin at signpuddle.net>
escreveu:

> Hi Rubens,
>
> I'm glad you like the idea and are willing to participate.
>
> About language, I was thinking your language, your country.  Although, if
> you want to present in English, that would be fine. Depends who you are
> targeting with your presentation.
>
> Presenters will register by country, signed language, spoken language, and
> subtrack.  They will be assigned alphabetic letters starting at "a".
> Presenters can register multiple times.
>
> So for you, you could register for Brazil with Libras and Portuguese or
> ASL and English for the Teachers subtrack.
>
> * br - Brazil
> * bzs - Libras
> * pt - Portuguese
> * ase - ASL
> * en - English
> * ii - Subtrack 2 - Teachers
>
> We will communicate by email or whats app, and I will send you your
> official registrations of br-bzs-pt-ii-c (because two people registered
> before you) and br-ase-en-ii-a (because you are the first).
>
> Each registered presenter can have multiple presentations. Each
> presentation will add a number to the presenter's registration like
> br-bzs-pt-ii-a-1.
>
> Each presentation will have meta data and one or more of the following:
> * cover image
> * URL
> * video, 5 to 30 minutes
> * zip file of organized presentation material
>
> If you want to appear on the website, registration will be open soon.  If
> you want to zoom during the symposium, we can set up a time.  For an
> English zoom conversation, we can ask Val if she'd like to attend.  For a
> sign language conversation, I'd have to ask Adam Frost if he's available to
> attend during that week or some other time.
>
> We have a year to prepare.  My weekend SignWriting office hours will be
> full.
> * SignWriting Symposium 2024 organization
> * Sutton-SignWriting.io website rewrite
> * Sutton SignWriting Web Components
> * Amazon Web Services infrastructure
>
> Sounds exciting,
> -Steve
>
>
> On 7/2/23 10:18 PM, Profo Rubens Almeida wrote:
>
> Hello everybody!
> Wow!
> What a wonderful new!
> I look forward to participating in this event.
> The dates are excellent for the Brazilian community.
> One question, should the presentation of the video be in English? Should
> it be accessible in ASL? What are the guidelines in this regard?
> Thank you very much for everyone's attention!
> Hugs!
>
> Em dom., 2 de jul. de 2023 às 20:20, Steve Slevinski <
> slevin at signpuddle.net> escreveu:
>
>> Hi Amit,
>>
>> Yeah, probably fully remote.  I'm not opposed to an actual event, but the
>> amount of effort and expense is an issue.
>>
>> That being said, if it's possible to have a real world event, I would be
>> thrilled.
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>> On 7/2/23 5:05 PM, Amit Moryossef wrote:
>>
>> I think this is a lovely idea, and the should be generally ok.
>> Zoom only (fully remote) sounds like what you are suggesting. Is there
>> any interest in an in-person meeting + zoom?
>>
>> Amit
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 12:14 AM Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> SignWriting List
>>> July 2, 2023
>>>
>>> The tentative dates of July 15-18, 2024, for the SignWriting Symposium
>>> 2024, seem like good dates because there are no religious holidays at that
>>> time. I just checked and Ramadan and other religious holidays seem to be in
>>> March and April or at other months but not those dates -
>>>
>>> How is July 15-18, 2024 for all of you?
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Valerie_Signature_5.jpg]
>>>
>>> Val ;-)
>>>
>>> Valerie Sutton
>>> sutton at signwriting.org
>>> SignWriting.org
>>>
>>> SW List Archives:
>>> https://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/
>>>
>>> _____________________
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 2, 2023, at 1:02 PM, Steve Slevinski <slevin at signpuddle.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jonathan and SW-List,
>>>
>>> I'm still in the early stages of deciding dates and formats.  I'm open
>>> to suggetions.  I know my part will be on Zoom and video releases on
>>> youtube.  The sutton-signwriting.io website will coordinate the
>>> event(s) when it's ready.
>>>
>>> Tentatively, July 15-18, 2024, I will be scheduling zoom meetings with
>>> presenters and contributors.  If anyone wants to have an event that same
>>> week, I'd be happy to appear at their event via zoom or other platform to
>>> discuss and share.
>>>
>>> I am still working on the website rewrite, but the symposium idea has
>>> helped tie it together.  I will have the first rewrite available soon with
>>> email and whats app integration.  After that, I'll continue work on the
>>> Amazon Web Services platform rewrite.
>>>
>>> All SignWriting related information is welcome and can be submitted to
>>> the SignWriting Symposium 2024 and/or to the Sutton-SignWriting.io website.
>>>
>>> Work in progress,
>>> -Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/2/23 2:24 PM, Jonathan Duncan wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>>     It will be a very interesting symposium.  Have you decided on any
>>> dates yet?
>>> On 7/2/2023 12:35 PM, Steve Slevinski wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi SignWriting list at linguistlist.org,
>>>
>>> Now that I'm posting to the right list...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Announcing: SignWriting Symposium 2024! **Details to follow on
>>> sutton-signwriting.io <http://sutton-signwriting.io>*
>>>
>>> *Four tracks*:
>>>
>>> 1) Growth
>>> 2) Technology
>>> 3) Data
>>> 4) Platforms
>>>
>>>
>>> *Fifteen subtracks*:
>>>
>>>
>>> *Growth: *
>>>
>>> *i. Students*
>>> *ii. Teachers*
>>> *iii. Writers*
>>> *iv. Researchers*
>>> *v. Other*
>>>
>>>
>>> *Technology: *
>>>
>>> *vi. Fonts*
>>> *vii. Software*
>>> *viii. Machine Learning/AI*
>>> *ix. Other*
>>>
>>>
>>> *Data: *
>>>
>>> *x. Character Encodings*
>>> *xi. Schemas*
>>> *xii. Datasets*
>>> *xiii. Other*
>>>
>>>
>>> *Platforms: *
>>>
>>> *xiv. Sutton SignWriting Resources*
>>> *xv. Wikimedia*
>>> *xvi. Other*
>>>
>>> Participation will be by country and language.
>>>
>>> We are reaching out to invite all interested individuals—educators,
>>> researchers, developers, and enthusiasts—to share their work, thoughts, and
>>> innovations in the form of URLs, documents, code, data, and video
>>> presentations ranging from 5 to 30 minutes.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Your Contribution, Your Voice*
>>>
>>> We encourage submissions that approach these topics from various angles:
>>>
>>> *Applications*: Share unique, inspiring, and practical applications of
>>> SignWriting across diverse contexts.
>>>
>>> *Vision for the Future*: Envision the future of SignWriting. What new
>>> directions and developments could emerge?
>>>
>>> *Success Stories*: Share your inspiring stories of success and
>>> breakthroughs with SignWriting.
>>>
>>> *Research Potential*: Explore potential research areas that could bring
>>> about new insights and revelations in the field of SignWriting.
>>>
>>> *Alternative Designs*: Propose and discuss innovative alternative
>>> designs that could redefine the field.
>>>
>>> *Criticism*: Share your constructive criticism of Sutton SignWriting's
>>> current state.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Join us in examining the current state of Sutton SignWriting and
>>> collaboratively shaping its future.
>>>
>>> At the Sutton SignWriting Symposium 2024, every voice matters in the
>>> journey of refining and revolutionizing sign language documentation and
>>> representation. We look forward to your unique contributions and to driving
>>> thoughtful, productive discussions.
>>>
>>> If you are interested in participating, registration will soon be open
>>> on sutton-signwriting.io
>>>
>>> Let's together chart the future of sign language at the SignWriting
>>> Symposium 2024!
>>>
>>>
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