[Sw-l] Announcing the SignWriting Symposium 2024

Tue Jul 4 14:40:34 UTC 2023

SignWriting List
July 4, 2023

This is so exciting! We are a year away from the SW Symposium 2024, so I guess registration has not be setup yet and everything is on Steve’s shoulders right now. I hope you all can help Steve make this a wonderful Symposium and I will be in the background as much as I can - I am truly grateful that this Symposium will help start a new era online that is very important. I know one important need is more data for software developers to work with - more written SignWriting literature in many sign languages, so I am hoping I can start at least posting some of the many documents that people have been sending to me to post. I am trying to get back to work a little on posting documents - for example the entire Book of Genesis and parts of Exodus have recently been completed in written Signed English - Signed English is "ASL signs in English word order" - written by Ron Dettloff and they are all in PDFs. Are PDFs useful for software development? I ask Amit really - and anyone else who needs more and more written documents - I need to find out if they are in SignPuddle 2 as FSW or SWU - they probably are - anyway I also have the PDFs that Ron has been sending me and I need to post them too...

Val ;-)

Valerie Sutton
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> On Jul 3, 2023, at 5:03 PM, Profo Rubens Almeida <rubens.escritadesinais at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 

>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Val ;-)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Valerie Sutton
>>>>>> sutton at signwriting.org <mailto:sutton at signwriting.org>
>>>>>> SignWriting.org
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> https://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/
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>>>>>>> On Jul 2, 2023, at 1:02 PM, Steve Slevinski <slevin at signpuddle.net <mailto: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 <http://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 <http://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 <http://sutton-signwriting.io/>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Let's together chart the future of sign language at the SignWriting Symposium 2024!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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