Conference Topics Presented

  1. Introduction to the World of Wycliffe
    • Magnitude of the existing need for Bible translation
    • Understanding the Wycliffe Family of Organizations
    • Wycliffe servants -what do they do?
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  2. Technology Overview
    • How technology is used
    • Tools available
  3. Technology Demo
    • Speech Analyzer (real-time phonetic analysis)
    • Adapt-It (automated translation)
    • Other software as time permits
  4. ITS Live: Live Tour of Computer Services
    (if conference is held at a center)
    • Enterprise Business Systems
      • Administrative, business, insurance, finance software
      • Complexity of systems critical to operations
    • Field Communication Challenges
      • Challenges on the field
      • Tools we use
    • International Training
      • The realities of training non-Western working partners
      • Methods and types of training resources
    • A Day in the Life
      • Live interview with a Wycliffe IT worker
      • Focus on the IT life of a Wycliffe "field" environment
      • Opportunity for live Q & A
    • Challenging Language Scripts
      • The Non-Roman Script Initiative (NRSI)
      • Wycliffe, Bible translation and Unicode
      • The digital realities of writing-system creation, rendering and use
      bible translation software
    • Language and Translation Software
      • Range of software and its uses
      • Live demonstrations
    • From Inquirer to IT Missionary
      • Step-by-step process
      • What is required
      • Determining assignment
    • Dynamics of IT Volunteering
      • Various types of involvement
      • Examples of volunteering
    • The Great IT Commission
      • The modern world's changing missions environment
      • The centrality of IT in missions
      • The eight ways you can use your IT skills to facilitate translation
    • First Person: A Translator's Story
      • The benefits of Bible translation to a Bible-less society
      • The many issues and problems that must be overcome
      • A very personal story of how God worked through a particular translator
    • IT Now and The Future
      • Remote cutting edge technologies
      • Business as missions
      • 3-D animation for sign languages
      • Smart phone applications
    • Question and Answer Panel
      • Burning questions you have always wanted to ask
    • Your Next Step
      • What will you do with everything you have learned?