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?
   
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)
5. Business Application Software
   • Administrative, business, insurance, finance software
   • Complexity of systems critical to operations
6. Telecommunication Challenges
   • Challenges on the field
   • Tools we use
7. International Training
   • The realities of training non-Western working partners
   • Methods and types of training resources
8. 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
9. Challenging Language Scripts
   • The Non-Roman Script Initiative (NRSI)
   • Wycliffe, Bible translation and Unicode
   • The digital realities of writing-system creation, rendering and use
   • Screen, keyboard, printing and data-handling in the "non-Roman" world
   
10. Language and Translation Software
    • Range of software
    • FieldWorks
    • Tools
11. From Inquirer to IT Missionary
    • Step-by-step process
    • Training required
    • Partnership development
    • Assignment
12. Dynamics of IT Volunteering
    • Various types of involvement
    • Examples of volunteering
13. The Great IT Commission
    • The modern world's changing missions environment
    • The centrality of IT in missions
    • The seven ways you can use your IT skills to facilitate translation
14. 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
    • The role of IT in translation from the translator's perspective
    • A very personal story of how God worked through a particular translator
15. Question and Answer Panel: Burning questions you have always wanted to ask
16. Your Next Step: What will you fo with everything you have learned?