The PLIO Association (Italian OpenOffice.org Native-Lang Project) is pleased to invite everyone involved in the Native-Lang Confederation to join the meeting that will be held in Bolzano/Bozen (Italy) on October 3rd, 2008.

Register now!

Deadline: September 17th 23:59 UTC

Goal of the meeting is to prepare the discussion topics that will be brought to Beijing: some European Native-Lang project members won't be able to take the great opportunity offered by OOoCon 2008 and this way they can delegate someone to bring their opinions to Beijing. Native-Lang issues will also be discussed in greater detail than it is usually possible during OOoCon. Attendance to the meeting will be free.

Specific topics to be discussed during the meeting will be decided on the native-lang mailing list. At the moment, ideas include: localization, QA, documentation, marketing, all from the point of view of Native-Lang projects. Other proposals are welcome.

Bolzano (Bozen in German) is the capital city of South Tyrol, the German speaking region in northern Italy. Thanks to its excellent services and a wonderful landscape, it is constantly ranked among the first cities when it comes to quality of life. Bolzano hosts major free software deployments: more than 2500 computers in local schools were recently upgraded to GNU/Linux and OpenOffice.org, and OpenOffice.org has been installed since 2005 on all computers in the local institutions.

How to reach Bolzano

Bolzano (see map) is well-connected, being a major hub of the railway system in Central Alps. It also has a small airport (BZO) with scheduled flights provided by Air Alps to Rome and Hannover; other nearby airports are Verona and Venice, and PLIO might organize transfer or pick-up services
from those airports to Bolzano. Highway A22 (Autostrada del Brennero, Brennerautobahn) leads to Bolzano from South and North: Bolzano is about 280 km from Munich, Venice and Milan.

Flying to Italy

- Bolzano (BZO)
- Verona (VRN) (2 hours by train)
- Bologna (BLQ) (4 hours by train)
- Venice (VCE) (3 hours by train)
- Treviso (TSF) (3 hours by train)
- Bergamo (BGY) (4 hours by train)
- Milan (LIN) (3.5 hours by train)
- Brescia (VBS) (2.5 hours by train)
Every airport is connected to the railway station by bus.

Info about trains:

http://www.trenitalia.com/en/orari_biglietti/index.html

Flying to Austria

- Innsbruck (2.5 hours by train)
Info about trains:
http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp

Flying to Germany

- Munich Airport (about 5 hours by train)
Info about trains:
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml

As more of us will reach Bolzano by car maybe someone can get a ride from airport. Therefore people who are going to fly to Italy can specify arrival information in their registration form or email us at ddozza AT openoffice.org in order to verify what we can do.

Further information about how to reach Bolzano

See here.

Accommodation

The conference is located in Via S.Geltrude 3, 39100 Bolzano.
http://www.cts-einaudi.it

See the map:
http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=it&msa=0&ll=46.572079,11.429901&spn=0.467304,1.370544&t=h&z=10&msid=111479688286275665243.000456680a78d51987fa8

Stadt Hotel Città ***
Piazza Walther-Platz 21, Bolzano
T +39 0471 97 52 21
single room 96 €, double room 150 €
http://www.hotelcitta.info/
How to get to the conference:
Take the bus line 7B from the railway station, bus stop S.Geltrude 3

STEINER Hotel
Via J. F. Kennedy 34, Laives
T +39 0471 95 42 25
*only 02/10* single room 47 €, double room 40 €
How to get to the conference:
Take the bus line 2 towards Bolzano, bus stop Via Claudia Augusta 26
(before the bridge), straight to CONI camp and then turn right

Hotel Raffl, **,
Via San Giacomo 218, San Giacomo di Laives
T +39 0471 25 19 94
single room 42 €, double room 62 €
http://www.raffl.it/
How to get to the conference:
Take the bus line 2 towards Bolzano, bus stop Via Claudia Augusta 26
(before the bridge), straight to CONI camp and then turn right

Garnì Midl Pensione
Via G. Marconi 66, Laives
T +39 0471 95 05 26
single room 40 €, double room 70 €, triple room 96 €
How to get to the conference:
Take the bus line 2 towards Bolzano, bus stop Via Claudia Augusta 26
(before the bridge), straight to CONI camp and then turn right

Hotel Posta *
Via Vurza 242, San Giacomo di Laives
T +39 0471 25 06 48
single room 30 €
How to get to the conference:
Take the bus line 2 towards Bolzano, bus stop Via Claudia Augusta 26
(before the bridge), straight to CONI camp and then turn right

Youth Hostel Merano (30 km from Bolzano)
Via Carducci 77, Merano
T +39 0473 20 14 75
*only 02/10* single room 24 €, multiple room 21,50 €
How to get to the conference:
Take the regional train to Merano, there is one every 30 minutes, then the
bus line 7B from the railway station, bus stop S.Geltrude 3

Preliminary Programme

The programme can change or be extended depending on community needs. If necessary two tracks can be arranged in parallel.

Thursday, 2 October:

19:00: Meeting at the Bolzano/Bozen railway station (see map). Social gathering at Batzen Hausl

Friday, 3 October:

8.30: Conference opening.

8.45: NLC: Status of the project and future scenarios.

10.45: Coffee break

11.00: Localization: working together to make translations better

13.00: Lunch

14.00: User support: arranging and sharing documentation activities

15.45: Coffee Break

16.00: Other community stuff (parallel tracks): QA, Marketing