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Submissions until May 8

Proposals can be submitted for the following topics

Innovations and Trends

Content Creation

Structuring methods with or without XML
DITA and S1000D data model for technical writing
Software tools for structured authoring
Making content intelligent with metadata
Content Generation
Unser-generated Content
Content Mash-Ups
Elimination of information silos
Data editing

Intelligent Delivery of User Information

Implementation and use of CCMS
CCMS – modules, evaluation and efficiency
Automated publishing processes
Managing translation processes with CCMS
Content delivery portals
Cross-media/cross-channel publishing
Networking type for content delivery
Inclusion of new sources
ERP/PLM systems as sources of content
Product data editing and cross-linking for IOT
iiRDS

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Technical Communication

Neural networks
Knowledge management
Intelligent assistance systems (gesture control etc.)
NEW: Auto-generated content (ChatGPT, text to speech, text to media, Aufwandsreduzierung, Verlässigkeit, Urheberrecht etc.)

Mobile Documentation

Business cases
Advantages and disadvantages of mobile browser versions vs. app programming
Handling app data
Editorial process design for mobile documentation (modular writing, modular data management, automation)
Operation concepts and navigation
Technical background of app programming
Communication strategies for mobile documentation

Analysis and Content Strategy

Search and analytics (clickstream analysis, web tracking, web statistics)
Search Engine Optimization/Advertising (SEO/SEA)
Web analysis tools
User feedback
Social feedback
Inbound marketing

New User Interfaces / Immersive Content

Concepts, scenarios
Information modeling
Authoring tools, media production, …
Linking to content mangagement output
App applications
Wearables, head-up displays, tablets
Chatbots
Object recognition, 3D models, building information modeling (BIM)…
Speech & Voice
Voice control

Service Information

Predictive Maintenance
Digital maintenance plans
Digital service apps
AR / VR / MR
Gesture control
Intelligent information publishing
Smart Glasses

Social User Assistance

Social UA tools and platforms (from YouTube to Messenger)
Usage and value of communities to assist users
User and usage tracking (know your users and their needs)
Peer-to-peer user assistance
Content tagging and SEO
Content harvesting – learn from your community and reuse
From technical writer to topic evangelist in a community

New Learning – New Documentation

Changes in media use
Didactics
Knowledge media
Web-based training (WBT)/Web-based learning (WBL)
Gamification
Storytelling
Learning and support
User empowerment
E-Learning

Beyond Technical Documentation…

New mindset in the editorial office
Personal stories
New Work
Working Out Loud

Essentials of Technical Communication

New Legal Requirements

Effects of the Supply Chain Act
Effects of the Product Passport
Data exchange requirements of Factory X

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance)

Inclusion
Neurodiversity in technical communication
Sustainability in technical communication

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Technical Communication

Automated content generation using generative AI
Chatbots, RAG
The effects of AI in Tech Comm: reduced efforts, reliability, copyright, etc.
Writing for AI consumption
Neural networks
AI support for translation, localisation, and terminology
Knowledge management

Supporting Processes in Technical Communication

Career & Young Technical Writers

First practical projects
Starting a business
Research projects
Creativity techniques
Self-coaching
Exciting final theses (experiences at entry-level)
Stress management

Intelligent Delivery of User Information

Networking type for content delivery
Integration of additional data sources
ERP/PLM systems as sources of content
iiRDS
Applications of iiRDS
Extensions of iiRDS
Content exchange using iiRDS
Intelligent information publishing
Content Supply Chain
Making content intelligent with metadata
Product data editing and cross-linking for IOT

Legal Requirements & Standards

General and horizontal standards
Legal requirements for technical documentation; product liability and product safety law
Standards at the national and international level
Product standards and industry standards (revisions, new standards…)
Legal aspects of translation
Legal aspects of document management
Copyright law in connection with suppliers' documentation and translation
Aspects of contract law (e.g. relationships with suppliers)

Management & Leadership

Editorial process design for mobile documentation (modular writing, modular data management, automation)
Process and workflow
Agile project management
Change management
Characteristics of different markets
Business culture in…
Change management (organization)
Communicating tech comm value as an asset
Vendor sourcing and management
Designing review processes
Key figures
Cost and performance accounting in TD
Managing international teams
Marketing for technical communication
Human resources management and development
Remote teams
Self-led teams
Leading and managing yourself
Stakeholder management
Strategies for internationalization and localization
Translation or product development for special regions (e.g. Asia, Eastern Europe, etc.)
How to take your business global