conference arabic nlp atlas99 arabic translation localisation symposium tunis may 2628 1999 call papers one five official languages united nations 260 million native speakers used second language 1 3 billion people arabic certainly one world important languages yet computer users thirdclass language several different encodings arabic search engines capable handling arabic arabic language websites internet graphic images atlas symposium asks seeks address problems localisation arabic teleconferencing arabic translation arabic encoding standardisation arabic especially unicode information retrieval arabic internet tools html editors search engines email etc arabic arabic nlp general invite contributions topics english french 200 word abstract together author name affiliation submitted preferably email atlas issco unige ch january 25th 1999 acceptance notified 1st march authors unable submit email send hard copy following address atlas symposium issco 54 route des acacias ch1227 geneva switzerland programme committee adnane zribi universit de tunis iii tunisia harold somers umist manchester england ludovic tanguy issco geneva switzerland rafik belhadj kacem epos sa france susan armstrong warwick issco geneva switzerland schedule dates submission deadline 25 january 1999 acceptance notification 1 march 1999 confirmation participation 1 april 1999 symposium dates 2628 may 1999 information see http www ccl umist ac uk staff harold atlas send email atlas issco unige ch