2023 MEGAComm Program

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Please note: This is a tentative schedule. Some sessions have already shifted based on requests from presenters. The absolute final Program is being posted on the MEGAComm 2023 Platform. Link to follow shortly!

Ballroom Bballroom cballroom A-1
8:00 – 9:15Registration and
Refreshments
Registration and
Refreshments
Registration and
Refreshments
Session 1
9:15 – 10:15
Opening Session:
Keynote address: The Forthcoming of Social and Semantic Technical Documentation  (Fabrice Lacroix, Fluid Topics)
10:15 – 10:40Break – visit vendors, go online!Break – visit vendors, go online!Break – visit vendors, go online!
Session 2:
10:40 – 11:30
What is Content Operations and Why It Matters
(Rahel Bailie)
Knowledge Experience for a PLG Strategy
 (Alex Fiedler)
Document 360 tool presentation
11:30-12:00Break: Go online!Visit vendors!Speed Networking!
12:00 – 13:30LunchFoodMincha (Shul)
Session 3:
13:30 – 14:20
Cross-cultural collaboration, motivation and team performance: Do they go hand in hand?
(Maiken Blok)
Docs-as-code – Unraveling the mystery and revealing potential
(Ben Mansheim)
Paligo tool presentation
14:20 – 14:40BreakVisit vendors!Network!
Session 4:
14:40 – 15:30
Technical Writing In Times Of Change: Adapting With Your Company
(Tamar and Carmi Wiseman)
Optimizing the Documentation Workflow
(Dr. Selvaraaju Murugesan)
Turn your content into outstanding user experiences with Fluid Topics’ Content Delivery Platform
(Fabrice Lacroix)
15:30 – 15:50BreakVisit vendors!Network!
15:50 – 16: 40You and Your Content Are Valuable Business Assets. Or Not?
Demonstrating Your Value, Even in Uncertain Times (Andrea Ames)
API Usability – You can
do it too!
(Aliza Solomon)
Open Broadcast Software (OBS)
Free recording software
Demo by Josh Levine
16:40 – 16:50BreakVisit vendors!Network!
16:50 – 18:00 Panel Discussion
18:15 – 21:00Evening Social Event:Light refreshments, music, relax….Network!

Thursday, February 23, 2023

ballroom bballroom cballroom A-1
8:30 – 9:15
Session 1
9:30 – 10:15
Dave Carroll – Compassionate Design
10:15 – 10:40 Break Visit Vendors Speed Networking
Session 2:
10:40 – 11:30
You ask for A. They give you B.  Request Making for Tech Writers that Gets Results
(Helen Gottstein)
Should we be afraid of algorithms?
Reuven Lerner
Document 360 Tool Presentation
11:30 – 11:45Break Visit VendorsBreak
Session 3:
11:45 – 12:35
Changing the Customer Experience by Changing the Operating Model (Rahel Bailie)ChatGPT will replace…
(Alex Fiedler)
12:35 – 14:00Break Visit VendorsBreak
Session 4:
14:00 – 14:50
Docs-as-code – Going beyond the basics, into advanced productivity
(Ben Mansheim)
Taking Documentation to the Web – Avoid the Chaos
(Fabrice Lacroix)
Paligo Tool presentation
14:50 – 15:10Break Visit VendorsBreak
Session 5:
15:10 – 16:00
The Cognition of Content Creation for Usable Designs (Kirk St.Amant)
16:00 – 16:10Break Visit VendorsBreak
Closing:
16:10 – 17:30
Panel Discussion and Closing Session