TCUK25 - Day 1 (Monday)
Main hall
Registration
Register for TCUK25
08:30 - 09:30
Welcome from the TCUK25 team
Get the day started with any important information.
09:30 - 09:50
Keynote: Surviving the savanna: Adapting to an evolving career landscape
Rahel offers strategies for us to face the future with confidence.
09:50 - 10:40
Break with refreshments
Take a moment to stretch your legs and grab a drink or snack in the refreshments area
10:40 - 11:00
Workshop: How to train your Dragon (chatbot)
Create a chatbot with guidance and advice. (Two 40 minute sessions with a break).
11:00 - 12:25
Lunch
Buffet-style lunch served in central area
12:25 - 13:45
ISTC Annual General Meeting
Open to all to attend, but only ISTC members may vote.
13:10 - 13:40
Presentation: Crowdsourcing insights into complex documentation
How to get productive documentation feedback via Slack.
13:45 - 14:25
Presentation: The philosophy of technical communication
How does your worldview frame your practice?
14:30 - 15:10
Break with refreshments
Grab coffee and cake in the refreshments area
15:10 - 15:45
Presentation: Meta Design Systems
Standardizing and communicating product decisions to generate alignment and improve product consistency
15:45 - 16:25
Room A
Presentation: Driving documentation as an engineering practice
Learn the methods and approaches used to drive documentation up the company's agenda.
11:00 - 11:40
Presentation: How structure drives consistency in multi-product documentation
Using content planning and a restructuring process to wrangle content.
11:45 - 12:25
Presentation: ASD-S1000D - What is it, how is it managed
Overview of the international specification for technical publications S1000D.
13:45 - 14:25
Discussion session: TCUK Rants
Bringing together all attendees, this session provides a safe space to vent about something that nobody outside our lovely community would understand.
14:30 - 15:10
Presentation: The Technical Writer’s Skill Tree
Take ownership of your own skill development.
15:45 - 16:25
Room B
Available for fringe events
11:00 - 11:40
Available for fringe events
11:45 - 12:25
Workshop: Let's Make a Video!
Creating Techcomm Video Content with Google Veo 3
13:45 - 15:10
Available for fringe events
15:45 - 16:25