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Tracks (click icon for an overview):

Advanced Localization Management
Community
Content Strategy
Global Business
Inside Track
Keynote
Multilingual AI

Session Follows Conference Theme:
Recommended Experience Level:   Beginner |   Intermediate |   Advanced |   Everyone |

Westmount Mont-Royal/Hampstead/Côte St-Luc Fontaine CD Outremont Fontaine EF Fontaine GH
9:00 – 9:45
Measuring Localization Complexity | AL1 |
Presenters:
Karen Combe - Localization Institute 
Mimi Hills - Hillstra Associates
Host: Richard Sikes
Beckman Coulter: How Advanced Dictionary Customization Transformed the Quality of its Global Customer Engagement Program | CS1 |
Presenters:
Wojciech Froelich - Argos Multilingual 
Daniel Koenig - Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Host: Scott Abel
Just-in-time Translation | TA1 |
Presenter:
Carl Yao - CSOFT International
Host: Peng Wang
Education in Localization | C1 |
Presenters:
Loubna Bilali - Kent State University 
Hanna Kanabiajeuskaja - Uber 
Hiram Machado - adaQuest
Moderator: Jan Grodecki
Managing a Global Site — Content Creation to Delivering in Global Markets | GB1 |
Presenter:
Anubhav Jain - Adobe
Host: Jonathan Bowring
Buy-side Colloquium: The Journey from Multiple Sources to Multiple Targets | IN1 |
Special Registration Requirement, this is an extended session and will run until 10:30.
Presenters:
Don DePalma - CSA Research 
Arle Lommel - CSA Research
9:45 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00
The ‘Business’ of Language...the Language of Business...Engaging Global Customers, Profitably! | K1 |
Presenter:
Donald Cooper - The Donald Cooper Corporation
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12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:15
Best Practices for Cloud-based Localization Management Systems | AL2 |
Presenters:
Shulamit Gilan - MGS Language Services 
Tzvi Gordon - MGS Language Services
Host: Melissa Biggs
Entry into a Foreign Country Is More than Just Machine Translation: Culture, Context, Regulations and Best Practices | CS2 |
Presenter:
Andrea Pilati - [A]
Host: Scott Abel
Discover How to Improve the Quality of Post-editions and Productivity by Sharing Information | TA2 |
Presenter:
María Azqueta Arizcun - SeproTec Multilingual Solutions
Host: Oleksandr Pysaryuk
Inside Communities | C2 |
Presenters:
Krystian Aparta - TED 
Aaron Babst - Facebook 
Jeff Beatty - The Walt Disney Company
Moderator: Jeannette Stewart
Outside the Comfort Zone: The Role of Localization in Social Media Marketing | GB2 |
Presenters:
Patrick Nunes - Rotary International 
Calvin Scharffs - Lingotek 
Loy Searle
Moderator: John Freeston
MicroTalks - Acclaro, Hunnect Ltd. | IN2 |
Presenters:
Rachel Ferris - Acclaro 
Péter Lepahin - Hunnect Ltd. 
Lakshmi Narasimhan - Dell Technologies 
Bill Rivers - Joint National Committee for Languages 
Tatiana Shanler - EBSCO Information Services
Host: Daniel Goldschmidt
14:15 – 14:45 Break
14:45 – 16:00
Customer Experience at the Speed of Now — Continuous Delivery Localization That Engages Users | AL3 |
Presenters:
Ger Joyce - Rapid7 
Natalia Levitina - PTC 
Marc Mittag - MittagQI – Quality Informatics 
Andrzej Poblocki - Salesforce.com 
Jonas Ryberg - Pactera Technologies
Moderator: Dave Ruane
Translation Begins at Home: Using Good Source Content for Better Translation Outcomes | CS3 |
This session will end at 3:30pm.
Presenter:
Rahel Anne Bailie - Content, Seriously
Host: Scott Abel
Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions
Open Source in Corporations | C3 |
Presenters:
Jean Aurambault - Box 
Alessandro Cattelan - MateCat 
Alex Yanishevsky - Welocalize 
Yan Yu - Spartan Software Inc.
Moderator: Jeannette Stewart
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16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:15
What Makes a Good Localization According to Russian and Chinese Players | AL4 |
Presenter:
Yury Petyushin - Allcorrect Group
Host: Arle Lommel
Documentation Standards for Localization People | CS4 |
Presenters:
Richard Sikes - memoQ 
Val Swisher - Content Rules, Inc.
Host: Scott Abel
The World without Boundaries: Creating a Globalized Web Content Management Architecture for the Enterprise | TA4 |
Presenter:
Fernando Caro - Dell EMC
Host: Daniel Gervais
Community Management 101 | C4 |
Presenter:
Jeff Beatty - The Walt Disney Company
Host: Jeannette Stewart
Engaging Global Audiences — From Content Creation to $ Conversion | GB4 |
Presenters:
Katell Jentreau 
Martin Schneekloth - RippleWorx 
Alison Strahan - Adobe 
Saroj Vohra - IBM
Moderator: Gráinne Maycock
MicroTalks - Dotsub, Transpay | IN4 |
Presenters:
Dave Bryant - Dotsub 
Matthew Castricone - Transpay 
Rihards Kalniņš - Tilde 
Stéphanie Schuh - Microsoft
Host: Daniel Goldschmidt
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Tracks (click icon for an overview):

Advanced Localization Management
Community
Content Strategy
Global Business
Inside Track
Keynote
Multilingual AI

Session Follows Conference Theme:
Recommended Experience Level:   Beginner |   Intermediate |   Advanced |   Everyone |

9:00 – 9:45
Measuring Localization Complexity | AL1 |
Presenters:
Karen Combe - Localization Institute 
Mimi Hills - Hillstra Associates
Host: Richard Sikes
Education in Localization | C1 |
Presenters:
Loubna Bilali - Kent State University 
Hanna Kanabiajeuskaja - Uber 
Hiram Machado - adaQuest
Moderator: Jan Grodecki
Beckman Coulter: How Advanced Dictionary Customization Transformed the Quality of its Global Customer Engagement Program | CS1 |
Presenters:
Wojciech Froelich - Argos Multilingual 
Daniel Koenig - Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Host: Scott Abel
Managing a Global Site — Content Creation to Delivering in Global Markets | GB1 |
Presenter:
Anubhav Jain - Adobe
Host: Jonathan Bowring
Buy-side Colloquium: The Journey from Multiple Sources to Multiple Targets | IN1 |
Special Registration Requirement, this is an extended session and will run until 10:30.
Presenters:
Don DePalma - CSA Research 
Arle Lommel - CSA Research
Just-in-time Translation | TA1 |
Presenter:
Carl Yao - CSOFT International
Host: Peng Wang
9:45 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00
The ‘Business’ of Language...the Language of Business...Engaging Global Customers, Profitably! | K1 |
Presenter:
Donald Cooper - The Donald Cooper Corporation
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:15
Best Practices for Cloud-based Localization Management Systems | AL2 |
Presenters:
Shulamit Gilan - MGS Language Services 
Tzvi Gordon - MGS Language Services
Host: Melissa Biggs
Inside Communities | C2 |
Presenters:
Krystian Aparta - TED 
Aaron Babst - Facebook 
Jeff Beatty - The Walt Disney Company
Moderator: Jeannette Stewart
Entry into a Foreign Country Is More than Just Machine Translation: Culture, Context, Regulations and Best Practices | CS2 |
Presenter:
Andrea Pilati - [A]
Host: Scott Abel
Outside the Comfort Zone: The Role of Localization in Social Media Marketing | GB2 |
Presenters:
Patrick Nunes - Rotary International 
Calvin Scharffs - Lingotek 
Loy Searle
Moderator: John Freeston
MicroTalks - Acclaro, Hunnect Ltd. | IN2 |
Presenters:
Rachel Ferris - Acclaro 
Péter Lepahin - Hunnect Ltd. 
Lakshmi Narasimhan - Dell Technologies 
Bill Rivers - Joint National Committee for Languages 
Tatiana Shanler - EBSCO Information Services
Host: Daniel Goldschmidt
Discover How to Improve the Quality of Post-editions and Productivity by Sharing Information | TA2 |
Presenter:
María Azqueta Arizcun - SeproTec Multilingual Solutions
Host: Oleksandr Pysaryuk
14:15 – 14:45 Break
14:45 – 16:00
Customer Experience at the Speed of Now — Continuous Delivery Localization That Engages Users | AL3 |
Presenters:
Ger Joyce - Rapid7 
Natalia Levitina - PTC 
Marc Mittag - MittagQI – Quality Informatics 
Andrzej Poblocki - Salesforce.com 
Jonas Ryberg - Pactera Technologies
Moderator: Dave Ruane
Open Source in Corporations | C3 |
Presenters:
Jean Aurambault - Box 
Alessandro Cattelan - MateCat 
Alex Yanishevsky - Welocalize 
Yan Yu - Spartan Software Inc.
Moderator: Jeannette Stewart
Translation Begins at Home: Using Good Source Content for Better Translation Outcomes | CS3 |
This session will end at 3:30pm.
Presenter:
Rahel Anne Bailie - Content, Seriously
Host: Scott Abel
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:15
What Makes a Good Localization According to Russian and Chinese Players | AL4 |
Presenter:
Yury Petyushin - Allcorrect Group
Host: Arle Lommel
Community Management 101 | C4 |
Presenter:
Jeff Beatty - The Walt Disney Company
Host: Jeannette Stewart
Documentation Standards for Localization People | CS4 |
Presenters:
Richard Sikes - memoQ 
Val Swisher - Content Rules, Inc.
Host: Scott Abel
Engaging Global Audiences — From Content Creation to $ Conversion | GB4 |
Presenters:
Katell Jentreau 
Martin Schneekloth - RippleWorx 
Alison Strahan - Adobe 
Saroj Vohra - IBM
Moderator: Gráinne Maycock
MicroTalks - Dotsub, Transpay | IN4 |
Presenters:
Dave Bryant - Dotsub 
Matthew Castricone - Transpay 
Rihards Kalniņš - Tilde 
Stéphanie Schuh - Microsoft
Host: Daniel Goldschmidt
The World without Boundaries: Creating a Globalized Web Content Management Architecture for the Enterprise | TA4 |
Presenter:
Fernando Caro - Dell EMC
Host: Daniel Gervais
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Tracks (click icon for an overview):

Advanced Localization Management
Content Strategy
Keynote
Language Service Providers
Multilingual AI
Technical
Unconference

Session Follows Conference Theme:
Recommended Experience Level:   Beginner |   Intermediate |   Advanced |   Everyone |

Westmount Mont-Royal/Hampstead/Côte St-Luc Fontaine CD Outremont Fontaine EF Fontaine GH
9:00 – 9:45
User Engagement Cycle: Using Your Community to Drive Organic Localized Content | AL5 |
Presenters:
Maryam Aly - Foursquare 
Victoria Ugarte - Foursquare
Host: Karen Combe
Gender in Localization: Making Your Content More Inclusive | CS5 |
Presenter:
Isabela Pedrosa
Host: Scott Abel
Multitasking with Translation Memories: How to Laugh, Cough and Sneeze in Parallel | TA5 |
Presenter:
Alex Yanishevsky - Welocalize
Host: Anne-Marie Colliander Lind
Machine Translation Enables LSP Growth | LSP5 |
Presenter:
Arle Lommel - CSA Research
Lions and Tigers and {Vars}, Oh My! Protecting Translators from the {Cleverness} of Software Engineers | T5 |
Presenter:
Peter Harris - Intuit
Host: Donna Parrish
Unconference @ LocWorld | UN5 |
Presenter:
Session Participants
Moderators: Teresa Marshall,
Scott Schwalbach
9:45 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00
Doing Business in Canada | AL6 |
Presenters:
Daniel Gervais - Donnelley Language Solutions 
Frank Raco -
Host: Maryse Benhoff
Why Scorecards Are an Important Part of Your Content Quality Strategy | CS6 |
Presenter:
Val Swisher - Content Rules, Inc.
Host: Scott Abel
TMS vs Managed TMS | TA6 |
Presenter:
Martin Auger - Donnelley Language Solutions
Host: Angelika Zerfaß
Localization Models: The Search for the ‘Optimal' Linguistic Resource Model — Key Considerations for the Customer and LSP | LSP6 |
Presenters:
Katia Belanger - Intuit 
Samantha Reiss - Welocalize
Moderator: Ellen Bruseker
The Pitney Bowes Design System: Crafting a Globalization Strategy | T6 |
Presenters:
Daniel Collette - Pitney Bowes 
Jerome Selinger - Pitney Bowes
Host: Gary Lefman
Unconference @ LocWorld | UN6 |
Presenter:
Session Participants
Moderators: Teresa Marshall,
Scott Schwalbach
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:45
It's a Crazy New World | K2 |
Presenters:
Helena Shih Chapman - IBM 
Adolfo Hernandez - SDL
Moderators: Ulrich Henes,
Donna Parrish
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12:45 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:15
Measuring What Matters: Case Studies in the Value of Metrics | AL7 |
Presenters:
Daniel Chin - Spartan Software Inc. 
Eric Peterson - Tableau Software 
Oleksandr Pysaryuk 
Daniel Sullivan - GitLab 
Erik Vogt - Vogt Strategy
Localization and DITA: What You Need to Know | CS7 |
Presenter:
Keith Schengili-Roberts - IXIASOFT
Host: Scott Abel
Using Auto-adaptive Machine Learning for GetYourGuide — a Case Study | TA7 |
Presenters:
Anne-Cécile Dousson-Lhéritier - Amazon 
Spence Green - Lilt 
Michel Lopez - e2f
Private Equity Demystified | LSP7 |
Presenters:
Jon Haas - Clarion Capital Partners 
James Suprenant - William Blair
Host: Ulrich Henes
Internationalization, Pipeline Optimization and Automation in Video Games | T7 |
Presenters:
Konstantin Dranch - Custom.MT 
Natalie Gladkaya - Plarium Global Ltd. 
Adolfo Gómez-Urda Montijano - WB Games Montréal
Unconference @ LocWorld | UN7 |
Presenter:
Session Participants
Moderators: Teresa Marshall,
Scott Schwalbach
15:15 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 16:30
Tales from the Enterprise: Key Strategies for Running a Localization Center of Excellence | AL8 |
Presenters:
Christiane Bernier -  
Yuka Kurihara - Scaled Agile, Inc. 
Richard Maher - Akamai Technologies
Moderator: André Pellet
Considerations for Emoji and Icon Usage in Product Interfaces and Documentation | CS8 |
Presenter:
Wendy Wang - IBM
Host: Scott Abel
Revolutionize Travel through the Power of Technology | TA8 |
Presenters:
Virginie Dumont - Expedia Group 
Jean-Francois Pelletier - Expedia Group 
Alex Verbitchi - Expedia Group
Host: Richard Sikes
LSP Threats — Are You Safe? | LSP8 |
Presenters:
Claudia Mirza - Akorbi 
David Zendzian - ZZ Servers
Host: Azam Mirza
Localization Industry Standards Update | T8 |
Presenter:
Andrzej Zydroń - XTM International
Unconference @ LocWorld | UN8 |
Presenter:
Session Participants
Moderators: Teresa Marshall,
Scott Schwalbach
16:30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 – 17:30 Closing/Prize Drawing
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Tracks (click icon for an overview):

Advanced Localization Management
Content Strategy
Keynote
Language Service Providers
Multilingual AI
Technical
Unconference

Session Follows Conference Theme:
Recommended Experience Level:   Beginner |   Intermediate |   Advanced |   Everyone |

9:00 – 9:45
User Engagement Cycle: Using Your Community to Drive Organic Localized Content | AL5 |
Presenters:
Maryam Aly - Foursquare 
Victoria Ugarte - Foursquare
Host: Karen Combe
Gender in Localization: Making Your Content More Inclusive | CS5 |
Presenter:
Isabela Pedrosa
Host: Scott Abel
Machine Translation Enables LSP Growth | LSP5 |
Presenter:
Arle Lommel - CSA Research
Lions and Tigers and {Vars}, Oh My! Protecting Translators from the {Cleverness} of Software Engineers | T5 |
Presenter:
Peter Harris - Intuit
Host: Donna Parrish
Multitasking with Translation Memories: How to Laugh, Cough and Sneeze in Parallel | TA5 |
Presenter:
Alex Yanishevsky - Welocalize
Host: Anne-Marie Colliander Lind
Unconference @ LocWorld | UN5 |
Presenter:
Session Participants
Moderators: Teresa Marshall,
Scott Schwalbach
9:45 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00
Doing Business in Canada | AL6 |
Presenters:
Daniel Gervais - Donnelley Language Solutions 
Frank Raco -
Host: Maryse Benhoff
Why Scorecards Are an Important Part of Your Content Quality Strategy | CS6 |
Presenter:
Val Swisher - Content Rules, Inc.
Host: Scott Abel
Localization Models: The Search for the ‘Optimal' Linguistic Resource Model — Key Considerations for the Customer and LSP | LSP6 |
Presenters:
Katia Belanger - Intuit 
Samantha Reiss - Welocalize
Moderator: Ellen Bruseker
The Pitney Bowes Design System: Crafting a Globalization Strategy | T6 |
Presenters:
Daniel Collette - Pitney Bowes 
Jerome Selinger - Pitney Bowes
Host: Gary Lefman
TMS vs Managed TMS | TA6 |
Presenter:
Martin Auger - Donnelley Language Solutions
Host: Angelika Zerfaß
Unconference @ LocWorld | UN6 |
Presenter:
Session Participants
Moderators: Teresa Marshall,
Scott Schwalbach
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:45
It's a Crazy New World | K2 |
Presenters:
Helena Shih Chapman - IBM 
Adolfo Hernandez - SDL
Moderators: Ulrich Henes,
Donna Parrish
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:15
Measuring What Matters: Case Studies in the Value of Metrics | AL7 |
Presenters:
Daniel Chin - Spartan Software Inc. 
Eric Peterson - Tableau Software 
Oleksandr Pysaryuk 
Daniel Sullivan - GitLab 
Erik Vogt - Vogt Strategy
Localization and DITA: What You Need to Know | CS7 |
Presenter:
Keith Schengili-Roberts - IXIASOFT
Host: Scott Abel
Private Equity Demystified | LSP7 |
Presenters:
Jon Haas - Clarion Capital Partners 
James Suprenant - William Blair
Host: Ulrich Henes
Internationalization, Pipeline Optimization and Automation in Video Games | T7 |
Presenters:
Konstantin Dranch - Custom.MT 
Natalie Gladkaya - Plarium Global Ltd. 
Adolfo Gómez-Urda Montijano - WB Games Montréal
Using Auto-adaptive Machine Learning for GetYourGuide — a Case Study | TA7 |
Presenters:
Anne-Cécile Dousson-Lhéritier - Amazon 
Spence Green - Lilt 
Michel Lopez - e2f
Unconference @ LocWorld | UN7 |
Presenter:
Session Participants
Moderators: Teresa Marshall,
Scott Schwalbach
15:15 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 16:30
Tales from the Enterprise: Key Strategies for Running a Localization Center of Excellence | AL8 |
Presenters:
Christiane Bernier -  
Yuka Kurihara - Scaled Agile, Inc. 
Richard Maher - Akamai Technologies
Moderator: André Pellet
Considerations for Emoji and Icon Usage in Product Interfaces and Documentation | CS8 |
Presenter:
Wendy Wang - IBM
Host: Scott Abel
LSP Threats — Are You Safe? | LSP8 |
Presenters:
Claudia Mirza - Akorbi 
David Zendzian - ZZ Servers
Host: Azam Mirza
Localization Industry Standards Update | T8 |
Presenter:
Andrzej Zydroń - XTM International
Revolutionize Travel through the Power of Technology | TA8 |
Presenters:
Virginie Dumont - Expedia Group 
Jean-Francois Pelletier - Expedia Group 
Alex Verbitchi - Expedia Group
Host: Richard Sikes
Unconference @ LocWorld | UN8 |
Presenter:
Session Participants
Moderators: Teresa Marshall,
Scott Schwalbach
16:30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 – 17:30 Closing/Prize Drawing
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