Call for Papers: LocWorld53 Malmö, Sweden

What’s Next?

We’ve been through two years of the incredibly fast changing landscape of AI affecting our work, our information, and our leisure experiences. Its omnipresence is accepted and will be a part of our life – both professional and personal – for the foreseeable future. So, what’s next?

We are in the business of localization, and that means reaching an ever-evolving global marketplace. New markets are maturing and clamoring for the offerings enjoyed by existing customers. Newly developed cost savings mean that we can consider entering a market that seemed prohibitive before. How can we adapt our practices and technologies to reach these new customers?

There are other forces at work affecting organizations that are merging language-related operations into overall processes, eliminating historical silos and moving localization into the “mainstream” of corporate strategies. How do we respond to this new challenge and take advantage of this new opportunity?

All this change will no doubt affect our business models, organization structures … perhaps our very concept of work. Trying to use old models in the new landscape is not necessarily a recipe for success. How do we stay in tune with all this change? How do we make sure the next generation of localizers is equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed? What’s next?

This theme is presented as a suggestion to encourage you to consider what you have to share about artificial intelligence. The theme is not meant to restrict the content of the conference. We invite presenters to submit proposals that also might fit within the areas listed below.

• Advanced Localization Management: The latest information on trends, processes, technologies, and influences that shape the world of localization.
• Content Management: Explores the need for content strategy, content standards, repeatable processes, and advanced information technologies, and the role of translation and localization in our mobile, global, on-demand world.
• Data Solutions: Provide insights and best practices for data collection and curation, data cleansing and training. Including case studies for assisting customers with the implementation of Large Language Models, QA and more.
• EDUinLOC: Systematic planning for education in localization to embrace the revolution brought by machine learning, bridge the gap between academia and industry, and prepare for the next generation of localizers.
• Game Global: Challenges, best practices, technology, and new trends that are specific to the video game localization community.
• Global Business: Practical insights for companies that want to venture with confidence into new international markets and global websites.
• Localization Core Competencies: Introductory information for companies that need to localize but are unsure where to start.
• Media Localization: Insights and practical advice on how to take advantage of the growing global demand for multimedia content based on best practices, utilizing cutting-edge technologies.
• Multilingual AI: Best practices and solutions for using automation and artificial intelligence in the localization process, including machine translation, project management, translation quality evaluation, and how humans and machines all work together through standards and technological innovation.
• Technical: You’ve developed the coolest whizz-bang tool or service to make internationalization and localization fly. So, tell us about it. Show your audience how it works and how you built it. What makes it tick, how is it automated? Is it continuous, or maybe it’s distributed? Perhaps you’ve used artificial intelligence in novel ways to improve accuracy or efficiency. If so, we want to hear about it. The technical track is an opportunity to express your inner geek, and you’ll have an audience filled with budding engineers hungry to learn how you made it work.
• Trade Secrets: Information about how to run better organizations and increase the profitability of language service providers.

Presentation Pointers

• Choose a short, catchy title that reflects the session content
• Provide a detailed, clear synopsis. We need to know what you will talk about!
• Submit fresh material that has not been recently presented at other events.
• Only use the latest buzzwords if you are very specific.
• Avoid using your name or your company name in the title.
• If you propose a case study, we are looking for one with a balanced perspective, ideas that can be implemented, and describes solving a business problem or challenge.
• Avoid a sales pitch. Our program committee will reject it!
• If you are a service provider, you must include an end user of your product to co-present with you.

Please submit your main conference presentation proposal by clicking the button below to access the submission form (opens new window).

Before filling out the call for papers, ensure you can meet all deadlines. There will be strict cut-off dates for these conferences. Please complete the form and press the “submit” button. You will then see a confirmation when you scroll down. If you have any difficulties with the form, please contact Kris Wiegand to submit your proposal.

KEY DATES

• Call for papers closes: November 8, 2024
• Notification of accepted speakers: February 25-27, 2025
• Deadline for speaker information: March 14, 2025
• Rough draft of presentation due: April 11, 2025
• Final presentation due: May 16, 2025
• LocWorld Malmö: June 3-5, 2025