The #1 conference for localization professionals, networking, and industry innovation
JUNE 3–5, 2025
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Focused Tracks & Innovation Awards At LW53
LocWorld’s “Global Toolbox” Sessions. Workshops and round tables outside of the conference program, to further build your skill and knowledge libraries.
The PIC is a platform for innovations and innovators in the localization and translation industry, held during the LocWorld conferences.
LW53 Conference Sponsors
Platinum Sponsor
DeepL is on a mission to break down language barriers for businesses everywhere. Over 200,000 businesses and governments and millions of individuals across 228 global markets trust DeepL’s Language AI platform for human-like translation in both written and spoken formats, as well as natural, improved writing. Designed with enterprise security in mind, companies around the world leverage DeepL’s AI solutions that are specifically tuned for language to transform business communications, expand markets and improve productivity. Founded in 2017 by CEO Jaroslaw (Jarek) Kutylowski, DeepL today has over 1,000 passionate employees and is supported by world-renowned investors including Benchmark, IVP and Index Ventures. For more information, visit deepl.com.
Gold Sponsor
XTM International empowers enterprises to expand into global markets faster by streamlining and fully automating localization processes through its suite of solutions: XTM Cloud, XTRF, Rigi, Transifex, and TXTOmedia. The combination of these solutions provides a fully integrated and complete Translation Platform that helps companies reach their global customers more quickly and effectively while boosting their bottom line.
Silver Sponsor
Smartling’s LanguageAI platform is revolutionizing the translation of the world’s digital content. Named as the top translation management system by CSA Research and by users on G2, Smartling harnesses AI and machine learning to automate workflows, integrate with popular software, and improve translation quality at enterprise scale for a fraction of the cost of traditional translation.
Smartling is the platform of choice for hundreds of B2B and B2C brands, including IHG Hotels & Resorts, Shopify, Pinterest, State Farm, British Airways, and Lyft. Smartling is a global team headquartered in New York City with an office in Dublin.
Bronze Sponsor
Crowdin is a leading AI-powered localization platform designed to streamline and accelerate the creation and management of multilingual content. By connecting with over 600 tools, Crowdin enables teams to effortlessly localize apps, software, websites, games, help documentation, and designs, delivering a native experience to customers around the world.
Dinner Sponsor
Translated is a leading company in AI-enabled translation services. We are on a mission to allow everyone to understand and be understood in their own language. Our success stems from a unique blend of the world’s #1 adaptive neural machine translation technology (IDC MarketScape 2022), the largest network of vetted, native-speaking professional translators, and top-ranked AI-enabled text, audio, and video translation tools (Gartner, 2022). By leveraging a seamless symbiosis of artificial intelligence and human creativity, we design custom localization projects that were previously unthinkable, helping more than 360,000 clients grow their businesses worldwide.
Opening Reception Sponsor
Acolad is the global leader in content and language solutions. Its mission is to support companies in every industry to scale across markets and enable growth through cutting-edge technology and localization expertise. Established in 1993, the group is present in 25 countries across Europe, North America and Asia, with over 2.500 employees supported by a network of +20.000 linguists around the world.
Keynote Sponsor
Phrase is a world leader in AI-led translation technology, helping organizations open the door to global business by reaching more people, making deeper connections and driving faster growth across different languages and cultures.
The cloud-based Phrase Localization Platform comes equipped with all the key capabilities a business needs to drive a comprehensive localization strategy. From AI-driven machine translation and world leading translation management to software localization, best in class workflow automation, quality evaluation and analytics.
Event Sponsor
Lionbridge partners with brands to break barriers and build bridges all over the world. For 25 years, we have helped companies connect with their global customers and employees by delivering translation and localization solutions in more than 350 languages. Through our world-class platform, we orchestrate a network of passionate experts across the globe who partner with brands to create culturally rich experiences. Relentless in our love of linguistics, we use the best of human and machine intelligence to forge understanding that resonates with our customers’ customers. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Lionbridge maintains solution centers in 26 countries.
Event Sponsor
Translated is a leading company in AI-enabled translation services. We are on a mission to allow everyone to understand and be understood in their own language. Our success stems from a unique blend of the world’s #1 adaptive neural machine translation technology (IDC MarketScape 2022), the largest network of vetted, native-speaking professional translators, and top-ranked AI-enabled text, audio, and video translation tools (Gartner, 2022). By leveraging a seamless symbiosis of artificial intelligence and human creativity, we design custom localization projects that were previously unthinkable, helping more than 360,000 clients grow their businesses worldwide.
Event Sponsor
Crestec is the number one language service provider (LSP) that you should know! CSA Research, Nimdzi, and Slator all rank Crestec as a top LSP in their rankings. Headquartered in Japan with a network of over 20 sites in the US, Europe, and Asia, we offer a one-stop comprehensive solution for global communications from marketing content creation and technical writing to localization, printing, and studio/shooting production.
Event Sponsor
XTM International empowers enterprises to expand into global markets faster by streamlining and fully automating localization processes through its suite of solutions: XTM Cloud, XTRF, Rigi, Transifex, and TXTOmedia. The combination of these solutions provides a fully integrated and complete Translation Platform that helps companies reach their global customers more quickly and effectively while boosting their bottom line.
LocWorld Industry focused, industry trusted
LocWorld organizes impactful and independent language industry events where clients and language vendors can meet and conduct business in a friendly atmosphere. Known for its excellent sessions, dynamic exhibit hall, and outstanding networking, LocWorld has served the localization and language industry since 2003.
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What Attendees say about Locworld
Shamus Dermody
Sales Director,
XTM International
LocWorld is definitely the leading conference to discuss the latest innovations in this sector. Attendance is obligatory for those striving to create best of breed language management process's in globally competing organizations.
Lucrecia Jarab
tbo.
LocWorld never ceases to amaze me, the level of conversations in LocWorldWide43 with words like “Empathy”, “Translation industry’s resilience”, “Kindness”, “Feeling personally connected to your customer”, “Adapting to our client’s needs and always finding a solution to their challenges”, “Care”, among others, feels like an upward spiral in times like this. Happy to be part of a group of people who thinks like this!
David Sommer
Net‑Translators
We have been coming to and sponsoring LocWorld events for years now, LocWorld being the premier industry event really allows us to not only see our customers and colleagues, but make new friends and contacts. The amount of industry knowledge under one roof is invaluable and helps us in planning for our future.
Svetlana Merinova
Janus Worldwide
LocWorld pushes innovation and helps to develop new business partnerships. We are glad to have such a reliable partner in the industry and are looking forward to prolonging our cooperation in the upcoming year.
Sara Maria Hasbun
Managing Director,
Meridian Linguistics
I was certainly expecting to learn a lot about localization at LocWorld, and to connect with potential partners, and the conference definitely delivered on this front. What I wasn't expecting was such an immediate positive impact on our bottom line! New business inquiries started the Monday after the conference and by Wednesday we had landed our largest contract to date.
Maryse Benhoff
VP of AILIA; President,
BG Communications, Ltd
I am happy to see such a wonderful organization that figured out the secret to getting people together in the right spirit and continues to instill the value of sharing.
Yumi Okubo‑Shuman
Big Fish Games
I attended LocWorldWide 43. I learned a lot and enjoyed meeting new localization people at the conference.
Peng Wang
University of Ottawa
LocWorld conferences were always for me an ideal platform to encourage international collaboration. In order to leverage AI in a smart and responsible way, we need to embrace our common humanity, be empathetic to others, and empower ourselves with relevant knowledge. LocWorld gives us a taste of all of these! In return, I give LocWorld my highest recommendation, without reservation.
Sandor Papp
memoQ
Large industry conferences are mostly just about business. LocWorld is not. It is a highly professional event where you can get information on latest developments, meet industry thought leaders, network with friends, peers and new people from all over the world in an informal environment. memoQ has marked upcoming LocWorld conferences into its calendar for the next 20 years already.
Gregor Rosulnik
CEO, GORR
Unsolved questions that are puzzling you could be solved at this conference. It might be an eye-opener for you. But one thing is for sure. You'll get the best friends and talk to them openly about so many things in this beautiful industry.
Lynn Hattery‑Beyer
VP, Client Services and Development,
OmniLingua Worldwide, LLC
LocWorld is a great opportunity to benchmark localization trends and best practices!!
Kathrin Bussmann
Verbaccino
I’m so glad I had a chance to participate in LocWorldWide43. As usual, the program was well thought out, the caliber of speakers was high, the topics were on point, and the live Q&A sessions were engaging. I also appreciated the networking sessions, which added some much-needed interactivity to this virtual conference. In short, I would definitely recommend LocWorldWide as the premium event for anyone involved with the Localization industry, whether on the vendor side or on the client side.
Mimi Hills
Hillstra Associates
LocWorldWide43 was an enlightening and engaging experience. I especially appreciated sessions that highlighted innovations, trends that affect our industry, and strategic insights. I know that virtual networking is a big challenge for any conference and I am glad that I found several different ways to interact with other attendees. This has been the most effective virtual conference I've ever attended, thanks to the diligence and preparation of the organizers and presenters. Bravo!
Gary Lefman
Internationalization Architect,
Cisco Systems, Inc.
This was a particularly good conference. There was an all-round positive vibe and it was possible to detect a clear shift toward localization as a driver of global growth, rather than the usual afterthought. The venue, as always, was perfect for a conference of this size.
Jenn Vitello
Content Manager,
Godfrey
It was so interesting meeting people from all over the world and talking about how we could potentially work together.
Libor Safar
VP of Growth,
Argos Multilingual
What started in 2003 has become an iconic brand in the industry, and it’s easy to see why. The vibe, the people, the content, the networking, and all the related events. Who wouldn’t want to come to LocWorld?
Max Troyer
Translation Consultant. Associate Professor of Translation & Localization Management
The quality of the exhibitors was great - so many areas represented.
Kathleen Bostick
VP Language Solutions, North America,
SDL International
LocWorld is by far the leading industry event. It always provides us with opportunities to engage with thought leaders in the industry and develop new business partnerships.
Maria Carmen Staiano
Custom.MT
One of the highlights of my first LocWorld was talking to some of the most popular influencers in the localization industry. (It was such an honor to chat with them on Remo!) Kudos to the whole LocWorld team for providing all attendees with the best online experience and for the successful communication strategy.
Martyna Wojtaś
Localization Manager,
GetResponse
Fantastic! The presentations were very good (interesting, presented in a professional way, contained substantial information and were inspiring at the same time). The site was comfortable, exhibits interesting and the food was marvelous.
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LW53 Solutions Square Exhibitors
LocWorld’s exhibit hall is named “Solutions Square” because that is exactly what it is: a communal “square” for buyers to learn about the services and technologies that will be a solution to their challenges in going global.
We are happy to host a wide range of forward-thinking companies presenting their solutions at this conference.
Acolad is the global leader in content and language solutions. Its mission is to support companies in every industry to scale across markets and enable growth through cutting-edge technology and localization expertise. Established in 1993, the group is present in 25 countries across Europe, North America and Asia, with over 2.500 employees supported by a network of +20.000 linguists around the world.
AppTek is a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies for automatic speech recognition (ASR), neural machine translation (NMT), natural language processing/understanding (NLP/U) and text-to-speech (TTS) technologies. The AppTek platform delivers industry-leading, real-time streaming, and batch technology solutions in the cloud or on-premises for organizations across a breadth of global markets such as media and entertainment, call centers, government, enterprise business, and more. Built by scientists and research engineers who are recognized among the best in the world, AppTek’s solutions cover a wide array of languages, dialects, and channels.
Argos Multilingual provides global language solutions. With over 30 years of experience, we serve clients in the high-tech, life sciences, human resources, and financial industries. We make it easy for businesses to grow globally and connect with expert talent anywhere in the world. With production centers in Europe, the Americas, and Asia, we follow a strategy of building robust programs for continuous translation and localization. You can expect a long-term and transparent partnership, backed by innovative solutions around technology, AI and data, creative content, and quality assurance.
What did the translation management system say to the quality management system and the business management system? “Hi, my name is Bureau Works.”
Bureau Works offers automated quotes, automated quality management, and automated job placement with cloud-based, SOC 2 Type 2 certified, state-of-the-art translation and localization technology at affordable prices that is accessible to all, from freelance translators to translation agencies and large enterprises. Bureau Works has something for everyone who wants to save money, while driving efficiency and clarity into their organizations.
Centific specializes in business transformation and artificial intelligence within various sectors including consumer goods, electronics, healthcare, logistics, and retail. The company offers a range of services such as AI data enhancement, localization, governance, risk, compliance, and digital safety, as well as generative AI solutions like demand forecasting, asset protection, and anomaly detection.
We’re CLEAR Global, a nonprofit helping people get vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak.
CLEAR stands for community, language, engagement, accountability, and reach, the cornerstones of our work around the world.
Our leadership has expertise in a variety of industries —international assistance, big tech, nonprofit leadership, and cutting-edge language technology. They bring decades of experience and diverse perspectives to CLEAR Global, so we can better understand and address communication needs globally.
Crowdin is a leading AI-powered localization platform designed to streamline and accelerate the creation and management of multilingual content. By connecting with over 600 tools, Crowdin enables teams to effortlessly localize apps, software, websites, games, help documentation, and designs, delivering a native experience to customers around the world.
DeepL is on a mission to break down language barriers for businesses everywhere. Over 200,000 businesses and governments and millions of individuals across 228 global markets trust DeepL’s Language AI platform for human-like translation in both written and spoken formats, as well as natural, improved writing. Designed with enterprise security in mind, companies around the world leverage DeepL’s AI solutions that are specifically tuned for language to transform business communications, expand markets and improve productivity. Founded in 2017 by CEO Jaroslaw (Jarek) Kutylowski, DeepL today has over 1,000 passionate employees and is supported by world-renowned investors including Benchmark, IVP and Index Ventures. For more information, visit deepl.com.
Gridly is a localization platform where you can manage translation, content, and related work all in one place and localize efficiently. Headquartered in Helsingborg, Sweden, Gridly streamlines the localization pipeline and empowers organizations with a single source of truth for content of all types. By enabling teams to pull content from any source and push it directly into their projects, Gridly forms the centerpiece of a seamless content management and localization ecosystem.
Intento is a machine translation and multilingual generative AI platform for global enterprise companies. Its Enterprise Language Hub enables companies like Procore and Subway to deliver consistent, authentic language experiences across all markets and audiences. It combines machine translation and generative AI models into automatic translation workflows, customizing them to client data and integrating them into customers’ existing software systems for localization, marketing, customer support, and other business functions.
Lilt is the leading AI solution for enterprise translation. Its stack, made up of its Contextual AI Engine, Connector APIs, and Human Feedback, enables global organizations to adopt a true AI translation strategy, focusing on business outcomes instead of outputs. With Lilt, innovative, category-defining organizations like Intel, ASICS, WalkMe, and Canva are using AI technology to deliver multilingual, digital customer experiences at scale.
Localization Lab is a global network of translators, technologists, and activists making open source technology accessible to all. For over 12 years, we have partnered with organizations and local communities to bring critical tools to speakers of under-resourced and indigenous languages around the world.
memoQ is a technology provider that has been delivering premium solutions to the translation industry since 2004. For 15 years, memoQ has been dedicated to delivering innovation through diverse developments that today help hundreds of thousands of freelance translators, translation companies and enterprises worldwide. Having simplicity and more effective translation processes in mind, memoQ combines ease of use, collaboration, interoperability and leveraging in one single tool. Discover a new world with memoQ and let our team help optimize your translation processes and make your business more successful.
The magazine MultiLingual (ISSN 1523-0309) originated as a buyer’s guide in 1987 and is distributed in print and digital format six times a year to 40,000 readers in 109 countries. It covers topics ranging from technical internationalization to project management to language histories in industries as varied as medical devices and games. It contains reviews of new products and books and gives you the latest news and opinions.
Phrase is a world leader in AI-led translation technology, helping organizations open the door to global business by reaching more people, making deeper connections and driving faster growth across different languages and cultures.
The cloud-based Phrase Localization Platform comes equipped with all the key capabilities a business needs to drive a comprehensive localization strategy. From AI-driven machine translation and world leading translation management to software localization, best in class workflow automation, quality evaluation and analytics.
Plunet is the translation project and business management software (TBMS) that helps translation agencies professionalize and scale their business so they can become the technology-enabled agency of the future. Plunet dynamically integrates all major TMS tools, such as memoQ, Trados, GroupShare, Phrase, and XTM, and offers a wide range of reports on productivity, sales, and profit margins, all while reducing cost and redundant tasks for your project managers. Learn more at www.plunet.com.
RWS is a content solutions company, powered by technology and human expertise. We grow the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood. Everywhere.
Our proprietary technology, 45+ AI patents and human experts help organizations bring ideas to market faster, build deeper relationships across borders and cultures, and enter new markets with confidence – growing their business and connecting them to a world of opportunities.
It’s why over 80 of the world’s top 100 brands trust RWS to drive innovation, inform decisions and shape brand experiences.
With 60+ global locations, across five continents, our teams work with businesses across almost all industries. Innovating since 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).
Smartling’s LanguageAI platform is revolutionizing the translation of the world’s digital content. Named as the top translation management system by CSA Research and by users on G2, Smartling harnesses AI and machine learning to automate workflows, integrate with popular software, and improve translation quality at enterprise scale for a fraction of the cost of traditional translation.
Smartling is the platform of choice for hundreds of B2B and B2C brands, including IHG Hotels & Resorts, Shopify, Pinterest, State Farm, British Airways, and Lyft. Smartling is a global team headquartered in New York City with an office in Dublin.
Founded in 2004, TAUS began as an industry think tank focused on accelerating automation and innovation in the global translation industry. Over the past two decades, TAUS has established itself as a trusted voice and data steward, building the foundation for its transition into an AI-driven SaaS provider.
Today, TAUS is a leading provider of Quality Estimation and Automatic Post-Editing. We help enterprises and LSPs streamline translation workflows, improve quality, and reduce costs through our product EPIC. Powered by the largest in-house language data repository and developed by a team of expert NLP engineers, EPIC is backed by two decades of experience and innovation. Our multicultural team remains committed to advancing translation technology and enabling better communication across borders.
Terminotix is a software company with a mission to help language services departments and translation providers improve productivity by automating and enhancing their translation processes. Our products enable managers to achieve productivity gains of 25% or more while helping translators standardize terminology. We are passionate about the needs of language professionals. We keep track of developments in the industry to deliver reliable, user-friendly products that meet our clients’ concrete needs. Our products are modular and directly integrated, generating a rapid return on investment.
Translated is a leading company in AI-enabled translation services. We are on a mission to allow everyone to understand and be understood in their own language. Our success stems from a unique blend of the world’s #1 adaptive neural machine translation technology (IDC MarketScape 2022), the largest network of vetted, native-speaking professional translators, and top-ranked AI-enabled text, audio, and video translation tools (Gartner, 2022). By leveraging a seamless symbiosis of artificial intelligence and human creativity, we design custom localization projects that were previously unthinkable, helping more than 360,000 clients grow their businesses worldwide.
Wordbee is one of the most advanced cloud-based translation management systems (TMSs) on the market and we deliver one of the most extensive sets of features in the localization industry. Together with our Beebox, a smart middleware solution that can automatically identify and extract translatable content from cloud-based repositories and facilitate the handoff to a TMS, and our revolutionary string-based Flex API that integrates your content management systems, GIT repositories, databases, and other content sources with Wordbee Translator, we offer a comprehensive solution for all your localization needs.
XTM International empowers enterprises to expand into global markets faster by streamlining and fully automating localization processes through its suite of solutions: XTM Cloud, XTRF, Rigi, Transifex, and TXTOmedia. The combination of these solutions provides a fully integrated and complete Translation Platform that helps companies reach their global customers more quickly and effectively while boosting their bottom line.
