As we all adjust to the uncertainty of our current times, businesses around the world are trying to figure out what is next for their customers and for their own growth. Some companies like Zoom, Netflix and Disney+ have gotten an extra boost from our society’s needs during the coronavirus pandemic, while others like [ Read More ]
A brief history: Game Global began after ten years of LocWorld successfully hosting the Games Localization Round Table. Designed as an open and collaborative event dedicated to video game globalization, Game Global is an event where folks from the gaming industry, including, but not limited to, game localization, translation and functional QA can come together [ Read More ]
How is the LocWorld program drawn up? From more than 120 proposals to around 30 sessions in five parallel tracks – how do we go about that? The LocWorld conference program process always starts with a Call for Papers (CFP) to encourage submissions from leading language industry experts and all the different stakeholders to ensure [ Read More ]
PIC 2020 Yes, we know that LocWorld42 Berlin may have to be experienced virtually. The good news: PIC is happening no matter what! Submissions are still welcome. Final presentations may be virtual even if there is a physical conference. We are making arrangements so that innovators could choose to present in person or virtually. [ Read More ]
The team at Wordbank had a great time attending LocWorld 41 in San Jose and hearing firsthand how top companies are approaching the conference’s theme of “Go Global, Be Global.” Throughout the conference, client-side presenters discussed challenges that are all too familiar to veteran localization professionals. You know the saying: the more things change, the more [ Read More ]
This year’s US LocWorld event was held in the world’s technology and innovation hub, Silicon Valley. With up to 10 different tracks and over 30 presentations, not to mention the preconference sessions, the event was jam-packed with localization insights for global companies, LSPs both large and small, and everyone in between. Read on to discover [ Read More ]
November 6-8, LocWorld returned to Silicon Valley for the sixth time since the conference series first launched in 2003. Given the theme of the 2019 conferences — Go Global, Be Global! — the location was particularly apt. Against the backdrop of the world’s most famous fonts of innovation, localization professionals gathered to discuss some of [ Read More ]
