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Tracks (click icon for an overview):
PreconferenceSession Follows Conference Theme:
Recommended Experience Level: Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced | Everyone |
| Salon 16-17 Riga | Salons 14-15 Paris | Salon 3 Rom | Salon 7 Wien | Salon 11 Madrid | Salon 2 Rom | Salon 5 London | Salons 12-13 Paris | |
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| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration Opens | |||||||
| 9:00 – 12:30 | Game Localization Round Table | P02 | Full-day Program - MORNING SESSION, Special Registration Requirement Presenters: Cristina Anselmi - Aeria Games William Barnes - Blizzard Entertainment Angelina Bayer - Goodgame Studios Daniel Finck - Loquatics Arthur Flew - Blizzard Entertainment Clara Gómez Pérez - Goodgame Studios Jasmin Jelača - Nordeus Nadège Josa - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Shane McCarthy - Electronic Arts Dave Ruane - LanguageWire Moderator: Miguel Bernal-Merino | Introduction to Localization | P06 | Presenters: Richard Sikes - memoQ Uwe Stahlschmidt - Microsoft Angelika Zerfaß - zaac | Localization Processes Forum V: New Frontiers in Quality and Performance | P03 | Full-day Program - MORNING SESSION Presenters: Belén Agulló García Anne-Cécile Dousson-Lhéritier - Amazon Fulya Kaplan - Sony Europe Host: Alberto Ferreira | FEISGILTT | P04 | Full-day Program - MORNING SESSION Presenters: Walter Bauer - censhare AG Loïc Dufresne de Virel - Intel Corporation Roger Fienhold Sheen - infotexture Ryan King - Microsoft Christian Lieske - SAP Patrik Mazanek - Marc Mittag - MittagQI Robert Motzke - censhare AG Kevin O'Donnell - Nitro Phil Ritchie - Vistatec Felix Sasaki - DFKI Yves Savourel - Argos Multilingual Bryan Schnabel - XLIFF Chase Tingley - Spartan Software Inc. Martin Wunderlich - censhare AG Andrzej Bogusław Zydroń - XTM International Host: David Filip | Life Sciences Business Round Table | P01 | Full-day Program - MORNING SESSION, Special Registration Requirement Presenters: Simon Andriesen - MediLingua Henk Boxma - Boxma IT Ann Rockley - The Rockley Group Inc. Libor Safar - Moravia Moderator: Clio Schils | Localization Sales and Marketing Round Table | P12 | Presenters: Renato Beninatto - Nimdzi Insights Anne-Marie Colliander Lind - LocWorld | ||
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |||||||
| 13:30 – 17:00 | Game Localization Round Table (continued) | P02 | Full-day Program - AFTERNOON SESSION, Special Registration Requirement Presenters: Cristina Anselmi - Aeria Games William Barnes - Blizzard Entertainment Angelina Bayer - Goodgame Studios Daniel Finck - Loquatics Arthur Flew - Blizzard Entertainment Clara Gómez Pérez - Goodgame Studios Jasmin Jelača - Nordeus Nadège Josa - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Shane McCarthy - Electronic Arts Dave Ruane - LanguageWire Moderator: Miguel Bernal-Merino | Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions | Localization Processes Forum V: New Frontiers in Quality and Performance (continued) | P03 | Full-day Program - AFTERNOON SESSION Presenters: Alberto Ferreira - dnata (Emirates Holidays) István Lengyel - BeLazy Technologies Ltd. Richard Sikes - memoQ Host: Alberto Ferreira | FEISGILTT (continued) | P04 | Full-day Program - AFTERNOON SESSION Presenters: Walter Bauer - censhare AG Loïc Dufresne de Virel - Intel Corporation Roger Fienhold Sheen - infotexture Ryan King - Microsoft Christian Lieske - SAP Patrik Mazanek - Marc Mittag - MittagQI Robert Motzke - censhare AG Kevin O'Donnell - Nitro Phil Ritchie - Vistatec Felix Sasaki - DFKI Yves Savourel - Argos Multilingual Bryan Schnabel - XLIFF Chase Tingley - Spartan Software Inc. Martin Wunderlich - censhare AG Andrzej Bogusław Zydroń - XTM International Host: David Filip | Life Sciences Business Round Table (continued) | P01 | Full-day Program - AFTERNOON SESSION, Special Registration Requirement Presenters: Simon Andriesen - MediLingua Henk Boxma - Boxma IT Ann Rockley - The Rockley Group Inc. Libor Safar - Moravia Moderator: Clio Schils | Translation Technology Showcase | P11 | Presenters: Diego Bartolome - tauyou language technology Peter Bourgonje - Infor Gergely Horváth - Globalese Maxim Khalilov - bmmt Dragos Munteanu - Tony O'Dowd - KantanMT Deepan Patel - Milengo Ltd. Michael Schneider - beo Gesellschaft für Sprachen und Technologie mbH Host: Jaap van der Meer | ||
| 18:30 – 20:30 | Opening Reception | |||||||
Note: Preconference room allocation may be adjusted, based on session bookings.
Tracks (click icon for an overview):
Advanced Localization Management
Content Strategy
Global Business
Inside Track
Keynote
TAUSSession Follows Conference Theme:
Recommended Experience Level: Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced | Everyone |
| Salons 4-5 London | Saal Berlin | Salon 7 Wien | Salons 2-3 Rom | Salons 13-15 Paris | |
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| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration Opens | ||||
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Localizing Africa | GB1A | Presenter: Rosalind Smith - Localize Africa (Pty) Ltd. Host: Rebecca Petras Potential and Challenge: Doing Business with Africa | GB1B | Presenter: Tea Dietterich - 2M Language Services Host: Rebecca Petras | Localization Strategies to Support Multi-branch Development | AL1 | Presenter: Kaho Lo - Adobe Host: Tony O'Dowd | The Content Strategy of Things | CS1 | Presenter: Bill Swallow - Scriptorium Publishing Host: Scott Abel | How to Measure Translation Quality with Objectivity: A Success Story from VMware | TS1 | Presenters: Daniel Chin - Spartan Software Inc. Bodo Vahldieck - VMware Jaap van der Meer - TAUS Host: Jaap van der Meer | Vendor Management: How Enterprise Buyers Manage Their Translation Suppliers | IN1 | Special Registration Requirement, this is an extended session and will run until 10:30. Presenter: Rebecca Ray - CSA Research |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | Break | ||||
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions | Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions | Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions | Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions | |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch | ||||
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Finding the Right Words When it Matters Most: The Process and Art of Influencing Customers for Energy Efficiency | GB2 | Presenters: Chi-Wei Chang - Opower Michael Stevens - RWS Moravia Host: Tommaso Rossi | In-country Review: Quality Assurance at Local Companies | AL2 | Presenters: Gisbert Meyer - Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG Christian Weih - Across Systems GmbH Host: Inna Geller | Localization Strategy and the Customer Journey | CS2 | Presenter: Sarah O'Keefe - Scriptorium Publishing Host: Scott Abel | The TAUS Quality Dashboard: Turning QE into Business Intelligence | TS2 | Presenters: Henk Boxma - Boxma IT Jaap van der Meer - TAUS | The 12 Pillars of High-quality Localization | IN2 | Presenter: Maxim Lobanov - Google Host: Teresa Marshall |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Break | ||||
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions | The Internet of Things | AL3 | Presenters: Karen Combe - PTC Christian Lieske - SAP Antoine Rey - Venga Global Felix Sasaki - DFKI Yves Savourel - Argos Multilingual Moderator: Ulrich Henes | Smart Products and Connected Devices Require Intelligent Localized Content | CS3 | Presenters: Diana Ballard - STAR Group Charles Cooper - The Rockley Group Inc. Laurence Dansokho - eBay Michael Rosinski - Astoria Software Moderator: Scott Abel | The Ultimate Discussion on Translation Quality Evaluation | TS3 | Presenters: Sharon Austin - Sajan Inc. Klaus Fleischmann - Kaleidoscope Arle Lommel - CSA Research Yael Sela - Google Antonio Tejada - Capita Translation and Interpreting Bodo Vahldieck - VMware Moderator: Jaap van der Meer | Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Break | ||||
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Globalization Readiness: Minimum to Play from Strategy to Execution | GB4 | Presenter: Luciana Vecchi - NetApp Host: Karen Fowlie | Going from Skipping Stones to Rock’n Rolling with One Customer | AL4 | Presenters: Mina Ivanovic - Electrolux Stefania Piva - Athena Parthenos Host: Aurélie Baechelen | Content Strategy for Advanced Display and Localization | CS4 | Presenter: Charles Cooper - The Rockley Group Inc. Host: Scott Abel | The State of Post-editing | TS4 | Presenters: Diego Bartolome - tauyou language technology John Moran - CNGL/ADAPT Selçuk Özcan - Transistent Host: Jaap van der Meer | From the Black Hole to the Black Box — Language Services in the Hot Seat | IN4 | Presenters: Chris Durban - Cabinet Durban Michelle Miller - Wordbank, LLC Anna Zierow - Google Moderator: Kathy DiCenzo |
| 18:30 – 21:00 | Dinner | ||||
Tracks (click icon for an overview):
Advanced Localization Management Content Strategy Global Business Inside Track Keynote TAUS
UnconferenceSession Follows Conference Theme:
Recommended Experience Level: Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced | Everyone |
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