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Tracks (click icon for an overview):

Advanced Localization Management
Content Management
Core Competencies
Global Business
Inside Track
Keynote
TAUS

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

Harbor Cove Bay Auditorium Pacific Boardroom Marina Sound
9:00am – 9:45am
Buyer Colloquium: Building Interoperable Systems and Processes | IN1 |
Special Registration Requirement, this is an extended session and will run until 10:30.
Presenters:
Don DePalma - CSA Research 
Arle Lommel - CSA Research
Pairing Technology and Quality in a Government Context | TS1 |
Presenter:
Nancy Gauthier - Government of Canada, Translation Bureau
Host: Dace Dzeguze
9:45am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm
Change Is the Only Constant | K1 |
Presenter:
Marcus East - National Geographic
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12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch, sponsored by Memsource
1:30pm – 2:15pm
Doing More with Less | AL2 |
Presenters:
Andy Andersen - Tinder 
Francesca Di Marco - Pinterest
Host: Hajnalka Sarvari
The Interoperability Dilemma | IN2 |
Presenter:
Don DePalma - CSA Research
From Global Is Great to Becoming Locally Relevant Globally | CM2 |
Presenters:
Claire Pagès - Expedia Group 
Craig Wood - Expedia Group
Host: Scott Abel
Next Generation Quality: Assessing Translation Quality with ASTM WK46369 | TS2 |
Presenters:
Arle Lommel - CSA Research 
Alan Melby - Brigham Young University
Host: Dace Dzeguze
2:15pm – 2:45pm Break
2:45pm – 4:00pm
Vendor Management: One Size Does Not Fit All | AL3 |
Presenters:
Indre Bates - Autodesk 
Diane Manning - MobileIron 
Brennan Smith - Welocalize 
Andrea Velasco Simon - Expedia Group
Moderator: Mimi Hills
Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions
Winning Executive Support for Global Expansion | GB3 |
Presenters:
Terence Maikels - Starbucks 
Brian McConnell - Notion 
Swati Narwal - IKEA
Moderator: Paul Cerda
Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions
Delivering Business Value Through AI | TS3 |
Presenters:
Alon Lavie - Phrase 
Arle Lommel - CSA Research 
Chris Wendt - Microsoft
Moderator: Bill Lafferty
4:00pm – 4:30pm Break
4:30pm – 5:15pm
Process Innovation Challenge, Round 1 - Experis-ManpowerGroup, Xillio | AL4 |
Presenters:
Konstantine Boukhvalov - Experis-ManpowerGroup 
Rikkert Engels - Xillio LocHub 
Dalibor Frívaldský - Memsource 
Patrícia Paladini Adell - Paladini Global 
Konstantin Savenkov - Intento 
Vincent Swan - Pactera Technologies
Moderator: Jeffrey Kiser
Hosts: Kerstin Bier,
Yuka Nakasone,
Jonas Ryberg
Soft Skills to Survive in the AI Era | IN4 |
Presenter:
Aki Ito - Crestec
Host: Mark Lawyer
How the Digital Agenda Drives M&A Strategy and Execution | GB4 |
Presenters:
Britta Aagaard - Semantix 
Tuyen Ho - Welocalize 
Véronique Özkaya - Argos Multilingual
Moderator: Renato Beninatto
Automation Evolution from Human TEP to NMT-PE | TS4 |
Presenter:
Gilbert Segura - Compass Languages
Host: Dace Dzeguze
6:30pm – 9:30pm Dinner – sponsored by Moravia followed by after-dinner drinks sponsored by Jonckers
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Tracks (click icon for an overview):

Advanced Localization Management
Content Management
Core Competencies
Global Business
Inside Track
Keynote
TAUS

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

9:00am – 9:45am
Buyer Colloquium: Building Interoperable Systems and Processes | IN1 |
Special Registration Requirement, this is an extended session and will run until 10:30.
Presenters:
Don DePalma - CSA Research 
Arle Lommel - CSA Research
Pairing Technology and Quality in a Government Context | TS1 |
Presenter:
Nancy Gauthier - Government of Canada, Translation Bureau
Host: Dace Dzeguze
9:45am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm
Change Is the Only Constant | K1 |
Presenter:
Marcus East - National Geographic
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch, sponsored by Memsource
1:30pm – 2:15pm
Doing More with Less | AL2 |
Presenters:
Andy Andersen - Tinder 
Francesca Di Marco - Pinterest
Host: Hajnalka Sarvari
From Global Is Great to Becoming Locally Relevant Globally | CM2 |
Presenters:
Claire Pagès - Expedia Group 
Craig Wood - Expedia Group
Host: Scott Abel
The Interoperability Dilemma | IN2 |
Presenter:
Don DePalma - CSA Research
Next Generation Quality: Assessing Translation Quality with ASTM WK46369 | TS2 |
Presenters:
Arle Lommel - CSA Research 
Alan Melby - Brigham Young University
Host: Dace Dzeguze
2:15pm – 2:45pm Break
2:45pm – 4:00pm
Vendor Management: One Size Does Not Fit All | AL3 |
Presenters:
Indre Bates - Autodesk 
Diane Manning - MobileIron 
Brennan Smith - Welocalize 
Andrea Velasco Simon - Expedia Group
Moderator: Mimi Hills
Winning Executive Support for Global Expansion | GB3 |
Presenters:
Terence Maikels - Starbucks 
Brian McConnell - Notion 
Swati Narwal - IKEA
Moderator: Paul Cerda
Delivering Business Value Through AI | TS3 |
Presenters:
Alon Lavie - Phrase 
Arle Lommel - CSA Research 
Chris Wendt - Microsoft
Moderator: Bill Lafferty
4:00pm – 4:30pm Break
4:30pm – 5:15pm
Process Innovation Challenge, Round 1 - Experis-ManpowerGroup, Xillio | AL4 |
Presenters:
Konstantine Boukhvalov - Experis-ManpowerGroup 
Rikkert Engels - Xillio LocHub 
Dalibor Frívaldský - Memsource 
Patrícia Paladini Adell - Paladini Global 
Konstantin Savenkov - Intento 
Vincent Swan - Pactera Technologies
Moderator: Jeffrey Kiser
Hosts: Kerstin Bier,
Yuka Nakasone,
Jonas Ryberg
How the Digital Agenda Drives M&A Strategy and Execution | GB4 |
Presenters:
Britta Aagaard - Semantix 
Tuyen Ho - Welocalize 
Véronique Özkaya - Argos Multilingual
Moderator: Renato Beninatto
Soft Skills to Survive in the AI Era | IN4 |
Presenter:
Aki Ito - Crestec
Host: Mark Lawyer
Automation Evolution from Human TEP to NMT-PE | TS4 |
Presenter:
Gilbert Segura - Compass Languages
Host: Dace Dzeguze
6:30pm – 9:30pm Dinner – sponsored by Moravia followed by after-dinner drinks sponsored by Jonckers
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Tracks (click icon for an overview):

Advanced Localization Management
Community
Content Management
Global Business
Keynote
Technical
Unconference

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

Harbor Cove Bay Auditorium Pacific Boardroom Marina Sound
9:00am – 9:45am
Who Are the Project Managers of Tomorrow | C5 |
Presenters:
Mariah Fike - Netflix 
Chiara Fornasero - WhatsApp 
Max Troyer - Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Moderator: Samantha Reiss
Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions
The Okapi Framework in Action | T5 |
Presenters:
Dale Eggett - Lingotek 
Yves Savourel - Argos Multilingual 
Giuseppe Silvano - MateCat
Host: Donna Parrish
9:45am – 10:15am Break
10:15am – 11:30am
Shifting the Paradigm | K2 |
Presenters:
Paul Danter - RWS Moravia 
John Fennelly - Lionbridge 
Adolfo Hernandez - SDL 
Smith Yewell - Welocalize
Moderators: Anne-Marie Colliander Lind,
Donna Parrish
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11:30am – 1:00pm Lunch, sponsored by thebigword
1:00pm – 1:45pm
Going Global from Day One | GB6 |
Presenters:
Patrick McLoughlin - Verily Life Sciences 
Vasco Pedro - Unbabel 
Martine Smets - Microsoft
Host: Richard Sikes
Taming Chaos and Complexity with Next Generation TBX | T6 |
Presenters:
Alan Melby - Brigham Young University 
Hanne Smaadahl - SAP
Host: Gary Lefman
1:45pm – 2:00pm Break
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Lessons from Digital Transformation Inside Large Global Organizations | AL7 |
Presenters:
Kathleen Glennon - Dell EMC 
Eric Jones - RWS 
Haseeb Shaik - Adapt Worldwide, a Welocalize Company 
Alex Thurgood - Canon Europe
Moderator: Daniel Goldschmidt
MicroTalks - Microsoft, CMI Media | GB7 |
Presenters:
Agustín Da Fieno Delucchi - Microsoft 
Harsh Govind - Microsoft 
Haitham Wahab - CMI Media
Host: Alex Bernet
Collaborative and Agile: Software Localization | T7 |
Presenters:
Yuka Kurihara - Scaled Agile, Inc. 
Olivier Libouban - Lingoport
Host: Gary Lefman
3:00pm – 3:45pm Break
3:45pm – 4:30pm
Digital Marketing in the Time of GDPR and ePrivacy Regulations | GB8 |
Presenters:
Allison Ferch - Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) 
Sabina Jasinska - StoneShot
Host: Tuyen Ho
4:30pm – 4:45pm Break
4:45pm – 5:30pm Closing/Prize Drawing
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Tracks (click icon for an overview):

Advanced Localization Management
Community
Content Management
Global Business
Keynote
Technical
Unconference

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

9:00am – 9:45am
Who Are the Project Managers of Tomorrow | C5 |
Presenters:
Mariah Fike - Netflix 
Chiara Fornasero - WhatsApp 
Max Troyer - Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Moderator: Samantha Reiss
The Okapi Framework in Action | T5 |
Presenters:
Dale Eggett - Lingotek 
Yves Savourel - Argos Multilingual 
Giuseppe Silvano - MateCat
Host: Donna Parrish
9:45am – 10:15am Break
10:15am – 11:30am
Shifting the Paradigm | K2 |
Presenters:
Paul Danter - RWS Moravia 
John Fennelly - Lionbridge 
Adolfo Hernandez - SDL 
Smith Yewell - Welocalize
Moderators: Anne-Marie Colliander Lind,
Donna Parrish
11:30am – 1:00pm Lunch, sponsored by thebigword
1:00pm – 1:45pm
Going Global from Day One | GB6 |
Presenters:
Patrick McLoughlin - Verily Life Sciences 
Vasco Pedro - Unbabel 
Martine Smets - Microsoft
Host: Richard Sikes
Taming Chaos and Complexity with Next Generation TBX | T6 |
Presenters:
Alan Melby - Brigham Young University 
Hanne Smaadahl - SAP
Host: Gary Lefman
1:45pm – 2:00pm Break
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Lessons from Digital Transformation Inside Large Global Organizations | AL7 |
Presenters:
Kathleen Glennon - Dell EMC 
Eric Jones - RWS 
Haseeb Shaik - Adapt Worldwide, a Welocalize Company 
Alex Thurgood - Canon Europe
Moderator: Daniel Goldschmidt
MicroTalks - Microsoft, CMI Media | GB7 |
Presenters:
Agustín Da Fieno Delucchi - Microsoft 
Harsh Govind - Microsoft 
Haitham Wahab - CMI Media
Host: Alex Bernet
Collaborative and Agile: Software Localization | T7 |
Presenters:
Yuka Kurihara - Scaled Agile, Inc. 
Olivier Libouban - Lingoport
Host: Gary Lefman
3:00pm – 3:45pm Break
3:45pm – 4:30pm
Digital Marketing in the Time of GDPR and ePrivacy Regulations | GB8 |
Presenters:
Allison Ferch - Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) 
Sabina Jasinska - StoneShot
Host: Tuyen Ho
4:30pm – 4:45pm Break
4:45pm – 5:30pm Closing/Prize Drawing
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