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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
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 Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch, sponsored by Memsource
1:30pm – 2:15pm
Doing More with Less | AL2 |
Presenters:
Andy Andersen - Brave 
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, Inc. 
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
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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 - Summa Linguae
Moderator: Renato Beninatto
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 - Brave 
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, Inc. 
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 - Summa Linguae
Moderator: Renato Beninatto
Soft Skills to Survive in the AI Era | IN4 |
Presenter:
Aki Ito - Crestec
Host: Mark Lawyer
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 at Monterey (MIIS)
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
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 Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions
11:30am – 1:00pm Lunch, sponsored by thebigword
1:00pm – 1:45pm
Alexa, What Does the Future of Localization Look Like? | AL6 |
Presenters:
Scott Cahoon - Dell EMC 
Loïc Dufresne de Virel - Intel Corporation 
Katell Jentreau - Expedia Group
Moderator: Mark Lawyer
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 at Monterey (MIIS)
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
Alexa, What Does the Future of Localization Look Like? | AL6 |
Presenters:
Scott Cahoon - Dell EMC 
Loïc Dufresne de Virel - Intel Corporation 
Katell Jentreau - Expedia Group
Moderator: Mark Lawyer
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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