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LocWorld39 Main Conference Program

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6:30pm – 8:30pm Opening Reception at the Lemon Garden Terrace

Tracks (click icon for an overview):

Advanced Localization Management
Content Management
Keynote
Localization for Asia
TAUS
Sabah Penang Kelantan
9:00am – 9:45am

Multiple Career Paths for Women in Localization and the Core Skill Sets to Fulfill Them | AL1 |
Presenter:
Weiwei (Celina) Cao - Alibaba Group

What's in a Name? | GB1 |
Presenter:
Manuela Noske - Globalization and Localization Association (GALA)

Alite: Linguistic Testing and Resource Management Platform | TS1 |
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer

9:45am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm

A Rapidly Changing World | K1 |
Presenter:
Fredrik Härén

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12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch, held in Sarawak
1:30pm – 2:15pm

Breaking the Trend — Paying More for Translation | AL2 |

General MicroTalks | G2 |
Presenter:
Afrizal Luthfi - SpeeQual
Host: Daniel Goldschmidt

Automating Quality Estimation | TS2 |
Presenter:
Dalibor Frívaldský - Memsource
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer

2:15pm – 2:45pm Break
2:45pm – 3:45pm

When Small Jobs Bring Big Pains: Localizing Content Updates in a Stress-free Way | AL3 |
Host: Katie Botkin

TBD | LA3 |

Kato Speaks: How Translators without Borders is Using Technology to Reach the Most Vulnerable | TS3 |
Presenter:
Aimee Ansari - Translators without Borders
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer

3:45pm – 4:15pm Break
4:15pm – 5:00pm

TBD | AL4 |

Why Content Marketers Need Localization Too! | CM4 |
Presenters:
Joy Chang - Alibaba Group 
Morgan Gallup Zhu - RWS Moravia
Host: Scott Abel

A Case Study on How Neural MT Has Improved the Quality of MT Output | TS4 |
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer

6:30pm – 9:30pm Dinner – sponsored by RWS Moravia

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Advanced Localization Management
Core Competencies
Global Business
Keynote
Technical
Unconference
Sabah Penang Kelantan
9:00am – 9:45am

Aged Society and Its Impact on the Localization Industry | AL5 |
Presenters:
Yoko Chiba - Women in Localization 
Miyuki Mori - Women in Localization

Industry and University Join Hands in Technical Communications Education in China | GB5 |
Host: Weiwei (Celina) Cao

Shallow Translation via MT for Simplified Chinese <> Traditional Chinese | T5 |
Host: Gary Lefman

9:45am – 10:15am Break
10:15am – 11:00am

User Experience Challenges for the Korean, Japanese and Indonesian Markets | AL6 |
Presenter:
Andy Andersen - Tinder
Host: Katie Botkin

Let It Be More Global through Enterprise Design Thinking | GB6 |
Presenter:
Elaine Liang - IBM

Localization Friendly Automation Best Practices | T6 |
Host: Gary Lefman

11:00am – 11:30am Break
11:30am – 12:45pm

Entering the ASEAN Market | K2 |
Presenter:
Claire Tsai - Cloudflare
Moderator: Scott Abel

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12:45pm – 2:15pm Lunch, held in Sarawak
2:15pm – 3:15pm

How to Keep Pace with Global SEO: Learnings from HubSpot | GB7 |

Unconference @ LocWorld | UN7 |
Moderators: Daniel Goldschmidt,
Hui May Koh

Technical MicroTalks | T7 |
Presenters:
Mike Fang - VMware 
Peter Reynolds - memoQ
Host: Gary Lefman

3:15pm – 3:45pm Break
3:45pm – 4:30pm

Remote Interpretation and AI-based Vendor Selection — Global Approach for Global Leaders | GB8 |
Presenter:
Andrey Moiseev - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Organizing Committee

Unconference @ LocWorld | UN8 |
Moderators: Daniel Goldschmidt,
Hui May Koh

Quality as a Product | CC8 |
Host: Donna Parrish

4:30pm – 4:45pm Break
4:45pm – 5:30pm

Closing / Prize Drawing | CL9 |

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