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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
9:00am – 9:45am

AL1
Agile Means Inclusion — From Development to LSP
Presenters: István Lengyel - BeLazy Technologies Ltd.  |  Patrícia Paladini Adell - Paladini Global Solutions
Host: Donna Parrish

CM1
When Less is More — Selective Retranslation, Reduced-cost Content Localization Strategy
Presenters: Antonio Magalhaes - Adobe  |  Jeff Marques - Adobe  |  Guta Ribeiro - Adobe
Host: Scott Abel

GB1
Translation Beyond Localization
Presenter: Kirti Vashee - SDL
Host: Wafaa Mohiy

GW1
Take it Personally: Highly-targeted Personalization Strategies for Local Websites
Presenter: Julio Leal - Ciena
Host: Aki Ito

IN1
Buy-side Colloquium: Benchmarking the Globalization Journey of the Enterprise
Special Registration Requirement, this is an extended session and will run until 10:30.
Presenters: Rebecca Ray - CSA Research  |  Alison Toon - CSA Research

TS1
Custom-trained vs. Generic: A Comparative Study of Post-editing Performance
Presenter: Alexander Gigga - lengoo GmbH
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer
9:45am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm

K1
Go Digital, Be Human
Presenter: Isabel Aguilera
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch held on the second floor foyer
1:30pm – 2:15pm

AL2
New Methodologies Applied to the Linguistic Quality Assurance in Multilingual Corporations
Presenter: Jennifer Vela-Valido - Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Host: Teresa Marshall

CM2
Content Considerations in an Increasingly Regulated World
Presenters: Sabina Jasinska - SDL  |  Margarida Mendes da Maia - Portugal Fintech
Host: Scott Abel

GB2
Venturing into the GILT World: A 20-Language Case Study
Presenter: Bekir Diri - Localex
Host: Katie Botkin

GW2
Make Commerce Better for Everyone, Everywhere
Presenter: Melanie Clarke - Shopify
Host: Gábor Bessenyei

IN2
International Expansion for LSPs: How and Why Global Growth Matters
Presenter: Alison Toon - CSA Research

TS2
Language Data Transformation with TAUS Matching Data
Presenter: Milica Panic - TAUS
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer
2:15pm – 2:45pm Break
2:45pm – 4:00pm

AL3
Process Innovation Challenge
Presenters: Aimee Ansari - Translators without Borders  |  David Benotmane - Glossa Group  |  István Lengyel - BeLazy Technologies Ltd.  |  Harsha Mudumby - ImageTranslate  |  Giuliana Tarditi - Monese  |  Benedetta Zamagni - Translated
Moderator: Dave Ruane
Hosts: Esther Curiel  |  Yuka Nakasone  |  Miguel Sepulveda

CM3
Defining Global Brand Identity — The Role of Terminology and Quality Management
Presenters: Rachida Chekaf - AXELOS  |  Angela Cimmino - Fujitsu  |  Åsa Ralpher - Scania
Moderator: Neal Dempsey

GB3
Globalization Teams as Enablers of Global Success: Tales from the Trenches
Presenters: Patricia Borges - FM Global  |  Charlotte Cole - Farfetch  |  Claire Pagès - Expedia Group
Moderator: María Jesús de Arriba Díaz

TS3
AI, NMT, ML: What’s Hype and What’s Actionable?
Presenters: Wayne Bourland - Dell EMC  |  Robert Shaw - OpenTable  |  Sarah Weldon - Google  |  Lorna Whelan - TripAdvisor
Host: Olga Beregovaya
4:00pm – 4:30pm Break
4:30pm – 5:15pm

AL4
Refining Global — Leveraging Next Generation Market Analytics to Delight Local Users
Presenters: Esther Curiel - Indeed  |  Bruno Herrmann - Independent Consultant

CM4
Content Experiences and Design on a Global Scale
Presenter: Julie Newcome - Ultimate Software
Host: Scott Abel

GB4
Global Products, Local User Experiences
Presenters: Nair Hid - Oracle NetSuite  |  Carlos Pons - Oracle NetSuite
Host: Mathan Sivaloganathan

GW4
A Journey of Transformation: From Localization Provider to Global Experience Partner
Presenters: Stefani Grothe - LinkedIn  |  Asako Miyazaki - LinkedIn
Host: Katie Botkin

IN4
MicroTalks
MICRO TALK
Presenters: Klaus Fleischmann - Kaleidoscope  |  Robert O'Keefe - Citrix  |  Juliana Pereira - Flow Commerce  |  Gregor Rosulnik - GORR
Host: Daniel Goldschmidt

TS4
Neural Language Tech Smashes the Barrier to Going Global
Presenter: Diane O'Reilly - Iconic Translation Machines Ltd.
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer
6:30pm – 9:30pm Dinner at SUD Lisboa, sponsored by RWS Moravia
10:00pm – 12:00am After-dinner Drinks held at the Reverse Pool & Beach Lounge, sponsored by Memsource

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Thursday, June 13, 2019
9:00am – 9:45am

AL5
The Buy vs. Build Dilemma: How to Navigate an Ocean of Capability Options
Presenters: Daniel Goldschmidt - LocWorld  |  Kamilla Krawczyk - RWS Moravia
Host: Richard Sikes

CM5
TBD
Host: Scott Abel

GB5
CANCELLED

LSP5
Quarterly Business Reviews — Customer and Vendor Speed Dating!
Presenter: Iwona Bąk - Summa Linguae
Host: Wayne Bourland

T5
Speech Recognition, Globalized! Improving In-app Speech Recognition Systems for Nonnative Speakers
Presenter: Nishant Rai - Adobe
Host: Gary Lefman

TS5
Technologies to Improve Accuracy of NMT Output and Efficiency of Post-editing
Presenter: Takeyoshi Nakayama - Human Science Co., Ltd.
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer

UN5
Unconference @ LocWorld
Presenter: Session Participants
Moderator: Teresa Marshall
9:45am – 10:15am Break
10:15am – 11:00am

AL6
AViK: A Robust Set of Tools That Enhances Mobile and Gadgets UI Validation
Presenters: Janine Oliveira - Motorola  |  Juliana Peres Rebelatto Pereira - Motorola
Host: Teddy Bengtsson

CM6
What Did You Say?
Presenter: Julie Newcome - Ultimate Software
Host: Scott Abel

GB6
Speech and Language AI — Use Cases in Localization
Presenter: Udi Hershkovich - Amazon Web Services
Host: Oleksandr Pysaryuk

LSP6
How to Manage Quality? One Goal, Many Ways!
Presenter: Burcu Demirörs - HeliCo Translation
Host: Kathrin Bussmann

T6
Where’s Wally? – The Great Hunt for a String in Its Context
Presenter: Wojciech Froelich - Argos Multilingual
Host: Gary Lefman

TS6
Adapting the TAUS Quality Model to Your Business
Presenter: Svetlana Galanina Ataman - Sony
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer

UN6
Unconference @ LocWorld
Presenter: Session Participants
Moderator: Teresa Marshall
11:00am – 11:30am Break
11:30am – 12:45pm

AL7
Is There an Innovators Dilemma? Taking the Pulse of Real Innovation in the Globalization Industry
Presenters: Wayne Bourland - Dell EMC  |  Rikkert Engels - Xillio  |  Roeland Hofkens - LanguageWire  |  Yuka Nakasone - Beabloo  |  Miguel Sepulveda - King
Moderator: Dave Ruane

GB7
Go Global, Be Global: Transformational Challenges
Presenters: David Čaněk - Memsource  |  Marcus Casal - AMPLEXOR  |  Aki Ito - LocalizationGuy  |  Vera Richards - Akorbi  |  Florian Sachse - memoQ  |  Kirti Vashee - SDL
Moderator: Mathan Sivaloganathan
12:45pm – 2:15pm Lunch held on the second floor foyer
2:15pm – 3:15pm

AL8
Globalization at Scale: Evolution of Localization Operations in the Age of Digitalization
Presenters: Gloria Camino - Alfresco Software  |  Melanie Heighway - Atlassian  |  Patrick McLoughlin - Eventbrite  |  Oleksandr Pysaryuk - Ceridian
Moderator: Henk Boxma

CC8
Globalization Strategies — Managing Content for Tech and Ecommerce
Presenters: Mara Ferreira Martins - Microsoft  |  Gabriela Jungblut - Shopify  |  Hilary Normanha - Eezy  |  Gaya Saghatelyan - HubSpot, Inc.
Moderator: Kathrin Bussmann

CM8
CANCELLED

GB8
Translation and Communication in an Increasingly Global Environment
Presenter: Lone Kanstrup - Ørsted
Host: Anne-Marie Colliander Lind

T8
MicroTalks
MICRO TALK
Presenters: Andrey Berestyansky - Kaspersky Lab  |  Miquel Esplà-Gomis - Universitat d’Alacant
Host: Gary Lefman

TS8
Making the Most of Machine Translation
Presenters: Britta Aagaard - Semantix  |  João Graça - Unbabel  |  Christel Weber Kristensen Gouas - Ørsted  |  Camille Xu - Linguitronics Co., Ltd.
Moderator: David Čaněk

UN8
Unconference @ LocWorld
Presenter: Session Participants
Moderator: Teresa Marshall
3:15pm – 3:45pm Break
3:45pm – 4:30pm

AL9
The Future of Localization Jobs in a Global AI World
Presenter: Agustín Da Fieno Delucchi - Microsoft
Host: Donna Parrish

CC9
To Localize or Not: How to Leverage Data to Avoid Costly Mistakes
Presenter: Christiane Bark - Busuu
Host: Daniel Goldschmidt

CM9
Global Corporate Language – A New Way of Using Terminology
Presenter: Houman Gieleky - Toptranslation
Host: Scott Abel

GB9
Culturally Smart Brand Storytelling: Clarify Your Message, Increase Your Sales
Presenter: Dawn Pick-Benson - GlobeStory
Host: Anne-Marie Colliander Lind

T9
Beyond Continuous Localization: Advanced Localization Platform
Presenters: Akshat Dhaon - Autodesk  |  Justin Lawler - Autodesk
Host: Gary Lefman

TS9
How to Implement Machine Translation into Your Workflow
Presenter: Wolf Steinhauer - VerbalAthletes
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer

UN9
Unconference @ LocWorld
Presenter: Session Participants
Moderator: Teresa Marshall
4:30pm – 4:45pm Break
4:45pm – 5:30pm

CP10
Closing / Prize Drawing

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