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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 - Evernote
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 GmbH  |  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 - Localization World, Ltd.  |  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  |  Yuka Nakasone - Beabloo  |  Roeland Hofkens - LanguageWire  |  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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LocWorld is the leading conference for international business, translation, localization and global website management. Attendees are the people responsible for communicating across the boundaries of language and culture in the global marketplace. With a specific emphasis on global business, the conference provides an opportunity for the exchange of high-value information in the language and translation services and technologies market.

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