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Thursday, November 7, 2019
9:00am – 9:45am

CM1
Documentation Revitalization for Global Readiness
Session Topics: Content, Go Global-Be Global
Presenter: Ariane Duddey - Broadridge
Host: Scott Abel

GO1
Proper Internationalization Enables Globalization: Internationalization Practices across Different Sectors
Session Topics: Core Competencies, Globalization, Go Global-Be Global, Internationalization, Strategies
Presenters: Dulce Carrillo - Philips  |  Skip Masonsmith - Expedia Group  |  Cornelia Sittel - Salesforce
Moderator: Manuela Noske

IN1
Buy-side Colloquium: Evaluating the ROI of Localization
Session Topics: Data, Inside, Language, Localization, ROI
Special Registration Requirement, this is an extended session and will run until 10:30.
Presenters: Arle Lommel - CSA Research  |  Hélène Pielmeier - CSA Research

TS1
7 1/2 Steps to a Successful NMT Implementation At Any Small LSP
Session Topics: Core Competencies, Growth, Innovation, LSP, TAUS, Technologies
Presenter: Gaëtan Chrétiennot - Six Continents
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer

WN1
Speech and Language AI — Use Cases in Localization
Session Topics: Advanced Localization, Global Business, Technologies, What's Next
Presenter: Udi Hershkovich - Amazon Web Services
Host: Adam Asnes
9:45am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm

K1
An Inside Look into the Corporate Innovation Blackbox — How to Best Partner with, Invest in and Acquire Startups
Session Topics: Keynote, Startup, What's Next
Presenter: Vitaly Golomb - GS Capital
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 2:15pm

CM2
Face Is the New Interface
Session Topics: Advanced Localization, Content, User Experience
Presenter: Mark Walsh - Motional.ai
Host: Scott Abel

GO2
How to Tie Globalization Strategy into Enterprise-wide Corporate Governance
Session Topics: Evangelization, Globalization, Go Global-Be Global, Teamwork
Presenters: Kristin Gutierrez - United Language Group (ULG)  |  Anna Schlegel - NetApp
Host: Paul Cerda

IN2
LSP Growth Strategies: Making Your Way through the Jungle
Session Topics: Growth, Inside, LSP, Strategies
Presenter: Hélène Pielmeier - CSA Research

TS2
Reimagining the Translation Industry as a Data-driven Business
Session Topics: Advanced Localization, Data, TAUS, Technologies
Presenter: Oksana Tkach - Metamova
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer

WN2
Process Innovation Challenge
Session Topics: Advanced Localization, Data, Evangalization, Globalization, Growth, Innovation, Strategies, What's Next
this is an extended session and will run until 2:30.
Hosts: Alessandra Binazzi  |  Yuka Nakasone  |  Konstantin Savenkov
2:15pm – 2:45pm Break
2:45pm – 4:00pm

GO3
CEO Panel — Top Industry Players
Session Topics: Content, Global Business, Go Global-Be Global, Insights, LSP, Strategies, What's Next
Presenters: Paul Danter - RWS Moravia  |  Adolfo Hernandez - SDL  |  Smith Yewell - Welocalize
Moderator: Véronique Özkaya
4:00pm – 4:30pm Break
4:30pm – 5:15pm

CM4
Why You Need Content Transformation to Have a Successful Content Strategy
Session Topics: Content, Globalization
Presenter: Val Swisher - Content Rules, Inc.
Host: Scott Abel

GO4
You Are Now the Startup Localization Manager: How Do You Help Your Company Go Global?
Session Topics: Evangelization, Globalization, Go Global-Be Global, Growth, Startup, Strategies, Teamwork
Presenters: Michele Carlson - SurveyMonkey  |  Francesca Di Marco - Pinterest
Moderator: Antoine Rey

IN4
MicroTalk: Collaboration to Create TM Best Practices
SPLIT SESSION
Presenter: Andrzej Poblocki - Veritas
Host: Ben Cornelius

IN4
MicroTalk: International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019
SPLIT SESSION | Session Topics: Community, Inside
Presenters: Craig Cornelius - Google  |  Ludmila Golovine - MasterWord Services
Host: Ben Cornelius

IN4
MicroTalk: Energizing Development Teams on Scalable Globalization Processes
SPLIT SESSION | Session Topics: Advanced Localization, Content, Evangelization, Innovation, Inside
Presenters: Ana Boardman-Hsue  |  Chandra Penke - TOverlap
Host: Ben Cornelius

IN4
MicroTalk: Building a Scalable Linguistic Testing Process
SPLIT SESSION | Session Topics: Advanced Localization, Inside, Quality
Host: Ben Cornelius

TS4
The Fantastic Best-quality Engines and How to Find Them: Evaluating MT in 2020
Session Topics: Metrics, Quality, Risk Assessment, ROI, TAUS, Technologies
Presenters: Silvio Picinini - eBay  |  Konstantin Savenkov - Intento, Inc.  |  Kirill Soloviev - ContentQuo
Host: Anne-Maj van der Meer

WN4
Local Design on a Global Scale: How Language Can Inform Human-centered Design
Session Topics: Customer/User Experience, Data, Global Business, Teamwork, What's Next
Presenters: Mercedes Krimme - Facebook  |  Camela Logan - Facebook
Host: Terence Maikels
6:30pm – 9:30pm Dinner at Villa Ragusa, sponsored by RWS Moravia
10:00pm – 12:00am After-dinner Drinks sponsored by Memsource
Friday, November 8, 2019
9:30am – 10:15am

DA5
Justify Your Existence: Demonstrating the Power and ROI of Localization
Session Topics: Advanced Localization, Data, Risk Assessment, ROI, Startup
Presenters: Melanie Heighway - Atlassian  |  Tarja Karjalainen - HappyOrNot  |  Oleksandr Pysaryuk - Ceridian  |  Martin Schneekloth - Haufe
Moderator: Maria Kania

GB5
Balancing Demands of Legacy and Next Generation Products While Growing a Core Localization Program
Session Topics: Global Business, Quality, Strategies
Presenter: Mary Anne Henselmann - ADP
Host: Hanna Kanabiajeuskaja

GO5
Being Global: Proving the ROI for Global Content Technology Investments
Session Topics: Content, Go Global-Be Global, Quality, ROI, Technologies
Presenters: Ana Boardman-Hsue  |  Rahul Sharma - HP
Moderator: Paul Barth

T5
Robot Voices in Multimedia: Adventures in Text-to-speech
Session Topics: Advanced Localization, Innovation, Technical, Technologies
Presenter: Gilbert Segura - Compass Languages
Host: Gary Lefman

UN5
Unconference @ LocWorld
Session Topics: Unconference
Presenter: Session Participants
Moderator: Teresa Marshall
10:15am – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 12:00pm

GO6
CEO Panel – Mid-cap Language Service Providers
Session Topics: Content, Global Business, Go Global-Be Global, Insights, LSP, Strategies, What's Next
Presenters: Nihat Arkan - thebigword  |  Patrik Attemark - Semantix  |  Mark Evenepoel - AMPLEXOR  |  Kristen Giovanis - United Language Group (ULG)
Moderator: Kathleen Bostick
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 2:30pm

DA7
Refining Global — Leveraging Next Generation Market Analytics to Delight Local Users
Session Topics: Data, Metrics, Quality, ROI, User Experience
Presenters: Joel Sahleen - Domo  |  Daniel Sullivan - Shopify  |  Erik Vogt - RWS Moravia
Moderator: Alessandra Binazzi

GB7
How Do We Get There from Here?
Session Topics: Career Development, Global Business, Leading Localization
Presenters: Mimi Hills - VMware  |  Jenny Kang - Veritas  |  Allison McDougall - AMPLEXOR
Moderator: Loy Searle

GO7
Grow Your Business by Proving the Value of Localized Digital Content
Session Topics: Content, Data, Global Business, Global Web, Go Global-Be Global, Growth
Moderator: Ryan Webb

T7
Internationalization Readiness in Software Localization – Talk to the Experts
Session Topics: Advanced Localization, Evangelization, Globalization, Internationalization, Metrics, Technical
Presenters: Igor Afanasyev - Evernote  |  Patrícia Paladini Adell - Paladini Global Solutions  |  Irina Rybnikova - Positive Technologies
Host: Gary Lefman

UN7
Unconference @ LocWorld
Session Topics: Unconference
Presenter: Session Participants
Moderator: Teresa Marshall
2:30pm – 3:00pm Break
3:00pm – 3:45pm

DA8
Localization Beyond Words
Session Topics: Content, Data, Global Web, Globalization
Presenter: Pedro Gomez - Microsoft

GB8
Localization of Documentaries in the Arab World through Manipulative Translation
Session Topics: Global Business, Technologies, User Experience
Presenter: Salma Chabbak
Host: Medhat Bassily 

T8
Contextual Translation Online Editor
SPLIT SESSION
Presenter: Raymond Peng - VMware
Host: Gary Lefman

T8
Globalization Scorecard - Benchmark Products Globalization Quality Continuously
SPLIT SESSION | Session Topics: Evangelization, Globalization, Internationalization, Metrics, Quality, Technical
Presenter: Hong Zhang - VMware
Host: Gary Lefman

UN8
Unconference @ LocWorld
Session Topics: Unconference
Presenter: Session Participants
Moderator: Teresa Marshall
3:45pm – 4:00pm Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm

CP9
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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