LocWorldWide45 Conference Program
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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Let’s get this conference started on the right foot! The Opening Reception and Newbie Welcome is open to all LocWorldWide45 attendees. The second “floor” of the networking site will be hosted by Aki Ito and is specifically designated for all conference newcomers. Everyone is invited and encouraged to visit this area to meet our new attendees, answer their questions, and get to know them. The remainder of the networking site is for everyone (new and old) to meander through the tables and meet colleagues and ...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Discover the latest tools and innovations in our virtual exhibition hall during ...
Join LocWorld principals, Ulrich Henes and Donna Parrish, to learn about what to expect from ...

Localization Thought Leaders on Pushing Boundaries
There are many ways we in the localization industry have pushed boundaries. Indeed, the actual act of localizing pushes the boundaries of language and culture! We have put together a group of industry thought leaders who have done their own boundary pushing. They will be talking about their accomplishments and experiences as well as what ...Presenters:Madhuri Hegde

Nitish Singh

Faiza Sultan

Discuss issues after the keynote Q&A, and get to know others at your ...

Healing the World: How Unmind Is Pushing Global Mental Health Content Boundaries
In this session, we present a case study that looks at the challenges faced when a relatively small business-to-business startup progresses. The process began with a contract signing with a ...Presenters:Rahel Anne Bailie

Elliott King


Process Innovation Challenge
The PIC is a platform for innovations and innovators in the localization and translation industry, held during LocWorld conferences. Innovators have a stage to pitch their ideas to peers and experts. ...This is an hour-long session, ending at 10:30amPresenters:Nour Hussein

Rafał Jaworski

Dominick Kelly

Vincent Truong Van Nga

Qiang Wan

Alex Zekakis

Dave Ruane - Lion People GlobalHosts:
Esther Curiel - Zoetis
Cornelia Sittel - Salesforce.com
Peter Swaniker - MonitorQA

How AI Is Revolutionizing Multilingual Customer Chats and Real Time Conversations
TA1: How AI Is Revolutionizing Multilingual Customer Chats and Real Time Conversations Fewer than five percent of the world’s population speaks English as a first language, yet global businesses ...Presenters:Belén Agulló García
Bern Elliot

Heather Shoemaker

Francesca Sorrentino
Carissa Bhardwaj - Language I/O

Mergers and Acquisitions: Transitioning Without Losing Momentum
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been a hot topic this year with some high-profile deals. But what comes next? We’re going to explore what happens after the ink dries. From integrating two ...Presenters:Britta Aagaard

David Čaněk

Bring your coffee (tea or champagne) and join in on a conversation with Johan Sporre. Or you can visit Solutions Square to network with exhibitors or connect with fellow ...
Presenter:Johan Sporre


Motivating Others to Globalize at Indeed
Globalization motivation is devoted to elevating the localization industry from service provider to strategic partner with alignment, clear terminology, and an integrative process. There is a trend ...Presenters:Esther Curiel

Erica Haims


Disruptive Trends in Multimedia Localization and Video Streaming
YouTube is the second most popular website on the internet. And according to Hubspot, three in every four millennials watch at least one video per day. Video has never been more popular. This rise in ...Presenters:Alex Chernenko

Paul Davis


Measure Twice, Cut Once: Building Your MT Program Right the First Time
Machine translation (MT) program development is a high priority for most if not all localization managers. But making sense of the MT landscape is hard. Every vendor seems to have an MT offering — ...Presenters:Carmen Avilés Suarez

Mathieu Lonchampt

Christos Makropoulos
Johan Sporre

Konstantin Savenkov - Intento

The Past, Present, and Future of LocWorld and LocLunch
Ulrich Henes, and Jan Hinrichs will interview each other and answer questions about both programs. Topics to be discussed include personal drivers and motivation, history and future, Ort der ...Presenters:Ulrich Henes

Jan Hinrichs

Translation Back Office welcomes you to grab your lunch and join the conversations during the LocLunch hour.
This LocLunch is free an open to the public on Sponsored By:

When Content Is Not Equal
Many people read and write only in languages that have no digital support. With limited access to information critical to modern living, they cannot participate in ecommerce, email, web searches for ...Presenters:Craig Cornelius

Jeannette Stewart


Why Localization Teams Should Be Thinking about Language Operations
As companies’ customer bases grow globally, many teams turn to services like localization to make sure their websites and communications are translated into their stakeholders’ native languages. ...Presenters:Vasco Pedro

Kieron Taylor


How to Optimize Your Language Data Through the Power of NLP
If we have access to large volumes of data in all languages and domains, massive-scale machine translation is possible. Isn’t it time to bridge this gap and unleash the power of all our language ...Presenters:Andras Aponyi

Amir Kamran


Meeting the New Global CX Imperative
Enterprises aspire to a global customer experience, but often the individuals who are responsible for preparing the content to support this goal have little ability to assess its effectiveness when ...Presenter:Arle Lommel

Break

A Journey into the Fundamentals of In-house Localization Teams
In this presentation, panelists aim to promote a discussion about adopting (partially or in full) an in-house localization delivery model. They will bring different views from both the client’s ...Presenters:Esther Curiel

Eulalia Franco

Rodrigo Cristina - Argos Multilingual

Inclusive Terminology — A Change That Goes Beyond Words
Language is a social technology. As society changes, language, too, should evolve. However, in some areas, such as technical terminology, changes to the language can be complex and difficult to ...Presenters:Elena Dunne

Belén Rubalcaba


Multilingual Audiovisual Content and Events — Complexity and Simplicity
Audiovisual content is a key channel for companies that need to communicate with multiple markets and different target groups. How can companies successfully navigate the various dimensions of the ...Presenters:Karin Gut

Giulia Silvestrini
Manuel Stöckl

1991-2021: Thirty Years of Linguistic Casualties in Former Yugoslavia
The outbreak of the Yugoslav wars back in 1991 resulted in the official linguistic separation of Serbo-Croatian into four variants (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin) using two different ...Presenters:Dimitra Kalantzi

Jakov Miličević

Are you new to LocWorld? Join Aki Ito to have your LocWorld questions answered. Aki is a LocWorld veteran with many tips and information to share. Welcome to LocWorldWide45!
Or you can visit Solutions Square to network with exhibitors or connect with fellow ...
Presenter:Aki Ito

The Source Language Changes: No Problem! or Oh My!
In the non-English speaking parts of the world, it’s becoming increasingly common for global companies to switch from creating their information in their native (local) language to English. This, ...Presenters:Marie Blanke

Mitja Sternkopf


Solutions 2.0 — Visualizing the Next Generation of Solutions in Localization
Whether through preparing killer proposals for new business problems, unlocking the potential of new tools or services, or cracking the latest constraints in resources, price, or timelines, solutions ...Presenters:Michael Harris

Jon Ritzdorf

John Weisgerber

Erik Vogt - Argos Multilingual

How NLP AI Can Police Other Language AI Systems — AI Keeping an Eye on AI
AI systems such as neural machine translation (NMT) are getting better at producing more fluent translations. Translations produced with the help of intelligent tools are starting to look, well, ...Presenter:Rafał Jaworski


Up Close and Personal
This panel of women leaders will give us insight into their career paths, their personal challenges, what’s changed along the way and where they see the role of women leaders in 2021 and beyond. ...This is an hour-long session, ending at 3:45pmPresenters:Noreen Henry

Loy Searle
Val Swisher

Kathleen Bostick - Summa Linguae
Break

How to Take the Next Step in Localization — Using Your Existing Resources
Translations are a big, important first step for localization, but how do you handle images and video? In this presentation, we’ll go through how Shopify was able to localize its help center images ...Presenter:Jordan Wille


How to Put Values in Action and Power a Global Success
Voted 2021 Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion, and the Best Company for Multicultural Women 2021 and the Black Professionals Network, Citrix is at the forefront of putting values in action ...Presenters:Susie Hamlin

Elliot Polak


Machine Translation for Asian Languages: Challenges, Solutions, and Innovations
In this panel discussion three leading Asian machine translation (MT) providers, Rozetta, Tencent and Pangeanic, will share their perspective on the state of MT technologies in Asia. The speakers ...Presenters:Amando Estela

Tudor Toma

Yoshio Yoshikawa

Aleš Tamchyna - Memsource

Toppling the (Ivory) Tower: Caution — Provocative Content Disrupts Norms
The localization industry is the unsung hero of diversity/equity/inclusion (DEI) having long evangelized the economic benefits of cultural inclusion. One forward thinking tech company executed an ...Presenters:Shelly Priebe

Lewis Taylor

Break

Keys to Scaling Translation on a Dime
In this presentation, we will demonstrate how technology can scale globalization/localization for an enterprise. With two employees, a modern translation management system, and a self-service model, ...Presenter:Rachel Hegeman


eLearning and the Localization Industry — Size and State
The eLearning market size is set to exceed $375 billion USD by 2026. The growing demand for technology-enabled teaching and training, and the rapid adoption of advanced cloud technology has created ...Presenter:Rucha L. Sheth


Solutioning the Pandora's Box of Language AI — NLP, NLG, Machine Learning — in Simple Language
This ‘Fireside Chat’ round table will discuss how machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and natural language generation (NLG) affect localization operations. In what situations ...Presenters:Michal Antczak

Maxim Khalilov

Ben Sargent

Kathrin Bussmann - Verbaccino

The Art of Building and Growing a Localization Team
The localization team is often the core of a company’s global success. In this panel discussion, we will cover how to build, grow, or transform a group of employees into an energized, ...Presenters:Yoko Drain

Jordi Macias

Pascale Tremblay

Mimi Hills - Hillstra Associates
Do you remember at in-person conferences how you could walk past the lobby bar and find fellow attendees to chat with? Well, we can’t replicate the bar or the background music, but we still have you and your fellow attendees! Drop by, bring your own libation, and let’s ...
Sponsored By:Thursday, October 21, 2021
Discover the latest tools and innovations in our virtual exhibition hall during ...

Stories from the Corporate Localization Front — and Their Strategic Lessons
As a localization leader, have you ever felt like you needed a compass to navigate how to strategically build a team and set up your technology and processes for the long term? A good strategy works ...Presenters:Francesca Di Marco

Christian Redmann

Lyena Solomon

Wayne Bourland - Dell Technologies
Discuss issues after the keynote Q&A, and get to know others at your ...

Coping with Stressful Situations: Crises, Careers and Changes
How do you cope with stressful situations? Crises happen. Though not typically on the scale of a global pandemic. But when they do, this past year has proven that life goes on — meetings continue, ...Presenters:Silvia Avary

Carrie Fischer

Lupe Gervás Pabón

Kristin Gutierrez - KG, LLC

The Challenges and Opportunities of Media and Game Localization Education: A Conversation Between the Industry and the Academia
A Conversation Between the Industry and the Academia In this panel discussion, we present the challenges and opportunities of education for the media and game localization industries — two of the ...Presenters:Micaela Belluzzo

Jorge Díaz-Cintas

Magdalena Jagucka

Carme Mangiron

Belén Agulló García - Terra Localizations

A Visualized Utilization in G11n: Search and Verify Multilanguage Text on Screenshots
This solution combines HTML hierarchy (DOM) and the screenshot of a given web page in any language. It extracts the web content and forms schemed structure that simplifies each HTML node as several ...Presenters:Zhenyu Luo

Daniel Ni


Translators: Meet Some Vendor Managers
In this session, a panel of vendor managers who deal directly with translators will be on hand to discuss various topics such as: What drives a vendor manager? How can a translator be more attractive ...Presenters:Richard Brewis

Michalina Krogulecka
Ann Lawless

Rujira Saithong

Ulrich Henes - LocWorld
Bring your coffee (tea or champagne) and join us in a conversation with Jochen Hummel.
Or you can visit Solutions Square to network with exhibitors or connect with fellow ...
Presenter:Jochen Hummel


Tiered Localization — A Way to Better Serve Business
Global technologies, economic changes, and company mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the localization requirements. How to better satisfy those requirements with optimized localization cost ...Presenters:Sabine Peng

Hongmei Shi


EDUinLOC Around The World — How Are We Teaching Localization in Different Countries?
In this panel discussion, we will talk about how instructors teach localization in different countries, what the challenges and opportunities are in the different regions, what the main focus is ...Presenters:Juan Baquero

Ugo Ellefsen

Nazaret Fresno Cañada

Agnieszka Szarkowska

Belén Agulló García - Terra Localizations

A Decentralized CAT Tool for Natural TM Translation
In this presentation, we introduce a computer-aided translation (CAT) tool that defines a novel type of translation memory (TM) for maximum accessibility, usability, and productivity. Unlike any ...Presenter:Yu Zhang


New Frontiers in Translation
This session will consist of two parts. In the first part, two of the organizers of a recent Innovation in Translation Summit will report on the findings of their presenters and panelists. This will ...Presenters:David Čaněk

Nora Díaz

Jay Marciano

Peng Wang

Jost Zetzsche


Unconference @ LocWorld
Interested in a unique track at LocWorld? Are you ready to join the conversation and discussions? Again, we are holding an “unconference” at LocWorld. Never heard of that? An unconference ...This session is limited to 30 attendees.Moderators:Teresa Marshall - Salesforce.com
Scott Schwalbach - LocalizationEvolved
Translated welcomes you to grab your lunch and join the conversations during the lunch ...
Sponsored By:How to Implement a Connector-forward Approach: Improvements Without Sacrifice Using a Connector-first Approach
At Lilt, we believe that localization technology should enable organizations to manage their global customer experience from any system. But what does this actually mean for you? An end to new ...Presenter:Sylvia Borek
This session is paid for by the presenting organization/s and was created at their discretion.
The Growth of Translators without Borders – Four Billion Conversations for Social Good
Did you know there are four billion people left out of global conversations? They are locked out of vital communications because language technologies and digital communications are not accessible in ...Presenter:Stella Hodkin Paris


This session is paid for by the presenting organization/s and was created at their discretion.
Meet with the Localization Masters from The Localization Institute
As localization has matured, best practices are emerging. To share these best practices, The Localization Institute is proud to offer a portfolio of master classes and ReadySetGo classes taught by ...Presenters:Tim Arata

Melissa Biggs

Karen Combe

Eva Klaudinyova

Peng Wang

John Yunker

Alex Bernet - LocWorld
Ulrich Henes - LocWorldSponsored By:

This session is paid for by the presenting organization/s and was created at their discretion.
The Global Toolbox
Join the hosts of the three Global Toolbox sessions to find out more about each one. Each toolbox host will tell you something about the session, why they are doing it, who it is for, and take ...Presenters:Anne-Marie Colliander Lind

Daniel Goldschmidt

Erik Vogt


This session is paid for by the presenting organization/s and was created at their discretion.
Break

Why Africa?
Our image of Africa is crowded with photos of hungry children, brutal wars, and devastating natural disasters. Fortunately, there is more to Africa, a lot more. In this session (which is somewhat of ...Presenters:Theophan Marube

Binta Moustapha

Stevy Daic Ndjala Totolo

Cynthia Obioha

Michael Klinger - Language Transactions

Careers in Localization
One of the primary reasons we seek higher education is to increase our chances to have an ideal career with better pay. Three panelists will discuss how to develop a career in localization and what ...Acknowledgement: Jost Zetzsche - Independent English-German Translator, Localization Consultant, and WriterPresenters:Stephan Cocron

Marina Ilari
Annette Lawlor

Aki Ito - Crestec

Adventures in the World of TMX
Many people consider translation memory exchange (TMX) to be the best intermediate file format for transferring translation memory from one computer-assisted translation (CAT) tool to another, but ...Presenter:Richard Sikes


Careers in Localization
One of the primary reasons we seek higher education is to increase our chances to have an ideal career with better pay. Three panelists will discuss how to develop a career in localization and what ...Acknowledgement: Jost Zetzsche - Independent English-German Translator, Localization Consultant, and WriterPresenters:Stephan Cocron

Marina Ilari
Annette Lawlor

Aki Ito - Crestec

Unconference @ LocWorld
Interested in a unique track at LocWorld? Are you ready to join the conversation and discussions? Again, we are holding an “unconference” at LocWorld. Never heard of that? An unconference ...This session is limited to 30 attendees.Moderators:Teresa Marshall - Salesforce.com
Scott Schwalbach - LocalizationEvolved
Do you know how academics contribute to bridge the gap between academia and industry? Join us to hear our perspectives from universities in Vienna, Ireland, USA and Canada. You can also visit Solutions Square to network with exhibitors or connect with fellow ...Presenters:
Tabea De Wille
Jan Grodecki
Alina Secară
Peng Wang

A Buyer's Guide to TMS
When beginning a new localization program, where do we start? Having a translation management system (TMS) is the obvious path forward. But, with all the options on the market, how do we define ...Presenters:Olga Beregovaya
Stephan Cocron

Anna Golubeva

Georg Kirchner

Iti Sahai - Klaviyo

The Students' Voice
A critical view of different courses in localization from a student’s perspective. Listen to first hand experience and feedback from students on what they learned and how they were able to apply ...Presenters:Alejandro González López

Emeline Robert-Pottorff

Tyler Tomaszewski

Ren Yi

Jan Grodecki - Welocalize

Translators: How to Increase Revenue
Often translators get positioned in a lower tier of translation wages. How can they improve their earnings? Listen to this panel of successful translators to find out what they did to rise above the ...Presenters:Michèle Hansen

Ben Karl

Christoph Niedermair

Michael Schubert

Jost Zetzsche - International Writers’ Group, LLC

Unconference @ LocWorld
Interested in a unique track at LocWorld? Are you ready to join the conversation and discussions? Again, we are holding an “unconference” at LocWorld. Never heard of that? An unconference ...This session is limited to 30 attendees.Moderators:Teresa Marshall - Salesforce.com
Scott Schwalbach - LocalizationEvolved
Break

Is There a Gold Standard for Translation Technology Stack?
Whether one is starting a new translation program or looking to update the existing technology stack, there is always a question of “where do we begin?” It is not an easy problem to solve ...Presenters:Michal Antczak

Lucio Gutierrez
Hartmut von Berg

Iti Sahai - Klaviyo

Connect Localization to the Next Generation
Since 2016, the product globalization team at VMware has visited five top universities in China each year to deliver lectures, workshops, or tech talks covering internationalization and localization ...Presenters:Zhenhui Chao
Ellen Ma


Transitioning from Linguist to Business Owner
To work as a linguist, you undoubtedly studied and trained for years, but there is something translation academic programs likely did not prepare you for: running a business. Even if you are working ...Presenters:Judy Jenner

Martina Russo

Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo

Marina Ilari - Terra Localizations

Unconference @ LocWorld
Interested in a unique track at LocWorld? Are you ready to join the conversation and discussions? Again, we are holding an “unconference” at LocWorld. Never heard of that? An unconference ...This session is limited to 30 attendees.Moderators:Teresa Marshall - Salesforce.com
Scott Schwalbach - LocalizationEvolved
Join us for some final words as we bid farewell to ...
Do you remember at in-person conferences how you could walk past the lobby bar and find fellow attendees to chat with? Well, we can’t replicate the bar or the background music, but we still have you and your fellow attendees! Drop by, bring your own libation, and let’s ...