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1703, 2020

The Secrets Behind Crafting a Compelling Conference Program

By Anne-Marie Colliander Lind|March 17th, 2020|Categories: Front Page, LocWorld Blog|

How is the LocWorld program drawn up? From more than 120 proposals to around 30 sessions in five parallel tracks – how do we go about that? The LocWorld conference program process always starts with a Call for Papers (CFP) to encourage submissions from leading language industry experts and all the different stakeholders to ensure [...]

901, 2020

LocWorld41: Three Things (Still) Plaguing Localization Managers

By Lindsay Johnson|January 9th, 2020|Categories: Front Page, LocWorld Blog, LocWorld41|

The team at Wordbank had a great time attending LocWorld 41 in San Jose and hearing firsthand how top companies are approaching the conference’s theme of “Go Global, Be Global.” Throughout the conference, client-side presenters discussed challenges that are all too familiar to veteran localization professionals. You know the saying: the more things change, the more [...]

1612, 2019

Insights from LocWorld41, Silicon Valley

By Lara-Ashleigh Pieterse|December 16th, 2019|Categories: Front Page, LocWorld Blog, LocWorld41|

This year’s US LocWorld event was held in the world’s technology and innovation hub, Silicon Valley. With up to 10 different tracks and over 30 presentations, not to mention the preconference sessions, the event was jam-packed with localization insights for global companies, LSPs both large and small, and everyone in between. Read on to discover [...]

512, 2019

LocWorld41 Silicon Valley: Nimdzi Conference Report

By Alyssa Yorgan|December 5th, 2019|Categories: Front Page, LocWorld Blog, LocWorld41|Tags: Localization, nimdzi, process innovation challenge (PIC), ROI, Unconference|

November 6-8, LocWorld returned to Silicon Valley for the sixth time since the conference series first launched in 2003. Given the theme of the 2019 conferences — Go Global, Be Global! — the location was particularly apt. Against the backdrop of the world’s most famous fonts of innovation, localization professionals gathered to discuss some of [...]

2110, 2019

Bigger, Better, Faster!

By Alex Pysaryuk|October 21st, 2019|Categories: LocWorld Blog, LocWorld41|

LocWorld22 London in 2013 was the first time Daniel and Alex ran a workshop themed “Localization for Startups”. Over six years, the workshop has transformed from a half-day to full-day experience, and has received very positive feedback. This allowed the organizers to evolve the content and enjoy the privilege of bringing together ever-curious localization minds [...]

2609, 2019

Localization and Globalization Frameworks: The forest through the trees

By Paul Cerda|September 26th, 2019|Categories: LocWorld Blog, LocWorld41|Tags: frameworks, Globalization, Localization|

I first realized localization was a career when I began doing it. That same year I attended my first LocWorld with the help of the LocWorld organizers and committee. My employer was unwilling to pay, so I found a sponsor to pay for the LocWorld fees I could not afford. At my second LocWorld, Bill [...]

301, 2019

Meet our #LocWorld39 keynote, Fredrik Härén

By Marjolein|January 3rd, 2019|Categories: LocWorld Blog, LocWorld39|

Fredrik Härén Fredrik, you are our keynote in Kuala Lumpur. How would you introduce yourself to our audience? I’m an author and speaker on business creativity. My niche as a speaker is to be global, and I love speaking at international events in front of an international audience — I’m even called the [...]

510, 2017

Meet our keynote speaker at #LocWorld35 – Erica Orange

By Anne-Marie Colliander Lind|October 5th, 2017|Categories: LocWorld Blog|Tags: #LocWorld35, Erica Orange, Future, Industry Trends, Keynote, Language, Silicon Valley|

Erica, you are our keynote in Silicon Valley. How would you introduce yourself to our audience? I’m a futurist. I reflect on short and long-term trends and I focus on the changes that will reshape the future. What can our audience expect from your presentation? I’m going to try to un-trap their minds and teach [...]

2804, 2017

Meet our keynote speaker at #LocWorld34, Andreas Ekström

By Anne-Marie Colliander Lind|April 28th, 2017|Categories: LocWorld Blog|

Andreas, you are our keynote speaker at LocWorld in Barcelona. How would you like to introduce yourself to our audience? As a reporter. Even though my main line of work today is all about speaking, educating and working tightly with boards and leaders of all kinds to try to figure out where society is headed, [...]

2701, 2017

Meet our keynote speaker at #LocWorld33, Jeffrey Towson

By Anne-Marie Colliander Lind|January 27th, 2017|Categories: LocWorld Blog|Tags: #LocWorld33, China, Global Markets, Internationalization, Localization|

Jeffrey, you are our keynote speaker at LocWorld in Shenzhen. How would you like to introduce yourself to our audience? I’m a professor at Beijing University, and an expert on how Chinese consumers and competitors are disrupting global markets. I don’t know foreign policy, I don’t know politics, but I know that the entire Asian [...]

2609, 2016

Meet our keynote speaker at #LocWorld32, Donald Cooper, MBA, CSP, HoF

By Anne-Marie Colliander Lind|September 26th, 2016|Categories: LocWorld Blog|Tags: Business of language, Canada, Donald Cooper, Global Markets, Localization, LW32, Montreal|

Donald, your topic at LocWorld in Montreal is ‘The Business of Language...and the Language of Business...how to engage global customers, profitably!’ What will be a few of the key takeaways? I’m fascinated by the connection between language and culture. It is impossible to understand one without the other. We become what we speak. Your LocWorld [...]

2305, 2016

Meet our keynote speaker – #LocWorld31

By Anne-Marie Colliander Lind|May 23rd, 2016|Categories: LocWorld Blog|

Meet our keynote speaker at #LocWorld31, Paul O´Dea, CEO and cofounder of Select Strategies You are our keynote speaker in Dublin, how does it feel to speak to our audience? I’m very excited! It’s a rare opportunity to talk to entrepreneurs, especially in owner run businesses, and larger companies at the same time. It’s [...]

1104, 2016

Meet our keynote speaker – #LocWorld30

By Anne-Marie Colliander Lind|April 11th, 2016|Categories: LocWorld Blog, LocWorld30|Tags: #LocWorld30, Japan, Japan Intercultural Consulting, Japanese, Localization|

Meet our keynote speaker at #LocWorld30, Rochelle Kopp, Founder and Managing Principal of Japan Intercultural Consulting Rochelle, how does it feel to speak for the localization industry? Over the years I’ve had the chance to meet quite a few people involved in the localization industry, and it has always been fascinating talking with them. I have [...]

1902, 2016

How to Make Your Brand “Big in Japan”

By LocWorld Administrator|February 19th, 2016|Categories: LocWorld Blog|

Guest post by Libor Safar, Marketing Director at Moravia. Things are easy when you’re big in Japan… or so go the lyrics of the 1984 hit from the German band Alphaville (remember, anyone?). The same holds true for enterprises. Yet achieving success in the Japanese market does not come easily, as many global companies have [...]

211, 2015

What Should You Localize?

By Anne-Marie Colliander Lind|November 2nd, 2015|Categories: LocWorld Blog|Tags: Common Sense Advisory, Don DePalma, Global Markets, Globalization, Internationalization, Languages, Localization, LocWorld, Marketing, Translation|

Guest post by: Don DePalma, Chief Strategist and Founder, CSA Research International markets represent major revenue opportunities around the world, but most companies support just a fraction of the languages they need to reach prospective customers. CSA Research’s data shows that global marketers need 14 specific languages to reach 90% of the world’s online opportunity. Those [...]

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