Why Africa? Why NOT Africa!
For many people, their images of Africa are crowded with photos of hungry children, brutal wars, and devastating natural disasters. Fortunately, there is more to Africa, a lot more. As of 2019, approximately 1.3 billion people were living in 54 countries in this resource-rich and diverse continent. Recent --- Read More ---
LocWorld and LocLunch
Perhaps it's a sign of our industry's maturing status: people are coming together to chat, do business, and make new acquaintances. It is no secret to industry veterans that more can be accomplished by getting to know fellow professionals than by sitting in a silo and trying to determine the current discussion topics, --- Read More ---
Global Toolbox Days
Global Toolbox Day Is June 16 These in-depth sessions are just the tools you may need! You may be familiar with previous LocWorld preconference days, where we offer special sessions for attendees who are already in town for the conference. We are doing the same thing for LocWorldWide44, but there is no reason to --- Read More ---
Up Close and Personal: A Conversation about Women Leadership
Up Close and Personal: A Conversation about Women Leadership Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 9:00-10:00 am Pacific Time Our 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. Kathleen --- Read More ---
Process Innovation Challenge #9 Winner Is Announced!
Make Localization Part of the Experience Anne-sophie Delafosse Wins the Ninth Process Innovation Challenge Anne-sophie Delafosse from Deliveroo became the 2020 “Localization Process Innovator of the Year for the USA” at the Ninth PIC which took place January 28, 2021 at LocWorldWide43. Her innovation “Make Localization Part of the Experience”, explained a dramatic shift --- Read More ---
Process Innovation Challenge #9 Is Almost Here
It's Time for PIC #9! The Process Innovation Challenge (PIC) is taking place this January, 2021 at LocWorldWide43. As always, innovators will pitch their ideas with the goal of sharing their innovations with the localization community, and have a chance to become the PIC Innovator of the year. This version will be 100% virtual, --- Read More ---
Global Toolbox Days
Introducing Global Toolbox Days These in-depth sessions are just the tools you may need! You may be familiar with previous LocWorld preconference days, where we offer special sessions for attendees who are already in town for the conference. We are doing the same thing for LocWorldWide43, but there is no reason to have these --- Read More ---
Automation and Artificial Intelligence
Five sessions at LocWorldWide42 covered topics on MT, AI and other aspects of automation.
The Secrets Behind Crafting a Compelling Conference Program
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 --- Read More ---
LocWorld41: Three Things (Still) Plaguing Localization Managers
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 --- Read More ---
Insights from LocWorld41, Silicon Valley
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 --- Read More ---
LocWorld41 Silicon Valley: Nimdzi Conference Report
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 --- Read More ---
Bigger, Better, Faster!
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 --- Read More ---
Localization and Globalization Frameworks: The forest through the trees
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 --- Read More ---
Meet our #LocWorld39 keynote, Fredrik Härén
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 --- Read More ---