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Watch 12+ hours of presentations and panels dedicated to the language industry’s most pressing challenges and its hottest opportunities.
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Conference Program
10:00 am – 10:40 am UTC
Improving raw MT quality — user-created content case
Stories
Natalia Kurysheva
Localization Project Manager at Agilent
10:40 am – 11:20 am UTC
The importance of community in the translation and localization industry
Panel
Moderator: Vova Zakharov
Editor-in-chief at Smartcat & Connected Translation Community Lead
Loie Favre
Content Marketing Manager at Alconost
Jan Hinrichs
CEO at Beluga & Founder of LocLunch
Simon Akhrameev
Translator & Founder of Successful Freelance Translators Group
Irina Rybnikova
Head of User Assitance Department at Positive Technologies, EMEIA GEO Manager at Women in Localization
11:20 am – 11:30 am UTC
Break
11:30 am – 12:00 pm UTC
Corporate Localization — from zero to hero
Recipes
Dawid Dorynek
Senior Localization Manager at Airhelp
12:00 pm – 12:50 pm UTC
Language for a Just World — how international NGOs use language to help others
Panel
Moderator: Inge Boonen
VP of Sales & Consulting at Nimdzi Insights
Lucio Bagnulo
Head of Translation at Amnesty International
Stella Paris
Chief of Language Services at Translators without Borders
Dr Gaya M Gamhewage
Head of Learning & Capacity Development for WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme
Barbara Scottu
Senior Translation Coordinator at Oxfam
12:50 pm – 1:00 pm UTC
Break
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm UTC
A (much needed) paradigm shift
Mindset
Marc Jonckers
Managing Partner at Speed2Scale
1:30 pm – 2:20 pm UTC
New week, new market: The unicorn global expansion of ClassPass
Stories
Tatiana Ryabinina
Management Consultant & Director at Grow-thru
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm UTC
Break
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm UTC
How to thrive in a crisis
Stories
Hristina Racheva
Head of Localization at Skyscanner
3:00 pm – 3:50 pm UTC
Start here: the case for strategic content localization
Panel
Moderator: Kathrin Bussmann
President & Chief Strategist at Verbaccino
Yuka Nakasone
Globalization & Localization Director at Intento
Miguel Sepulveda
Global Localization Manager at King
Carmen Aviles
Localization Manager at Agilent
Patrick Nunes
Director, Global Communications & Design at Rotary International
3:50 pm – 4:20 pm UTC
API-driven translation workflows
Recipes
Daniel Gray
CRO at One Hour Translation
Daniel Italiaander
VP of Operations at One Hour Translation
4:20 pm – 4:30 pm UTC
Break
4:30 pm – 5:20 pm UTC
In-house production models — pros and cons
Panel
Moderator: Rodrigo Cristina
Localisation Customer Experience Champion
William Spalding
Localization Senior Project Manager at Spotify
Esther Curiel
Localization Operations Manager at Indeed.com
Isabelle Weiss
Owner at Alpha CRC
5:20 pm – 5:50 pm UTC
The language market has hit peak human translation – Now What?
Mindset
Don DePalma
Chief Research Officer at CSA Research
5:50 pm – 6:00 pm UTC
Break
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm UTC
Language Industry Transformation: Now and Tomorrow
Stories
Miloš Milovanović
Head of Business at TAUS
Anne-Maj van der Meer
Training & Events Director at TAUS
6:30 pm – 7:10 pm UTC
The 3 Secrets of Culturalization (Plus a Bonus!)
Recipes
Lloyd Morin
Culturalization Team Lead at Playrix
Laura Linares
EN-ES Localizer, Culturalization Outreach Expert at Playrix
Natalia Yatsenko
Localizer RU-EN, Culturalization Integration Expert at Playrix
7:10 pm – 7:20 pm UTC
Break
7:20 pm – 7:50 pm UTC
Micro, Macro, and Mega Trends. What do they mean to you?
Mindset
Renato Beninatto
CEO at Nimdzi Insights
7:50 pm – 8:20 pm UTC
How can translators remain successful in an MT-driven world?
Recipes
Tess Whitty
Certified English-to-Swedish Translator, Transcreator, & Localizer
8:20 pm – 8:30 pm UTC
Break
8:30 pm – 9:00 pm UTC
Localization reimagined as a strategic function
Mindset
Iti Sahai
Product & Technology Localization / Globalization at Procore Technologies
9:00 pm – 9:50 pm UTC
Leadership in localization
Panel
Carrie Fischer
Manager of Globalization Services at Subway
Denisse Kreeger
Head of Localization Production at Riot Games
Marina Ilari
CEO at Terra Translations
Kristy Sakai
CEO at Supertext USA
Nika Allahverdi
Global Marketing & Engagement Manager at Nimdzi Insights
Speakers
Carrie Fischer
Manager of Globalization Services at Subway
Don DePalma
Chief Research Officer at CSA Research
Denisse Kreeger
Head of Localization Production at Riot Games
Rodrigo Cristina
Localisation Customer Experience Champion
Marc Jonckers
Managing Partner at Speed2Scale
Kristy Sakai
CEO at Supertext USA
Renato Beninatto
CEO at Nimdzi Insights
Marina Ilari
CEO at Terra Translations
Nika Allahverdi
Global Marketing & Engagement Manager at Nimdzi Insights
Lloyd Morin
Culturalization Team Lead at Playrix
Natalia Kurysheva
Localization Project Manager at Agilent
Hristina Racheva
Head of Localization at Skyscanner
Tatiana Ryabinina
Management Consultant & Director at Grow-thru
Carmen Aviles
Localization Manager at Agilent
Yuka Nakasone
Globalization & Localization Director at Intento
Miguel Sepulveda
Global Localization Manager at King
Daniel Italiaander
VP of Operations at One Hour Translation
Dr Gaya M Gamhewage
Head of Learning & Capacity Development for WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme
Lucio Bagnulo
Head of Translation at Amnesty International
Barbara Scottu
Senior Translation Coordinator at Oxfam
William Spalding
Localization Senior Project Manager at Spotify
Esther Curiel
Localization Operations Manager at Indeed.com
Loie Favre
Content Marketing Manager at Alconost
Jan Hinrichs
CEO at Beluga & Founder of LocLunch
Dawid Dorynek
Senior Localization Manager at Airhelp
Miloš Milovanović
Head of Business at TAUS
Anne-Maj van der Meer
Training & Events Director at TAUS
Kathrin Bussmann
President & Chief Strategist at Verbaccino
Daniel Gray
CRO at One Hour Translation
Simon Akhrameev
Translator & Founder of Successful Freelance Translators Group
Isabelle Weiss
Owner at Alpha CRC
Natalia Yatsenko
Localizer RU-EN, Culturalization Integration Expert at Playrix
Inge Boonen
VP of Sales & Consulting at Nimdzi Insights
Hosts
Max Morkovkin
Regional Manager of Customer Success (CIS&APAC)
Bryan Montpetit
VP of Marketing, Ad Astra
Igor Afanasyev
Senior Product Manager at Smartcat
