We are going through a fourth industrial revolution, driven by artificial intelligence and big data. In our industry current technical Innovations like NMT are reaching a plateau, and various new approaches are taking shape. Where is the innovation now? We will look at what is happening with NMT, non-MT AI, discover dynamic specialization, MT marketplaces, Intelligent Automation, question whether a segmented differentiated offerings will take the place of a binary mindset; good human quality translation or NOT, and see how innovation strategies and tools like design thinking at large organizations are success enablers.

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Dave Ruane | XTM International

Is Digital Content and Partnership Manager at XTM International. He started his 25 localization industry journey in technology and solutions roles, then moved into operations management, consultancy, and for most of the past 10 years he designed and deployed globalization business solutions for enterprises. Now he is building content and partner strategies which strengthen XTM’s ability to expand and grow. Co-founder of the Process Innovation Challenge; a platform for show-casing innovation in the localization industry.

Bob Willans | XTM International

CEO of XTM International Ltd which he co-founded in 2002. He graduated from Cambridge University and has had a varied career, working in South America and as a successful entrepreneur in the IT industry. Building on his experience in the localization industry, he enjoys the varied challenges of growing the company and creating market-leading translation management software.

Jean Senellart | Systran

Joined SYSTRAN in 1999 after defending a thesis on natural language processing and graduating from France’s École Polytechnique. He has been working on the modernization of SYSTRAN’s legacy code, by leading multiple challenges such as Unicode introduction, IntutiveCoding technology development, introduction of machine learning, development of Translation Stylesheet, design and first-ever release of “self-training” hybrid translation engines, and more recently, modularization of language assets into the world-unique “Linguistic Development Toolkit”. After the merger and acquisition of SYSTRAN by Korean company CSLi, Jean is now the global chief technology officer, leading development of teams located all around the world.

MultiLingual Season Series: Meaningful Conversations with Thought Leaders.
Participate in an easy-paced 90-minute conversation with the minds that lead and influence the direction of the language services industry. Instead of rushing to end the session and trying to squeeze in questions in five minutes, we allocated 30 minutes for questions from the audience.

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Participants:

Britta Aagaard | Chief Business Officer at Semantix
The enthusiastic leader of a passionate team of language professionals, technology experts and innovative minds. Britta has been the CEO of TextMinded® until the company became part of Semantix in 2017, the leading language technology company for multilingual services in the Nordics. Today she is responsible for the group’s total business area of localization and advanced language solutions. Semantix has the ambition to take the leadership in the ever-changing language industry, constantly expanding its own comfort zone, trying harder and achieving more. Building on great people with a vision that language intelligence is a driver for a prosperous and sustainable new world order.

Kathleen Bostick | Localization Industry Strategist at SDL
For more than 23 years, Kathleen has worked with hundreds of top brands in high-tech, financial services, government, life sciences, retail, online media, travel and more. She has seen firsthand the critical role global content plays in today’s competitive landscape and uses this understanding to help SDL customers accelerate time-to-market and increase global market share. Kathleen has an MBA in marketing and is a highly respected speaker and published co-author on topics such as global business strategy and global social media.
Kathleen is a senior consultant at SDL. Prior to her current role, she spent 5 years as executive vice president of SDL North America. Prior to returning to SDL she held VP positions in Sales and Marketing at Lionbridge.

Elisabete Miranda | CQ Fluency
Career entrepreneur from Brazil who has made it her mission to help those who speak different languages, to be able to communicate and culturally connect with each other. As an expert in multicultural communications, she has acted as a cultural consultant to multilingual healthcare projects targeting various ethnic communities in the U.S. and abroad. She is a passionate diversity and inclusion advocate actively involved in the “Supplier Diversity Community,” and serves on several boards and committees. Elisabete is the current Vice President of DA4S and since 2007 has held multiple Board seats and currently co-chairs the Community Outreach committee.

Moderator:
Véronique Özkaya | Chief Executive Officer at Argos Multilingual

She holds a double master’s degree in international politics and administration as well as a diploma in marketing and public relations. Véronique is a former GALA board chair. Prior to Argos Multilingual Véronique was CEO at Xplanation and before that, she held senior roles at Moravia and Lionbridge.

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While adequate translation is still critical, global consumers want a customer experience that connects with them at a local level – and that cultural sensitivity is generally the missing ingredient in most brand translations. Join this thought provoking discussion with thought leaders from a variety of disciplines and brands.

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Melissa Biggs of Locale Solutions is hosting Loy Searle (WorkDay), Pascale Tremblay (Gap), and Lorna Whelan (TripAdvisor)

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Melissa Biggs is a partner at Locale Solutions, an expert consultant in developing and implementing global and localization programs and teams to meet revenue, cost, and customer goals. Melissa has over 20 years’ experience in localization, leading localization initiatives at Sun, Oracle and Informatica. She is an active volunteer with TechWomen and Global Lives Project non-profits.

Loy Searle is the founder of Global Guild and has been a leader in the localization industry for 20+ years leading localization and content organizations. At Google she led global production and language services, turning language quality around while shortening time to market. At Intuit, her team built a scalable globalization foundation to support their market expansion plans. At Deluxe, her team built a scalable practice that will support the entertainment industry’s digital transformation. She was also named President of Women in Localization in 2019.

Pascale Tremblay is Sr. Manager of Localization at Gap Inc. Her travels, adventures and love for languages brought Pascale to this field and she has been working in the localization industry for more than 15 years and is passionate about process designs and experimentation. As an industry expert, she is an active member of the localization community in the San Fransisco Bay Area.

Lorna Whelan is Sr. Director of Localization at Tripadvisor. She has been working in localization for over 20 years and has held various technical and management roles in the industry. Lorna joined TripAdvisor in 2010 and is currently responsible for the localization of all brands within the TripAdvisor Media Group. Previously she has held localization positions at Sun Microsystems and Welocalize. Lorna holds a BA in Languages & Computer Science.

Katie Botkin is hosting Jennifer Johnson (Autodesk), Teresa Marshall (Salesforce), Nataly Kelly (Hubspot).

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Katie Botkin is the Editor-in-Chief of MultiLingual. She has been working in the localization industry since 2008. She graduated with bachelor’s degrees in French and journalism summa cum laude, and has a master’s degree in English with an emphasis on linguistics. She does freelance writing for a variety of publications and has taught English on three continents.

Jennifer Johnson is a versatile leader with expertise in quality on-time delivery of large, complex, and transformational projects. She has a strong focus on team development, strategy, customer satisfaction, and user experience. Comfortable achieving success with off-shoring, outsourcing, and vendor management. Roots are deeply planted in localization.

Teresa Marshall is VP of globalization and localization at Salesforce. As a leader in localization, she has a track record of building and managing teams in a fast-paced environment. Teresa holds a MA in translation and interpreting from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. An active member of the localization community, she has been the organizer and co-host of the annual Localization Unconference in Silicon Valley since 2009.

Nataly Kelly is VP of localization at HubSpot. She is passionate about inbound marketing and is a fan of B2B SaaS. Nataly is a co-author, with Jost Zetsche, of the book Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World. She has been on the editorial board of MultiLingual magazine since 2014.

Jost Zetzsche is hosting Karen Tkaczyk (McMillan Translation), Mila Golovine (MasterWord), Gio Lester (American LSP).

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Jost Zetzsche is a translation industry and translation technology consultant, an author on various aspects of translation, and an ATA-certified English-to-German technical translator. Originally from Hamburg, Germany, he earned a Ph.D. in the field of Chinese translation history and linguistics at the University of Hamburg. The Tool Box Journal, his technical journal for the translation industry goes out to more than 11,000 translation professionals.

Karen
Karen Tkaczyk helps individuals and companies with scientific translation and editing needs to get their message across to the English-speaking world – whichever part of it they are targeting. She has been translating French to English, localizing English and editing English for non-native authors since 2005. She has a PhD in chemistry from the University of Cambridge. She is a Fellow of the ITI (FITI) and is ATA-certified from French into English.

Mila
Mila Golovine is the driving force behind MasterWord Services, Inc, a top-ranked multi-million-dollar company that delivers customized language solutions in over 400 languages. As a professional translator, interpreter and business leader, she made a lifetime commitment to quality, innovation, doing business with heart and connecting people across language and culture.

Gio
Gio Lester is the owner of American LSP and provides training opportunities to professional translators and interpreters as well as students of the fields. She graduated from Monterey Institute of International Studies in 2008. As a Brazilian-American she has more than 40 years of experience providing high-level translation and conference interpreting services. She is also the General Secretary of Abrates — the Brazilian association of translators and interpreters — since 2018.

“The continuing evolution of enterprise MT” - Kirti Vashee is hosting Chris Wendt (Microsoft), Alon Lavie (Unbabel), Joern Wuebker (LILT).

MT technology has become pervasive, and today more than a trillion words are translated every single day by the many free MT portals on the web. However, the MT needs of the enterprise are different, and much more specialized. Generic MT technology is not always adequate for the many new uses that a global enterprise might have for high volume translation. In this panel discussion, we will talk to three leaders working in the Enterprise MT space about:

1. Customization and adaptation requirements for the enterprise
2. Issues in measuring and understanding relative MT output quality
3.The outlook for continuing improvements in core MT technology
4. Use cases for MT beyond localization

This session Sponsored by MEMSOURCE. Platform is provided by KUDO. Media and Distribution Partnership from Nimdzi Insights.

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