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Localization Industry Events -
NATALIA SIEGMUNDLocalization Project Manager
GLOW Workshop @ Goodgames Studios
November 29th, 2019
Hamburg
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L10N events
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International
game industry events
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Organizer
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Highlights
What are the main
Localization industry events?
globalization
1st LocWorld: Oct 2003 in Seattle,
Washington, followed 2004 by the 1st
European LocWorld in Bonn, Germany
Asia, Europe, North America
Last LocWorld#41: Nov, 6-8, 2019
Silicon Valley
founded in 1996 by Ulrich Henes
based in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
also owns MultiLingual Magazine, based in USA
At no charge on Nov, 7: access to exhibitors’ area
(LSPs and tech vendors) + one free final session
(choose from 5), registration required
1 pre-conference day: workshops & round-tables
+ 2 main days: talks & networking
$1200 (1 day) - $1850 (2 days)
buyers & service providers
e.g. 600 in 2014 in Dublin
“Leading conference for international business, localization and global website
management.
Especially valuable for companies that want to venture into new international markets”
Next LocWorld:
video games globalization:
functional & localization testing
localization
LocWorld
Track sessions & round tables
Events so far:
1. Warsaw 2018, 5-6 June
2. Tokyo 2018, September 19
3. Seattle 2019, October 16 - 17
4. Lisbon 2019, June 18 - 19
5. Silicon Valley 2019, November 5-6
Before 2018 known as:
Game Localization Round Table
on the LocWorld pre-conference day
2 days
$750 (1 day) - $1400 (2 days),
+ 10% discount to the following LocWorld
senior L10N professionals, academics,
publishers, devs, buyer side
between 50 and 200
from 2012 to 2018 known as
founded in 2012 by a group of people passionate
about games headed by Arran Oakes, Gaming IQ (a
division of IQPC)
games QA, localization
+ customer support (added 2018)
IQPC Ltd, London
International Quality
and Productivity Center
Global B2B event company:
• Founded in 1976
• Over 1500 events annually
• Offices in major cities across six
continents including: Berlin,
Dubai, London, New York,
Singapore and Sydney
1st event: London 2012 as Game QA&Loc,
Berlin, 2018 as Game Forum
same European city 2 years in a row
3 days (1 pre-conf + 2 main)
€970 (2 days) - €1380 (3 days)
buyers & service providers
180 in London, 2014
Next GQFG:
23 - 25 June, 2020
Amsterdam
translation technology solutions for
buyers, suppliers, and every-day
hands-on users
1st European event: September 2019,
Heidelberg, Germany
USA +Europe
28
2 days
?
Translation Technology Round Table
1 session each day reserved for vendors
to give informal product demos
focus on translation technology
+ technology marketing
(for technology providers)
discussion of translation tool prices and
details of vendor contracts is not
permitted
Translation Technology Round Table
Event page: https://www.xing.com/events/
translation-technology-round-table-2129761
localization
1st event: March 2008, Silicon Valley
1st German event: June 18-19, 2015, Munich
Last event: 17-18 September 2019, Munich
(Google offices)
North America +Europe
Unconferences (aka barcamps) are all about peer-to-peer learning and
collaboration
Since 2008 an annual event in Silicon Valley
+offshoots in Canada, Germany, Ukraine and
Ireland
Since 2012 one unconference day at each
US LocWorld
2 days
free of charge
Optional:
39€ - networking dinner
• Day 1: translatathon & hackathon
(programming)
• Day 2: actual unconference
• Participant-driven
• No power-point presentations
• No sales pitches
• No agenda, only topics the group votes on
translation, transcreation, language
technology, document outsourcing,
crowdsourcing, MT
1 day
Language Industry Intelligence
headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland
+ offices in Singapore, Bangkok,
Manila, and London
1st event:
2016, Zurich
Last event (annual):
November 28, 2019 in Amsterdam
680€
buyers and service providers
from workflow and productivity
tools to website translation
proxies and SaaS
from global marketing content to
technical documentation
weekly eNewsletter (free) – market
intelligence for language industry
stakeholders to make informed, time-
critical decisions: latest private equity &
venture capital investments, startup
launches, funding, technology disruption,
talent moves
+ (at extra cost) SlatorSweep, SlatorPro,
RFQ Center and in-depth research reports
game localization & accessibility,
linguistic and cultural dimensions of
game localization
professionals, scholars, practitioners
and other interested parties
Barcelona
120€ (early bird) - 180€ (regular)
1st event: 2010 (every 2 years)
Next event: June, 15-16, 2020 (2
days)
audiovisual translation: dubbing, subtitling,
voice-over, etc.
media accessibility in various genres &
platforms
user testing and technological implementation
Fun for All VI
An interdisciplinary research group
created 2004
January: hard working
February: hard working
March: hard working
April: hard working
May: hard working
June:
July: hard working
August: hard working
September: hard working
October: hard working
November: hard working
December: hard working
2020 schedule
Fun for All VI
in Barcelona
rebranded
Founded by Daniel Finck in 2015,
held twice a year
Current trends
• free-of-charge monthly gathering of people interested in topics like I18n, L10n, G11n, global brand
management, marketing & translation software development
• around the 2nd Thursday of each month in a restaurant (worldwide)
• Extensive events spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1emR1YWsMzu0ptVFBahMJHjgMq_ZL8J2i0qCS5XcqAWU/edi
t#gid=233759339
Annual LocSig meet-up at GamesCom
in Malzmühle (LSPs?)
International Games Events
rebranded
„Deal making event“B2C + B2B
China Digital Entertainment Expo
US Game Developers Conference
B2B
European games industry
Europe’s biggest mobile B2B
event for the games industry
+B2B day
networking
meet-up
global, non-profit trade association for the language industry
founded in 2002 by leaders of 15 companies
building professionalcommunities
sharing knowledge
advancing best practices in the globalization sector
+ LocSIG (localization special interest group on Facebook)
Informal gatherings of translation
and L10N industry professionals
at no charge (restaurants, pubs
or public places)
Cairo, Seattle, Munich, Dublin, Tokyo
Other GALA events:
• GALA Conference
• GALA Localization Forum @ tekom/tcworld
conference
LocSIG mission:
provide a focal point and nexus for the growing number of game localization professionals
build community, draw together best practices and processes
emphasize the international dimension of game content development
improving global game development processes and local end user experiences.
“The world’s largest nonprofit membership
organization serving all individuals who
create games”
• founded 1994
• LocSig founded 2007
Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2008
German chapter opened in November 2014
Mission:
foster a global community for the advancement of women and the l10n industry through networking, education, career advancement, mentoring and recognition for women’s accomplishments
Regular round tables & chapter eventsEvent calendar:
https://womeninlocalization.com/future-events/
International Association for Advancement in Language Technology
ASLING (or AsLing) from French “Association internationale
pour la promotion des technologies Linguistiques”
Why French? ASLING is an international non-profit association
governed by Articles 60 ff. of the Swiss Civil Code, registered
in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
Conference:
1st event: 14th November, 1978, London
Last event: TC41, 21-22 November 2019, London
Groups of 5+ can enjoy discounts from 10 to 30%
EAMT is one of three regional associations of the
International Association for Machine
Translation (IAMT)
Sister organizations:
• Association for Machine Translation in the Americas
(AMTA)
• Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation
(AAMT)
• non-profit
• registered in Switzerland
• established in 1991
• the only organization of its kind in Europe
• organizes workshops and conferences:
bi-annual MT Summit (600-700€ per 1 day, non-members)
annual EAMT conferences or workhops (May-June)
IAMT also compiles listings of companies and products which
are distributed free or at nominal cost to its members.
maintains a mailing list, [email protected], as a public forum
for the discussion of translation technology
Most useful platforms?
Best communication channels?
Cool gatherings outside of established
events?
Any training/webinars,
industry reading recommendations?
L10N professionals in social
media and business
networks
Localization Project Manager
NATALIA SIEGMUND
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