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Program Detail
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| Preconference Day (P1 Begins Monday afternoon) |
Tuesday, 14 June 2011 |
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Session |
| 8.00 |
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Registration Opens |
9.00-12.00
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P1: Life Sciences Business Round Table (Begins Monday afternoon at 2:30) Speakers: Simon Andriesen (MediLingua Translations), Andrew Bredenkamp (Acrolinx), Melanie Ehrlich (Siemens AG, Industry Sector), Brigitte Herrmann (Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector), Richard Korn (St. Jude Medical), Sandra La Brasca (ForeignExchange Translations), Alex Lik (Biosense Webster, Ltd., Israel), Maarten Milder (Medtronic), Uwe Muegge (MedL10N), Michael Oettli (OmniLingua Germany GmbH), Véronique Özkaya (Moravia Worldwide), David Sommer (Net-Translators) Moderator: Clio Schils We welcome clients and vendors, as well as life science professionals from other disciplines — procurement, software engineering, life sciences consultancy. However, vendor participation will be limited and subject to screening. If you would like to participate in the round table, please contact Clio Schils or Richard Korn to obtain a session code to register. Includes dinner Monday night. An additional dinner ticket may be purchased for your spouse, partner or travel companion. Contact Bonnie Hagan regarding this. |
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P2: The 9th Game Localization Round Table Speakers: Víctor Alonso Lion (Pink Noise), Danica Brinton (Zynga Inc.), Jonida Dule (Ash Gaming Ltd), Solja Kuningas (Babel Media Ltd.), Jacqui Roberts (Ash Gaming Ltd), Matteo Scarabelli (GLOC.it), Janaina Wittner (WhP) Host: Miguel Á. Bernal-Merino Space for this session is limited. Please e-mail Miguel Bernal to obtain a session code to register. |
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P3: Beyond Marketing: Driving Brand Integrity and Market Share Across Cultures, Languages and Locales Speakers: Salvatore Giammarresi (Yahoo!, Inc.), Meritxell Guitart (Hogarth Worldwide Ltd./Beyond Worldwide Ltd.), Fred Hollowood (Symantec), Gráinne Maycock (VistaTEC Ltd.), Rashmi Schaefers (SAP) Moderator: Ulrich Henes |
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P4: Best Practices for Post Editing Speakers: Rahzeb Choudhury (TAUS), Sharon O'Brien (School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies) Host: Jaap van der Meer If you are a member of TAUS, please contact us for your discount code. |
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P6: Introduction to Localization Speakers: Daniel Goldschmidt (Microsoft), Richard Sikes (MultiCorpora), Angelika Zerfaß (zaac) |
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P8: Localization Sales and Marketing Panelists: Anne-Marie Colliander Lind (Inkrease), Melissa Gillespie (Common Sense Advisory), George Gombas (CustomerCentric Selling® Europe ), Jessica Rathke (Localisation Sales & Marketing) Moderator: Renato Beninatto |
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P10: TILP Workshop: Mastering Microsoft .NET Localization Speaker: Florian Sachse (SDL Passolo GmbH) |
| 12.00-13.30 |
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Lunch |
13.30-17.30
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P1: Life Sciences Business Round Table (Begins Monday afternoon at 2:30) (continued) Speakers: Simon Andriesen (MediLingua Translations), Andrew Bredenkamp (Acrolinx), Melanie Ehrlich (Siemens AG, Industry Sector), Brigitte Herrmann (Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector), Richard Korn (St. Jude Medical), Sandra La Brasca (ForeignExchange Translations), Alex Lik (Biosense Webster, Ltd., Israel), Maarten Milder (Medtronic), Uwe Muegge (MedL10N), Michael Oettli (OmniLingua Germany GmbH), Véronique Özkaya (Moravia Worldwide), David Sommer (Net-Translators) Moderator: Clio Schils We welcome clients and vendors, as well as life science professionals from other disciplines — procurement, software engineering, life sciences consultancy. However, vendor participation will be limited and subject to screening. If you would like to participate in the round table, please contact Clio Schils or Richard Korn to obtain a session code to register. Includes dinner Monday night. An additional dinner ticket may be purchased for your spouse, partner or travel companion. Contact Bonnie Hagan regarding this. |
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P2: The 9th Game Localization Round Table (continued) Speakers: Víctor Alonso Lion (Pink Noise), Danica Brinton (Zynga Inc.), Jonida Dule (Ash Gaming Ltd), Solja Kuningas (Babel Media Ltd.), Jacqui Roberts (Ash Gaming Ltd), Matteo Scarabelli (GLOC.it), Janaina Wittner (WhP) Host: Miguel Á. Bernal-Merino Space for this session is limited. Please e-mail Miguel Bernal to obtain a session code to register.
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P3: Beyond Marketing: Driving Brand Integrity and Market Share Across Cultures, Languages and Locales (continued) Speakers: Salvatore Giammarresi (Yahoo!, Inc.), Meritxell Guitart (Hogarth Worldwide Ltd./Beyond Worldwide Ltd.), Fred Hollowood (Symantec), Gráinne Maycock (VistaTEC Ltd.), Rashmi Schaefers (SAP) Moderator: Ulrich Henes |
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P5: How to Implement Open Source MT Solutions Speakers: Rahzeb Choudhury (TAUS), Achim Ruopp (Consultant) Host: Jaap van der Meer If you are a member of TAUS, please contact us for your discount code. |
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P7: GlobalSight Community Forum Speaker: Derek Coffey (Welocalize) |
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P9: Future LSP Business Models and the Role of Across Speaker: Sukumar Munshi (Across Systems GmbH) |
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P10: TILP Workshop: Mastering Microsoft .NET Localization Speaker: Florian Sachse (SDL Passolo GmbH) |
| 19.00-21.00 |
Opening Reception |
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| Day 1, Main Conference |
Wednesday, 15 June 2011 |
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Global Business
Best Practices
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Managing
Global Websites

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Localization
Core Competencies
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Advanced Localization
Management
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Inside
Track
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| 7.30 |
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Registration Opens |
| 8.30-9.45 |
| K1: FUTUREWISE — Six Faces of Global Change and Five Key Innovation Trends Speaker: Patrick Dixon (Global Change, Ltd.) |
| 9.45-10.15 |
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Break, Exhibits Open |
| 10.15-11.15 |
 | A1: Global City(Ville) of 100 Million Speaker: Danica Brinton (Zynga Inc.) Host: Miguel Á. Bernal-Merino |
 | B1: Challenges in Localization Speaker: Lutz Niederer (eBay Inc.) Host: Donna Parrish |
 | C1: Interoperability Standards in the Localization Industry — Status Today and Opportunities for the Future Speaker: Sukumar Munshi (Across Systems GmbH) Host: Daniel Goldschmidt |
 | D1: Translator Productivity Increase at CA Speaker: Patricia Paladini Adell (CA Technologies) Host: Beat Buchmann |
 | E1: Buy-Side Colloquium: How to Make the Case for Localization — and Win Every Time Speakers: Nataly Kelly (Common Sense Advisory), Rebecca Ray (Common Sense Advisory) Open to language service buyers only. Space is limited, please contact us to reserve your seat. |
| 11.15-12.00 |
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Break, Exhibits Open |
| 12.00-13.00 |
 | A2: SAP’s 360° Approach to Web Localization Speakers: Rashmi Schaefers (SAP), Hajo von Kracht (SAP) Host: Ulrich Henes |
 | C2: Web-based In-country Review Solution — Client/Supplier Best Practices Speakers: Melanie Ehrlich (Siemens AG, Industry Sector), Brigitte Herrmann (Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector), Michael Oettli (OmniLingua Germany GmbH) Host: Clio Schils |
 | D2: Blurring the Boundaries Between Localization and User Experience Speaker: Oleksandr Pysaryuk (Research In Motion Limited) Host: Richard Sikes |
 | E2: Buy-Side Colloquium: How to Make the Case for Localization – and Win Every Time Speakers: Nataly Kelly (Common Sense Advisory), Rebecca Ray (Common Sense Advisory) Open to language service buyers only. Space is limited, please contact us to reserve your seat. |
| 13.00-14.30 |
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Lunch, Exhibits Open |
| 14.30-16.00 |
 | A3: Global Marketing Communications: Bringing Order to Chaos Panelists: Meritxell Guitart (Hogarth Worldwide Ltd./Beyond Worldwide Ltd.), Sophie Hurst (SDL), Amanda Lordan (Philips Consumer Lifestyle ) Moderator: Mary Laplante |
 | D3: Bridging the Gap Between the Client and Language Service Provider! Panelists: Beat Buchmann (Credit Suisse Group AG), Rocío Cava Tortsa (SeproTec), Kristin Dittrich-Kahl (Roche), Roberto Ganzerli (Arancho Doc/ELIA), Allan Hall (SDL), Iris Orriss (Microsoft) Moderator: Karen Combe |
 | E3: Standards. We Know Where We’ve Been, But Where Are We Going? Panelists: Hans Fenstermacher (Translations.com/TransPerfect/GALA), David Filip (LRC/CNGL), Patrick Guillemin (ETSI), Jaap van der Meer (TAUS) Moderator: Donna Parrish |
| 16.00-16.30 |
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Break, Exhibits Open |
| 16.30-17.30 |
 | A4: Beyond Marketing: Driving Brand Integrity and Market Share Across Cultures, Languages and Locales Speakers: Mark Flanagan (VistaTEC Ltd.), Salvatore Giammarresi (Yahoo!, Inc.) Host: Ulrich Henes |
 | B4: Case Study: The Value of In-context Translations at Roche Speakers: Henk Boxma (RIGI Localization Solutions), Kristin Dittrich-Kahl (Roche) Host: Daniel Goldschmidt |
 | C4: Integrating Open-source Solutions in your Processes Speakers: Stefan Pries (Andrä AG), Yves Savourel (ENLASO) Host: Donna Parrish |
 | D4: Changing Roles – Corporate Language Services Revisited Speaker: Beat Buchmann (Credit Suisse Group AG) Host: Anne-Marie Colliander Lind |
 | E4: No Longer Just a Face in the Crowd: What Every LSP Needs to Know about Community Translation Speakers: Nataly Kelly (Common Sense Advisory), Rebecca Ray (Common Sense Advisory) |
| 17.30 |
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Adjourn |
| 21.00-23.00 |
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Dinner |
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| Day 2, Main Conference |
Thursday, 16 June 2011 |
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Global Business
Best Practices
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Managing
Global Websites
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Localization
Core Competencies
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Advanced Localization
Management
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Inside Track
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| 8.30 |
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Registration Opens |
| 9.00-10.00 |
| K2: Multilingual Touchpoints and The Consumer Decision Journey* Panelists: Calijn Roeters van Lennep (KLM), Tim Young (Cisco Systems Inc.) Moderator: Paula Shannon |
| 10.00-10.30 |
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Break, Exhibits Open |
| 10.30-11.30 |
 | A5: Selling in America Speaker: Renato Beninatto (Selling-in-America, Inc.) Host: John Terninko |
 | B5: Intel’s Innovative Integration of CMS with TMS Speaker: Lew Tarnopol (Intel Corporation) Host: Donna Parrish |
 | C5: Top Three Things to Master in a Localization Strategy — People, Process and Technology Speakers: Yvan Hennecart (SDL), Victor Luk (Research In Motion Limited) Host: Mary Laplante |
 | D5: When Localization Goes on the Roads Less Traveled Speakers: María Azqueta Arizcun (SeproTec), Marta Bonet (Grupo Santillana) Host: Angelika Zerfaß |
 | E5: TAUS 2011 Series of MT Debates Speakers: Wayne Bourland (Dell), Stephen Holmes (Sajan), Salim Roukos (IBM Corporation), Saroj K. Vohra (IBM Corporation), Smith Yewell (Welocalize) Moderator: Jaap van der Meer |
| 11.30-11.45 |
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Break, Exhibits Open |
| 11.45-12.30 |
 | A6: International User Outreach and Prerelease Program at Adobe Systems Speakers: Darin Goble (Moravia Worldwide), Iouri Tchernoousko (Adobe Systems Incorporated) Host: Kathleen Bostick |
 | B6: Localization on a Budget — Pains of a Startup Going Global Speaker: Michael Näf (Doodle) Host: Angelika Zerfaß |
 | C6: Case Study: Collaborative Translation Quality Program Speakers: Alex Lik (Biosense Webster, Ltd., Israel), David Sommer (Net-Translators) Host: Richard Korn |
 | D6: Localization By the Numbers Speaker: Pedro Gomez (Microsoft) Host: Mark Flanagan |
 | E6: The Value of Post Editing — IBM Case Study Speakers: Alex Martínez Corriá (IBM Spain), Salim Roukos (IBM Corporation), Saroj K. Vohra (IBM Corporation), Jian-Ming Xu (IBM Corporation) Moderator: Jaap van der Meer |
| 12.30-14.00 |
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Lunch, Exhibits Open |
| 14.00-15.00 |
 | A7: Innovation Bottom Up Speakers: Fred Hollowood (Symantec), Martin Roche (Symantec) Host: Lori Thicke |
 | B7: Lessons Learned in Globalizing a Corporate Website Speakers: Guillermo Corea (Ciena Corporation), Julio Leal (Ciena Corporation) Host: Daniel Goldschmidt |
 | C7: A Merger in Action: the Arancho Doc Story Speakers: Roberto Ganzerli (Arancho Doc/ELIA), Klaus Haase (Arancho Doc) Host: John Terninko |
 | D7: Online Bidding Speakers: Renato Beninatto (Selling-in-America, Inc.), Derick Fajardo (Nuance Communications, Inc.), Jason Rodriguez (Ford Motor Company) Host: Michael Cárdenas |
 | E7: MT Experiences at IBM, Sony Europe and Sybase Speakers: Kerstin Bier (Sybase Inc.), Manuel Herranz (Pangeanic), Stephen Holmes (Sajan), Fausto Prastaro (Sony Professional Solutions Europe ), Saroj K. Vohra (IBM Corporation), Elia Yuste (Pangeanic) Host: Jaap van der Meer |
| 15.00-15.30 |
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Break, Exhibits Open |
| 15.30-16.20 |
 | B8: FLAVIUS: An Innovative Platform to Allow Translation and Indexing
of Internet Sites Speaker: Marine Villebrun (Reverso-Softissimo) |
 | C8: Successfully Managing Localization Teams: It’s the People, Stupid! Speakers: Richard Sikes (MultiCorpora), Eñaut Urrestarazu Aizpurua (International Technical Translations, Inc.) Host: Daniel Goldschmidt |
 | D8: A Translation Services Survival Study: How to Produce and Edit a Source Document While Simultaneously Translating It into 21 Languages Speakers: María Azqueta Arizcun (SeproTec), Cécile Hulet (EU Commission), Loredana Sementini (Applica ) Moderator: María Azqueta Arizcun |
 | E8: The LSPs and Machine Translation: Why Not Treat MT as TM? Speakers: David Canek (MemSource Technologies), Torben Dahl Jensen (Translation House of Scandinavia/Oversætterhuset) Host: Donna Parrish |
| 16.20-16.30 |
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Break |
| 16.30-17.00 |
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Closing/Prize Drawing |
| 17.00 |
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Adjourn |
Program subject to change without notice. |
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