Women in Localization (W.L.), the leading professional organization for women in the localization industry, will lead three speaking sessions and sponsor a networking reception and lunch table at this year“s LocWorld Conference in Berlin.
„We´re very delighted to have 3 board members speaking at LocWorld in Germany, where our first German chapter launched last year“, says Barbara Hoegler, the Women in Localization German chapter manager. „We hope to use this opportunity to reach out to the extensive localization community here in Germany and show the industry value, professional development, and support Women in Localization provides.“
The theme of LocWorld28 Berlin 2015 is „The Internet of Things“.
The three W.L. sessions at the conference are as follows:
Thursday, June 4 at 5-6 pm
Luciana Vecchi will be discussing how she was able to develop a strategic, scalable model for globalization readiness in her session „Globalization Readiness: from Strategy to Execution.“ http://locworld.com/sessions/globalization-readiness-minimum-to-play-from-strategy-to-execution/
Friday, June 5th from 9:00 am – 4:20 pm
Teresa Marshall, Director of Localization at Salesforce will moderate the Unconference @ LocWorld session. This is a participant-driven, interactive sessions, decidedly without the conventional format of a conference.
Friday, June 5th at 3:30 pm
Liesl Leary, Director, Social Intelligence and Solutions at SDL, reveals in „Converting Multilingual User Generated Content into Global Insight how the most innovative companies in the world are leveraging user generated content to make better product, marketing, and business decisions and the deeper consequences for the localization industry. http://locworld.com/sessions/converting-multilingual-user-generated-content-into-global-insight/
Friday, June 5th at 9:00 am
In addition, Women in Localization chapter manager Barbara Hoegler, Sr. Manager Localization Services at Citrix, will explore localization jobs that are hot and future-proof. Cool Careers in Localization will also give insight on where to get the training to qualify for them.
Silvia Avery-Silveira goes on further to say: „We are thrilled to have 3 of our board members speaking at LocWorld Berlin“ adds Silvia Avery-Silveira, co-founder and Chairwoman of W.L.“It represents not only the significant contribution to thought leadership that Women in Localization provides, but it also demonstrates our commitment to supporting women“s professional development around the world“.
LocWorld brings together delegates who are engaged in the business of adapting products, services and communications to an international language or culture. For more information or to attend the conference, please visit http://locworld.com/events/locworld28-berlin-2015/
Women in Localization was founded in 2008 by Silvia Avery-Silveira, Eva Klaudinyova and Anna Schlegel, and is the leading professional organization for women in the localization industry with over 1,900 members globally. Its charter is to promote professional development, networking, and continuous education among its rapidly growing global membership. Started in the San Francisco Bay Area, Women in Localization has expanded its membership to include women across the globe, encouraging members to meet in other local geographies. To learn more, visit http://www.womeninlocalization.com or http://www.linkedin.com/groups/WL-Women-in-Localization-911827/about.
Firmenkontakt
Women in Localization
Barbara Hoegler
Erika-Mann-Straße 67-69
80636 München
089 444564000
barbara.hoegler@citrix.com
Pressekontakt
SDL plc.
Christine Ziegler
Waldburgstraße 21
70563 Stuttgart
+49 711 78060 267
cziegler@sdl.com
www.sdl.com/de