FREDERICK, MD--(Marketwired - Oct 7, 2015) - Welocalize, global leader in innovative translation and localization solutions, is a sponsor and exhibitor at the upcoming Localization World 2015 conference taking place at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley, October 13-16.
Welocalize CEO Smith Yewell is a featured keynote along with his guest panelists Andy Jacobson from Blackboard, Walter Paulsen from Qvivr and Sergio Pelino from Google. The topic for their discussion, which takes place Friday, October 16 at 11:30 AM, is "How to Predict the Future."
Senior Director of Corporate Development at Welocalize, Tuyen Ho, is moderating two panel discussions at LocWorld. The first session, "What's On the Mind of an Enterprise TMS Buyer?," takes place Thursday, October 15 at 2:45 PM with panelists Tim Brandall from Netflix, Inger Jurajda from National Instruments and Julien Mira from Cisco. Tuyen's second panel "Dynamic Website Content: Is it Possible to Keep Multiple Multilanguage Sites in Sync?," takes place Friday, October 16 at 10:00 AM and features Rick Redondo from Marketo and Scott Yancey from Cloudwords.
Welocalize's Leslie Yewell will join Marie Hanabusa from Blackboard to deliver a joint presentation, "Reimagining Localization -- It's All about the User," on Friday, October 16 at 2:15 PM.
The Welocalize team will meet with industry colleagues and localization buyers at exhibit #203, sharing insights and perspectives on a wide range of trending subjects including globalization, managed services, websites, apps, testing, transcreation and language automation solutions.
"Welocalize plays an important role in this year's Localization World event in Silicon Valley," said Smith Yewell, CEO at Welocalize. "We will be generating thought-provoking discussions around topics that are going to change our industry, like predictive analytics, the Internet of Things and personalization of the customer experience. We will also be introducing our latest leadership team member, Derek McCann, VP of the Western Region, North America at Welocalize. Prior to joining us, Derek spent 23 years running some of the largest localization program in the world at Microsoft."
Prior to Localization World, Welocalize will host their exclusive client event, LocLeaders Forum 2015 Silicon Valley: Game Changers, taking place at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on Wednesday, October 14. This premier event provides a peer collaboration forum for global brands and localization leaders to discuss strategies, economics and innovative approaches to global market demands for localization and culturally-adapted communications. For additional information, visit http://web.welocalize.com/LocLeaders-SiliconValley2015_Game_Changers.html.
For more information on LocWorld29 Silicon Valley visit http://locworld.com.
About Welocalize - Welocalize, Inc., founded in 1997, offers innovative translation and localization solutions helping global brands to grow and reach audiences around the world in more than 157 languages. Our solutions include global localization management, translation, supply chain management, people sourcing, language services and automation tools including MT, testing and staffing solutions and enterprise translation management technologies. With more than 600 employees worldwide, Welocalize maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan and China. www.welocalize.com
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