NEW

Localization Management Round Table

The Localization Management Round Table is a unique event giving localization managers on the seller and buyer side the opportunity to discuss new developments and exchange experiences on improving speed, quality, operational efficiencies, and strategy. This round table provides a safe environment for open discussion among attendees to engage and learn under the leadership of experienced localization managers from major global brands.

Localization Management Round Table
Localization Management Round Table

Round Table Details

Dates
September 24, 2024 - September 25, 2024

Format
Multiday

Moderator:
Karen Combe

Fee
$1300

Language
English

Register Now!

Cancellation Policy

Event Description

The Localization Management Round Table is a hands-on, 2 day forum for localization management professionals on both the buyer and seller sides.

Participants will engage in discussions and solutions for real business problems with similar level managers in localization and globalization functions. Topics will include the impact of AI, using data to inform decisions, stakeholder management, and how collaboration between partners can foster success

The goal of the round table is to provide a forum for open discussion with mutual benefit to all participants; past attendees have formed relationships lasting decades and continue to learn from one another.

By joining this round table, you will:

  • Achieve greater understanding of the most important issues in our industry
  • Learn from the other participants by discussing your mutual experience, successes, and challenges
  • Get ideas that you can transform into solutions
  • Make valuable connections with industry peers

Round Table Topics:.

  • AI – how if affects our tools, processes, roles, and jobs
  • AI solutions that companies are implementing or offering
  • Data – which data, why, how to get it and what to do with it
  • Strategic approach to localization management
  • Effective stakeholder management; managing up
  • Better together: collaboration between buyers and sellers fosters mutual success.

Round Table Location

The Round Table will take place at The Colorado Chautauqua in Boulder, Colorado.

Round Table Organizer and Moderator

Karen Combe recently retired from her position as Vice President of Localization at PTC, where she was responsible for product localization as well as for localization support for PTCU, Technical Support, and Marketing. She has been a member of the GILT Leaders Forum, a community of peers in the localization industry, since its inception. In 2022, Karen contributed as an expert from the GILT Leaders Forum and as a co-author of “The Globalization Strategy Playbook”.

Previously, Karen was Senior Vice President at International Language Engineering, where she managed Client Services, Sales and Marketing. Karen holds a B.A in Linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley and a post-graduate degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge. She served in the Peace Corps in Senegal and in International Voluntary Services in Algeria.

In addition, Karen worked for 8 years on a ranch in northwestern Colorado training horses and looking after a large herd of cattle.

Terms and Conditions

Cancellation Policy:

The Localization Institute, Inc. reserves the right to cancel this Round Table if there are less than 10 registrants.

Your registration fee is not refundable. It is, however, transferable to a colleague, if we receive written notice prior to the start of the event. If we have to cancel a round table due to minimal enrollment, your registration fees will be fully refunded.

The Localization Management Round Table is reserved for client companies only.  Vendor registrations will be canceled.

Payment:

We accept payment by credit card, Paypal or by invoice. Payment for invoices is due within 10 days.

If paying via Bank Transfer outside of the United States, you MUST select the FULL SWIFT option in order for your invoice to be paid in full.