LRC XV - Brave New World

The Future of Localisation Services

As the localisation industry looks to communities and ‘the cloud’ for future resources, the Localisation Research Centre (LRC) invites you to join us at our 15th Annual Internationalisation and Localisation Conference to examine the implications for researchers, service providers, publishers and professionals involved in localisation.

What does the future hold for localisation as the industry moves into the cloud? With ‘automatic translation’ offered by search providers and volunteer translations flowing from enormous online communities, what is the impact of people taking translation and localisation for granted? How long until the concept of paying for translation or localisation as a service is moot, because ‘the crowd provides’? What happens when quality is no longer defined by professionals but by users?

Join us at LRC XV as we take a look into this Brave New World and hear from some of the biggest players in localisation on how they are preparing our industry for the challenges of the second decade of the 21st century.

LRC XV will also feature the First International XLIFF Symposium. This will take place ion 22nd September 2010. For more information on this symposium click here

Smith Yewell Announced as First Keynote Speaker

E. Smith Yewell, CEO of Welocalize will provide the first keynote speech of the th 2010 LRC conference.

The Future: Translation as an Open Utility.

Innovation drives change, and change drives innovation while companies the world over strive to best read the tea leaves of the future. Which changes and innovations are impacting our industry the most? This session will discuss “The Future of Localisation Services” with historical references such as modernization of the assembly line (Henry Ford), supply chain integration and automation (Walmart), world-changing innovation (Apple) and world changing compassion and caring (The Rosetta Foundation) which all point towards opening-up the translation industry and its maturity towards “translation as an open utility.”

Who should attend

LRC conferences are aimed at industry and academia as well as governments, and international development agencies that would like to find out how internationalisation and localisation can help their endeavours.

AGIS,The Rosetta Foundation & CNGLSupport LRC XV

We are very happy to announce that the Centre for Next Generation Localisation(CNGL), AGIS and the Rosetta Foundation are supporting LRC XV and have arranged that all students, NGOs and Freelancers can avail of a special discounted registration fee of €100 for the full conference.

Registration for this event will open soon

The Localisation Research Centre (LRC) provides a comprehensive information service to the localisation industry; conducts research and development in localisation and related areas, such as language engineering; produces a range of publications including Localisation Focus - the International Journal of Localisation; and oversees a number of education and training programs.