SlatorCon Remote on September 8th will deliver a high impact agenda of strategic insights and actionable ideas delivered by senior language industry leaders, technology executives and enterprise clients.

The presentations will examine the global language industry’s high growth sectors like media, gaming and ecommerce; and transformative language technologies in highly focused, 20-minute presentations.

The Presentations and Panel discussions are followed by an opportunity for you to directly engage these thought leaders with your questions, providing you with unparalleled access not available anywhere else.

There will also be ample time for networking and visiting the exhibitor booths before the conference, during the intermission break and after the event, enabling you to make valuable connections and grow your professional network.

Join us on September 8th to network with language industry executives, technologists and end-clients from around the world, and take away the critical market knowledge to help your business compete and grow.

Wednesday | Sept 8

8:30 - 9:00 AM EST (2:30 PM CEST)

Pre-event Open Networking & Exhibition

SlatorCon Remote Delegates will be able to visit the event virtual Expo, and the Networking Area to meet and video chat with each other in real time.

9:00 - 9:05 AM EST (3:00 PM CEST)

Welcome Remarks

Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:05 - 9:35 AM EST (3:05 PM CEST)

Emerging Opportunities in the New Supercycle

How Financial Investors are Accelerating M&A
The Service vs Technology Question
Capturing Growth in Video Localization
Frontier Language Tech. An Update.

9:35 - 10:05 AM EST (3:35 PM CEST)

Four Decades Working with Governments: Lessons for the Language Industry

Why is government essential for the language industry
Successfully capturing and implementing government contracts
Expansion through partnership

10:05 - 10:35 AM EST (4:05 PM CEST)

How Pinterest built an Internationalization Team to drive Global Strategy

Digital Marketing Transformation

Building a global strategy: how to leverage international users’ feedback
Building an Internationalization team: the DNA of a team that can drive global strategy
What do tech companies want: sourcing and skill sets as a future challenge

10:35 - 11:00 AM EST (4:35 PM CEST)

Group Discussion: How to Get in On the Fast-Growing Interpreting Market – OPI, VRI and Telehealth Growth for LSPs

Moderated Group Discussion hosted by Boostlingo. SlatorCon Remote Delegates will be invited to join the group, express views and network.

10:35 - 11:00 AM EST (4:35 PM CEST)

Networking, Discussion & Exhibition

The Hopin platform provides Delegates with 3 different ways to network, including direct requests and a speed dating approach. There will also be a Networking partner breakout session and a virtual Expo with leading solution providers.

11:00 -11:30 AM EST (5:00 PM CEST)

Cross Border eCommerce Growth – Best Practices from Leading Brands

Global reach for local sellers
How to overcome growth challenges when transitioning from local to global
The ‘lost in translation’ effect and how can it hurt your brand and reputation [i.e Selling the BLT in Israel]
Why localization is critical for maintaining your brand power in new local markets

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST (5:30 PM CEST)

Panel: Content Creation in the Age of AI

The landscape of AI-generated content
Post-editing of MT, OCR, ASR, and text transformers like GPT-3
What’s new on the horizon

12:00 - 12:30 PM EST (6 PM CEST)

From One to Many Games

Lessons from scaling Riot’s Localization Program

Riot Games overview – A mission-focused company
Riot’s Localization Program overview & history
Loc tooling & platform case study
5 Lessons in leading localization program through change

12:30 -1 PM EST (6:30 PM CEST)

Panel: Video Localization

The Video Localization Panel will:

Explore the full spectrum of video localization services: from dubbing to RSI and from subtitling to live translated captioning.
Unpack the opportunities and challenges for video localization providers in media & entertainment, training & education, meetings & events.
Discuss the emerging technology at the cutting edge of video localization services.