Ongoing talks and networking events organized by other groups

Inspired by IMUG...or so we'd like to think! :-)

  USA/global: LocLunch™ — informal networking lunches around the world — see LinkedIn

  USA, CA, Los Angeles Localization Meetup — see Meetup 

  USA, CA, Marin/Sonoma/Napa: North Bay Localization Professionals — see Meetup

  USA, CA, Monterey: Middlebury Institute Multilingual User Group (MIMUG) — see this MIIS page

  USA, CA, San Francisco: SF Globalization Meetup — see Meetup and Twitter

  USA, CA, SF/Northern Cal: Linguists, Translators, & Interpreters in the Bay Area — see Meetup, NCTA.org

  USA, CA, Silicon Valley: Silicon Valley Translators — see Meetup

  USA, CA, Silicon Valley: Women in Localization — see Meetup, womeninlocalization.com, Twitter, Facebk

  USA, CO: Colorado Localization Users Group (CLUG) —see Meetup

  USA, DC: Washington Localization Professionals — see Meetup

  USA, OR: Portland Localization User Group (PLUG) — see Meetup

  USA, PA: Philadelphia Software Localization Meetup — see Meetup

  USA, UT: Silicon Slopes Localization — see siliconslopesl10n.be.international/

  USA, WA: Seattle Localization User Group (SLUG) — see Meetup, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn Groups

  Canada: Vancouver Globalization & Localization Users Group (VanGLUG) — see LinkedIn and Twitter

  France: Les Coulisses de l'international, Paris — see Meetup

  Germany: Berlin Localization & Internationalization Meetup — see Meetup

  Israel: Israel Localization Meetup — see Meetup

  Spain: Barcelona Localization Meetup — See Meetup

  UK: London Localization Professionals — See LinkedIn

  Women in Localization worldwide — womeninlocalization.com

Professional degree, certification, and training programs

A selection of reputable programs, in no particular order:

  Localization Institute certificates, workshops, online or onsite training, www.localizationinstitute.com 

  Global Digital Marketing and Localization Certification, online, http://www.brand2global.com/global-digital-...

  Tex Texin, onsite internationalization and Unicode training, www.xencraft.com/uniclinic.html

  MIIS, Website Translation & Localization workshop, online + 3-days onsite in Monterey, CA, www.miis.edu...

  Univ. of Washington, localization certificate, three quarter three topic residential program, www.pce.uw.edu/...

  MIIS, MA in Translation and Localization Management in Monterey, CA, www.miis.edu/academics/programs...

  Univ. of Strasbourg, MA + certificate, Technical Comm. & Localization, online + 2 meetings, www.mastercloc..

  Brigham Young University, minor in translation & localization, cls.byu.edu/programs/translation/

  University of Texas at Arlington, certificate in localization, www.uta.edu/modl/certifications.php

  Weber State University, AA in localization, /www.weber.edu/ForeignLanguages/New_Programs...

  In addition, localization training is offered at the beginning of many LocWorld conferences, www.locworld.com,
  and internationalization training kicks off the Internationalization & Unicode Conference, unicodeconference.org

Professional conferences, unconferences, career fairs, and more

January || Held in a different U.S. city each year

Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting

The LSA annual meeting draws over 1,000 participants for hundreds of presentations in more than 60 panel sessions, plus social events, film showings, minicourses, and training in technical skills, professional development, and public outreach. The event is held in a different U.S. city each year. For more information, please visit http://www.linguisticsociety.org/meetings-institutes/annual-meetings/future

 

 

January || California

Localization Unconference

Join Scott Schwalbach, Jeff Kiser, and the Localization Unconference Team for roundtable discussions throughout the day on YOUR topics. No power-point presentations, no sales pitches, just useful information sharing. For more information, please visit: https://sites.google.com/site/localizationunconference/

 

 

January || Held in a different U.S. city each year

ALC UNconference

This event for language service company owners and senior staff will begin with ALC taskforce and board of directors meetings on Thursday, but the next two days will be a true unconference where you set the agenda: no presentations, no speakers, topics by you, casual not business. For more information please visit: http://www.alcus.org/page/UNConferenceOverall

 

 

February || San Francisco, CA

GlobalSaké Conference

The annual global growth product strategy conference on creating local experiences on a global scale, featuring expert leaders in global growth & geo-fit strategy from major multinational corproations, offering keynotes and panels on how to build a global-ready from the get-go strategy in product, people, and platform, in interactive sessions with practical applied insights. For more information please see https://www.globalsakegrowth.com/

 

 

February || Monterey, CA

MIIS Translation, Interpretation and Localization Management (TILM) Career Fair

The annual MIIS translation, interpretation, and localization management career fair in Monterey, CA is known across the industry as a premium resource for professional recruitment. This event attracts over 200 students and alumni from the Middlebury Institute for International Stuties at Monterey (formerly the Monterey Institute for International Studies). For more information please see http://go.miis.edu/montereyfair

 

 

February || San Francisco, CA

NCTA General Meeting

The Northern California Translators Association quarterly General Meeting includes orientation for new members, networking, and a presentation on a different translation topic every time.

The NCTA also organizes frequent workshops, happy hours, webinars, and other events too numerous to list here. For more information, please visit NCTA at http://ncta.org/ and on Meetup.

 

 

March || Held in a different city somewhere in the world each year

GALA Annual Conference

GALA worldwide and regional conferences bring together suppliers, technology providers, and consumers of translation and localization services to collaborate and discuss translation, localization and global content delivery. This three day event offers networking and education on building a global content strategy, running a language services company, and leveraging the latest language technologies and processes.

GALA also offers global webinars and other local networking events. Members and partners have hosted networking dinners and cocktail events in Amsterdam, Rosario, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Denver, including GALA-IMUG Local Networking Nights in Silicon Valley.

For more information please visit http://www.gala-global.org/conference/

 

 

April || Held on alternate years in Monterey, CA

Monterey Forum

This biennial conference brings professionals, educators, and students to the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey to discuss new trends in translator, interpreter and localizer (TIL) education. For details and to RSVP, please visit: http://www.miis.edu/academics/programs/gstile/montereyforum/welcome

 

 

April || Toronto

Localization Unconference

Spend the day discussing your localization related topics, learn from your colleagues and network. As always, no selling, no slide presentations, just lively discussions of your topics...and free lunch! For more information please visit: https://sites.google.com/site/localizationunconference/home

 

 

April or May || Held in a different U.S. city each year

ALC Annual Conference

The annual Association of Language Companies conference is a perfect time to sit down with other business owners and learn, network, and share. ALC members meet together under a non-competitive atmosphere to exchange information, discuss issues in the industry and learn from experts in specific fields. For more information please visit http://www.alcus.org/page/AnnualConfOverall

 

 

May || San Francisco, CA

NCTA General Meeting

The Northern California Translators Association quarterly General Meeting includes orientation for new members, networking, and a presentation on a different translation topic every time.

The NCTA also organizes frequent workshops, happy hours, webinars, and other events too numerous to list here. For more information, please visit NCTA at http://ncta.org/ and on Meetup.

 

 

September || San Francisco, CA

NCTA General Meeting

See website for exact date. The Northern California Translators Association quarterly General Meeting includes orientation for new members, networking, and a presentation on a different translation topic every time.

The NCTA also organizes frequent workshops, happy hours, webinars, and other events too numerous to list here. For more information, please visit NCTA at http://ncta.org/ and on Meetup.

 

 

September || San Francisco Bay Area

localization unconference

Spend the day discussing your localization related topics, learn from your colleagues and network. As always, no selling, no slide presentations, just lively discussions of your topics...and free lunch! For more information please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/localization-unconference-silicon-valley-2017-tickets-37369490151

 

 

September || Held in a different North American city every two years

Association for Machine Translation in the Americas Biennial Conference

The biennial AMTA conference brings together MT researchers, developers, and users of MT technology from academia, industry, and government. The conference provides a unique opportunity to share the latest results with colleagues as well as understand real-world user requirements. The conference may feature three main tracks — Research, Commercial, and Government — each dedicated to a respective area in machine translation research, commercial application, and government use. For more information, see http://amtaweb.org/

 

October || Held in a different U.S. city each year

American Translators Association Annual Conference

Join over 1,800 translation industry colleagues from around the world for the annual ATA Conference, featuring nearly 200 training sessions on a variety of languages, topics, and skill levels, and discussions that examine the current state of your profession or offer a look to the future.

The American Translators Association (ATA) is a professional association founded to advance the translation and interpreting professions and foster the professional development of individual translators and interpreters. Its 11,000 members in more than 90 countries include translators, interpreters, teachers, project managers, web and software developers, language company owners, hospitals, universities, and government agencies.

For more information please visit http://www.atanet.org/events/annual_conference.php

 

 

October or November || online and at LocWorld

Localization Project Management Certification

This newly revised program now includes

• an online self-study component,
• an interactive workshop, and
• a certification exam

Attendees should have 3-5 years experience as a localization project manager on either the vendor or buyer side. For for more information please see http://www.localizationinstitute.com/course/localization-project-management-lpm-certification/

 

 

October  ||  Held in a different U.S. city each year

InterpretAmerica Summit

The goal of this year's Summit is to spark a collaborative, results-oriented conversation between interpreters and those who hire them. A Key focuswill be best practices for remote interpreting. For more information please visit https://www.interpretamerica.com/upcoming-events

 

 

October or November ||  Co-located with LocWorld

TAUS Annual Conference

The TAUS Annual Conference is a non-sponsored once-a-year event focused on translation automation, localization business innovation and industry collaboration. Join your colleagues to see how leading practitioners are tackling the most pressing issues and opportunities facing the global industry. Explore the best in translation technologies and strategies. Benefit from high-value networking with the TAUS community.

For more information please visit https://www.taus.net/events/conferences

 

October or November || Held in many cities around the world; often in Silicon Valley

LocWorld

The LocWorld conference is held two or three times a year in cities around the world. Past venues include California's Silicon Valley, Berlin, Madison, Shanghai, Montreal, Barcelona, San Francisco, Bonn, Seattle, and London.

LocWorld offers vendor-neutral sessions on new tools, methods and business practices in localization and internationalization. The conference is a production of The Localization Institute and MultiLingual under the guidance of a committee of leading industry professionals. A recent US conference committee included Renato Beninatto and other IMUG members, who helped develop tracks on the following topics:

• Global Business Best Practices
• Localization Core Competencies
• Advanced Localization Management
• Managing Global Websites

For more information please visit http://locworld.com/

 

 

November || Mountain View, CA

Unicode Technology Workshop

On November 7-8th, 2023, the Unicode Consortium is putting on the first in-person public event since the Internationalization and Unicode Conference (IUC) two years ago!

Called the Unicode Technology Workshop (UTW), the goal is to bring together professionals in the GILT space for two days of seminars, workshops, lightning talks, and unconference.

The call for submissions is currently open! The organizers are looking for talks on topics including 18n libraries, localization tools, input methods, and text layout. Learn more, register, and submit your sessions here: http://blog.unicode.org/2023/08/unicode-technology-workshop-call-for.html

 

 

December || Stanford, CA

SILICON conference

SILICON, the Stanford Initiative on Language Inclusion and Conservation in Old and New Media, is focused on accelerating the next steps for digitally disadvantaged languages: font and keyboard design, OCR algorithms, AI development, and more.

The SILICON Conference is two days of panels, workshops, and other events held on the campus of Stanford University. For general information please visit silicon.stanford.edu

For details on the 2023 conference speakers, location, and registration informaition, please visit: eventbrite.com/e/faceinterface-global-type-design-and-human-computer-interaction-tickets-720692238887

 

 

December || San Francisco, CA

NCTA General Meeting

See website for exact date. The Northern California Translators Association quarterly General Meeting includes orientation for new members, networking, and a presentation on a different translation topic every time.

The NCTA also organizes frequent workshops, happy hours, webinars, and other events too numerous to list here. For more information, please visit NCTA at http://ncta.org/ and on Meetup.