Conference Archives

Published On - July 30, 2015

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Conference

Translators’ Associations and Organisations

The benefits of joining a professional trade association have been well documented, not least by me. I am a director of the Association of Language Companies and the positives the organisation has given me far outweighs the cost. Here is a list of translator associations and organisations listed by ...

Published On - June 24, 2015

Surinder Singh Inside Track, Language BlogTags: Business, Conference

LocWorld28 in Berlin

I was thrilled to represent K International at LocWorld28 this year. LocWorld is a major conference for the localization industry, which takes place annually in three locations in North America, Europe and Asia. This was the 28th conference and a welcome return to Berlin, which previously hosted the...

Published On - June 21, 2015

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Conference

The ATC Conference 2015

I’ll be speaking this year at the Association of Translation Companies conference. It will be held at Manchester United‘s ground (Old Trafford) on the 24th and 25th September. I’m very excited about it and it should be a great gig. The slides aren’t finished yet (nowhere near...

Published On - April 8, 2015

Richard Brooks Inside Track, Language BlogTags: Conference, Funny

Get Lost in Translation

This blog post has been adapted from a presentation I gave this week to the Key Account Management Club at Cranfield School of Management. I spoke about the importance of professional translation in relation to communication and what can happen when it all goes wrong. It was for an ‘after dinner�...

Published On - October 10, 2014

Richard Brooks Inside TrackTags: Conference, presentation

Upcoming Talks from Richard Brooks

I’m giving a number of presentations/talks over the next few months. I will be touching on various topics relating to my professional interests within the localization industry and outside of it. I don’t want to give too many spoilers away, so here are some of the key points from each. I...

Presenting translation at the world retail congress

Published On - September 15, 2014

Agnieszka Animucka Inside Track, RetailTags: Conference, Retail

Translating The World Retail Congress

Translating Retail One of the biggest retail events of the year takes place in Paris on the 29th September – 01 October 2014, it is the World Retail Congress. This year the theme is “Retailing in a disrupted world”. As retail faces new challenges with new technology “disrupting” the old wa...

Published On - April 2, 2014

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Conference, presentation

Come see me present at EliaND Riga

I will be presenting at EliaND in Riga (Latvia) later on this month. The topic I’ve chosen to talk about is ‘Running a Growing Company’. It builds on the topic I spoke about at memoQfest last year and consolidates a lot of my learnings from the Business Growth Program (at Cranfield...

Published On - January 28, 2014

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Conference

Agile Localization at Tekom India

Micro blog post to announce that I’ll be talking about Agile Localization Practices and Leadership at this year’s Tekom India in Bangalore next month. It’ll be my first time in Bangalore but judging by the video they sure know how to party. Hope to see you there! Rich...

Published On - June 6, 2013

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Conference, presentation

memoQfest 2013

Last month 200 or so people from all over the localization industry convened in the Gundle Restaurant Budapest to participate in the 5th memoQfest. It was an absolute honour for me to be the keynote presenter. Kilgray have put some photos from the event on their photo stream on their facebook page. ...

Published On - February 11, 2013

Richard Brooks Inside TrackTags: Conference

The ALC Unconference

I have to admit I was a little sceptical about taking 3 days out of the office and travelling 5000 miles to something called an unconference. As a new CEO/business owner in the language industry, I am always looking for opportunities to develop my own knowledge and grow my company so threw caution t...