See you March 24 @ 10 am AEDT
By the end of this 2-hour event, you will leave with at least one insight you didn’t have before, and likely a new peer to connect with. Are you ready to be inspired?
Tuesday, March 23 | 6:00PM estGlobal Ready Connect Australia is a day for APAC's translation professionals to come together. Featuring keynotes from their peers and a unique Australian (virtual) experience.
Sydney, we're coming for you on March 24th at 10 a.m. AEDT! Well...virtually.
Global Ready Connect Australia is an exclusive event for APAC's translation and localisation professionals. It's a day to learn about industry insights and share success stories and challenges with your peers.
Smartling's connect events are uniquely designed for an intimate experience. Enjoy a fireside chat with Canva, small-group networking, industry insights from our VP of Language Services, and a special guest to liven up your 9-5. Plus, dive into the live chat to form a connection with attendees.
Come with questions and ready for discussion! We love when the chat box is a buzz with questions and comments. Leave feeling inspired and with a renewed view of translation and what it means to businesses in the APAC region — plus, insights you didn’t have before that you’ll take with you into the rest of the year.
10:00 a.m.
Industry outlook on localisation and translation services from Smartling's VP of Language Services, Gavin Grimes
10:20 a.m.
Smartling Product Updates straight from our VP of Product, Andrew Saxe.
10:35 a.m.
Small group networking chats with your peers.
10:45 a.m.
Fireside chat with Michael Levot and Paul Buckley of Canva's Localisation Team to discuss a few of their upcoming objectives, including how to monetize a new market after you've already expanded there, growing free educational tools, and expanding not-for-profit products. Followed by Q+A.
11:15 a.m.
Ahhh, exhale. Are you interested in discovering the power of meditation? Would it surprise you to know that there is a form of meditation out there that is both easy to do and highly effective?
Kevin Janks, Co-Founder and Chief Meditation Officer at Centred Meditation, is going to lead us on a guided meditation followed by an open discussion about wellness in the workplace. We're personally looking forward to this (extra) peaceful session where we will:
By the end of this 2-hour event, you will leave with at least one insight you didn’t have before, and likely a new peer to connect with. Are you ready to be inspired?
Andrew joined Smartling as employee #3 from eMusic.com where he worked in the product group focusing on registration flows and music recommendation tools. Prior to eMusic, he was part of the online teams of Omni Studio and APCO Worldwide - both Washington, DC-based strategic communications firms. Andrew has been working in technology and the Internet industry since the mid-1990's having founded and sold online computer retailer EverythingComputer.com. Andrew holds a BS in Business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and works out of the Smartling NYC office.
Originally from Ireland, Gavin began working in localization after the government began to offer tax incentives for companies to create their headquarters in Dublin. After studying to be a Civil Engineer, Gavin found work with Lotus Development. From there, he moved on to work at their headquarters in Boston on internationalization of Lotus Notes on non-PC platforms. After a few years, he joined a start-up in the language space and accelerated his learning and understanding of the industry. After that start-up was acquired by We Localize, Gavin integrated a Chinese company and ended up staying there for 6 years. Part of his role was to educate and prepare his colleagues in the US and Europe about working with a Chinese company. After making his way up the ladder at We Localize, Gavin has now landed at Smartling as VP of Language Services.
Smartling is a language translation company that enables customers to localize content across devices and platforms. The company is recognized by CSA Research as the #1 Leader of the 2019 MarketFlex for Language-Oriented TMS, and by users on G2 as the #1 rated Translation Management System. Smartling established Enterprise Translation Cloud, a data-driven approach to localization, which enables its customers to achieve higher quality translation at a lower total cost. Smartling is the platform of choice for hundreds of B2B and B2C brands, including InterContinental Hotels Group, Pinterest, Shopify, and SurveyMonkey. Smartling is headquartered in New York, with offices in Dublin and London. For more information, please visit smartling.com.