upcoming events

LISA China Focus

The LISA Forum Asia advances the theme of focusing on China’s strengths as a global product development and delivery center for worldwide markets. Traditional models of product development have been overturned. Companies are radically rethinking international market strategies. They can no longer develop products just for a domestic market first and then consider international markets. China is establishing itself as a productive and efficient location to support all aspects of business globalization technologies and services.

The program will explore these profound changes, with a focus on globalization services, plus:

• Designing for the world. Best business processes for developing global-ready products.
• Internationalizing operations. Transforming global operations into core business competencies.
• Building products for local markets. Creative products that truly address local needs.

Localization World Seattle

Localization World provides an opportunity for the exchange of information in the language and translation services and technologies market. It helps companies accelerate their international business by providing access to the right information, knowledge and resources to aid them when crossing language and cultural barriers.  

The conference will feature 5 tracks:

• Global Business Best Practices: Experienced business people provide practical insights for companies that want to venture with confidence into new international markets.
• Managing Global Websites: Leading companies, each with an outstanding web presence, offer their expertise for launching and maintaining a worldwide web platform.
• Localization Core Competencies: An introductory track for companies that need to localize, but are unsure where to start.
• Advanced Localization Management: This track, the heart of Localization World, continues to provide the latest information on trends, processes, technologies and influences that shape the world of localization.
• Inside Track: Special format sessions for deepening understanding of select topics and sessions that stimulate collaboration and community.

tcworld conference 2010

The tekom annual conference that takes place at the Rhein-Main halls in Wiesbaden in November, attracts visitors from around the world. Along with the tcworld conference and the tekom-Trade Fair, that are happening at the same time, the tekom annual conference by now is Europe’s largest event in the industry.

The conference participants are offered a diverse program, which includes nearly 200 lectures, workshops, tutorials, and discussion groups. Well-known speakers present the latest developments in technical communication and documentation and provide excellent opportunities to exchange knowledge and get in touch with experts and developers. Over the past years, tekom has also strengthened its international position and today maintains superb relations with top-class speakers and professionals from around the world.

Facts and figures:
2009 - 2.110 conference participants - 1.019 visitors to the fair   
2008 - 2.279 conference participants - 1.168 visitors to the fair

LISA Forum India

India’s IT industry has emerged as a global leader for high-quality engineering and design tasks and for development of products sold around the world. At the same time it has helped spur a revolution in India’s internal consumer economy, which is on track to become the third largest in the world by 2035. Over half of the world’s leading IT firms are located in India and the size of this sector is expected to quadruple by 2025. Much of this growth will be fueled by specialized, top-quality small-and-medium-sized companies.

India will also have a crucial role to play in providing services for the growing consumer markets in all of southern Asia. With a large and dedicated base of business process and IT outsourcing companies, India will need to add globalization capabilities to meet foreign demand for services. At the same time, India’s twenty-two official languages provide access to a market of over 800 million consumers, making India the new strategic market for multinational companies looking for new markets that will experience substantial growth.