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The #1 conference for the localization industry · Since 2003

LocWorld56
Vancouver
From Chaos to Order

October 19–21, 2026 · Vancouver Convention Centre, BC, Canada

The room where the language industry decides what’s next.

Since 2003, LocWorld has convened the people who build, buy, and lead localization. Three days that set the agenda for the next twelve months of the industry.

Enterprises in the room at recent LocWorld events

From Chaos to Order — the LocWorld56 theme, made literal

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Unique participants
since 2003
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Attendees, Dublin
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Countries, by company HQ – many more nationalities in the room
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First-time attendees
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Enterprise buyers

* Figures reference LocWorld55 Dublin (June 2026), the most recent benchmark event.

Five reasons the industry keeps showing up.

Not a checklist. The actual reasons a buyer, a vendor, or a linguist blocks these three days on the calendar.

The Room

Buyers and vendors, in the same room

Not a trade-show floor. 150+ enterprise buyers sat down with language service and technology vendors. Real budget, real decisions, three days.

The Program

Built from what the industry is arguing about

From Chaos to Order takes on AI at scale, human governance of AI workflows, quality as brand trust, and localization as a growth driver, plus a dedicated Localization for Asia track.

The Network

The most international room in the industry

Companies from 33 countries showed up in Dublin, and the people they sent represent many more nationalities than that. Vancouver adds an Asia-Pacific push on top. This is where the global conversation actually convenes.

The Curation

A program built by practitioners

Session proposals are reviewed and selected by a hand-picked Program Committee of buyers, vendors, and practitioners. The agenda reflects what the industry is actually working through.

The Welcome

Built to welcome you in, not just seat you

A third of Dublin’s room was there for the first time. First-timer sessions, a genuinely friendly floor, and a program run by the same team since 2003.

Five reasons, five brushstrokes. The colors above are the five strokes of the LocWorld globe — one colorful, worldwide community.

From Chaos to Order : The Agenda

The below schedule gives you a glimpse of the shape of each day.
Exact timings, session information and speakers can be viewed via the above buttons.

Day Zero

Monday 19 October

  • Registration & Coffee
  • Pre-Conference WorkshopHalf day · morning
  • Global Toolbox Day
    – GTB1Full day
  • Global Toolbox Day
    – GTB2Full day
  • Global Toolbox Day
    – GTB3Half day · afternoon

Day One

Tuesday 20 October

  • Registration & Solutions Square Opens
  • SessionsParallel tracks
  • Break
  • SessionsParallel tracks
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  • Welcome Remarks
  • Opening Plenary
  • Lunch & Exhibit Hall
  • Process Innovation Challenge & CLIP
  • Break
  • Sponsored SessionsParallel tracks
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  • SessionsParallel tracks

Day Two

Wednesday 21 October

  • Solutions Square Opens
  • Sessions & UnconferenceParallel tracks
  • Break
  • Sessions & UnconferenceParallel tracks
  • Break
  • Plenary
  • Lunch & Exhibit Hall
  • Sessions & UnconferenceParallel tracks
  • Break
  • Sessions & UnconferenceParallel tracks
  • Break
  • Sessions & UnconferenceParallel tracks
  • Break
  • Closing Session

Day Zero workshops run concurrently

Draft agenda – timings and session content subject to change.

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Dinner Sponsor
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Keynote Sponsor
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Interpreting Tech Partner
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Lunch Sponsor

Why this isn’t just
another conference

The LocWorld agenda is shaped by a hand-picked Program Committee of buyers, vendors, and practitioners. They read the proposals, weigh what the industry needs to hear, and build a program with substance at its core. That committee is the reason the sessions hold up year after year.

Hand-picked

Program Committee of buyers, vendors, and practitioners

Every proposal

reviewed by the committee that shapes the agenda

20+

color-coded content tracks across three days

The people who build the program

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Renato Beninatto

LocWorld

Yoko Chiba

Yoko Chiba

Crestec

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Kacie Daughety

Spotify

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Mayank Dutt

Adobe

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Klaus Fleischmann

Kaleidoscope GmbH

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Salvo Giammarresi

Airbnb

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Daniel Goldschmidt

LocWorld

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Aleks Ignjatovic

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Sheriff Issaka

African Languages Lab

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Tucker Johnson

Nimdzi Insights

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André Palaguine

Language Intelligence

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Dominique Puls

SeproTec Multilingual Solutions

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Peng Wang

Localization Institute

What the room sounds like

Attendee voices from a recent LocWorld.

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“The event reinforced what we’re more convinced of every year: translation technology works best when it amplifies human expertise, not replaces it.”

— memoQ

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On reaching stakeholders in 2026:
“Many people now treat quality as solved, so the conversation has to move to culture, experience, and business results.”

— Stephanie Harris-Yee
Argos Multilingual

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“My personal highlights were the human moments. No amount of AI orchestration replaces that.”

— Vasso Pouli
Founder/Owner, NVLoc

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“The juiciest conversations were happening everywhere. People from all backgrounds shaking hands, mingling, opening and sealing deals, or just having a good time with peers while standing in line for coffee.”

— Gabriel Karandyšovský
AI Localization Think Tank

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“LocWorld55 in Dublin was intense in the best possible way: great people, strong conversations, time on stage, and a couple of very good Irish evenings.”

— Elitza Dublewa-Servatius,
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

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“With growing AI capabilities, the number of solutions, workflows and ideas keeps multiplying. Every time I think we’ve identified the major directions, somebody comes along with something completely unexpected.”

— Dominique Puls
SeproTec Multilingual Solutions

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A destination that’s part of the pitch, not an afterthought

The Vancouver Convention Centre sits directly on the waterfront, under its own living green roof. A walkable downtown setting built for three days of moving between sessions, meetings, and the exhibit floor.

  • Easy gateway from Asia, reinforcing the Localization for Asia track

  • Waterfront venue, walkable downtown, no shuttle-bus sprawl

  • Stanley Park, Granville Island, and the seawall, five minutes away

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