Events

As a recognized thought leader in Global Information Management, SDL runs regular conferences and online webinars in addition to attending various industry events. Find out what seminars, conferences and exhibitions we’ll be attending in the near future at a location near you.

European Day of Languages - 26th September
To mark the European Day of Languages this year, SDL conducted a webinar to discuss the importance of using language standards in delivering multilingual communications and the implications for European governments.

The European Day of Languages – a day for celebrating linguistic diversity – was set up in 2000 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. It aims to increase plurilingualism and intercultural understanding; promote the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe; and encourage lifelong language learning.

The webinar featured expert speakers who will give you an insight into the importance of translation and localization standards to the production of EU laws and regulations.

German GIM Conference - 9th October
The German SDL GIM Conference taking place in Cologne on 9th October will be focusing on product communication. Come along to hear representatives of leading global brands together with SDL specialists describe how global enterprises optimise their internal content management and localization processes to provide their product-related multilingual content faster, more efficiently and at lower cost than their competitors.

The SDL GIM Conference is supported by several customer speakers: Katrin Hensel -Worldwide Translation Manager at Bosch GmbH, Christian Ehrer - Manager Technical Training/Documentation at Linde Material Handling GmbH, and Hans Reif – Head of technical Services at Knorr-Bremse GmbH, present their strategies in the areas of product communication as well as content and translation management.

DocTrain - 16th October
SDL is a silver sponsor of the DocTrain event designed to help improve the skills and expertise Technical Communicators need to future proof their career. Come along and hear Christie Fidura from SDL present "The Effects of Globalization on Technical Communication and Training" and "Avoiding the Content Conveyor Belt Trap: Enabling Interdepartmental Collaboration."

LISA Forum Europe - 22-26 October
Come to The LISA Forum Europe in Berlin for an insight into what it takes to succeed in preparing products or services for the markets and receiving maximum return on investment for every aspect of globalization. The LISA forum is hosting a panel featuring terminology industry experts from IBM, Tedopres, SDL and Tilde.

Lavacon- 27th-30th October
SDL is a sponsor of the 5th annual Lavacon in New Orleans this year. Come along and hear Lavacon present proven best practices in the fields of technical communication and project management, including strategies for choosing technology platforms, reducing training and translation costs.

Tekom - 7-9 November
SDL would like to invite you to the Tekom Annual Conference held in Weisbaden - Europe's largest event in the field of technical communication and information development. The conference will host a terminology panel featuring Christie Fidura and Marc Johnston of translations.com.

DITA Europe Conference - 13th - 14th November
SDL is inviting all those interested in implementing XML DITA or learning more about this new standard for topic-based authoring to the DITA Europe Conference in Brussels. This year you will hear presentations from publications professionals who have implemented DITA in their organizations and representatives of key tools vendors who are actively supporting the DITA community.

Gilbane - 27th-29th November
Come to the Gilbane Conference in Boston and talk to SDL about GIM and Web Content Management. Hear The Gilbane Group discuss industry trends and best practices for managing information for global audiences. Learn how Sun Microsystems used a global information management solution from SDL and Interwoven to deliver product, support and java.com in many languages.