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ELIA organizes the School for Language Service
Providers Road
Show for 2009
ELIA offers comprehensive, technical training by professionals for professionals
Rimini, Italy (17 February 2009) – The European Language Industry Association (ELIA) is pleased to announce the creation of the ELIA School for Language Service Providers (S4LSP). This series of full-day workshops will cover a range of topics, mainly technical in nature, important to companies in the language service industry and will take place in various locations throughout Europe
each year.
The first two events in this series will take place in Aachen Germany, 20-21 April and Bologna Italy
, 5-6 May with one workshop each day. Additional dates and locations will be announced in the coming months.
The two workshops that will be featured at each event for 2009 are:
1. Translation Memories presented by Angelika Zerfass, Zaac. This workshop will give an overview of the tools used in localization, what their main functions are and how they might differ from each other.
2. Integrating QA into your workflow presented by Juliet Macan, IcDoc. This workshop covers: “What is quality?”; the various factors involved; how/what tools can help improve results and reduce time and costs; and cover how to select the tools used to ensure that the maximum advantage is obtained.
Both presenters are true professionals with years of experience in their fields and are well respected in the language industry.
The S4LSPs have been created to better serve the needs of ELIA members. ELIA has built an excellent reputation for its well attended and favorably sponsored Networking Days (ND) featuring both training and networking programs for top management, CEOs and owners of member companies. The S4LSPs are designed to provide in-depth and practical training to the other critical part of the companies—project managers, vendor managers, reviewers, and the others employees that keep your company functioning and profitable. By staging the events in multiple sites around Europe
, participating companies will be able to select the most convenient site or date to help reduce travel and accommodation costs or allow valuable employees to depart for training for a day or two without creating a crisis at work.
About ELIA
ELIA is the first pan-European company-to-company association in the language industry. It is an umbrella professional organization for translation interpreting and localization companies across Europe
and beyond and aims to establish relationships with companies and related organizations from other parts of the world. ELIA is committed to representing the best interests of its member companies in the European marketplace.
For information about ELIA S4LSPs: http://www.s4lsp.org or
Contact: info@elia-association.org
1 August 2008
ND LISBON: Proven Networking and Training Program Comes to Portugal in October
The European Language Industry Association (ELIA) and the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) will bring the associations’ joint Networking Days to Lisbon, 2 - 4 October. Networking Days Lisbon is designed for decision makers from European language service companies.
“The real benefit of ELIA’s and GALA’s Networking Days is relationship building,” said Kim Harris, GALA board chair. “The relaxed, intimate settings of the ND events have allowed me to build business connections that last and have developed into partnerships benefitting both parties.”
Participants in Networking Days Lisbon will learn from experts and peers about how to improve their company operations. Registrants can choose from a variety of workshops and relationship building activities:
Structured Project Management Workshop for Localization Companies (2 days)
This workshop will show you how to consistently manage deadlines and changes so that your project management team can deliver successful localization projects. The workshop will be presented by Tom Connolly from ETP, a leading supplier of project management training and consulting.
Marketing On a Shoestring (1 day)
As marketing budgets tighten, a creative approach becomes ever more important. This workshop will be presented by Petra Owen of Guerrilla Marketing Group.
Tools of the Trade (1 day)
Do you feel overwhelmed by all the choices available to your company? An independent expert who knows the tools we all use will provide attendees with an unbiased overview of what is available to help your company function more efficiently.
Multilingual business: How to select your language partners (1/2 day - morning, paired with Speed Networking)
How do you go about finding and selecting the best partner? This half-day workshop will help shed some light on the imperfect art by covering partner evaluation, growing a working relationship and more.
Speed Networking (1-2 hours - afternoon, paired with How to select your language partners)
This is fun networking: Every three minutes during the activity, a bell sounds, and participants from one side of the networking table rotate to the next seat, where the process begins all over again. Bring lots of business cards!
GALA and ELIA developed a cooperation agreement last year to take advantage of the existing synergy in the two organizations’ missions and the reciprocal interest to create quality regional events for European members. This agreement is designed to increase the associations’ coverage and enhance communications of their respective activities. The media sponsor for the series of joint networking days is MultiLingual Computing, Inc.
10 April 2008
ELIA and GALA’s first co-produced Networking Days – An intense four days
Networking Days 4 Paris took place on 13-16 March, 2008 at the Novotel Paris Les Halle in Paris France, the first of three planned co-produced events in 2008. The event featured 5 separate one and two-day workshops covering a wide range topics oriented to help small and medium-size language service providers improve their sales and management and to take a glimpse at what it might take to expand into new markets.
Included in the program was: the always-full two-day Executive Sales Management Workshop, the brand new two-day Project Management Workshop taught by industry leaders, an overview of what it takes to do business in and with North America in a workshop titled Crossing the Atlantic, the brand new and very popular Topics in Vendor Management, and finally, the less-popular but extremely well-received A Crash Course in EN 15038.
There were 80 event attendees from a record number of countries (25), some from as far away as Argentina and the USA, who attended one or more of the workshops offered over the four days. The mix of familiar ELIA members and new faces from GALA member companies made for an exciting opportunity for participants to expand their range of contacts. There was so much enthusiasm for this peer to peer interaction that an unprecedented and very spirited crowd took part in Friday’s Networking Cocktail – a ND tradition. An only slightly more reserved group participated in the very RED (see the ND4 photos) and entertaining Networking Dinner the following evening. At the end, the feedback from the attendees was very positive as they truly enjoyed the unique mix of industry-specific learning, networking and fun offered by Networking Days events.
ELIA and GALA wish to express special thanks to our media sponsor Multilingual Computing, Inc. and to our exhibitors Lionbridge, MultiCorpora International Inc, Plunet, SDL Trados Technologies, and The Language Technology Center Ltd.
GALA and ELIA will be holding Networking Days 5 in
Ljubljana
Slovenia
on 3-6 July 2008 at the CITY Hotel. Most of the program has been set and we can confirm that Renato Beninatto will be presenting the Topics in Vendor Management Workshop again due to its popularity in
Paris. Additional details will be announced in the coming weeks.
18 December 2007
Leading language associations, covering both Europe and North America, agree to closer ties
ELIA and GALA sign agreement to partner on Networking Days
Seattle, USA and Rimini, Italy (18 Dec 2007) – The European Language Industry Association (ELIA) and the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) today announced a cooperation agreement to collaborate on events and marketing activities that will provide increased benefit to each association’s members. The agreement will commence in 2008 with three European Networking Days, the first of which will be in Paris, March 13 - 16.
The drive behind the cooperation agreement stems from the existing synergy in the two organizations’ missions and the reciprocal interest to create quality regional events for European members. ELIA has a rapidly growing membership most of whom are based in Europe; GALA’s more global representation has more than 265 members of which 50 percent are in the European region. This agreement is designed to increase the associations’ coverage and enhance communications of their respective activities.
ELIA has built an excellent reputation for its well attended and favorably sponsored training and networking programs. These comprise of three intense Networking/workshop days located in main European cities designed to attract language and associated service providers. The fruits of the ELIA/GALA collaboration will be first seen at the Networking Days event in Paris (ND4), but future activities include Networking Days in Ljubljana (ND5) in the summer and an Autumn event at a yet undetermined southern European location. More details on the events will be available on the associations’ websites in the New Year.
GALA and ELIA’s partnership plan includes the joint production of the Networking Days, collaborating on program definition, communications, logistics, marketing and member discounts.
About ELIA
ELIA is the first pan-European company-to-company association in the language industry. It is an umbrella professional organization for translation interpreting and localization companies across Europe
and beyond and aims to establish relationships with companies and related organizations from other parts of the world. ELIA is committed to representing the best interests of its member companies in the European marketplace.
About GALA
GALA is an international non-profit association that promotes translation services, language technology and language management solutions. The member companies worldwide include translation companies, localization service providers, globalization consultants, internationalization specialists and technology developers. GALA companies share a commitment to quality, service, and innovation in helping clients reach global markets. For more information about GALA visit www.gala-global.org
3 October 2007
Record numbers attend ELIA's event in Rome
The European Language Industry Organisation’s (ELIA) three day programme of Workshops and Networking Events was seen as a huge success by the record numbers of delegates from 24 countries, some of whom had come from as far as Vietnam and the USA.
Held between the 26th-29th of September at the Hotel Metropole in Rome, Italy, subject topics included CRM and document management technology, how to best approach gaining EN 15038 quality certification and the very popular Executive Sales Management Workshop, led by Industry expert Renato Beninatto, and which due to severe oversubscribing will be repeated in Paris at the next ELIA event.
Networking Day 3 topic on growth and exit strategies was fronted by both Renato Beninatto and Hans Fenstermacher, President of the ArchiText division of Translations.com and was concluded by a cocktail party at the famous Caffetteria Italia on the Terrazza Ara Coeli affording its magnificent views over Rome.
Representatives from the ALC and GALA were also in attendance and discussions were held regarding a closer association between both these organisations and ELIA in the near future.
The event was sponsored by EUTECert, SDL Trados Technologies, The Language Technology Center Ltd., MultiCorpora International Inc.and also supported by SFS Standardization, Inspecta Ltd., IQ Net Association and Multilingual Computing, Inc..
ELIA will be holding their Networking Day 4 in Paris on 13-15th March 2008 the details of which will be announced shortly.
24 June 2007
ELIA announces its Rome workshops and networking event.
The European Language Industry, ELIA, are pleased to announce the details of their next workshops and networking days to be held at the Metropole Hotel, Rome 27th to 29th September 2007.
Two days have been devoted to an Executive Sales Management workshop lead by industry expert Renato Beninatto. This should be particularly suitable for senior executives of small to medium sized translation and localisation companies as well as entrepreneurial organisations looking for strategies towards a higher level of selling.
Parallel to this, a one day crash course on EN 15038 certification, the newest industry standard, will be steered by: Paula Mikkola, Lead Auditor M. Sc., Inspecta Certification Ltd.- IQNet and Alfredo Spagna, Head of the Finnish Delegation and Representative of SFS - Finnish Standardisation Body at the CEN/BTTF 138 "Translation Service" and ISO TC37/SC2 WG6 "Translation and Interpreting".
Two further programmes are also planned; the first to help delegates to increase company’s productivity by attending select presentations and workshops provided by the best CAT/System tools manufacturers in our industry. The second programme will explore different Growing Strategies, with particular emphasis on DIY or Mergers and Acquisitions.
26-June-2007
ELIA continues to grow in Berlin
The European Language Industry Association (ELIA ), Europe’s fast growing translation association, completed their second highly successful workshop and Networking Day 2 event in Berlin at the end of June. Over 60 delegates from all over Europe attended a PR workshop as well as an Interactive session which included a presentation by Arturo Quintero, Chief Corporate Strategist, Moravia Worldwide.
ELIA were delighted to announce an increase in the number of members arising out of this occasion and membership now numbers nearly fifty translation and related organizations drawn from nearly every country in Europe.
In the light of the success of this event ELIA will be holding the Executive Sales Management workshop run by Renato Beninatto, Common Sense Advisory, two working sessions on certification and technology, and the third edition of the popular Networking Day event on September 27th-29th in Rome, Italy, the details of which can be found on the website www.elia-association.org.
3 Febuary 2007
Barcelona meeting cements ELIA success
Barcelona, 28 January 2007 – The first networking event staged by the European Language Industry Association (ELIA) this year attracted about 40 executives of language services companies from around Europe. The membership of the recently founded association grew further during the two-day meeting in Barcelona which ended yesterday evening, and has now reached 30 firms from 19 different countries, as well as associates.
ELIA's Networking Day 1 was preceded by a meeting of the organisation's board and a one-day workshop on new marketing methods moderated by language industry consultant Renato Beninatto. Beninatto also led an interactive session on translation process management, sales techniques and other issues during Networking Day.
The board took decisions on the programme of events for the next 18 months. It was agreed that the next Networking Day will be held in Berlin from 22–23 June, ahead of the Localization World Conference. The President of the European Union of Associations of Translation Companies (EUATC), Liz Robertson attended the board meeting to discuss the respective roles of the two organisations.
The current board headed by President Robert Ganzerli was re-elected by the Association's annual general meeting. The board was expanded from seven to 11 directors. The new members are Peter Brabazon of London Translations, Patricia Chiesa of Euro Translations, Elena Cordani of Interlinguae and Dejan Stankovic of Lingemundi Traducoes.
About ELIA
The European Language Industry Association brings together language services companies directly on a peer-to-peer basis, instead of through national representative bodies. ELIA aims to promote collaboration between members and information exchanges.
3-Oct-2005 ELIA LAUNCHES ACROSS EUROPE
The 10 founding-member companies of ELIA – the European Language Industry Association - met in Krakow in Poland
in July and are now happy to announce the official launch of the association and its website.
ELIA is committed to representing the best interests of translation, interpreting and localization companies, or organisations, active in Europe. The association aims to become the umbrella professional organisation for translation companies across Europe including but not limited to the E.U., as well as to establish relationships with colleagues and related organisations from other parts of the world to make the voice of the translation industry heard worldwide. It also aims to share information, provide a forum for networking and more particularly, promote the concept of ethics and quality standards throughout the industry.
ELIA invites all those translation companies and organisations sharing the same values, and who wish to participate in such an association to join.
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MEDIA CONTACT
For further information please contact the President of ELIA
Roberto Ganzerli, roberto.ganzerli@elia-association.org, Tel. +39 0541 760 821
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