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Will be at the BP19 conference in Bologna this week – my first BP event. Look forward to meeting anyone who is there!
What role do conferences play in your professional life, if any? Do you have favourites for learning, networking, atmosphere? Are there some you never miss?
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John Di Rico France Local time: 20:38 Member (2006) French to English
Very important to attend events
Apr 29, 2019
I can't stress how important it is to attend conferences, especially for newbies. I have met the majority of my clients attending industry events. Some examples: - Sitting next to an LSP owner during a conference lunch has resulted in over €200k in business over the last 10 years. - Attending an after-party during another conference resulted in meeting a client and €20k in business.
I have attended the ATA conference every year since 2008 and never miss the annual Wo... See more
I can't stress how important it is to attend conferences, especially for newbies. I have met the majority of my clients attending industry events. Some examples: - Sitting next to an LSP owner during a conference lunch has resulted in over €200k in business over the last 10 years. - Attending an after-party during another conference resulted in meeting a client and €20k in business.
I have attended the ATA conference every year since 2008 and never miss the annual Wordfast Forward conference (would be hard to as I organize it!). I used to organize and attend ProZ.com conferences but those sort of died out a few years ago. A few other favorites (or annual event organizers): - GALA - IJET (when in Japan) - NTIF - APTRAD - Elia events - ABRATES - METM - ITA - FIT
Never been to BP but I have heard lots of good things about it.
So much to learn at these events (to help make our profession more professional) and so much to be gained from networking. Plus, if you go with a positive attitude, you end up having a lot of fun.
Well that is certainly a ringing endorsement. Glad it's worked out so well – and lucratively – for you John!
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Sheila Wilson Spain Local time: 19:38 Member (2007) English + ...
Sad demise
Apr 29, 2019
John Di Rico wrote: I used to organize and attend ProZ.com conferences but those sort of died out a few years ago.
They were really worthwhile events and also enjoyable. I miss them.
I'm going to the SfEP (Society for Editors and Proofreaders) conference in September but I'm not looking forward to it quite as much. It's very much a UK organisation and I suppose many of the attendees will be monolingual and most will be British. I love the melting-pot of languages and cultures you get at a translation conference.
Andrew Morris
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Well that's interesting Sheila. Maybe they can be revived?
I certainly agree about the cosmopolitan pull of an international gathering – isn't that part of what drew us all to languages in the first place?
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darkokoporcic Slovenia Local time: 20:38 Member (2005) German to Slovenian + ...
ProZ.com International Conferences
Jun 5, 2019
Hi, does anyone know what happened to those? I have attended 2 (+ a few regional ones) but they seem to have become extinct for some reason? Regards, Darko
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Sheila Wilson Spain Local time: 19:38 Member (2007) English + ...
The ProZ Pearl Conference
Jun 10, 2019
Andrew Morris wrote:
Well that's interesting Sheila. Maybe they can be revived?
I certainly agree about the cosmopolitan pull of an international gathering – isn't that part of what drew us all to languages in the first place?
Isn't there a 30th anniversary in the offing? It seems like an ideal opportunity to relaunch the conferences. And I know just the man for the job, Andrew (or John) .
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