Ludmila Golovine is the driving force behind MasterWord Services, Inc, a top-ranked multi-million-dollar company that delivers customized language solutions in over 400 languages. As a professional translator, interpreter, and business leader, she made a lifetime commitment to quality, innovation, doing business with heart, and connecting people across language and culture. She serves on the Advisory Board for the Mind, Body, Spirit Institute of The Jung Center; chairs the Advisory Subcommittee for the Translation and Interpretation Program at the Houston Community College; is the Strategic Partnerships Manager for the Global Community Programs of Women in Localization; is a Founding member of the Global Coalition of Language Rights; is a member of TBAT (Texas Business Against Human Trafficking); and is a member of several professional organizations. She is an advocate of social justice and is a nationally and internationally recognized speaker. Her work has been recognized by numerous awards, including: CHIA Trainer of the Year (2021), Houston Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business Award (2019); Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Gulf Coast Area Finalist (2017), TAHIT Texas Star Award both as an individual (2019) and as an organization (2015), and Congressional Recognition G7 “Excellence in International Service” award (2015).MasterWord Services, Inc. , now in its 27th year, is ranked in the Top 20 largest language service providers in North America by the market research firm, Common Sense Advisory.; A top-quality provider of industry-specific language solutions, the company works with more than 300 clients in Fortune 500 companies. These include energy and engineering, healthcare, government, insurance, and non-profit organizations with requirements in more than 250 languages and across four continents.; MasterWord’s strength lies in understanding its clients’ unique challenges and tailoring custom solutions for success.; The company delivers a broad spectrum of solutions and offers one of the industry’s quickest response times with 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-per-week availability.

Kirti Vashee is currently a technology evangelist for Translated Srl. He is a seasoned sales and marketing executive of technology products who has built a reputation as an evangelist for MT technology. He has been a prominent and accomplished speaker on automated translation technology in a variety of localization and globalization technology focused conferences around the world. He is a former AMTA board member and the Moderator of the largest MT related group on LinkedIn - Automated Language Translation. He is also an active blogger on MT related subjects Empty Pages

Sjur Nørstebø Moshagen is a linguist and computational linguist from Norway that has worked in academia and in the industry on keyboards, proofing tools, electronic dictionaries, speech synthesis and more for the last 30 years. During the last 20 years he has developed tools and supporting infrastructure for the Sámi languages as well as for other indigenous and minority languages.