Global Ready Event Series

Smartling is bringing the Global Ready event series to cities across Europe and the United States.

These events are designed for senior localization, product, marketing, and engineering leaders, as well as content strategists and AI/LLM experts who are ready to think differently about how global products, content, and experiences are built. This year, we've brought together leaders from companies like Amazon, Spotify, Tesla, SAP, DocuSign, LinkedIn, Ralph Lauren, T-Mobile, NBCUniversal, TripAdvisor, AstraZeneca, and hundreds of others. The conversations went well beyond tactics, focusing on how localization leaders are shaping strategy, earning executive buy-in, and navigating change in 2026.

These are small-format, high-value sessions built for leaders driving the future of localization inside their organizations.

Learn more and see the full fall schedule below.

Let's connect this fall!

The Global Ready West Coast events on October 26 - 29 will be led by Anna Schlegel (former General Manager of Global at Procore Technologies; former senior leadership roles at Cisco, VMware, and NetApp; former Vice President of the Legislative Committee for EU Affairs and External Action, Parliament of Catalonia; Co-Founder and President, Women in Localization). With over 30 years of experience scaling international platforms and products, she’ll help you stay relevant in the age of AI, with real-world frameworks and peer-level insights you can apply right away.

The second half of the workshop is led by Smartling’s VP of AI, Olga Beregovaya, who will cover how LLMs are changing translation and localization, including where they outperform traditional MT, how to catch AI errors before they ship, and what it really costs to build this in-house vs. buy.

- - October 19 | Vancouver
    - - Note: The Vancouver event will be an evening of conversation and dinner with peers. There will not be a traditional workshop. If you're attending LocWorld, this dinner is right after the welcome reception.
  - October 26 | Seattle
  - October 27 | San Francisco
  - October 28 | Los Angeles
  - October 29 | Austin
    - - Note: This workshop will only include an AI Deep Dive led by Smartling VP of AI, Olga Beregovaya.