Seattle 2018 Summit Program

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Oct 16, 2018

	Sound	Cove	Pacific
9:00am – 9:30am	Registration Open
9:30am – 10:15am	Opening Session \| S1 \| Room: Sound	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions
10:15am – 10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30am – 11:45am	Hear, Hear! Audio and Its Localization! \| S2 \| Andrea Ballista CEO Voiseed Mario Bergantiños Senior Manager- Audio & Video Localization Electronic Arts Leilani Ramirez Manager of Dialogue Sony Interactive Entertainment Room: Sound Moderator: Miguel Bernal-Merino	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions
11:45am – 12:00pm	Break
12:00pm – 12:45pm	Hardware Functional Testing - Ensuring Devices Last as Long as the Platforms They Support \| S3 \| Brandon Victor Keywords Studios Room: Sound	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions	Automating Game Localization with Amazon Web Services \| P3 \| Andrew Vestal Senior Localization Program Manager Amazon Game Studios Room: Pacific
12:45pm – 1:45pm	Lunch
1:45pm – 3:15pm	FQA Round Table: Process Tools - Everyday Automation \| S4 \| Janet Weddle Technical QA Manager Keywords Studios Room: Sound	LQA Round Table: The Quality Edge \| C4 \| Miguel Bernal-Merino Lecturer University of Roehampton Room: Cove	Localization Round Table: Working as a Global Virtual Team \| P4 \| Steven Garrad Outsourcing, Project Manager Blizzard Entertainment Michael Radnitz Senior Producer, Localization Blizzard Entertainment Room: Pacific
3:15pm – 3:30pm	Coffee Break
3:30pm – 5:00pm	FQA Round Table: Utilization of Player Feedback and Online Communities to Facilitate the QA Process \| S5 \| Ben Wibberley Managing Partner DAQA Room: Sound	LQA Round Table: How Can We QA Our LQA? \| C5 \| Sebastian Maeser LQA Project Manager Keywords Studios Bazz O'Reilly LQA Service Delivery Manager Keywords Studios Room: Cove	Localization Round Table: Culturalization and the Art of World-building \| P5 \| Kate Edwards CEO / Principal Consultant Geogrify Room: Pacific
5:00pm – 5:15pm	Break
5:15pm – 5:45pm	Round Table Reports \| S6 \| Room: Sound	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions

Sound

Cove

Pacific

9:00am – 9:30am

Registration Open

9:30am – 10:15am

Opening Session | S1 |

Room: Sound

Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions

10:15am – 10:30am

Coffee Break

10:30am – 11:45am

Hear, Hear! Audio and Its Localization! | S2 |

Andrea Ballista
CEO
Voiseed

Mario Bergantiños
Senior Manager- Audio & Video Localization
Electronic Arts

Leilani Ramirez
Manager of Dialogue
Sony Interactive Entertainment

Room: Sound
Moderator: Miguel Bernal-Merino

Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions

11:45am – 12:00pm

Break

12:00pm – 12:45pm

Hardware Functional Testing - Ensuring Devices Last as Long as the Platforms They Support | S3 |

Brandon Victor
Keywords Studios

Room: Sound

Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions

Automating Game Localization with Amazon Web Services | P3 |

Andrew Vestal
Senior Localization Program Manager
Amazon Game Studios

Room: Pacific

12:45pm – 1:45pm

Lunch

1:45pm – 3:15pm

FQA Round Table: Process Tools - Everyday Automation | S4 |

Janet Weddle
Technical QA Manager
Keywords Studios

Room: Sound

LQA Round Table: The Quality Edge | C4 |

Miguel Bernal-Merino
Lecturer
University of Roehampton

Room: Cove

Localization Round Table: Working as a Global Virtual Team | P4 |

Steven Garrad
Outsourcing, Project Manager
Blizzard Entertainment

Michael Radnitz
Senior Producer, Localization
Blizzard Entertainment

Room: Pacific

3:15pm – 3:30pm

Coffee Break

3:30pm – 5:00pm

FQA Round Table: Utilization of Player Feedback and Online Communities to Facilitate the QA Process | S5 |

Ben Wibberley
Managing Partner
DAQA

Room: Sound

LQA Round Table: How Can We QA Our LQA? | C5 |

Sebastian Maeser
LQA Project Manager
Keywords Studios

Bazz O'Reilly
LQA Service Delivery Manager
Keywords Studios

Room: Cove

Localization Round Table: Culturalization and the Art of World-building | P5 |

Kate Edwards
CEO / Principal Consultant
Geogrify

Room: Pacific

5:00pm – 5:15pm

Break

5:15pm – 5:45pm

Round Table Reports | S6 |

Room: Sound

Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions

Oct 17, 2018

	Sound	Cove	Pacific
9:00am – 9:45am	Welcome Coffee
9:45am – 10:30am	Deaf Gaming: Enabling Our Audience \| S7 \| Karen Stevens Sports Accessibility Lead Electronic Arts Room: Sound	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions
10:30am – 10:45am	Coffee Break
10:45am – 11:45am	The Future of Testing \| S8 \| James (Jimbo) Pfeiffer Turn 10 Quality Manager Microsoft Room: Sound	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions
11:45am – 12:00pm	Break
12:00pm – 12:45pm	Pursuing Failure to Force Process Improvement in Game Testing \| S9 \| Eric Say Chan Program Manager Keywords Studios Room: Sound	Ensuring Localization Quality for Table Top Games – Magic: The Gathering \| C9 \| Maryam Jaddoo Localization Manager Wizards of the Coast Francesca Sorrentino Conference Manager Game Global Room: Cove	Art of Music - Localizing Songs in Games \| P9 \| Steven Garrad Outsourcing, Project Manager Blizzard Entertainment Room: Pacific
12:45pm – 1:45pm	Lunch
1:45pm – 3:15pm	FQA Round Table: The Everlasting QA Gobstopper: How to Transform Employee Retention \| S10 \| Kaushal Singh QA Manager Keywords Studios Room: Sound	LQA Round Table: Optimizing Quality When Working with Global Teams \| C10 \| Gaëlle Caballero Director of Localization QA Testronic Room: Cove	Localization Round Table: How to Avoid MT Implementation Suffering \| P10 \| Andrea Tabacchi VP Customer Success Memsource Room: Pacific
3:15pm – 3:30pm	Coffee Break
3:30pm – 4:45pm	FQA Open Round Table \| S11 \| Room: Sound	LQA Open Round Table \| C11 \| Room: Cove	Localization Round Table: Localization Sentiment Analysis - Best Practices and Challenges \| P11 \| Demid Tishin All Correct Group Room: Pacific
4:45pm – 5:00pm	Break
5:00pm – 5:30pm	Round Table Reports & Closing Session \| S12 \| Room: Sound	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions	Left open to allow attendance at concurrent sessions

Sound

Cove

Pacific

9:00am – 9:45am

Welcome Coffee

9:45am – 10:30am

Deaf Gaming: Enabling Our Audience | S7 |