We are out of words to describe how wonderful GALA 2023 was. The opening and closing keynotes were quite inspiring. Thank you David Siegel (Meetup) for your motivating session about leadership. Marie Flacassier was thrilled to be the lucky winner of your book 'Decide and Conquer'. The luck of the Irish was in the air! And thank you Marco Trombetti (Translated) for the absorbing closing keynote about ChatGPT and the power of language.
We also need to highlight the panel discussion about new trends and the future of the industry. Jose Palomares, Andre Hemker, Véronique Özkaya, Wafaa Mohiy. An insightful session and open conversation with the audience, we truly enjoyed it!
The GALA conference is always an opportunity for networking, meeting old friends, and getting to know some new faces; GALA is about creating community inside this industry and the Acolad group Loc Walk led by Paul Barlow on Sunday was the best way to get into the conference mood! Marie was also thrilled to spend some time with the old and the new GALA board and staff. Allison Ferch, Balazs Kis, Patrick N., María Jesús de Arriba Díaz, Jose Palomares, Alexandra Dwyer, Britta Aagaard, Edith Bendermacher, Dave Ruane, Alicia Deadrick. Always a pleasure to see you!
Sunday night cocktail organized by RWS Group was a treat, thank you Vicenta Ten Soriano for being such a splendid hostess.
Of course, the Translators without Borders fundraiser organized by Ludejo BV has a special place in our hearts. Marie got to wear 2 fun outfits and help raise a bit of extra money. Andrew Hickson, you outdo yourself every single time even though you seem to set the bar so impossibly high year after year. Thanks to all the GALA community for raising the highest amount to date: €6180! This fundraiser, now a GALA tradition, could not have been more fun!
We want to congratulate the winners of the Rising Star contest: Soeren Eberhardt Eberhardt, Rising Star Faculty Winner, and Peixi Ren, Rising Star Student Winner. Kudos for your hard work! It was a well-deserved price! Wishing we had more time to chat.
Oleksandr Bondarenko we felt so privileged to share time and stories with you and your family. Looking forward to meeting you again soon for some more good coffee paired with even better conversation.
As always, we want to thank all our industry colleagues and friends for being there and sharing their time and knowledge. Every in between sessions chat, every coffee break shared, every conversation we had with every single one of you during the conference was an absolute delight. Kåre Lindahl, Asta Rusakeviciene, Biraj Rath, Joel Sigling, Harald Krohmer… and so many more people we would love to tag in this post!
We barely left Ireland and already can’t wait for next year’s conference in Valencia, that’s true Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) magic!
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so we hope this video will convey how fantastic #GALA 2023 was.