TAUS conference is unique. It isn’t the largest conference in the industry, by design. Choosing to focus on bringing the brightest minds; innovators, disrupters, and practitioners in the industry together to share, challenge, and inspire the next evolution.

Attending the TAUS conference was an enriching experience for me. As a researcher in MT, I rarely get an opportunity to interact with translation professionals directly. To my surprise, I was warmly welcomed by fellow attendees who shared the same passion for languages and translation. I really enjoyed the conversations I had about technology, language and marginalized communities. I loved the opportunity to talk to students who are making translation their career. The TAUS conference allowed me to expand my network and learn from others in the translation community.

My first memory of a TAUS conference was being flown to Taos, New Mexico on something that most resembled a flying smaller-size sedan, and it was that historic conference where the TAUS Data Association was established. I have been attending pretty much every TAUS conference ever since. Over the years, have been a member of the organizing committees, was one of the early adopters of the TAUS DQF platform, contributed to the creation TAUS MTPE guidelines and both moderated panels and delivered presentations - all in all, have been involved actively with the organization. To me the most attractive part of the TAUS events is the breakdown on the audience - a reasonably even distribution between researchers, practitioners and business leaders in the space of translation automation. When you have these pretty distinct perspectives on the future state of our industry, this drives the most insightful discussions and one always leaves the conference with a fresh perspective on the industry and new ideas of how to apply those ideas to her own work. Another attractive thing about the TAUS events is that people speak very openly and are not afraid of making controversial statements, be it the future of the industry jobs, human parity of machine translation or now adoption and role of LLMs - are they or are the not the silver bullet. I am definitely a fan and will continue both attending the events and contributing to the content.

For over a decade, I've been an active participant in TAUS events, and they've consistently stood apart in our industry. Beyond the usual presentations, TAUS facilitates deep and insightful dialogues centered on innovation and technology. My learnings from TAUS have been invaluable, and it's refreshing to attend an event where the focus isn't just on promotion and sales, but genuinely envisioning the future trajectory of the localization industry.