Avantpage has a full calendar of events over the next few months, where we're proud to exhibit at the conferences below. 

It's always gratifying to get together with other organizations, and discuss issues facing industries as diverse as government, education, and health care. Check out the events below--if you're attending don't forget to stop by our booth and leave your business card to enter our drawing for an iPod Shuffle!

We hope to see you and discuss how we can work together on your language assistance program and translations.

September

• 9/17-18: School Innovation & Advocacy's Cultivating Success Summit in Sacramento, CA
• 9/24: California Association of Physician Groups meeting in Oakland, CA

October

• 10/9-11: International Medical Interpreting Association (IMIA) 2009 International Conference on Medical Interpreting in Cambridge, MA
• 10/91-21: California Association of Health Plans' 24th Annual Conference in Palm Desert, CA
• 10/20-21: Federal Technology Center's Gov Link Conference 2009 in Sacramento, CA

November

• 11/18-19: California State Rural Health Association's 9th Annual Rural Health Conference in Sacramento, CA

Earlier this month we participated in the Berkeley Globalization Conference [Localization Industry and Association (LISA) @ Berkeley). Donald Barabé ­ Vice President, Canadian Government Translation Bureau, talked about emerging standards that the Canadian Government uses to denote 'Premium' documents--those requiring professional translation.

He stated, medical records fall into one of the criteria:

1. Documents produced by professionals.

The reasoning being that to do the end user justice, a document produced by a professional needs to be professionally translated.

It strikes us as a very appropriate standard!

To talk more about our impressions of conference and what we learned, contact us at luis@avantpage.com.

Here are some of other other quick impressions. It was an informative two days!

• Only 10% of the world's languages have a written form
• No translation equals no trade.
• The value of translation doubles every 5 years.
• Translation Memory (TM) plus Machine Translation (MT) is the combination of the future
• Localization is now for specific English-speaking markets
• Diaspora is crucial in a globalized world
• Google Translation is adding hundreds of servers every week
• Many countries have multiple national languages
• Machine Translation (MT) is great providing access to terminology
• The world language is translation and localization.

Next week, Avantpage will be at the Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council (NCMSDC) 2009 Minority Business Opportunity Expo.

The expo will take place on Thursday, August 6, 2009, from 8:30AM - 1:00PM in the South Hall of the San Jose Convention Center.

It's always gratifying to meet with other Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) organizations coming out to discover local products and services, network with colleagues, and discuss challenges and solutions ahead.
 
Stop by our booth to learn about the translation solutions we offer and get a complete view of Avantpage and the excellent language services we can provide for your company.

We are passionate about our work and look forward to talking with you!

We're looking forward to being a part of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) statewide conference, "Voices for Change: Connecting the Dots Between Prevention & Care."

The one-day conference is on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 in Los Angeles.

Voices for Change will provide an opportunity to forge stronger partnerships between traditional health care and primary prevention. The conference will give participants a chance to increase their advocacy skills, forge new relationships, and connect the dots to create a more comprehensive approach to achieving health equity.

For more information, go to http://www.cpehn.org/register.php?id=104

The AHIP Institute is coming up soon (June 3-5) and Avantpage is very excited to be part of the Virtual Exhibits Area. We invite you to stop by and learn about the translation solutions we offer so your organization can increase its ethnic membership.

Learn how to capture the Latino, Asian, and other ethnic markets with culturally sensitive translations from Avantpage.

 See you in San Diego!

Will you be at the America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) conference in June? We will be--and would love to talk with you during the show. The conference features workshops, sessions, symbosiums, an Exhibit Hall with over 200 companies and more. 

To learn about AHIP, go to http://www.ahip.org/links/institute2009/index.htm  Sounds like a great show--and San Diego in early June isn't too bad either!

Avantpage Translations will be one of more than 200 exhibitors at this year's Sacramento Metro Chamber's annual Metro Expo, a business-to-business trade show at the Sacramento Convention Center on March 10, 2009.

The full-day event features opening ceremonies, exhibitors, procurement pavilion, workshops, and a networking reception. The Metro Expo is one of five collaboration conferences established by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as a way to link small businesses with contracting opportunities and certification information.

Avantpage's booth will have literature and experts on hand to answer your questions regarding our language services, background, and experience, as well as our online tools such as AvantFlow.

Registration fees for Metro Expo range from $15-$40 depending on membership status, and conference options. To register to attend the trade show, go to http://www.sacramento.wliinc3.com/expo/2009/metroexpo09_attendees.htm.