Oct. 8, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lionbridge (Nasdaq: LIOX), today announced that it will be hosting several speaking sessions and exhibiting at the Localization World 2009 international business conference, October 20-22 in Santa Clara, California.

Lionbridge General Manager Paula Shannon will moderate a session "Volatility is the New Norm" with several Lionbridge customers including Autodesk, Cisco, Dell and Microsoft. In another session, Lionbridge will host a case study session with Dell that details Dell's efforts to centralize translations for their website and marketing and outlines lessons learned as the company simplified processes, consolidated vendors, and integrated tool sets. Lionbridge will also conduct a session with Microsoft that presents key innovations introduced for Microsoft Windows® 7 quality assurance and the remaining opportunities for further quality improvements. Finally Lionbridge will host a business roundtable on the role of social media and translation. Lionbridge can be found at booth #305.

"Our presence at this year's Localization World underscores our commitment to furthering innovations and advancements in the translation industry and to helping our clients achieve new levels of efficiency and customer success," said Rory Cowan, CEO, Lionbridge. "Our exhibits, panels and speaking engagements focus on relevant topics of great importance to global organizations who seek to simplify processes, reduce costs and take advantage of new advancements in language technologies and practices. We look forward to interacting with new and existing clients, colleagues and partners at this valuable industry event."

The conference, produced by Multilingual Computing, Inc. and The Localization Institute, will be held October 20 - 22 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley. Keynote speakers include Dave Luhr, COO of international ad agency Wieden & Kennedy, and Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, who will be speaking via live broadcast from New York. Additional speakers include senior executives from Intel, the World Bank, facebook, LinkedIn, Verisign, iStockPhoto, and Boston Scientific, among others. Full program details and speakers' biographies are available at http://www.localizationworld.com/.

About Lionbridge

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX) is a provider of translation, interpretation, development and testing services. Lionbridge combines global resources with proven program management methodologies to serve as an outsource partner throughout a client's product and content lifecycle - from development to translation, testing and maintenance. Global organizations rely on Lionbridge services to increase international market share, speed adoption of global products and content, and enhance their return on enterprise applications and IT system investments. Based in Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge maintains solution centers in 26 countries and provides services under the Lionbridge and VeriTest brands. To learn more, visit http://www.lionbridge.com

Lionbridge is a trademark of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. in the US and throughout the world. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are registered trademarks of their owners.

Contact:
Sara Buda
Lionbridge Technologies
(781) 434-6190
sara.buda@lionbridge.com

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