PIC 18 EU Innovator of the Year: Jiyan Wu, Centific with Smarter Video Localization with AI: Adapting On-Screen Conent for Global Audiences

Runner-up: Agustin Da Fieno Delucchi, Microsoft with ContextualALlize: Automated Context for Effortless Localization

Second runner-up: Henrique Cabral, Bureau Works with Bureau Works Free Flow Editor

PIC 16 EU Innovator of the Year: James Jameson, CaptionHub with Innovating Subtitle at International Scale

Runner-up: Aimee Ansari, CLEAR Global/Translators without Borders with TILES (Touch Interface for Language-Enabled Services)

Second Runner-up: Oscar Martinez Diaz, Loc&Capture Media Services with Mastering Quality Control: Introducing fly.qc – Revolutionizing Video Localization

PIC 15 USA Innovator of the Year: Gabriel Fairman, Bureau Works with BWX Generative Language Engine – Translation Smells

Runner-up: Mathijs Sonnemans, Blackbird International, Inc. with Setting up Custom LLM Orchestrations in Minutes

Second Runner-up: Catarina Farinha, Unbabel with Content Transcreation Layer for Cultural Awareness using Responsible Generative AI

PIC 14 EU Innovator of the Year: Bruno Bitter, Blackbird.IO with Leveraging Analytics Data in Localization Automation

Runner-up: Erji Wang, VMware and supported by Wei Zhang, Centific with AI-Powered Localization Source Content Analysis Tool

Second Runner-up: Giada Gerotto, Creative Words with AI=based freelancer testing and recruitment

PIC 13 USA Innovator of the Year: Jack Welde, Smartling with Fully-Automated Visual Context Extraction from Video

Runner-up Sara Basile, XTM International with Using QA checks to detect inappropriate language through neural-network classifiers and rule-based algorithms

PIC 12 EU Innovator of the Year: Andrea Ballista, Voiseed with Voicing the Unvoiced with Universal AI Voice Dubbing

Runner-up: Saurabh Kavathekar, NetApp with Dr. Global – Source Code Internationalization Self-Healing Using AI

PIC 11 USA Innovator of the Year: Jim Nolan, KantanAI with Self regulated translation community

Runner-up: Nour Hussein, Tarjama with How to develop industry-focused localization for eCommerce in MENA

PIC 10 EU Innovator of the Year: Rikkert Engels, Xillio LocHub with How Localization professionals can help Marketers improve global UX and SEO

Runner-up: Konstantin Savenkov, Intento with Placeholder tags: Impossible for NMT to interpret and why to take them out of the equation

PIC 9 USA Innovator of the Year: Anne-sophie Delafosse, Deliveroo with Make Localization part of the Experience

Runner-up Iti Sahai, Procore with Strategic Function through Operational Efficiences in Product Development

PIC 8 EU Innovator of the Year: Wouter Maagdenberg, TXTOmedia with Watch instead of read

Runner-up: Andrzej Zydroń, XTM International with Inter-language Vector Space: Auto extract terminology from bilingual files

PIC 7 USA Innovator of the Year: Lori Silverstein, SPi Global with SmartDub

Runner-up: Heather Shoemaker, Language I/O with Smart on-the-fly machine translations for customer support engagements

PIC 6 EU Innovator of the Year: Giulia Tarditi, Monese with Goodbye, Source Text! Discover a Source-free Translation Scenario That Helps Increase Your Conversion Rates

Runner-up: Harsha Mudumby, ImageTranslate with Automate Image Translation Process for Flat Images