The Process Innovation Challenge (PIC)

Why the PIC?

We have all had that moment where we see something new, and think, “If only I had seen that a year ago, it would have helped us so much”. The Process Innovation Challenge (PIC) is a platform to highlight, show and share innovative ideas. The platform enables innovators to showcase their own innovations, knowledge and insights.

The PIC is open to content publishers, industry supply companies, technologists, academia, and anyone else in the industry who has an innovative idea that can solve a localization or global content challenge. Your innovation could be a unique idea that was successfully applied to a localization process that improved operations, or it could be a new way of using something existing to solve a new problem, or it could be a new and cutting-edge technology innovation that brings real benefit to teams. If you have any of these, share them with the localization community by submitting your proposal to the PIC.

Successful proposals will be invited to join the 3cubed Preliminary Virtual Rounds where they can pitch their idea for a chance to move on to the PIC final round.

Outcomes of the PIC

Innovators have a stage to pitch ideas, meet fellow innovators and interested parties.  Their innovation is seen and recognized at a premium localization industry event.  One winner, is voted Process Innovator of the year, by their peers.
Investors and other interested parties get to meet innovators in the localization industry and see the latest localization innovations in one sitting.

Running of the PIC

The PIC takes place during the LocWorld conferences – Europe (June), and in North America (October/November).  Each PIC event has an advisory committee who decide which innovations get shortlisted for the event.

The event team includes a moderator, production manager, and a panel of localization experts (dragons) whose role is to deep dive on innovations and ask the “tough” questions of the innovators.

Call for papers

Call for papers opens in early spring for the June event and the summer for the October event. Call for papers are posted here and on the homepage of LocWorld.

PIC19 Call for papers is open! Please review announcement for details and Key Dates

Awards

The winner of the PIC receives three prizes:

• $1000 USD cash prize
• Winner’s plaque
• 2-page feature article in an upcoming MultiLingual Magazine

Runner-up of the PIC receives two prizes:

• $350 USD cash prize
• 1-page white paper published in an upcoming edition of MultiLingual Magazine

Second Runner-up of the PIC receives two prizes

• $150 USD cash prize
• 1-page white paper published in an upcoming edition of MultiLingual Magazine

PIC Team