Meet Cultural Diversity Event Team
Translation Commons is deeply grateful to the many people and organizations who came together to make the September 30, 2026 celebration of International Translation Day possible.
To all our participants, contributors, supporters, and attendees, thank you. We hope the knowledge, connection, and inspiration this event created will carry each of you forward in your own work with Indigenous languages.
We’d like to extend our special thanks to the following teams and individuals:
Event Steering Committee
Former Honorary Professor, CDLTR, and Professor of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad (India)
Former Professor of Linguistics, University of Hyderabad (India)
Professor of Linguistics, T&I, University of Leeds (UK)
Executive Director, Samata (India)
Director, University of Latvia Livonian Institute; Co-chair, Ad-Hoc Group on Digital Equality and Domains (Latvia)
Director, Prairies to Woodlands Indigenous Revitalization Circle (Canada)
Lecturer, University of Limerick (Ireland)
Globalization Architect, Board of Directors, Translation Commons (USA)
Founder, Translation Commons (USA)
Special Thanks
Dr. Alan Melby, Language Terminology/Translation and Acquisition Consortium President
- Infrastructure support
- Hosting of the event
Our sincere thanks to Alan for providing the Zoom platform behind every panel and presentation, and for hosting and monitoring the event alongside us. Thanks to your technical support, this program reached viewers around the world.
Translation Commons Volunteers
Our incredible Translation Commons volunteers poured tireless effort into everything happening behind the scenes, the logistics, branding, countless details, and coordination that make an event like this possible. It took months of work, patience, and no small amount of humor to pull off. These volunteers may be the least visible part of an online event, but they are without question the most essential, and we’re grateful to every one of them.
- Leonidas Pappas, Event Manager, Event Hosting, Branding, Social Media
- Anchita Raghuwanshi, Event Coordinator
- Yuliya Ledeneva, Branding, Social Media, Marketing
- Celeste F Joseph, Website and Marketing Support
- Nancy Kivette, UX Writing, Music Coordination
- Pearl Zhang, Website Implementation Support
- Huimin Jian, Tech support, Event Logistics
- Daniel Shain, Social Media Support
- Melina Dominguez, Social Media Support
- Habib Sani Yahaya, Social Media Support
- Ariyana Caballero, Social Media Support
Session Presenters
- Ms. Jeannette Stewart, Founder Translation Commons, (USA)
- Mr. Guillerme Canela de Souza Godoi, Director for Division for Digital Inclusion and Policies and Digital Transformation, UNESCO, (France)
- Dr. Alison Rodriguez, Former President, International Federation of Translators (Australia)
- Dr. Dorothy Gordon, Board member Linux Professional Institute, Former Chair of the IFAP (Ghana, UK)
- Verf Lena Egardt, Ulum Dalska, The Organization for the Preservation of Elfdalian, Sweden
- Mr. Tex Texin, Globalization Architect, Board of Directors, Translation Commons (USA)
- Mr. Yadaiah Gangadevi, Koyathore Bata, Tribe-Koya: Koya a dialect of Gondi (India)
- Dr. Hammal Al Balushi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
- Mr. Dhan Man Gurung,Chairperson, The National Council House of Gurung (Nepal)
- Prof. (Ms.) Carmen Valero-Garcés, University of Alcalá, Spain- Madrid
- Dr. Xianhong Hu, Programme Specialist, UNESCO
- Ms. Elin Emilsson Ingvarsdóttir , Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Mexico, Mexico City
- Ms. Navya Tuteja, Founder, Empower InvisAbilities, USA
- Mr. Sjur Nørstebø Moshagen, Chief Engineer, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
- Dr. Daniel Pimienta, OBDILCI , Dominican Republic
- Ms. Mei Lin, Vice Chair of the UN AI for Good Impact Steering Committee and Chair of the IEEE SSIT Sustainability Committee
- Prof. Hanem El-Farahaty,Professor of Linguistics, T&I, University of Leeds (UK)
- Dr. Jandhyala Prabhakar Rao, Former Professor of Linguistics, University of Hyderabad (India)
- Dr. Rambhatla Siva Prasad Former Honorary Professor, CDLTR, and Professor of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad (India)
