Anna is passionate about advancing equality for women in technology. Co-founder and President of Women in Localization, the leading association for globalizers with 10,000 members across more than 30 sites, Anna also sat as the Chair of Women in Technology for 10 years during her Tenure at NetApp and Vice President of the Portfolio to Market and Product Lifecycle Teams. Anna works in the Mara region of Kenya, marginalized areas of Barcelona, Catalunya, and The Bay Area in California with the common theme of empowering young girls and supporting women in high tech. Anna is an investor, a patent holder, a top awarded innovator, a two time start-up founder, and a mentor and role model to many.  ​
Anna's Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Round Table: Women in the Tech World 
November 8 2025, 12:00h CEST Cercle Sport Figuerenc, Carrer Monturiol, 3 Figueres
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Recent Speaking Engagements

Leaders in Tech Conference 6
October 10 2025, 9:00-14:00h CEST, Torre de Iberdrola, Bilbao
​INNOLAB bilbao (Sign up here)
Inaugural Conference Speaker Anna Navarro Descals "Never set limits on yourself"
September 18 2025, 10:00h, EPSEVG-UPC, Vilanova i la Geltrú
Dona Enginyera METGEC (Sign up here)
Round Table Chat - The Digital World: A World of Opportunity for Women? 
September 9 2025, 17:30h. – 20:00h, Ateneu Bareclonés - Sala Oriol Bohigas
DONA DIGITAL Plataforma LaIA (Sign up here)

Event Women Talks - Top 100 Women in Technology and Communications in Catalonia 
July 8 2025, 16:00h - 19:00h, Auditori Cibernàrium
Instituto Mas Mujeres (Sign up here)
Congrés WE GIRONA
June 12 2025, 09:30h - 14:30h CET,  Parc de Recerca i Innovació de la Universitat de Girona
Women Evolution (Watch here)
Lunch with Anna Navarro
June 10 2025, Escola Superior d’Hostaleria, Passeig del Taulat, 243, 1er. pis
Graustic (register here)
La Bravíssima Corner Talk: Anna Navarro Speaks on Female Leadership
May 9 2025, 12:00h CET, Hostal de la Gavina, S’agaró
 Eurofins Foundation | La Bravíssima 
DIA DE LA DONA: Have we really Advanced? (in Catalan)
March 4 2025, 19.30 h CET, Centre Cívic Salvador Espriu, Sant Just
Junts per Cat
Emotionally Intelligent Leaders in Leadership
March 2025 
LOCLIFE Hosted by Acclaro 
Spotlight on Catalan 
November 13, 2024, 1:20-1:50 Pm
The Localization Institute (Register Here)
SBS Spotlight: Meeting Anna Navarro Schlegel
November 8th, 2024, 9:30-12:00, The Parliament of Catalonia, Parc de la Ciutadella
Swiss Business School Barcelona Campus
Opening Ceremony of the 55th Academic Year (in Catalan)
October 28, 2024, 12:30 CEST, Hotel Alimara Campus CETT
Univesitat de Barcelona | Barcelona School of Tourism, Hospitality, and Gastronomy
AI and Democracy
October 21, 2024, the Storting, Oslo, Norway
The European Parliamentary Technology Assessment | Tecknologiadet
FIDEM-BBVA Evening: Conversations with Relevant Women (in Catalan)
October 8, 2024, 6:30 CEST, Plaça d'Antoni Maura, 6
FIDEM, BBVA  (Watch Here)
Female Talent as a Pipeline to Innovation in Business  
October 3, 2024, 10:00 CEST, Auditorio Esade Campus Sant Cugat del Vallès
WomenEvolution
Winning Globally - Talent you need to Hire to Retain and Win
September 28, 2024 The tbotalent (Watch Here)
​Guest Speaker Graduation 2024 - Anna Navarro 
​July 1 2024
GBSB Global Business School
Keynote Speaker: Global Trends in Digital Transformation of the Construction Industry 
November 28th 2023, 15:30 CEST
BIM World MUNICH (Watch Here)
Schlegel delivers Keynote for the Female Barcelona Futbol Club, awarded Honor Gold Medal by the Catalan Parliament 
September 13th 2023,  8pm, 2023
​Catalan Parliament, Barcelona, Catalunya 
Transcript Here
15th Anniversary Gala Party - Anna Schlegel Moderator
October 12th 2023, 6pm PST
Women in Localization, San Jose, California 
Anna Schlegel: Attract and Retain Healthy, High-Performing Talent
September 19th 2023, Chicago, USA 
GROUNDBREAK Powered by Procore
Anna Schlegel speaks at UVic-UCC Executive MBA Program 
May 5th 2023
Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya 
Anna Schlegel - Keynote Speaker: "Chat GPT in  Localization"
April 27th 6pm CET 2023
Custom.mt (Register here)
Anna N. Schlegel speaks with Iolanda Batallé 
March 2nd 19:30 2023
Ona Llibres, Barcelona, Catalunya 
Global Innovation, a perspective from Silicon Valley - Anna Schlegel
March 2nd 12:00h 2023
CASA SEAT, Barcelona, Catalunya  
Anna N. Schlegel Presents her book Truly Global 
February 28th in Barcelona & March 1st 2023 in Girona
Espai Linea, Barcelona, Catalunya 
Driving Growth Worldwide: Secrets from Global Leaders 
February 27, 2023 Banco Sabadell Stage 
4YFN Connecting Startups 

An in depth look at Technology in the Silicon Valley by Anna Navarro 
December 12,​ 2022
Techsolids (Register here)

Going Global: Building a Platform for International and Multinational Organizations
November 9, 2022
Groundbreak by Procore Technologies (Register to watch here)
LocWorld: Anna Schlegel - Including Artificial Intelligence in Educating the Next Generations of Language Professionals 
November 3, 2022
LocWorld48 Silicon Valley (Register Here)
ProCore Innovation Summit: Building for Productivity, Performance, and Profitability
September 29, 2022
Procore Technologies (Register Here)
"Female Talent in the Fourth Industrial Revolution" 
May 6, 2022
Cercle d'Economia (Watch Here)
"Personal Experiences of Anna Navarro, a Successful Woman in the World of Technology"
April 28,  2022
Cafè de la Recerca (Register Here)
27a The Night of Telecommunication and Computing 2022
March 21, 2022
Barcelona (Register Here)
International FEMHACK Speaker
Janurary 22, 2022
Listen Here
LockLife™: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Speaker
Janurary 9, 2022
LocLife (Register Here)
Tech Spirit Barcelona Panel Speaker  
November 22-23, 2021
Barcelona
Language Industry Conference in Latin America: Success story in the world of localization, Anna Navarro Schlegel
November 5, 2021
EU Translating Europe Forum 2021
​Keynote Speech by Anna Schlegel
​November 4, 2021
American Translator's Association Annual Conference 2021
Distinguished Speaker for the Translation Company Division 
October 27-30, 2021
Minneapolis, USA 
Anna Navarro, talks to UB Students as part of her inaugural address for the 2021-2022 Class (in Catalan)
October 4, 2021
University of Barcelona
Anna Navarro, la dona més influent del món (in Catalan)
​Rac1 Interview
September 26, 2021
AI & Big Data Congress: Keynote Speaker
The Latest Trends in Artificial Intelligence Emerging from Around the Globe
September 14 and 15, 2021
Barcelona, Catalunya 
Truly Global 2.0 with Anna Schlegel 
July 2021
Lingoport​
"Up Close and Personal: A Conversation with Women Leaders, Anna Schlegel"  (Watch ONLINE: start at 23:00)
June 2021
LocWorldWide 44
Parlem de Talent amb Anna N. Schlegel 
May 2021
Campus Garrotxa
Localization World
Engaging Global Users
October 27, 2020
Vancouver, Canada 
Anna Schlegel presents the latest trends in globalization at GALA Global August 2020
August 6, 2020 

​LIVE WEBINAR: Enterprise Globalization Strategy Join Women in Localization and Globalization and Localization Association for an online event that outlines the importance of designing a globalization strategy. In this webinar Anna N. Schlegel, Women in Localization co-founder and author of Truly Global, will discuss the art of “Enterprise Globalization Strategy” a practice she initiated 20 years ago. 
TAUS: Virtual Series
World-Readiness with Anna Schlegel
June 8, 2020
Webinar
AMPLEXOR
Dialing into Digital with Anna Schlegel 
May 1, 2020
Webinar
Women in Localization
5 Stays of Agile Leadership
April 24, 2020
Digital Format
TAUS Global Content Conference
The World-Readiness Conversation 
March 10, 2020
San Jose, California
Global Saké
Global Readiness for Customers
February 20, 2020
San Francisco, California
Society for Technical Communication
Panelist 
​December 17, 2019
San Francisco, California
STEM Possible Self Expo
Host and Sponsor
November 9, 2019
Silicon Valley, California 
LocWorld41
How to Tie Globalization Strategy into Enterprise-Wide Corporate Governance
November 7, 2019
San Jose, California
Insight 2019
Host: Women in Technology Breakfast
October 30, 2019
Las Vegas, Nevada
SDL Connect 2019
Q&A with Adolfo Hernandez, CEO of SDL
​October 9, 2019
Burlingame, California
SVIEF 2019
Beyond the Next Revolution
September 7, 2019
Santa Clara, California
The RoundUp
Diversity & Communication
Technical Documentation Round Up 2019
May 21, 2019
Menlo Park, California
Haas Institute, U.C. Berkeley 
Diversity & Inclusion
April 12, 2019
Berkeley, California
TAUS 
Content Transformation
TAUS Global Content Summit Silicon Valley
March 29, 2019
Menlo Park, California
SDL Connect
NetApp's Journey from a Localization Department to a Content Strategy Organization
November 7-8, 2018
Santa Clara, California
IDW
The Value Proposition of Content Strategy 
November 29, 2018
Menlo Park, California
SlatorCon
​Anna Schlegel - Keynote
September 13, 2018
San Francisco, California
​Young Women in Tech
​Anna Schlegel - Keynote
August 7, 2018
Silicon Valley, California
NCTA 
Anna Schlegel - Keynote
May 12, 2018
San Francisco, California
SV Chapter of W.L. Mentoring Event 
Anna Schlegel - Keynote
May 3, 2018
San Francisco, California
Think Global Forum
Anna Schlegel - Keynote
December 7th, 2017
San Francisco, California
Go Global. Be Personal. Master Complexity.
​SDL Innovate
November 16th, 2016
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