An international conference with overseas guests demanded real-time multilingual support
Fukuoka City hosts the World Workation Conference as an international hub for promoting the "work while you travel" workation culture. The large-scale conference brings together overseas guest speakers and attendees, requiring an infrastructure capable of delivering the Mayor's keynote address and multiple sessions to an international audience.
To sustain ongoing operations of a multinational conference, organizers explored digital AI tools that could simultaneously deliver real-time performance and cover multiple concurrent sessions. Key considerations for running multilingual events are also outlined in our multilingual meeting tips guide.
AI simultaneous interpretation subtitles delivered across every session — from keynote to breakout
Felo Subtitles’ AI simultaneous-interpretation captions were run across multiple sessions, including the Fukuoka mayor’s speech. Overseas participants could follow the content in real time through the delivered subtitles, enabling two-way communication. The flow for multilingual support in online seminars is covered in detail in the online seminar multilingual support guide.
Building on the proven track record at this conference, the use of Felo Translator has now expanded to the tourist information center operations at Fukuoka Airport and Hakata Station.