Organizers

Richard Simcott is a British polyglot, who has studied over 50 languages. HarperCollins described him as one of the most multilingual people in the United Kingdom, and the Goethe Institute gave him the title Ambassador for Multilingualism.

He has many years of consulting experience using languages with diverse clients and offering his expertise on multilingual and multinational projects.

He is the original founder of the Polyglot Conference and The Language Event and manages a popular Facebook page called Speaking Fluently.

Ana has been an English language teacher at the University of Bologna language centre for over 30 years. She has always had a keen interest in languages, and her areas of interest and research are Intercultural Language Education, Intercomprehension, and the use of technology in language learning and teaching.She has taken part in many European projects involving languages and cultures, physical and virtual exchanges, and is a trained dialogue facilitator.

Anja Spilker is an international entrepreneur, startup investor, business mentor, and the founder of the award-winning language platform ZALOA Languages. Over the past nine years, she has built a language empire serving both B2C and B2B sectors connecting language learners from Latin America with companies to address the skilled workforce shortage in Europe. In 2024, she was recognized as one of the “Top 10 Female CEOs in Mexico” and has doubled the size of her company.

Hyunwoo Sun is an educator-entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of Talk To Me In Korean, a leading Korean-learning brand followed by millions of learners worldwide. Since launching TTMIK in 2009, he has built a sustainable education business spanning online lessons, books, and video content, and he works with learners and organisations globally to improve access to Korean language education.

Terry Chih-Hsiang Hsieh is a Taiwanese polyglot and an activist for the indigenous languages of Taiwan and the world. He has authored and co-authored four books on language acquisition and teaching methodology. Currently, he serves as the CEO of Polyglot.tw and as an advisor at the Indigenous Language Research and Development Foundation.

A self-described “linguistic digital nomad,” Terry has traveled to more than 100 countries and territories to study languages. He speaks over 50 languages at varying levels of proficiency.

Kate is a Montreal-based language coach specializing in English for creative learners and a book artist who enjoys making language-learning materials and dreaming up mnemonics. She's taught bookmaking and pop-ups (3D paper art) in a variety of settings: a Japanese papermaking village, a trilingual German-French-English school, a children's library in Mexico and an Irish immersion summer camp (in rather shaky Irish!). She discovered the magical world of polyglots at the 2014 Gathering and has been attending events ever since.

I am a very chaotic language serial learner, and I have been so since 2007. I was born in Mexico City, where I learned my first couple of languages, one of which took me all the way to Běijīng, where I became a Mandarin translator and interpreter, and where I got the opportunity to practice and learn more than just Chinese. I currently work as an interpreter of Mandarin in Mexico, as well as a private tutor for many awesome students from around the globe. I am *chaotically* and imperfectly fluent in Spanish, Levantine and Standard Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and sometimes a few other languages... depending on the lunar phase.