500
delegates
2
day
2
languages
Enabling Global Leadership Communication
Congress Australia was commissioned to deliver Remote Simultaneous Interpretation (RSI) for a large-scale multinational leadership summit held at the Hawaii Convention Centre in Honolulu. The summit featured a hybrid event format, combining in-person sessions with remote participants and interpreters operating across multiple time zones. The client required seamless, real-time multilingual support, without compromising the delegate experience or overcomplicating the AV infrastructure.
Solution
Remote Interpretation
Venue
Hawaii Convention Centre
Date
3rd - 4th April, 2025
Reinventing Hybrid Interpretation at Scale
Congress Australia deployed the Congress Remote Interpretation Platform to deliver interpretation in English and Japanese across five concurrent meeting streams. The solution combined onsite technical coordination and cloud-based interpretation workflows, including:
Remote interpreters connected through Congress Australia’s secure RSI platform.
Audio routing and signal management were overseen by Congress Australia’s senior SI technician deployed in Honolulu.
The platform integrated directly with the client’s preferred conferencing platforms, including Lark and Zoom, ensuring seamless hybrid participation.
Where required, Congress Australia utilised Interprefy to extend RSI access into additional breakout spaces, maintaining operational flexibility without increasing workflow complexity.
Interpretation Booths
Zoom
Interpreter Console
With five concurrent channels, multiple interpreter teams, and a globally distributed audience, this was RSI at its most complex and most rewarding.
- Technical Production Manager
How We Overcame Challenges
Global distribution and technical complexity
Delivering simultaneous interpretation across five live streams, with remote interpreters and hybrid participants, required precise technical coordination. Congress Australia centralised operational control through a senior SI technician onsite, overseeing signal routing, quality assurance, and live coordination with the client’s AV team.
Platform interoperability
Our RSI infrastructure was built for compatibility. The Congress RSI platform provided seamless audio feed integration, enabling real-time synchronisation across physical and virtual meeting spaces while minimising latency commonly associated with multi-platform events.
Reliable Remote Delivery
Despite interpreters operating thousands of kilometres apart, the system delivered consistent, high-quality audio monitored in real time by Congress Australia’s support team through cloud-based diagnostics. This ensured uninterrupted interpretation despite shifting schedules and regional bandwidth variations.
Operational Excellence on a Global Stage
Throughout the summit, Congress Australia delivered uninterrupted multilingual interpretation across keynote presentations, panel discussions, and workshop sessions. Beyond technical execution, the event demonstrated the scalability and adaptability of Congress Australia’s remote interpretation infrastructure. The hybrid delivery model enabled seamless participation across multiple time zones without compromising clarity, coordination, or user experience.
The success of the event reinforced how remote interpretation, when supported by experienced technical management and enterprise-grade platforms, can exceed the requirements of complex global conferences.
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