On July 2018, Mastercard held the “Global Risk Leadership Seminar” in Bali Indonesia. The venue was a very luxurious hotel which is Sofitel Bali. I was chosen as one of their Simultaneous Interpreter for Japanese – English pair. There were 2 pairs of language which are Japanese – English and Mandarin – English. Each pairs of language was handled by 2 people so the total interpreters were 4 people.

*Inside the Japanese – English Simultaneous Intepreter Booth with my partner.

Some of the presentations were talking about AI prediction, Decision System Making, Fraud Detection etc. And I did feel at home because this Computer Science stuff was actually my Major when I was in college. And I do put a lot of interest in Computer Science world, especially in AI and or Algorithm topics.

*Mastercard event at Sofitel Bali

So in 2018, I have been to Bali twice and both of them because I was appointed as the Simultaneous Interpreter for Japanese – English pair. Such a coincidence that in both of the Seminars, some of the topics were also related to Computer Science, which is one of my strongest point.

 
*One of the famous view at Sofitel Bali

Overall It was a great experience. Too bad they didn’t give us some free time because we all need to catch a flight back to Jakarta at the last day of the seminar.