Jaap van der Meer is a translation industry visionary and pioneer whose conferences and publications inspired both newcomers and veterans. In the late 1980s his first company, INK, published the first terminology lookup and translation memory (TM) software. In 2005 he founded TAUS, an innovative think tank that collects members of the largest IT companies and government translation bodies, serving as an outsourced research resource for the industry. In 2018, he received the title of ‘Honorary Professor’ from the Beijing Language and Culture University for his outstanding achievements in the global translation industry.