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Nearly 700 outsourcing professionals from around the world participated in
The 2008 Outsourcing World Summit® and learned how outsourcing can help create change, enable growth and add value in their organizations.  

During the event, IAOP inducted four honorees into its Outsourcing Hall of Fame from Infosys, General Motors and TPI; released its Global Outsourcing 100 list of top outsourcing service providers.

2008 Summit Info

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) in association with FORTUNE® Custom Projects presented the 12th edition of its world-renowned conference series – The Outsourcing World Summit February 16-18, 2009 at the La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. 

As always, the Summit’s keynote speakers will draw from top business, academic, and government leaders, and its educational sessions will feature practitioners with hands-on experience and insights into leveraging outsourcing as a powerful tool for organizational transformation.

“Companies are past the basics of talking about outsourcing and offshoring,” said IAOP Managing Director of Thought Leadership Jagdish Dalal. “Executives understand outsourcing now and want to know how to effectively use it in their organizations.”

 
“The real power of outsourcing going forward is going to be that it increases an organization's core capacity for change and growth,” said IAOP Chairman Michael Corbett. "The business challenges over the next decade are going to be very different than anything we've seen so far and the companies that weave a powerful network of global partners through outsourcing will be the winners."

What topics are covered?

The 2009 Outsourcing World Summit’s program will directly address the issues that arise in today’s global marketplace by showcasing the breakthrough achievements of the companies paving the way.

The Summit looks at outsourcing as a management practice - from strategy, to implementation, to ongoing relationship management.

Keynote sessions address global developments while dozens of educational track sessions explore specific developments in the outsourcing of various types of business activities, within specific industries, and by key topic.

Who Attends?

Abbott Labs, Manager, Application Sourcing; Allstate, Change Mgmt. & Compliance; Apple, Director, WW Outsourced Vendor Mgmt.; Bell Canada, Director On-shore Implementation; Booz Allen Hamilton, Principal; Citi Markets & Banking, SVP, Global Resource Strategy; DriveCam, COO; ExxonMobil, Sourcing Specialist; First American Corporation, Sr. VP, Global Outsourcing; General Motors, Mgr, Financial Shared Services; GlaxoSmithKline, Director, Supply Chain Services; Johnson & Johnson, Director, Worldwide Strategic Outsourcing; Kraft Foods,  Senior Director Shared Services/BPO; MetLife, Director Strategic Sourcing; Pratt & Whitney, Engineering Global Sourcing Manager; PricewaterhouseCoopers, Global Sourcing Program Manager; Quint Wellington Redwood, Partner; Safeco Insurance - AVP, Business Process Outsourcing; SNC-Lavalin ProFac, General Manager & VP; The McGraw-Hill Companies - VP Outsourcing Planning & Strategy. 

Click here to for a full list of who attended The 2008 Summit.

Who speaks?

Summit speakers are drawn from both within and outside the field of outsourcing. Global business leaders have included John Sculley, former CEO Apple Computers, Gary Wendt, former president, chairman and CEO of GE Capital Services, and Fred Brown, past chair, the American Hospital Association. Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, and vice presidential nominee Jack Kemp have addressed Summit delegates.  Executives from General Motors, Microsoft, Northwest Airlines, United Technologies and many other global firms have shared their business experiences. And, leading advisors from Booz Allen Hamilton, McKinsey & Co., neoIT, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Simmons & Simmons and others have shared the insights and advice they are giving their customers.

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