Past Offshore Outsourcing Events

The 2007 Outsourcing Exhibition
11 - 13 December 2007

Nuova Fiera di Roma, Rome, Italy

The total exhibition area covers around 4,000 square metres dedicated to various outsourcing market areas. The exhibition shall mainly focus on:

- Facility management (Global service)
- Energy and utilities
- Training and employment
- Public Services
- Enterprise services
- Public Administration, Local authorities
- ICT
- Banking, insurance and financing services

Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum 2007
1 - 2 November 2007

Kiev, Ukraine

The Forum objectives are boosting software development and outsourcing services market, discussion of global trends in IT markets, and addressing current issues in the outsourcing area.

In 2006, more than 200 professionals from all over the world participated in the Forum. Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum `2006 welcomed representatives of Sony, PricewaterhouseCoopers, GE Healthcare, ACD Systems International Inc, JSC "Vimpelcom", Infopulse Ukraine, KM Soft/Kvazar-Micro Corp., Validio Software, Lohika, EPAM Systems, Luxoft, Murano Software, StarSoft and other widely known companies. Overall 148 organizations from the USA, England, Germany, Denmark, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, India, Switzerland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and other countries participated in the Forum.

- Global marketing.
- Ukrainian regional Software Development centers.
- Embedded/Firmware programming and Hardware Design.
- IT professionals market. Search. Training. Education.
- The best outsourcing solutions.
- Software quality. QA and testing. Independent testing.
- BPO.

DIA Outsourcing Summit
13 - 14 November 2007

Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center and Spa, 250 Racquet Club Road, Weston, FL 33326, USA

Outsourcing has become an integral part of clinical drug development—not just a short-term remedy for a temporary resource constraint. The efficiency and cost-effectiveness of drug development is often determined by sponsors’ outsourcing strategies, their ability to select the right providers, and their ability to manage the sponsorprovider relationship. The DIA Outsourcing Summit will provide a forum for participants to share their insights and experiences and to examine how they can apply new concepts to their own projects and corporate culture.

The National Outsourcing Association's 5th Annual
The Outsourcing Summit
19 - 20 November 2007

http://www.marketforce.eu.com/outsourcing/programme/

Firmly established as a leading industry event, the NOA's 'Outsourcing Summit' provides a platform for a range of senior business figures involved with outsourcing to discuss issues, explore innovations and share knowledge and expertise.

The outsourcing market is maturing, with companies re-examining their sourcing strategies, starting to outsource more complex operations, and moving into the next generation of contracts. This makes it an ideal time to examine what has been learnt from previous experiences, and how this can be applied to build successful partnerships and reap the maximum benefits from outsourcing.

HRO World Europe 2007: Transform to Perform - From Strategy to Reality
27 - 29 November 2007

Conrad Hotel, Brussels, Belgium

Bringing together more than 350 senior executives from over 20 countries, HRO World Europe – the largest and most comprehensive HR transformation conference in Europe – provides an opportunity to exchange views and share experiences on how HR transformation can enhance organizational success.

For this year’s event, we’ve selected top experts – and executives with in-the-trenches experience – to share their insights on developing an effective HR transformation strategy, and applying that strategy to reality to contribute to the company's bottom line.

The 2-day program and pre-conference sessions offer insights from 50 speakers in the form of keynote addresses, case studies and research updates, workshops and master classes. Separate tracks for practitioners and providers allow you to choose the topics that are on top of your agenda and interact with your peers within smaller groups.

OUTSOURCING & SUBCONTRACTING FORUM - POLAND 2007
10 - 12 October 2007

Conference Halls, Hotel LORD, 218 Krakowska Str., Warsaw, Poland

Complex business processes and even front-office operations are now being outsourced and businesses are looking for optimisation, developing and delivering more flexible business models. These are not only the typical outsourced business segments such as IT, human resources, facilities and real estate management, accounting, but also customer support and call center functions, manufacturing, building works and engineering.

Poland is an ideal country within EU for outsourcing and subcontacting, able to offer well educated and low cost labour, and quality at the same time.

IDC Outsourcing Conference 2007 – To Innovation through Outsourcing
11 October 2007

Marriott Hotel, Warsaw, Poland

Outsourcing has proven to be a viable tool in freeing human and administrative resources that can be better directed towards core business activities.

Letting outside specialists handle IT infrastructure, applications, and processes enables you to create an organization more capable of responding to changing market conditions. Making it work requires clear communication. It also requires a willingness to change. Reallocation of resources means new processes and new approaches that while unfamiliar, often have lasting benefit.

IDC's Outsourcing Roadshow CEE 2007 introduces you to experts that reveal how best to take advantage of outsourcing. We create a forum where industry professionals and end users discuss both the major stumbling blocks and essential components of productive outsourcing relationships.

Documation UK
17 - 18 October 2007

Olympia 2, London, UK

Documation UK, in partnership with AIIM, is the largest dedicated exhibition of its kind in the UK covering end-to-end enterprise content management. It will address all the latest issues in information management, including web content, email and fax management, document and records management, information capture and lifecycle management, scanning, imaging, business processes and compliance.

Showcasing a diverse range of new, innovative products and services and addressing today’s strategic and technical issues in an unrivalled education programme, Documation UK is the definitive event for business process and information management.

OutsourceWorld New York
24 - 25 October 2007

Jacob Javits Convention Center, Manhattan, USA

The Sixth Edition of OutsourceWorld-New York will take place on October 24th & 25th, 2007. OutsourceWorld is the premier pure play business trade platform focused on executives who have a need to outsource business services. Whether you are considering outsourcing a custom software application, your human resource management or an entire contact center, you will find exhibitors who understand your needs and have hands on experience working with businesses like yours.

OutsourceWorld's primary purpose is to enable commerce between buyers and sellers across diverse geographies. The 2 day conference program comprised of practitioner and service-provider industry leaders, addresses industry-standards, leading edge best practices and future sourcing trends. The conference is complimented by a large and diverse exhibition with over 100 service providers from all over the world. OutsourceWorld NY is quickly becoming the premier event in the sourcing industry.

Managed Services - Discrete & Flexible IT Outsourcing
22 August 2007

Mumbai, India

Over the past few years, the fundamental value proposition of managed services was dominated by the potential cost savings possibilities for enterprises. As enterprises are constantly faced with the constant need to squeeze out extra margins, IT departments have been heavily scrutinized to realize some of these savings. Today, enterprises are rapidly adopting managed services for a variety of reasons.

In view of the market's ever changing needs, a whole set of managed services solutions have emerged over the past 12 months. From WAN optimization management to managed compliance to on demand applications, what are the features and benefits to look out for? Are there any pitfalls? What should enterprises be looking out for?

Managed Services - Discrete & Flexible IT Outsourcing
5 July 2007

Singapore

Over the past few years, the fundamental value proposition of managed services was dominated by the potential cost savings possibilities for enterprises. As enterprises are constantly faced with the constant need to squeeze out extra margins, IT departments have been heavily scrutinized to realize some of these savings. Today, enterprises are rapidly adopting managed services for a variety of reasons.

In view of the market's ever changing needs, a whole set of managed services solutions have emerged over the past 12 months. From WAN optimization management to managed compliance to on demand applications, what are the features and benefits to look out for? Are there any pitfalls? What should enterprises be looking out for?

Managed Services - Discrete & Flexible IT Outsourcing
10 July 2007

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Over the past few years, the fundamental value proposition of managed services was dominated by the potential cost savings possibilities for enterprises. As enterprises are constantly faced with the constant need to squeeze out extra margins, IT departments have been heavily scrutinized to realize some of these savings. Today, enterprises are rapidly adopting managed services for a variety of reasons.

In view of the market's ever changing needs, a whole set of managed services solutions have emerged over the past 12 months. From WAN optimization management to managed compliance to on demand applications, what are the features and benefits to look out for? Are there any pitfalls? What should enterprises be looking out for?

The Pharma-Bio Outsourcing Conference & Exhibition
10 - 11 July 2007

Savoy Place, London, UK

Fully supported by UK Trade & Investment, the Clinical Contract Research Association and London Biotechnology Network, the event represents excellent networking opportunities. This conference has already attracted speakers from industry and academia around the globe; full details will be available shortly.

The exhibition will showcase companies of all sizes engaged in the business of drug discovery and the development of new drugs.

100% business focused, this event is relevant to all aspects of the pharmaceutical R & D industry.

Managed Services - Discrete & Flexible IT Outsourcing
12 July 2007

Bangkok, Thailand

Over the past few years, the fundamental value proposition of managed services was dominated by the potential cost savings possibilities for enterprises. As enterprises are constantly faced with the constant need to squeeze out extra margins, IT departments have been heavily scrutinized to realize some of these savings. Today, enterprises are rapidly adopting managed services for a variety of reasons.

In view of the market's ever changing needs, a whole set of managed services solutions have emerged over the past 12 months. From WAN optimization management to managed compliance to on demand applications, what are the features and benefits to look out for? Are there any pitfalls? What should enterprises be looking out for?

Managed Services - Discrete & Flexible IT Outsourcing
19 July 2007

Hong Kong

Over the past few years, the fundamental value proposition of managed services was dominated by the potential cost savings possibilities for enterprises. As enterprises are constantly faced with the constant need to squeeze out extra margins, IT departments have been heavily scrutinized to realize some of these savings. Today, enterprises are rapidly adopting managed services for a variety of reasons.

In view of the market's ever changing needs, a whole set of managed services solutions have emerged over the past 12 months. From WAN optimization management to managed compliance to on demand applications, what are the features and benefits to look out for? Are there any pitfalls? What should enterprises be looking out for?

Knowledge ProcessingOutsourcing and Offshoring Asia 2007
12 - 14 June 2007

Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore

KPO Asia is where the latest solutions providers showcase their state of the art outsourcing and offshoring capabilities and solutions. Key outsourcing professionals have the unique opportunity to understand the new and emerging innovations in KPO and save time and money in evaluating the service providers and solutions offered in our in-depth and highly targeted 2 day exhibition showcase.

Gartner Outsourcing & IT Services Summit
13 - 14 June 2007

Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia

Opportunities to outsource various operations and projects continue to increase, but ensuring these initiatives provide the expected benefits is becoming more complex. Your choices are growing, but so are your risks. Improved flexibility and profitability from outsourcing depends on a solid understanding and smart management of every aspect of this business option. Know what's new, what's problematic, and how to make the most of onsite, offsite, and off-shore arrangements by attending the Gartner Outsourcing & IT Services Summit.

China 2007 R&D Summit: Partnering, Licensing & Outsourcing
13 June 2007

Grand Hyatt Hotel - Shanghai, China

This event provides an opportunity for Western and Chinese companies to come together to explore potential business collaboration opportunities in China's fast growing life sciences industry. It offers a platform for Western companies to better evaluate the cost savings in perspective of the quality and capabilities of the Chinese companies, at the same time, solidify their strategies to extend into the billion dollar pharmaceutical market in China by licensing, collaborative outsourcing, joint-venture or mergers & acquisitions.

The theme of this year's event is on Value Creation through Global Collaborations and New Business Models. Through keynote addresses, plenary sessions, industry insights, trend analysis, case study presentations and panel discussions, the event will bring together experts from US, Europe, China, Japan, India and rest of Asia together, to share proven strategies and success stories of East-West and East-East collaborations.

Global Sourcing: Right Sourcing/ Right Shoring
EMRG'S 7th Annual BPO Conference
21 - 22 June 2007

TBA

Speakers from: Citigroup, Kodak, Barclays, Honeywell, BT, Mach, Danske Bank, Amex, Controlled Thought, Crucible Inc, Orange, Virgin, Allianz Focus: Back Office (F & A), Front Office (Customer Contact), HRO & KPO Please quote: "ECODE" on all communication to receive a free copy of EMRG's BPO Journal

IV Annual Outsourcing Summit
20 - 21 June 2007

WTC Hotel, São Paulo, Bazil

This year's event features new content including sessions focused on key BPO issues, best practices for managing multiple IT service providers and critical new information to help you tackle this complex decision.

Get unbiased, road-tested strategies for setting sourcing objectives, evaluating and selecting the right services providers, managing relationships and delivering profitable outcomes. Ensure that your IT and business-process outsourcing (BPO) initiatives are designed and implemented to deliver sustainable value. And get proven best practices and practical advice from the world's leading sourcing experts.

Russoft Forum 2007
22 - 24 June 2007

Hotel Aquamarin, St Petersburg, Russia

The global IT outsourcing industry is growing at an ever increasing pace, and with the growth comes change. The leading global vendors and the traditional outsourcing destinations are hard pressed to keep up with the new demands of the end users. Companies are driven to diversify their sourcing portfolios to spread risks and to look beyond Bangalore for specific value offerings that their businesses need to stay competitive and to succeed.

The main purpose of the RUSSOFT Forum 2007 is to provide buyers of technology services from around the world with a better understanding of their sourcing options and to ensure higher return on their outsourcing investment through fostering lasting high value partnerships with leading service providers from Russia and Eastern Europe. It also serves as a platform to help Russian software service providers and ISVs showcase their services, products and solutions to the audience of analysts, potential clients and investors.

Outsourcing Logistics Conference
25 - 27 June 2007

InterContinental Buckhead, Atlanta,GA, USA

This Conference will give attendees, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors the chance to assess the latest market trends, benchmark their 3PL relationships against industry peers and, perhaps most importantly, develop relationships that will push the whole industry forward

Learn from your fellow manufacturers and retailers how they have successfully selected their 3PLs, negotiated 3PL contracts, smoothly integrated business operations – and don’t forget the crucial top tips on evaluating 3PL performance

3rd Annual Gartner Outsourcing Summit
27 - 28 June 2007

Centro Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico

This year's event features new content including sessions focused on key BPO issues, best practices for managing multiple IT service providers and critical new information to help you tackle this complex decision.

Get unbiased, road-tested strategies for setting sourcing objectives, evaluating and selecting the right services providers, managing relationships and delivering profitable outcomes. Ensure that your IT and business-process outsourcing (BPO) initiatives are designed and implemented to deliver sustainable value. And get proven best practices and practical advice from the world's leading sourcing experts.

Managed Services - Discrete & Flexible IT Outsourcing
28 June 2007

Sydney, Australia

Over the past few years, the fundamental value proposition of managed services was dominated by the potential cost savings possibilities for enterprises. As enterprises are constantly faced with the constant need to squeeze out extra margins, IT departments have been heavily scrutinized to realize some of these savings. Today, enterprises are rapidly adopting managed services for a variety of reasons.

In view of the market's ever changing needs, a whole set of managed services solutions have emerged over the past 12 months. From WAN optimization management to managed compliance to on demand applications, what are the features and benefits to look out for? Are there any pitfalls? What should enterprises be looking out for?

OutsourceWorld London
1 - 2 May 2007

Business Design Centre, London, UK

OutsourceWorld-London is an outsourcing event that focuses on the needs of large businesses and small to midsized enterprises. Having over 2000 square metres of international service provider exhibits in one venue empowers business owners and senior management to engage with prospective business partners on the spot. No other outsourcing event successfully combines a conference that addresses practical solutions and an exhibition comprised of groups that provide those solutions. Whether you are considering outsourcing a custom software application or an entire contact centre, you will find exhibitors who understand your needs and have hands on experience working with businesses like yours. Since OutsourceWorld is not a membership organization, research firm or consultancy group, our only focus is producing the highest quality outsourcing events in the world.

Strategic Outsourcing Conference
3 - 4 May 2007

Westin New York at Times Square, New York, USA

From Vision to Reality: Strategies for Achieving "Future State" Process Transformation

"Just Do It." Don't we all wish that outsourcing or offshoring IT or business processes was as simple and straightforward as Nike's award-winning ad campaign? But the reality is that regardless of where an organization is in its transformation journey - assessing options, structuring the deal, implementing the solution or managing the relationship throughout the lifetime of the contract - it needs an arsenal of strategies, tactics, methodologies and processes to achieve success. It also needs to keep a keen eye focused on its desired "future state" in order to realize the intent of the process transformation initiative... streamlined processes, reduced costs, improved service levels, increased stakeholder value and enhanced employee and customer loyalty, or any combination thereof.

Doing Business With India Conference
10 April 2007

The Mid-America Club, 200 E. Randolph Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601, USA

India Business Conference offers opportunities in investing and doing business with India in various sectors including Opportunities in Real Estate, Investment, Trade, Outsourcing, IPO, KPO, IT, Software, Call Centers, Infrastructure, Telecommunication, Power Sector & other sectors. It covers Legal, Financial and Tax aspects of Doing Business with India. Great Opportunity to Network with corporate and governmental leaders.

Gartner Outsourcing & IT Services Summit
16 - 18 April 2007

Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, UK

Multisourcing discipline is vital for successful outsourcing strategies. Multisourcing is not simply outsourcing improved - it is an innovative discipline that takes organizations beyond "quick fix" cost cutting to enable capability building, global expansion, increased agility and profitability, and competitive advantage.

The Gartner Outsourcing & IT Services Summit 2007 focuses on the application of the multisourcing discipline. The Summit explores the strategies, the practical frameworks, understanding the evolving marketplace, striking the best deal and most of all the ability to create a seamless and cohesive service environment - one that responds rapidly to change and delivers REAL business results.

Gartner Outsourcing Summit
17 - 18 April 2007

Tokyo Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan

Opportunities to outsource various operations and projects continue to increase, but ensuring these initiatives provide the expected benefits is becoming more complex. Your choices are growing, but so are your risks. Improved flexibility and profitability from outsourcing depends on a solid understanding and smart management of every aspect of this business option. Know what’s new, what's problematic, and how to make the most of onsite, offsite, and off-shore arrangements by attending the Gartner Outsourcing Summit.

International Outsourcing Conference
28 - 2 March 2007

Abuja, Nigeria

The African BPO Conference will provide participants with the insights they need to assess the potential of this rapidly expanding sector for their organisations. You cannot afford to ignore the business potential - but you also must not enter this field blindly without assessing the risks as well as the opportunities.

Outsourcing: Working in real partnership
8 March 2007

Gatwick Sofitel, North terminal, Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex. UK

Whether you agree or disagree with the ethics, in their unremitting pursuit of cost efficiency and quality, business leaders cannot afford to ignore the potential longer term benefits of outsourcing.

Outsourcing is not just for large companies and the public sector, it's just as relevant to the mid-market. This conference gathers together some of outsourcing's leading advocates to discuss their experiences and offer insight and tips to senior management in companies of all shapes and sizes.

Gartner Outsourcing Summit
19 - 21 March 2007

Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas, USA

Opportunities to outsource various operations and projects continue to increase, but ensuring these initiatives provide the expected benefits is becoming more complex. Your choices are growing, but so are your risks. Improved flexibility and profitability from outsourcing depends on a solid understanding and smart management of every aspect of this business option. Know what's new, what's problematic, and how to make the most of onsite, offsite, and off-shore arrangements by attending the Gartner Outsourcing Summit.

Shared Services + Outsourcing: 2007 Global Conclave
20 - 21 March 2007

Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, India

The 2007 Conclave and Global Excellence Awards will bring together the global shared services and BPO community. The event is dedicated to the requirements of decision-makers with global, regional and national consolidation remits, from Global 1000 firms with an active interest in outsourcing, setting up or advancing captive business services and functions ranging from non-voice, HR and CRM, to advanced accounting, content management and knowledge services.

New Business Models and Players in Outsourcing
6 - 7 February 2007

London, UK

This conference has two objectives:

1. To provide an overview and analysis of emerging business models, players, standards and offerings for 2007
2. To provide objective advice and guidance in the crucial area of developing and managing outsourcing relationships.

To date, it is mainly large organisations that have capitalised on outsourcing, but there is now emerging growth within the mid-market and smaller organisations. A special focus of this conference will be a new kind of partnering which is particularly valuable to such enterprises, which often find themselves lacking in the capital required for meaningful outsourcing partnerships. The new model described shows mid-market and smaller organisations how to take advantage of special investments in partnerships such as mergers and acquisitions, which in turn open up to them a host of new opportunities.

Those considering outsourcing in any form, or wishing to improve the benefits and cost efficiency of a current venture, will find that this event offers an invaluable means of staying on top of the emerging trends while learning from the actual business experience of their peers.

e Services Philippines
15 - 16 February 2007

EDSA Shagri-la Manila Hotel, Manila, Philippines

The Region’s Premier IT Outsourcing Conference and Exhibition The e-Services Philippines Global Sourcing Conference is all about choosing the best partners, tapping the best minds, conceptualizing, and implementing new ideas and new ways of doing business.

This annual meeting provides organizations contemplating an outsourcing relationship, investors, and ancillary industries the opportunity to meet, network, and build relationships with the Philippines' premier ITES providers in one venue. The e-Services Philippines Global Conference 2007 will showcase the breakthrough achievements of pioneering companies and how outsourcing partners are helping make those breakthroughs possible.

The 2007 Outsourcing World Summit
19 - 21 February 2007

Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort, Las Vagas, Nevada, USA

The theme for The 2007 Outsourcing World Summit is Winning in The Global Knowledge Space. As business has gone global, companies have come to realize that they need to win not only in the global marketplace but also in the global knowledge space. This means attracting the best partners and tapping the best minds anywhere in the world, and then rapidly synthesizing and deploying the new ideas, and new ways of doing business that result. With outsourcing as the overarching framework for achieving this, delegates will come away with a clear roadmap forward for success in this new world of business.

The Role of HR in M&As and Outsourcing Conference 2007
25 - 26 January 2007

Central London, UK

M&As and outsourcing represent some of the greatest challenges HR professionals face. Understanding the employment law aspects, as well as the critical people issues including leadership, employee communication, talent retention and cultural alignment, is critical to success.

Research has demonstrated that financial and operational success depends heavily on identifying and addressing the people and cultural aspects of the transaction from initial pre-deal due diligence through to integration. Whether your organisation is considering a merger or acquisition or intends to outsource services to other organisations, you can help to ensure that your organisation realises the value of the deal.

2007 Global Services Conference
31 January 2007

The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Times Square, New York, USA

Establishing the business value of an outsourcing relationship transcends the necessity of meeting bottom line numbers. Expectations are high for achieving both tangible and intangible benefits. Transformation is increasingly on the agenda.

In a j day filled with thought-leaders, peer discussions, workshops and real-world case studies, the 2007 Global Services Conference breaks new ground in providing content to help executives determine how to establish business value in outsourcing engagements.