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Free Outsourcing Conference Looks at Emerging Trends, Cross-Continent Perspectives

July 1st, 2009 · Events · Executive Education · Posted by Tracy Mueller

The McCombs School is cohosting a free conference on outsourcing Thursday, July 2. Admission is open to the public and will include a live video broadcast of panelists from the ESCP-EAP Business School in France and the Management Development Institute in India.

Event: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO): State of the Art, Emerging Trends and Cross-Continent Perspectives

When: Thursday, July 2. 8-10 a.m.

Where: UT campus, AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. 1900 University Avenue, Austin, TX 78705

This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so please RSVP by e-mailing   holly.rich@mccombs.utexas.edu

The conference will explore BPO practices and perspectives from the United States, Europe and India. Each location will host a panel of experts including customers, service providers, end users and professors to present the outsourcing vs. insourcing contradictory perspectives and the state of BPOs.

SPEAKERS

In U.S.:
Professor Britt Freund, Assistant Dean and Director, McCombs School of Business
• Eric Dunn, Sr. Software Development Manager, IBM’s GST/MBPS Assets and Delivery Excellence Tools

In France:
• Jean-Paul Binot, director at Albridge and representative of the European Outsourcing Association
• Rémi Bricard, legal expert in BPO working for Baker & Mckinsie
• Chafik Sabiry, EDS offshore director (HP company)
• Michel Maupain, Delphi automotive financial outsourcing manager

In India:
• Mr Raju Bhatnagar, VP BPO and Government Relation , NASSCOM
• Mr Narayan, VP Process Outsourcing, RAMTeCH Software Solutions Pvt.Ltd.

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  • 1 Justin Cooke // Jul 4, 2009 at 2:36 am

    I had a chance to see Professor Freund and he has a strong grasp on BPO best practices and principles. I particularly liked his delving into outsourced supply chain management and his comparisons to Thomas Friedman’s “The world is flat”

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