12 - 14 June 2007, Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
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Conference programme       


Day One, Track A:Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Day One Track B :Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Day Two, Track A : Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Day Two, Track B : Wednesday, 13 June 2007


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Day One, Track A:Tuesday, 12 June 2007
08.25Opening keynote address: Getting KPO right in Asia: Examining the recent trends, what works and what does not
  • Looking at recent statistics
  • How does Asia fit into the global market?
  • How is Asia likely to evolve as a KPO destination?
  • Looking at key strategies for KPO success
 
Vasant Bennett, Vice President, Engineering Services,
Barry-Wehmiller, USA

TRACK A: KEY FACTORS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS IN KNOWLEDGE PROCESS OUTSOURCING AND OFFSHORING
08.55Chairperson's opening remarks
 
Sanjay Singh, President and Country Manager,
HP BPO, India

09.00Importance of benchmarking - Key performance measurement strategies for long term outsourcing success
  • Link between measurement and success
  • Measurement frameworks and implementation
  • Planning for continuous process improvement
 
Shekhar Gupta, Head of Business Transformation and Strategy,
Deutsche Bank, UK

09.30Maximising the KPO opportunity through a global footprint
  • Trends in the ‘flat world’
  • Global KPO delivery models
  • Future global KPO growth
 
Daniel Sadhu, Director of Sales, Asia Pacific,
Evalueserve, Singapore

10.00Creating "Build, Operate, Transfer" (BOT) history: Enhancing Aviva's captive, offshore business services through a defined and innovative service model
  • Providing flexibility, productivity, process and cost efficiency
  • Maintaining an nyielding focus on the quality of customer service
 
Rajnish Virmani, CEO,
Aviva Global Services

10.30Morning refreshments and exhibition viewing
    
 
THE BUSINESS CASE FOR KNOWLEDGE AND BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING – EXAMINING KEY DRIVERS
11.00Keynote address: Leveraging IT outsourcing to build business agility
  • Deployment capability for rapid marketplace and technology changes
  • Focusing on core competencies for competitive differentiation
  • Business transformation and coping with change
 
Stephen Tame, CIO,
Jetstar Airways, Australia

11.30Outsourcing for greater flexibility and growth in an environment of business change
  • Network centric outsourcing
  • Technology change
  • Innovation
 
Kevin Taylor, COO, Asia Pacific,
BT, Hong Kong

12.00How do KPO services apply to your firm and how do you know if you are ready for KPO?
  • How do you know you need KPO?
  • Which KPO functions can be outsourced?
  • When is the most strategic time for outsourcing?
 
John Willmott, CEO,
Nelsonhall, UK

12.30Before and after – looking back at key drivers behind the decision to outsource and assessing the results a year on
  • Why was the decision made?
  • Examining the transition process. Lesson learnt
  • Looking back on the transition and the path for the future
 
Joseph Teo, Vice President, Head of Planning and Governance,
Singapore Exchange

13.00Networking lunch
 
14.00Outsourcing Destination Rooms
SEE NATIONAL ROOM AGENDA (click on National room agenda on menu bar)
 
15.40Afternoon refreshments and exhibition viewing
 
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: KNOWLEDGE PROCESS OUTSOURCING CASESTUDIES
16.00Keynote case study: R&D outsourcing – A new answer to achieving differentiation and effective innovation
  • Why BP chose R&D outsourcing
  • Challenges and benefits experienced by BP outsourcing to China
  • Successful partnerships moving forward
 
Martin Atkins, China Program Manager (Dalian),
BP, China

16.30Keynote case study: Sharing project risk and benefit through co-sourcing
  • Establishing a partnership with Zhejiang
  • Benefits both ways
  • Prospects for the future
 
Jerry Christoforo, CTO,
State Street, China

17.00End of Conference Day One, followed by Cocktail Reception
    
 
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Day One Track B :Tuesday, 12 June 2007
08.25Opening keynote address: Getting KPO right in Asia: Examining the recent trends, what works and what does not
  • Looking at recent statistics
  • How does Asia fit into the global market?
  • How is Asia likely to evolve as a KPO destination?
  • Looking at key strategies for KPO success
 
Vasant Bennett, Vice President, Engineering Services,
Barry-Wehmiller, USA

TRACK B: THE EVOLUTION AND GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE PROCESS OUTSOURCING AND OFFSHORING IN ASIA
    
08.55Chairperson's opening remarks
    
 
Balasubramanium Venkitachalam, CEO,
Meritus, India

09.00The Elephant vs the Dragon. Who will prevail as the global KPO leader?
  • Merits of each country as an outsourcing destination
  • Who specialises in what?
  • Looking forward. Compete or complement?

    

 
George Zhibin Gu, Author,
China's Global Reach: Markets, Multinationals and Globalization, China

09.30KPO and its impact on business alignment and ROI
  • Evolution from BPO to KPO
  • Impact on Business Alignment & ROI
  • Analytics based insights in action
 
Deena Lawrence, Partner,
Meritus

10.00Comparing KPO and BPO. An analyst's viewpoint
  • How & why they are different? (What really is a knowledge service?)
  • Implications on business model (scalability, profitability, risks)
  • Going beyond traditional outsourcing models - The future
 
Arun Jethmalani, CEO,
ValueNotes, India

10.30Morning refreshments and exhibition viewing
    
 
LOOKING AT THE OFFSHORE DELIVERY MODELS
11.00Breaking out of the captive mould – an alternative approach to establishing a successful captive centre
  • ING context: what's in here
  • The offshoring market: what's out there
  • ING approach: what we did
  • Going forward: what's next
 
Noel Thomas, Head of Global BPO Services,
ING Group, The Netherlands

11.30IT Governance in an Offshore environment
  • Challenges of offshoring IT  and the need for strong governance
  • Advantages of collaborative environments
  • Strategies for long term success
 
George Wang, Group Head of Chief Architecture Office, Asia, Singapore,
Reuters, Singapore

12.00Optimising productivity and cost reduction the shared service way
  • Cost reduction strategies to improve market competitiveness
  • Examining corporate overheads for the end-to-end procurement process
  • Centralised expense reconciliation processes, audit and reporting
 
Steve Way, Consultant,
Mastercard International, Australia

12.30Panel discussion: Selecting the right offshore model: Joint ventures, subsidiaries, captives or service providers?
  • What are the different models for offshore delivery
  • Which model is right for your company
  • Best practices for managing different models
 
John Willmott, CEO,
Nelsonhall, UK
Edwin Chow, Country Manager Philippines Shared Service Centre,
Lawson, The Philippines
Noel Thomas, Head of Global BPO Services,
ING Group, The Netherlands
Nigel Wells, Head of Solution Delivery,
Wiley-Blackwell, UK
Moderator:
George Wang, Group Head of Chief Architecture Office, Asia, Singapore,
Reuters, Singapore

13.00Networking lunch
 
14.00Outsourcing Destination Rooms
SEE NATIONAL ROOM AGENDA (click on National room agenda on menu bar)
 
15.40Afternoon refreshments and exhibition viewing
    
 
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: KNOWLEDGE PROCESS OFFSHORING CASESTUDIES
16.00Driving performance improvement through shared services
  • The decision to go the shared service route
  • Building an effective centre to provide a highly efficient service
  • The impact of Shared Service centres on customer service
 
Maria Mandler, Global Head of Shared Service Centres,
Citibank, Hong Kong

16.30Offshoring Legal work to the Philippines
  • Why the Philippines?
  • Challenges and issues faced by B&M
  • Future for outsourcing of legal work
 
Rafael Llave, Executive Director,
Baker Mckenzie Global Services, The Philippines

17.00End of Conference Day One, followed by Cocktail Reception
    
 
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Day Two, Track A : Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Track A: STRATEGIES IN SELECTING AND MANAGING THE RIGHT KPO SERVICE PROVIDERS – MASTERING SOURCING PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
08.45Chairperson's opening remarks
 
09.00Keynote address: Best practices for selecting and contracting with global KPO service providers
  • Communicating your goals and visions
  • Identifying key qualities - Established infrastructure, strong management and competent workforce
  • Ensuring security and data protection
 
Mark Payne, Global Strategy Leader,
Honeywell, UK

09.30Keynote panel discussion: Careful post deal relationship management - A key factor to a successful outsourcing partnership
  • Implementation of systematic management processes
  • Effective communication and collaboration
  • Sustaining successful partnerships for the long-term
 
Mark Payne, Global Strategy Leader,
Honeywell, UK
Joseph Teo, Vice President, Head of Planning and Governance,
Singapore Exchange
Martin Atkins, China Program Manager (Dalian),
BP, China
Tim Carr, Senior Vice President,
Alcoa, USA
Robert Haber, Managing Director, Vice Chairman, Asia Ex. Japan,
Barclays Global Investors, USA
Moderator:
John Burns, CIO, Asia Pacific,
Credit-Suisse, Hong Kong

10.00Mitigating the risks of outsourcing financial services. An industry perspective
  • Market operational and credit risks derived from globalisation
  • Due diligence and the pre-contracting model
  • Creating viable service contracts
 
John Burns, CIO, Asia Pacific,
Credit-Suisse, Hong Kong

10.30Morning refreshments
 
CHANGE MANAGEMENT – WHAT HAPPENS TO MY PEOPLE AND HOW DO I PROTECT MY COMPANY’S IP
    
11.00KPO: Know Before You Go, Establishing a foundation for successful globalization
  • Leading change management and preparing for cultural differences
  • Process foundations: repeatability, scalability and measurability
  • Smoothing the transition and driving the stable state
 
Jeffrey Wu, CEO,
TwoFour Consulting, USA

11.30Addressing the need to set and meet reciprocal business expectations through a structured change management framework
  • Outsourcing governance
  • Centre of Excellence
  • Outsourcing ecosystem/framework
 
Jean-Francios Poisson, Principal Director - Outsourcing and Business Development,
Bell Canada

12.00Writing a safer knowledge process outsourcing contract to protect your IP offshore
  • Importance of addressing IP issues
  • Emerging importance of patents
  • The need to address post-termination IP rights when planning for the end of outsourcing
 
Peter Brudenall, Partner, Technology and Outsourcing,
Simmons & Simmons, UK

12.30Networking lunch
 
13.30Outsourcing Destination Rooms
SEE NATIONAL ROOM AGENDA (click on National Room agenda on menu bar)
 
15.40Speed networking
 
16.10Success factors of KPO: The HP story
 
Prithvijit Roy, Vice President - Decision Support and Analytics Services,
HP Global e: Business Operations Pvt. Ltd, India

16.40Closing plenary: The outsourcer and the vendor perspective on pre-transition expectations and post transition reality
  • Pre-transition expectations
  • Post transition reality
  • Secrets to a successful and lasting partnership
 
Robert Haber, Managing Director, Vice Chairman, Asia Ex. Japan,
Barclays Global Investors, USA
Rick Young, Managing Director,
Investors Bank and Trust, USA

17.10End of Conference Day Two
 
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Day Two, Track B : Wednesday, 13 June 2007
LOOKING AT SOME KNOWLEDGE PROCESSES THAT CAN BE OUTSOURCED AND OFFSHORED
08.45Chairpersons opening remarks
 
09.00Keynote address: Increasing efficiency and manufacturing flexibility through outsourcing of critical processes
  • Movement from outsourcing non-core processes to those considered critical
  • Growing pains experienced by Alcoa
  • Benefits to Alcoa of outsourcing critical proccesses
 
Tim Carr, Senior Vice President,
Alcoa, USA

09.30Creating business value through analystics outsourcing
  • Where can analytics help?
  • Criteria for selecting an analytics partner
  • A case study in analytics outsourcing - A leading US insurer
 
Lalit Wangikar, Vice President,
Inductis, India

10.00Case study: Wiley-Blackwell, IT outsourcing in Singapore
  • The journey to success
 
Nigel Wells, Head of Solution Delivery,
Wiley-Blackwell, UK

10.30Morning refreshments
        
 
EMERGING MARKETS – EXAMINING KPO OPTIONS IN NEW ASIAN MARKETS AND BEYOND
11.00Outsourcing high end processes to Nova Scotia. An attractive near shore option?
  • Benefits of offshoring to Nova Scotia
  • How does Nova Scotia fit into the global delivery system?
  • A look at the case studies
 
Stephen Lund, President & CEO,
Nova Scotia Business Inc., Canada

11.30Key factors in selecting the Philippines as an offshore location
  • Why offshoring?
  • Why the Philippines?
  • What’s next?
 
Edwin Chow, Country Manager Philippines Shared Service Centre,
Lawson, The Philippines

12.00Panel discussion: Selecting the best location for your offshore centre
  • Key considerations in the selection process
  • Examining the competitiveness of different destinations in Asia and the rest of the world
  • Emerging contenders
 
Daniel Sadhu, Director of Sales, Asia Pacific,
Evalueserve, Singapore
Kevin Taylor, COO, Asia Pacific,
BT, Hong Kong
Sumeet Chander, China Country Manager,
Evalueserve, China
Bob Daigle, Vice President, Business Development,
Nova Scotia Business Inc.
Moderator:
Lalit Wangikar, Vice President,
Inductis, India

12.30Networking lunch
 
13.30Outsourcing Destination Rooms
SEE NATIONAL ROOM AGENDA (click on National Room agenda on menu bar)
 
15.40Speed networking
 
16.40Closing plenary: The outsourcer and the vendor perspective on pre-transition expectations and post transition reality
  • Pre-transition expectations
  • Post transition reality
  • Secrets to a successful and lasting partnership
 
Robert Haber, Managing Director, Vice Chairman, Asia Ex. Japan,
Barclays Global Investors, USA
Rick Young, Managing Director,
Investors Bank and Trust, USA

17.10End of Conference Day Two
    
 

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