12 March 2008, Marriott Marquis Hotel, Times Square, NYC, USA

The 2008 Global Services Conference will have expert discussions around how customers of business and technology services can collaborate to derive maximum value from globalization. Plenty of networking opportunities with other customers of services, sourcing advisors and global service providers will be the highlight of the event.

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Global Services Conference 2008

23 -24 January 2008, Miami, Florida

Risk management is one of the biggest issues facing the financial markets. Many organizations are realizing that effective operational risk management is indeed more than just compliance issues, but rather a tool that can improve operational efficiency and add significant shareholder value.

This event will bring together senior level executives who will identify the day to day operational risk challenges they encounter. They will benchmark innovative ideas from one industry expert to another. Industry leaders will share how they successfully measure, manage and reduce operational risk.

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Operational Risk Management in Finance

This was the 19th UKOUG Conference & Exhibition and many of our delegates and exhibitors from the Oracle Community come back each year to take part in the UK's most successful Oracle event, spanning 4 days. The UK Oracle User Group is an independent membership organisation dedicated to informing and educating Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards user communities about their products, services and any recent developments.

Over 2800 attended UKOUG 2007 to view over 350+ sessions. Exhibitors and delegates alike agreed this event was beyond their expectations and they would be back again in 2008.


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20 – 21 November 2007, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The OUTSOURCING USER FORUM 2007 is the fifth in a series of conferences and the largest annual event of its kind in the German-speaking world. The congress is characterised by the neutrality of its platform, the opportunity it presents for dialogue between experts, and its sense of 'users for users'.

Patrons: German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media e.V. (BITKOM), Federation of German Industries (BDI), Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), Chamber of Industry and Commerce Frankfurt am Main (IHK).

The main aim is to improve the management of outsourcing contracts. Other key aims:
* To support decision makers in finding solutions to strategic, business, economic, organizational and legal questions concerning the varied forms of sourcing, specifically in IT and business processes;
* To present and exchange knowledge and experience of successful examples of implementing sourcing strategies;
* To provide practical knowledge for aiding decision making.

Conference language is German (lectures may also be held in English).
To find out more about the 5th Outsourcing User Forum 2007please visit: http://www.hi-tech.org.ua/Ukraine/outsourcing-news/events/index.html

27 - 28 November 2007, Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

In response to the growing interest in and potential of this sub-sector, AITEC is holding the East African Outsourcing & Call Centre Conference in Nairobi in order to highlight the business potential for the East region across all aspects of BPO.
The East African Outsourcing & Contact Centre Conference will provide participants with the insights they need to assess the potential of this rapidly expanding sector for their organisations.

The conference will have several key audiences:
• Policy-makers & regulators
• Existing call centre & BPO operators
• Prospective operators
• Telecom operators
• Potential investors/investment funds
• Client service managers from government and private sector organisations
• Academics
• Equipment & system manufacturers, developers, consultants, suppliers

For more information and to book your slot please visit http://www.aitecafrica.com/

3-6 December 2007, Birmingham, UK

UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) 2007 Conference & Exhibition is the largest independent Oracle User Group Conference in EMEA. It's focus is to serve the entire Oracle Community - so if you use Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Stellent or Hyperion, this is one event you shouldn't miss out on.

This is the 19th UKOUG Conference & Exhibition, it will run over four days with a choice of more than 400 presentations covering 25 topic areas in the the following streams:
1. Oracle Technology: Server Technology & DBA Topics; Design & Development Engineering; Application Server & Middleware
2. Oracle E-Business Suite: HCM; Financials; Supply Chain & Manufacturing; CRM
3. JD Edwards: EnterpriseOne; World
4. PeopleSoft: Financials; HCM & Global Payroll; Technology
5. Siebel
6. Business & Management
7. Fusion
8. Business Intelligence
9. Stellent
10. Oracle Communications
11. Hyperion

More info about the event:
UK Oracle User Group Conference & Exhibition 2007

21-22 November 2007, Gran Melia Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Organized by Marcus Evans, the Conference “2nd Annual IT Asia Congress” will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia on 21st & 22nd November 2007.

Asia IT Congress 2007 focuses exclusively on the adoption of new trends and technology architecture transformation which are beginning to take shape in many large and midsize organisations in Asia today. To understand how organisations invest in innovation and manage accompanying risks while running their IT functions efficiently, the congress will cover and assess IT strategies from the leading companies to cater for Asia’s business enterprises. The congress aims to instill that the transformation will drive efficiencies from business processes to physical infrastructure, whilst increasing IT’s ability to meet new demands in a rapidly changing business environment.

The congress features two-day conference that includes 6 streamed sessions:

* Stream One: Business Process Improvement
* Stream Two: Network & Communications Strategy
* Stream Three: Corporate IT Security - Part I
* Stream Four: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
* Stream Five: Technology & Data Management
* Stream Six: Corporate IT Security - Part II

Asia IT Congress 2007