The 2008 European Outsourcing Summit will be held October 16-17, 2008 in Barcelona, Spain at the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra. It is designed specifically to meet the educational and business development needs of outsourcing professionals in Europe by connecting the best in global insights to the very real differences in how companies across Europe approach outsourcing.

Keynote speakers will be top business, academic and government leaders, and concurrent educational sessions will feature practitioners who will share hands-on experience and hard-won lessons. The theme of the Summit is Outsourcing 2008: Universal Truths – Regional Realities with major emphases on outsourcing’s emergence as a global profession; how exceptional results demand exceptional execution; the critical connection between cultural ties and global sourcing decisions; and how the most successful firms simultaneously think globally, but act locally.

Now in its 12th year, the conference series has been presented more than 20 times around the globe. Previous European Outsourcing Summits have included: The 2004 European Outsourcing Summit, held June 2004 at the Disneyland Resort Paris, and The 2003 European Outsourcing Summit, held June 2003 at the Sheraton Brussels Hotel & Towers, Brussels.
 

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