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ASPIRE Annual Conference 2013: Winning collaboration in a competing world

17 kwietnia 2013

3 min.

8 132

Faced with an ever more challenging economic environment, ever increasing demands to drive efficiency and ever increasing competition for talent, “Acting Local, Winning Global 2013” will focus on the need to embrace collaboration to address complexity and drive competitiveness.

Over two days we will bring together leaders in the shared services, outsourcing & IT space to explore the opportunities and challenges for the industry in the region.

We will draw on the collective wisdom in the room to identify and explore the strategies and tools that enable companies to better compete at the local level and on the global stage.

Ideas & Analysis

Morning Plenary sessions on both days will address the big issues which shape our industry locally and globally – from the ongoing global economic crisis to the shifting social, political and economic impacts of the digital revolution.

Keynotes addresses by leading international analysts and thought leaders will shine a light on our industry, complemented by panels with industry leaders to drill down to what it means for us.

Topics include industry and employer branding, performance measurement, talent management, recruitment, benchmarking, competing business models and the legal environment.

Common Tools

Afternoon workshops will focus on common tools and solutions, addressing areas identified by members as being of critical and urgent interest and requiring collaborative action.

Workshops are organised in four streams: processes, people, finance and IT. Topics include lean leadership, performance measurement, diversity, automation, developing competencies and career frameworks and labour law.

New Friends

ASPIRE has a well-deserved reputation for promoting openness and shared learning within the industry. Across both days of the conference, we aim to ensure plentiful opportunities for networking, relationship building and knowledge sharing.

Shared Learning

On the day before the conference, centre heads will be opening their doors to visitors with a series of site visits.

In the evening there will be a CEO panel in which delegates will be invited to put their questions to our members on all matters regarding location – from site selection, to set up challenges and ongoing issues.

Expertise

Once again, our partners for the Annual Conference are PwC, the acknowledged leader in shared services advisory services in CEE, who have supported more than 100 global companies over 15 years to locate and grow their offshoring operations in the region.

Website: http://www.actinglocal.org.pl

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS:

Thought leaders

Professor Ian Angell

Professor of Information Science

London School of Economics

The New Barbarians: The shifting political, economic, social and technological impacts of the IT revolution and what it means for offshoring

Ian Angell’s radical and controversial views on the global consequences of information technology have earned him a high-profile reputation as a “futurologist”. In his book, The New Barbarian Manifesto, he lays out his advice on how to win in an increasingly brutal and brutish world dominated by hot spots of prosperity and talent.

Wally Olins

Chairman

Saffron Brand Consultants

Building Brand: Industry branding & employer branding in shared services, outsourcing and IT

Wally Olins is one of the biggest names in corporate branding. Over the years, he has worked on branding issues with some of the world’s largest organisations, including Renault, VW, Tata, BT, Lloyds of London, Mondragon, C&A and Fujitsu. More recently he has turned his attention to the branding of cities and countries, including London and Poland.

He is the author of Corporate Identity, On B®and and Trading Places: why companies and countries are taking on each other’s roles.

Professor Piotr Sztompka

Professor of Sociology

Jagiellonian University

Why social capital is important

Piotr Sztompka is recognised as Poland’s foremost sociologist. He is author of more than 30 books, including The Sociology of Social Change and Trust: a sociological theory, both of which have been translated into several languages, including Chinese, Russian and Japanese. His book Sociology: analysis of society is the standard Sociology textbook used in all Polish universities.

Derek Redmond

World Champion athlete and Olympian

Managing High Performance: The power of teams, goal setting and revising goals to changing circumstances

Derek Redmond is a celebrated motivational speaker. He draws on his experience as a 400m, individual and relay, Olympian and World Champion to talk about: Team Building, Goal Setting, Application, Overcoming Obstacles and Performance.

Leading Industry Analysts

Magdalena Polan