{"id":4677,"date":"2009-01-31T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/conference-alert-shared-services-week\/"},"modified":"2009-01-31T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T10:49:00","slug":"conference-alert-shared-services-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/conference-alert-shared-services-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference alert:  Shared Services Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharedservicesweek.com\/\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,&#39;_blank&#39;,&#39;scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39;); return false\" style=\"FLOAT: right\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shared_Services_Week_HFS\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8356fb76c69e2010536fd0508970b \" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/images\/6a00d8356fb76c69e2010536fd0508970b-800wi.jpg\" style=\"MARGIN: 4px\" title=\"Shared_Services_Week_HFS\" \/><\/a> Folks &#8211; it&#39;s challenging cherry-picking which events are worth going to this year with everyone cutting back on the travel costs, but one you should definitely have on your calendar is IQPC&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharedservicesweek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shared Services Week<\/a>, where I am hosting their F&amp;A BPO session entitled <em>Going Beyond the Letter of the Contract: Deriving Business Value From Your F&amp;A BPO Experience<\/em>, where I will be joined by my industry BPO friends Graham Russell (Astrazeneca), John Transier (Unilever), Mike Monaghan (Wells Fargo) and Sunil Narang (Level 3). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharedservicesweek.com\/program.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the session<\/a> at 3.35pm on March 24th.&#0160; <\/p>\n<p>And even if you can&#39;t make the week,&#0160;you can still catch the highlights here,&#0160;with the <em>Horses<\/em> being the official blog for the show.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #3b5738; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana\"><em>IQPC have offered Horses readers a discount offer: 2-for-1 Special \u2013 Bring a colleague FREE when you purchase a main conference pass at standard pricing.&#0160; Reference code IUS_HFS_#1 to receive this discount. *Open to end-users only.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>So why attend?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*A focus on quick wins for your shared services organization, with highlights on meeting short-term immediate gains and cutting costs without jeopardizing service levels<\/p>\n<p>*An expert speaker faculty, including 4 Chief Economists, to demonstrate how to use survive the economic downturn and come out stronger on the other side<\/p>\n<p>*Easy-to-customize conference experience: Choose between 7 tracks, including HR Transformation, Sourcing, Talent Management and Blue Sky Innovation Room, 3 Master Classes, 4 site tours and 16 workshops<\/p>\n<p>*Expanded Exhibition Hall, networking opportunities and an exciting new year for the Annual Shared Services Excellence Awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 Chief Economists will be speaking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gregory Miller, Chief Economist, Sun Trust Banks<br \/>Brian Fabbri, Chief U.S. Economist for North America, BNP Paribas<br \/>David Wyss, Chief Economist, Standard &amp; Poor\u2019s<br \/>W. 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