The conference was held from Feb 15 – 17 at the Disney Yacht Club Resort in Orlando. Among the keynote speakers was Michael F. Corbett, Chairman of the IAOP who presented his views on the new Outsourcing Agenda for 2010. His top 10 trends for the year were as follows.

• Delayed Deals Get Green Light
• Desperately Seeking Value
• Flexibility to Get Out of Contract
• Uncertainty Leads to Consolidation
• Outsourcing Hiring Returns
• New Outsourcing Destinations Emerge
• New Destinations Differentiate Themselves
• Tooling Up with Technology
• Social Responsibility
• Political Shifts 

The key takeaways would be that Fundamental restructuring of business continues with Outsourcing. The industry is getting smarter, more sophisticated and more competitive.

IAOP had arranged a Golf event for the conference delegates at the beautiful Disney Osprey Ridge golf course on Sunday, Feb 14. This was a great opportunity to meet fellow delegates informally before the conference started the next day.

We played a friendly 4 ball with Joe Hogan, (Alsbridge), Marty Pine (ACE group) and Andrew Alleyne (Fasken Martineau DuMoulin). It was a perfect day of golfing for about 30 delegates from around the world.

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) in association with FORTUNE® Custom Projects will be presenting the 13th edition of its conference series – The Outsourcing World Summit, February 15-17, 2010 at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Convention Center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. 

This event is designed for outsourcing executives from across the industry and around the world who are seeking the very latest insights and ideas - long-term strategic technology and economic planning, tactical measures used for growth, competitiveness and innovation, investment analysis, value health check, contract/relationship management, etc. 

Since 1998, The Outsourcing World Summit has been the most highly respected annual gathering for outsourcing customers, providers and advisors from around the world.  Latest trends and opportunities are identified. This three-day intensive program is truly in a class by itself, offering delegates a full and comprehensive learning environment and networking experience. 

Kapil Sanghi, Principal Consultant of SourcingGurus will be attending this event. Please free to get in touch with him if you need to know more about our Advisory Services. Email us at ask.gurus@sourcinggurus.com for more information. 

For details of the event, please visit The 2010 Outsourcing World Summit. 

NASSCOM’s 18th India Leadership Forum 2010, February 09-11 Mumbai, will spotlight the key issues and challenges that IT-BPO companies are likely to face as they move out of the economic recession. Nasscom is now focusing on how the learnings of this slowdown can be best used to become a truly global industry.

NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2010 is built around the theme ‘Looking Ahead: New Ideas, New Directions’, and will bring together experts who would give insights on the new evolved face of world economy and what would it take to reach the next level of growth. The three day event will have specific tracks, spotlight speakers, interactive panel discussions and roundtable sessions that will discuss, debate and strategise the path ahead both for the immediate future and the long-term.

With 1,650 registered participants this year represents highest number of users for the forum since it started the annual event in 1990.

For live feed of event and details please visit

NASSCOM INDIA LEADERSHIP FORUM