Thursday, June 01, 2006
Defining A Vision For India's Fastest Growing Industry at NASSCOM ITES-BPO Strategy Summit 2006
The definitive event for the ITES-BPO industry in India and opportunity to network and interact with leading CEOs of the ITES-BPO industry.
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CEOs Conclave - 7 June 2006
· Special Session with Mr. Dayanidhi Maran, Hon’ble Minister for Communications and Information Technology
· BPO Mid-Life Crisis: Survival of the fittest – Customer feedback from US and EU and success factors for BPO in India
· Next Generation BPO – What’s next in Telecom and Financial Services
· Global Sourcing Maturity Marketplace
· Contact center outsourcing: Key trends and growth factors
· Maintaining cost competitiveness and setting benchmarks in global sourcing
· Networking Dinner
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BPO CXO Conclave - 8 June 2006
· Process 3600: Operational Excellence Success Factors: NASSCOM-McKinsey initiative
· Evolution of BPO Nations – Competition or Co-opetition: Panel discussion with leading BPO players from Philippines, China, South Africa, Pakistan and India
· Attracting, Managing and Developing Talent: the key to sustainable growth and improvement
· BPO Best Practices: Security compliances and technology innovation
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Special Session on Medical Transcription
· Keynote Presentation
“Medical Transcription Outsourcing”
“Growth Strategies & challenges for Indian Medical Transcription industry”
· Panel Discussion
“Building a sustainable Medical Transcription Industry in India”
Indicative list of Speakers
John C McCarthy, Forrestor | Raman Roy, Access Intellect BPO Solutions |
Dan Sandhu, Vertex India | Milind Kamat, Tata BPO Services |
Hubert Giraud, CapGemini | Sreeram Iyer, Scope International |
Pramod Bhasin, GENPACT | Noshir F Kaka, McKinsey & Company, India |
Duncan Ingram, BT | Saipriya Sarangan, McKinsey & Company, India |
Anders Maehre, Datamonitor | Shailesh Kekre, McKinsey & Company, India |
Pavan Vaish, IBM Daksh | Romi Malhotra, Dell |
Mark Mayo, TPI | Raju Venkatraman, ICICI Onesource |
Dagoberto Quintana, Dell International Services | Alexander Campbell, UBS AG |
Akshaya Bhargava, 3i pls | R Sankar, Mercer Human Resource Consulting |
Rusty Weston, CMP-CyberMedia LLC | Shanmugam Nagarajan, 24/7 Customer |
Pankaj Vaish, Accenture | Tarun Bali, Manpower India |
Aparup Sengupta, Aegis BPO Services Ltd | Bill Rann, BT |
Ashish Taneja, Vertex India | Aditya Sapru, Frost & Sullivan |
Arun Seth, BT India Pvt Ltd | Michael Liu, CompuPacific International |
Bong Borja, PeopleSoft, Philippines | Zia Chishti, The Resource Group |
Matthew White, KPMG LLP UK | Peter Preziosi, AAMT |
Suresh Nair, Spheris India | Andrew Briggs, Dimension Data CIS |
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Registration
Registration Fee | Category | Registration Fee per delegate | Group Discounts |
ITES BPO CEOs Conclave (Day 1: 7th June 2006) | NASSCOM Member | Rs. 10,000 | 10% for 3 or more delegates |
Non Member | Rs. 12,000 | ||
BPO CXO Forum (Day 2: 8th June 2006) | NASSCOM Member | Rs. 6,000 | 10% for 3 or more delegates |
| Non Member | Rs. 8,000 | ||
Special Offer for both days (Day 1 & Day 2) | NASSCOM Member | Rs. 14,000 | 10% for 3 or more delegates |
| Non Member | Rs. 16,000 |
There are limited seats available to join this event. If you are interested to register, please fax the registration form to a NASSCOM office in your city or email the completed form to events@nasscom.org. Payment can be made online at www.events.nasscom.in or can be sent to the NASSCOM Bangalore office by 6th June 2006 or at the Hotel Leela Palace, Bangalore as per following timings. Credit card facilities will be provided at the venue for registration payments. More Details | Register Now
Registration Date & Timing: 6 June: 1700 – 1900 hrs; 7 June: 0830 - 1700 hrs and 8 June: 0830 - 1200 hrs
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