Date:  07/11/2006

Time:   9:00am - 5:00pm

Location:   Morrison & Foerster, CityPoint One Ropemaker Street London, EC2Y 9AW

Contact:   Rosemary Hall

Description:  

 

Morrison & Foerster and Atos Origin are co-sponsoring the UK National Outsourcing Association's annual conference on Offshore Outsourcing.  This year's offshoring conference looks at Offshore / Onshore Outsourcing and the key lessons that have been learnt. Scrutinising the latest trends in the market, the day will aim to educate delegates on the directions of international offshoring - which countries are coming to prominence and which services and processes are destined for offshoring. It will also delve into the impact of offshoring in the UK economy and examine what exactly UK organisations have learnt from their offshoring projects.

Speakers include:

• David Skinner, Anthony Nagle and Ann Bevitt, Morrison & Foerster; 
• David Power, Diligenta; 
• Tony Virdi, Atos Origin; and,
• Dr. Paul Davies, Author "What's this India business?"

Topics include :

• Legacy applications and the impact on offshoring;
• International Data Transfers -  practical compliance steps / recent guidance from the Information Commissioner;
• New TUPE and the offshore provider;
• The CIO's guide to offshoring; and,
• Case studies such as "Blended approaches to offshoring: the Pearl and Diligenta case study". 

The day will conclude with networking drinks.

For more information, please contact Rosemary Hall at rhall@mofo.com.

Morrison & Foerster MNP (Authorisation Number 2874/MOFO) certifies that this briefing has been approved for CPD credit by the Law Society of England and Wales in the amount of 6 hours.  There is no charge to attend the event.