IQPC, the International Quality and Productivity Center, is hosting a Shared Services & Outsourcing conference in Krakow, Poland on March 9-10, 2011.  As one who has both attended and spoken at the Shared Services & Outsourcing conference in Orlando, Florida, I can strongly recommend the program to those who are able to attend.  Participants will be able to attend a number of workshops on topics relevant to Shared Services and Outsourcing, meet with various service providers to gain a greater knowledge of available services, and spend time networking with other professionals.

Leaders from UBS, Kodak, Cognizant, KLM and others will facilitate discussions on a variety of relevant topics under the themes of Technology & Process, People & Culture, and Strategy, Value & Growth.  Some of the scheduled workshops include:

• Reset Shared Services To Maximise Value Creation
• Attrition: Leading the fight back
• Creating a HR strategy to combat turbulent time
• Corporate value creation: It's never been just about the bottom line

To obtain more information about the conference, you can visit the event website.  Additionally, you can listen to a podcast from one of this year's speakers, Neill Ginn, the Global Shared Services Finance Manager for Kodak:  Neill Ginn: A Few Things You Should Know about SSON in Eastern Europe