| The upcoming 2008 Outsourcing World | | | | industries involved in outsourcing, the largest |
| SummitÂ(R) in Orlando will draw hundreds of | | | | groups planning to attend the three-day |
| outsourcing professionals from around the globe | | | | conference at Disney's Contemporary Resort |
| representing all industry segments, with | | | | include executives involved in technology, |
| information technology and services among the | | | | communications, banking, insurance and |
| largest sectors attending. | | | | telecommunications, as well as utilities, healthcare, |
| The International Association of Outsourcing | | | | pharmaceutical and other areas. |
| Professionals (IAOP) also expects nearly half of | | | | World-class organizations participating in the event |
| its 550-plus attendees at the annual conference, | | | | include Abbott Labs, AIG American General, |
| Feb. 18-20, to be either customers or advisors of | | | | Allstate Insurance Co., Amazon.com, American |
| outsourcing services, in addition to suppliers, | | | | Express, Apple, Inc., Applied Materials, Best Buy |
| government, academia and other representatives. | | | | Co., Blue Shield of California, Capital One, Chubb, |
| "We are seeing the greatest interest from | | | | Credit Suisse, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, |
| customer organizations than we have ever seen | | | | Duke Energy, ExxonMobil, General Motors Corp., |
| in our 11-year history, showing that buyers of | | | | GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC, KeyBank, Kraft Foods, |
| outsourcing services are seeking the latest | | | | Lexmark, Marathon Oil, MetLife, MGM Mirage, |
| knowledge, trends and practices to make the | | | | Nestle Waters North America, Northern Trust, |
| best strategic sourcing decisions for their | | | | Pratt & Whitney, Procter & Gamble, Qualcomm, |
| organizations," said IAOP Executive Director | | | | Inc., Safeco Insurance, Singtel Optus, Symantec, |
| Christina Powers. "We have customized the | | | | TD Bank Financial Group, The First American |
| program with many customer-specific panels and | | | | Corp., The Hertz Corp., The McGraw-Hill Cos., |
| networking to enable them to share their | | | | Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Time Warner, |
| experiences to achieve greater outsourcing | | | | Visa, Inc., Vodafone Netherlands, Washington Gas |
| success." | | | | and Whirlpool Corp. |
| Drawing delegates from a wide range of | | | | |