(Source: Business Wire)The Global Sourcing Forum + Expo, the premier industry event focusing on sourcing and globalization, today highlighted tracks for the financial services industry in advance of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, September 24 to 25. Coming out of this period of global economic turbulence and recession, the financial services and banking industries are expected to look to sourcing of business processes for comparative advantage and to weather any additional market contractions. The Global Forum Sourcing and Expo, which takes place from November 11 to 12, 2009 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, is the premier event for the latest best practices and market analysis concerning sourcing. The event, which is the largest, vendor-neutral gathering of organizations involved with sourcing, will feature more than 30 sessions along three tracks, has offerings that will be of interest to the G20, including

Next-generation outsourcing models: from crowdsourcing to performance-based outsourcing with Amazon.com

Managing multisourcing and multishoring with Pitney Bowes, Google and Barclays PLC

Harnessing the global delivery model: status quo isn't an option with IBM

Right location, right vendor, right model: getting it right with UBS

The portfolio approach to global sourcing: managing risk & returns with Allianz Life

"For the financial services industry in particular, sourcing offers a means to enhance the global supply chain while allowing for a model in which business process outsourcing can provide strategic differentiation," said David Etzler, CEO of OutsourceWorld, LLC, producer of the Global Sourcing Forum + Expo. "We have a number of tracks and experts that can create a blueprint for success in this economy and we encourage those members of the G20 to consider the Global Sourcing Forum + Expo as an enhanced next step to this week's meeting."

The sessions expand on this year's conference theme, "Thriving in A New Economic Order: Leveraging the Sourcing Edge," and are designed to show the immediate and upcoming trends in sourcing as well as how companies of all sizes are using these practices to enhance their competitive offerings. Show attendees should expect to learn the long-term sourcing strategies that will garner quick success, recognize the key components of the sourcing backbone and how to implement them, and navigate the new world of sourcing relationships for continual value and maximum ROI. Sessions include presentations from IBM, AT Kearney, Pfizer, Google, Sun Microsystems, John Hancock Insurance, BestBuy, Citigroup, Amazon, Pitney Bowes, AMR Research, SAP, Barclays PLC, the Avis Budget Group and LexisNexis.

For more information or to register for the event, visit www.globalsourcingforum.com.

About Global Sourcing Forum + Expo

The Global Sourcing Forum + Expo is the world's premier conference and exposition focusing on trends, best practices and success strategies for business process and IT outsourcing. The Forum and Expo combines intensive educational sessions, best practices and new trends from emerging and established companies, academics, thought leaders and representatives from more than 25 locations globally, to form the most comprehensive gathering of sourcing in the world. For more information, visit http://gsfe.outsource-world.com/; blog: http://blog.outsource-world.com/; Twitter: @gsfe.

About OutsourceWorld

OutsourceWorld is an organization and event organizer focused on driving business development in the outsourcing industry. As the premier pure play business trade platform focused on executives who have a need to outsource business services, OutsourceWorld's primary purpose is to enable commerce between buyers and sellers across diverse geographies. Founded by a team of business development professionals, OutsourceWorld is able to bring a deal-driven mentality to its conferences. In addition to industry exposure, OutsourceWorld's clients gain valuable strategic insight and guidance to support their individual business goals. The company's premier event is the Global Sourcing Forum + Expo, which offers a global perspective on business process and IT outsourcing.

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