International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) Global Corporate Membership to Meet in Lisbon Next Month

September 28, 2006 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
LaGrangeville, NY – The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession will hold its first Executive Forum on October 9-10 in Lisbon, Portugal.

The forum, a unique gathering of the association’s global corporate members and invited guests, is being hosted by IAOP founding member David Barrett, a partner at the UK based law firm Simmons & Simmons and deals exclusively with the emerging outsourcing topics and trends that impact senior executives and their organizations.

“With member companies like Bell Canada, Booz Allen Hamilton, Johnson & Johnson P.R.D., Genpact, neoIT, Pitney Bowes, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Wipro and others, IAOP’s Executive Forum is truly a global gathering of the people shaping the outsourcing industry,” said Michael Corbett, Executive Director, IAOP. “What’s unique about this forum is the opportunity it affords for real dialogue and debate – not canned talks and pedantic ideas.”

The Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon has been named as the host hotel.

A limited number of seats are still available. To request an invitation visit www.outsourcingprofessional.org. For more information on IAOP’s Executive Forum please contact Kim Maneeley at kim.maneeley@outsourcingprofessional.org or 845.452.0600 ext.104.

About IAOP
IAOP’s global membership encompasses more than 400 organizations from around the world representing almost every industry segment and functional activity. In total, nearly 40,000 individuals working in the field of outsourcing are members. Through professional and ethical standards, the Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP) Program, educational programs including The Outsourcing World Summit®, and recognitions such as The Outsourcing Hall of Fame and The Global Outsourcing 100, IAOP is advancing one of the 21st century’s most important new management fields - outsourcing. To learn more, visit www.outsourcingprofessional.org.