The goal of outsourcing excellence should be to improve competitiveness for developed and developing organizations and governments. Achieving outsourcing excellence requires the successful execution of key initiatives, taking into consideration structural and technological innovations factors including culture, competencies, partner collaboration, infrastructure, transparency, innovations, quality and service. In this session, multinational brands, innovators and entrepreneurs will provide their analyses and propose a plan for achieving outsourcing excellence.

KEY ISSUES 

1. What are the innovation trends and forces altering the maturity of outsourcing, and how do politics and culture play a role?

2. How do those trends affect the collaborative transformation of cities and regional communities?

3. What are some of the references of outsourcing partnerships that produced social and environmental breakthrough transformations?

4. Who are the global leaders in extending their supply-chain trade networks in both directions with constituents and partners?

5. What does the vendor landscape look like across growth sectors such as convergence media and nano-technology?