This section lists Conference events that will be of interest to managers in the business process change community. All events are listed in chronological order. In addition, all events are cross indexed by Business Process Activity and Business Process Type in the Communities section of this site.

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• The 5th Annual Asia Shared Service and Outsourcing Summit
  09/08/2010 - 09/10/2010
  Chengdu, China
  The Annual Asia Shared Service and Outsourcing Summit, which is an annual event for companies in China, is recognized as one of the most outstanding and influential gathering for shared service professionals in Asia. Now the summit has added on new features, key themes and expanded the program tracks to include an executive agenda for both mature and immature SSOs and BPO. The summit is having an impressive and most comprehensive speaker panel for the event of this type in China ever, presenting top Asian SSC & BPO cases and in-depth analysis on trends, strategies, innovations, challenges and solutions.For more information go to http://www.asia-sse.com or send email to sadie.feng@mena-maxson.com.
  http://www.asia-sse.com

• Sales & Operations Planning Innovation
  09/09/2010 - 09/10/2010
  Boston, MA
  The path towards integrated Sales and Operations Planning has only just begun... Learn how your peers are trying to change people, improve processes and address systems to ensure that demand, supply and resources are synchronized to achieve increased performance and greater results. Hear and discuss the key accomplishments to date and the business challenges that still lay ahead. For more information go to:
  http://www.theiegroup.com/SOP/Overview.html

• Financial Forecasting & Planning Innovation
  09/09/2010 - 09/10/2010
  Only the Financial Forecasting & Planning Summit brings the intelligence, innovation, and leadership of the industry together in one place at one time. The Summit is known for its interactive format, encouraging audience interaction and participation. For more information go to:
  http://www.theiegroup.com/FPA/Overview.html

• 14th BOC Strategic Partner Meeting
  09/09/2010 - 09/10/2010
  Vienna, Austria
  The BOC Strategic Partner Meeting 2010 will be the 14th conference held by BOC and will once again provide for all BOC customers a platform to discuss and exchange business engineering knowledge. This year's programme is a combination of parallel workshops and keynote presentations. Practitioners will present leading practices and share their experience in the fields of Strategy Management, Business Process Management, Supply Chain Management and IT Architecture and Service Management. Innovations in methods and the tool support will be showcased by the various BOC product managers supplemented by an exhibition area where customers can discuss with BOC consultants and solution architects state of the art solutions, specific requirements or general research topics. For more information about the BOC Group please see:
  http://www.boc-group.com

• 8th International Conference on Business Process Management
  09/14/2010 - 09/16/2010
  Hoboken, New Jersey
  Sponsored by: IBM
  BPM 2010 is the eighth conference in a series that provides the most distinguished forum for researchers and practitioners in all aspects of BPM including theory, frameworks, methods, techniques, architectures, systems, and empirical findings. The conference has a record of attracting innovative research of highest quality, from a mix of disciplines including Computer Science, Management Information Science, Services Computing, Services Science, and Technology Management. The acceptance rate at the BPM conference has traditionally been around 15%. In addition to showcasing leading research, the conference provides a venue for the discussion of BPM education, the demonstration of innovative systems with BPM functionalities, and an exchange among BPM practitioners. For more information please see:
  http://www.bpm2010.org/

• Quality and Process Excellence Forum
  09/15/2010 - 09/17/2010
  Lisbon, Portugal
  Business process improvement through such strategic initiatives as Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma, IT and Cultural Transformation are now needed more than ever before. Even if your organization is involved in these process excellence initiatives, it’s time to take a closer look at efforts versus results. Only enhanced creativity and innovation in our business process improvement efforts will relieve the pain points in our businesses. In this economic crisis there is probably nothing with a higher ROI than a well-structured, well-executed business process excellence initiative. For more information see:
  http://www.jacobfleming.com/conferences/cross-industry/qualityandprocessexcellence?partner=bptrends

• Business Process Excellence in Financial Services Exchange 2010
  09/21/2010 - 09/22/2010
  London, UK
  Sponsored by: International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC)
  The 6th annual Exchange is designed purely for senior executives leading process excellence, IT, BPM and transformation initiatives in financial services institutions across Europe and the US. The event brings together around 150 of the best for two days of networking, benchmarking, information exchange and solution sourcing. The 2010 edition features exclusive content and networking frm CIOs, COOs, Heads of IT, BPM, Process Excellence and Business Transformation frm leading institutions including Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, HSBC, Groupama Insurances, AGF Trust, Standard Life Investments, Finansbank, GE Capital, Raiffeisen, Dexia, BNP Paribas and many more. For attendance, speaking, sponsorship or marketing and media enquiries, please contact us on exchangeteam@iqpc.com or + 44(0) 207 368 9300.
  http://www.bpefinance.com

• Shared Services Exchange Europe
  09/26/2010 - 09/28/2010
  The Hague, Netherlands
  The 2nd Shared Services Exchange™ will once again bring together senior level heads of shared services in a highly productive and interactive meeting platform. Shared Service Centres have long been seen as the cost saving centre of HR, Finance & Accounting and IT processes, but with changing employment trends and global challenges facing organisations, how can SSC's continually offer service value? The Shared Services Exchange™ invites strategic decision makers to take a step back from their current operations, see what strategies and solutions others are adopting, develop new partnerships and make investment choices that deliver innovative solutions and benefits to their businesses. Unlike a typical conference, the Exchange is exclusively for senior shared services executives and therefore benefits from peer-to-peer networking, strategic conference sessions, expert speakers and pre-arranged one-on-one meetings with solution providers.
  http://www.sharedservicesexchange.co.uk

• Business Process Management Conference Europe 2010
  09/27/2010 - 09/29/2010
  London, UK
  Sponsored by: IRM UK
  The Business Process Management Conference Europe 2010 will show you how to contribute and lead the way to process-led multi-dimensional change for your organization. It will enable you to be a key player in your organization’s transition. The conference is co-located with the Business Analysis Conference Europe 2010. Delegates can therefore attend sessions from both conferences and can choose from a total of 6 conference tracks and 12 pre-conference workshops. Case studies include Rolls Royce, Deutsche Bank, Carphone Warehouse, Dutch Tax & Customs Administration, Mars, adidas Group, Yorkshire Water, National Assembly for Wales, Alcatel-Lucent, Scottish Water, TeliaSonera Finland, Kempen & Co Merchant Bank, SL Investment Management. The main themes of the conference are BPM as a Management Discipline, BPM as an Analyst’s Methodology and BPM as an Enabler of Change.
  http://www.irmuk.co.uk/bpm2010/

• Business Analysis Conference Europe 2010
  09/27/2010 - 09/29/2010
  London, UK
  Sponsored by: IRM UK
  The Business Analysis Conference Europe 2010 will provide an interactive forum where business analysts can meet, discuss and debate the competencies needed to rise to the challenges faced by their organizations today and in the future. As a Business Analyst, it will enable you to define creative and agile options for business change and ensuring that solutions meet business needs. The conference is co-located with the Business Process Management Conference Europe 2010. Delegates can therefore attend sessions from both conferences and can choose from a total of 6 conference tracks and 12 pre-conference workshops. Case studies include Network Rail, Credit Suisse, John Lewis Partnership, Barclays Bank, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Skandia, UK Government and Totaljobs Group. The main themes of the conference are Shaping the future of Business Analysis, Business Analysis Tools and Techniques and Business Agility and Business Analysis.
  http://www.irmuk.co.uk/ba2010/

• SSON Finance Transformation 2010
  09/28/2010 - 09/30/2010
  Chicago, IL
  The main themes of this conference explore the strategic views of true transformation across the entire finance supply chain and highlight the roadmaps which will help you to achieve top quartile business outcomes you aspire to. Sessions will cover the key tenets that all of you in the industry - large and small, beginner and established, vendor and buyer, private and public - are required to confront.You will learn how to find out more about maximizing each of the core F&A processes (Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Record to Report) and ultimately produce better, sustainable long term business results. Take full advantage of all the opportunities to achieve top quartile status now.For more information call: 1-800-882-8684; Email: info@iqpc.com
  http://www.fintransformation.com/Event.aspx?id=322838&utm_source=IUS_10396.005&utm_medium=diary_listing&utm_campaign=FT2010DiaryListing&utm_content=2010

• 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for Performance Improvement – Europe, Middle East, Africa
  09/30/2010 - 10/02/2010
  Gothenburg, Sweden
  Sponsored by: International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
  The theme for this event is: Building a high performance culture, based on engagement, inclusion and accountability. Our conferences are uniquely valuable events for a combination of reasons - great keynotes, skilled experienced presenters, insightful participants and a truly innovative format. Our conferences are truly diverse with past participants from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA and others. Find the latest information on the conference and download the Call For Proposals (submission deadline extended to June 30, 2010) at our blog:
  http://ispi-europe.blogspot.com/

• Business Process Management Technology Innovation Forum and Expo
  10/07/2010 - 10/07/2010
  New York, NY
  The Business Process Management and Technology Innovation Forum and Expo, will help you refine and improve your BPM initiatives. This premier one-day event for the financial services industry (banking, insurance and capital markets) brings together industry experts, senior decision-makers and thought leaders to share their insights and best practices in an environment that encourages participant interaction and networking. Attendees will gain unique insights on topics such as BPM technology, BPM adoption methodologies, and best practices for successful BPM plus BPM trends. In addition, attendees will learn how leading firms are responding to changing BPM operating models. Financial services firms can reduce operational complexity while increasing agility and efficiency utilizing BPM solutions. Please join us for this insightful event to gain process powered insights on technology, operations, performance measurement, transformation, strategy, re-engineering plus risk and compliance.
  For more information please see: http://www.fsokx.com/FSOkx/BPM2010/Introduction.aspx or contact Ann Gallagher, FSOkx Events Manager at: agallagher@FSOkx.com or 732-462-3763.
  http://www.fsokx.com/FSOkx/BPM2010/Introduction.aspx

• Consumer Packaged Goods Sales & Marketing Innovation
  10/13/2010 - 10/14/2010
  Chicago, IL
  Bringing forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark innovation within sales and marketing. For more information go to:
  http://www.theiegroup.com/CPG_Sales/Overview.html

• Data Management, Information Quality and Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Conference Europe 2010
  11/03/2010 - 11/05/2010
  London, UK
  Sponsored by: IRM UK
  This 12th Annual Conference will consist of 3 co-located conferences on Information Quality, Data Management, and Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence.
  http://www.irmuk.co.uk/dm2010/

• Predictive Analytics Summit
  11/04/2010 - 11/05/2010
  San Francisco, CA
  Maximize the effectiveness of your data....
  Hear core methods designed to deliver the greatest impact on business. For more information go to:
  http://www.theiegroup.com/Predictive_Analytics/Overview.html

• Financial Forecasting & Planning – London
  11/17/2010 - 11/18/2010
  London, UK
  Financial Forecasting & Planning leaders come together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark innovation within the industry. For more information go to:
  http://www.theiegroup.com/FPA_London/Overview.html