Benefits of Attending

• Negotiate better terms -- ones that balance fair pricing with long-term value.
• Calculate the true-cost of outsourcing by considering the real risks and rewards - both short-term and long-term.
• Learn how and when to re-evaluate and restructure outsourcing deals.
• See why collaboration in sourcing strategy, management and governance is critical to the success of outsourcing relationships.
• Discover why your vendor management should evolve from a set of procurement tasks to a mature discipline.
• Get an in-depth view of the IT Services marketplace and recognize the trends in emerging and core services that can actually help improve performance and reduce costs.
• Gain the latest market intelligence on the business-process-service (BPO) models that offer both cost optimization and business improvement and determine which model is right for you.
• Tap into the Gartner research on which countries make the most viable offshore destinations and why.
• Leverage best practices to effectively execute and deliver long-term value beyond cost reduction.

Who Should Attend

Gartner Outsourcing Summit provides the fullest coverage on outsourcing today. A must-attend for business and IT management involved in their organization's sourcing activities - ITO, BPO and global delivery.

Government
Learn more about shared services successes and key offerings for the public sector.

Financial Services
Discover who's doing what and why.

Healthcare
Learn to choose the health care service provider that can best provide what you need, where you need it and at a cost that has offers sustainable value.

Manufacturing
Learn how consolidation and globalization are impacting outsourcing strategies in manufacturing.

Procurement
See why a "best buy" approach may not always lead to the best business outcomes.

BPO
Get an in-depth view of the BPO market, as well as an assessment of business-process-utilities (BPU).

Summit Value

Every Gartner Event is designed to give you practical, relevant, and immediately applicable ways to lower IT costs, deliver more business value with IT, and achieve greater returns from every IT investment - including the one you make with us to attend.

Justification Kit

With these justification tools, we've made it as convenient as possible to justify your investment to attend and present the ROI you've received post-event.


Pre-Conference

• Customizable Letter to Your Manager: A Word template with a cost/benefit analysis.
• Justification Tips
• Top 10 Reasons to Attend a Gartner Event

During the Conference

• ROI Worksheet: A Word template for productive note-taking onsite for your sessions, Analyst One-on-One Briefings and Face-to-Face Sponsor Meetings.

Post-Conference

• Customizable Trip Report: A Word template to help you easily report your ROI from the conference.
• Post-Event Brief: A PDF that highlights what was new and notable, key takeaways, what attendees asked about, interactive polling results, exhibit showcase highlights and more.