CORE Communiqué March 2008

President's Message

Dear CORE Members and Friends,

I am pleased to provide you with an update on the many activities CORE has underway in the coming months.

Our Public Sector Forum in Victoria next Tuesday has well over 150 participants attending and the program promises to be both educational and thought provoking.

Our 3rd Annual Global Conference information is detailed below. Our member organizations should note that the first CORE Annual General Meeting will be held on the same day. Shortly, you will receive the AGM notice as well as the nomination process for the election of four Board Directors.

We thank all the attendees at the recent Shared Services Forum in Toronto and the 65 participants that dialed into our National Conference call on 'The State of Canadian Outsourcing'. Both events were quite successful. We are currently working on our June forums in Montreal and Calgary. If you have any topics or suggestions for the forums or would like to participant, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Since we last communicated, I am pleased to welcome the following organizations as CORE members : Bell Canada, Cyberbahn and Property One Consulting.

Last but not least, congratulations to Scott Brown, Sheila Costigan and John Laggis all of Bombardier and Bob Lees of Great West Life, our first recipients of the Accredited Outsourcing Practitioner [AOP] program. Well done!

On April 3rd, we will be hosting a breakfast briefing on the executive education program at the CMC offices in Toronto. We invite you to come and meet some of the faculty and bring your questions on the modules and the AOP certification process.

I look forward to meeting many of you in Victoria at our Public Sector Forum next week. I know it will definitely be warmer there!

Best Regards, Molly Pellecchia
molly.pellecchia@core-outsourcing.org
March 2008

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Upcoming Events - Not to be Missed!

Alternative Service Delivery in the Public Sector, Victoria, B.C., March 11, 2008 A full-day conference with more than 20 speakers and panelists. Our keynote speaker for this event is David Osborne, the visionary advisor and co-author of Reinventing Government. The Honourable Olga Ilich, Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services, will open the forum. We have registrants from BC and other provincial governments. Many non- government parties will also be attending. Click to view our program brochure

Third Annual Global Sourcing Forum, Toronto, April 17, 2008 This is CORE's most major all-day event where we bring the latest issues and trends in outsourcing and global sourcing. Our keynote speaker is Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends, and the author of 17 books, including the bestselling "The End of Work", "The Age of Access" and "The Hydrogen Economy." Also featuring Leslie Willcocks, Professor of Technology Work and Globalization, London School of Economics, one the world's leading researchers and writers on outsourcing and global sourcing. As well 15 other experts will share their experience with insightful presentations and panel discussions. Click here to view the agenda and to register

New Delivery Models in Healthcare, Toronto, May 22, 2008 This full-day event will bring together policy makers and healthcare delivery stakeholders to focus on the use of alternative service delivery (ASD) to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare in the Canada. The forum will be co-chaired by Ida Goodraeu, President of Vancouver Coastal Health and Margaret Munsch, Senior Vice President, People and Learning of Calgary Health Region. Dr. Brian Day, President of the Canadian Medical Association will be one of the featured Speakers Click here to view the event description and to register

Executive Education

Our next executive education program, leading to the AOP [Accredited Outsourcing Practitioner] designation is scheduled for May 2008 in Toronto. Please visit our website for the detailed schedule and to register.

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