The India, China, America Institute founded by Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth, will hold the Global Outsourcing 2020 summit on April 6 – 7, 2010 at The Georgian Terrace hotel in Atlanta.

This first-of-its-kind event will bring together an unprecedented assemblage of industry experts, scholars and key business executives for a dynamic conversation concerning the evolution of outsourcing.

The two-day dialogue will provide a forum for global leaders to explore the current state of the industry, the factors that will reshape it and the idea s to best leverage developing opportunities.

Global Outsourcing 2020 is designed in an innovative format that will engage the audience and make them central to the summit’s composition. Guided by four “Topic Tracks,” participants will discuss trends and strategies as they are shared by top thought leadership and learn from one another by delving more deeply into topics during facilitated sessions.

Following the summit, attendees will have a clear understanding of how current trends will impact the changing business landscape. They will glean an awareness of the new opportunities and understand how these translate into their companies and industries as they develop future strategy.

Through the ICA Institute and the leadership of our world -class speakers, summit participants who are C-suite executives and senior leaders will be immersed in an exclusive, two -day educational and networking environment focused on the development and advancement of global executives and organizations.

The program will focus on the following four topic areas:

• How Globalization Will Impact Outsourcing
• Cloud Computing: Threat or Opportunity
• Managing Multicultural Global Talent Pool and Workforce
• Future of Client-Supplier Relationships and its Impact on Outsourcing

Key take aways will include

• The importance of customer-supplier relationships and their impact on partnership
• How cultural and leadership practices of advanced and emerging nations affect the outsourcing industry
• The impact of emerging countries on the future of outsourcing
• The rise of newer outsourcing hubs and how they will shape future strategy
• Steps business leaders can take to rapidly adapt to newer technologies
• How cloud computing affects outsourcing
• How increased diversity and a growing talent pool will play a role in future corporate decisions
• Political and policy fallouts from the recent economic crisis and its impact on outsourcing's future

Quality of Attendees

Participants: Summit attendees will comprise C-suite executives and senior leaders who are well-known representatives from their industries. These senior strategists and key influencers will be poised to glean meaningful insight from the summit dialogue and communicate future developments back to their organizations.