LSE Information Systems and Innovation Group

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Global Sourcing of Business and IT Services:
Trends, Issues and Prospects

The10th Social Study of ICT workshop (SSIT10) at LSE

11 June 2010

The workshop will take place in the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, WC2R 0BL

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Programme


09.00 - 09.30

Arrival and Registration

 

09.30

Introduction: What’s New in Outsourcing?
Professor Leslie Willcocks, Director, The Outsourcing Unit, LSE

slides
 

09.40

Keynote: Outsourcing Business and IT Services: A State of-the-Art Report
Professor Leslie Willcocks, Director, The Outsourcing Unit

slides
video

10.45

Break – tea and coffee provided
 

 

11.00

To Bundle or Not to Bundle: Effective Sourcing Decisions in a Globalising Service Industry
Professor Leslie Willcocks, Director, The Outsourcing Unit, LSE
Dr John Hindle, Accenture
Professor Ilan Oshri, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

slides
video

11.45

CIO and CFO Perspectives on Outsourcing: Seven Key Lessons
Professor Ilan Oshri, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

slides
video

12.30

Lunch – list of nearby cafes will be provided

 

13.45

New Sourcing Models (1)
Outsourcing Enterprise: From Cost Management to Collabotative Innovation: A Research Study

Professor Leslie Willcocks, Director, The Outsourcing Unit, LSE
Andrew Craig, The Outsourcing Unit, LSE

slides
video

14.25

New Sourcing Models (2)
Open Source: Developments and Challenges

  • Dr Maha Shaikh, Imperial College Business School London (Chair)
  • Adam Jollans, Linux and Open Source Strategy Manager, IBM
  • Tony Cornford.  LSE
  • Alex Bax, Open Forum Europe and Blue Yonder
  • Neil Levine,  VP of Corporate Services, Canonical

video

15.05

Break – tea and coffee provided

 

15.25

New Sourcing Models (3)
Collaborative Computing at CERN: Dealing with the Biggest Data Collection Problem in the World

Dr Will Venters, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, LSE
Dr Tony Cornford, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, LSE

slides
video
 

16.05

The Public Sector and Sourcing: The Case of the National Identity Card Scheme
Dr Edgar Whitley, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, LSE

slides
video

16.45

And So to the Cloud…Or What?
Panel and Open Discussion

  • Dr Carsten Sorensen, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, LSE
  •  Dr Will Venters, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, LSE

slides
video

17.25

Lessons and Closing Remarks
Professor Leslie Willcocks, Head of Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, LSE

 

17.40

Close

 

There is no charge for attending the workshop and refreshments will be provided. If you have any questions or comments, please email Frances White, Research Coordinator.

Workshop registration form

page last updated 29 June, 2010

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