OVERVIEW

The spotlight is upon our community!

In today's networked world, contracting and relationship competency have become core to business performance. The IACCM Americas Conference offers opportunities to hear from world-leading companies and organizations, and to network with other high-performing practitioners and experts from the world of contracts, sourcing and in-house legal.

To further enrich your experience in 2010, we are delighted to announce that we have developed a partnership with Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON), whereby we have developed ‘a conference within a conference'. As a result, you gain massively enhanced networking opportunities, plus the chance to participate in either your specialist IACCM event, or to join the wider, cross-functional SSON audience in their sessions.

As The Economist recently observed, many organizations are not good at defining and managing relationships. Successful relationships demand clarity, collaboration and a readiness to adapt to change. These characteristics are right at the forefront for an organization like IACCM – which is busy defining the practices and approaches that lead to successful trading relationships. By combining the thought leadership of SSON and IACCM, we bring our delegates the insights and ideas that equip them to drive change and ensure success within their organization and beyond.

This year's event offers you a dedicated two and a half-day contracts and sourcing conference within a more extensive SSON event. As a result, you will gain the opportunity to engage with 250 IACCM members, while also interacting with 600+ senior representatives from related functions such as Finance, Operations and IT.

Don't miss this chance to learn and contribute to the exciting debate over best practice and next practice for the contracts, commercial and relationship management community!

Confirmed speakers at IACCM Americas 2010 include:

Dave Connor VP Procurement & Supply Chain, BP
Craig Silliman Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Verizon Business & Verizon Telecom
Sylvia Steinhauser VP & Deputy General Counsel, Enterprise Business, Hewlett-Packard
Vince Taylor Managing Director, Commercial & Contract Management, Accenture
Lamar Chesney EVP & CPO, Suntrust Banks
M C McNeill Vice-President, IBM Global Services
Craig Guarente VP Contract Management, Oracle Corporation
Kenneth Riley General Manager, Supply Chain Management, Chevron Global Upstream Oil & Gas
Daniel Mahlebashian Chief Contracting Officer, General Motors
Jean Kinney Associate Director, Purchases, Procter & Gamble
Nancy Nelson Global Contracts Director, CSC
Tim McCarthy Worldwide Director, Contracts & Pricing, Rockwell Automation
Stacie LeGrow Corporate Counsel, Cisco
Regina Jones Global Client Contracts Manager, Schlumberger
Tim Cummins CEO, IACCM
Katherine Kawamoto Vice President, Research & Advisory Services, IACCM
Suzanne Watson Vice President, Consulting Services, IACCM