Events

WNS is an Event Partner

The theme at this year’s Australasian Shared Services & Outsourcing Week is "Creating the Intelligent Enterprise" - focusing on the issues organizations must consider when revisiting their operational structures in light of a fast changing digital world. Throughout the three day conference, attendees will get to hear over 50 executives from the Shared Services and Outsourcing industry speak about the challenges and opportunities they have faced on their respective transformation journeys.

WNS is an Event Partner and will showcase its vertically-led Business Process Management Solutions – driven by the Technology, Analytics and Process-led challenges faced by the new-age organizations. Manish Vora, Corporate Senior Vice President – Sales for APAC region; Gordon Smith, Vice President – Sales and Tarun Tandon, Vice President – Sales will represent WNS at the event.

WNS is a Keynote Sponsor at the 13th Annual Shared Services and Outsourcing Week.

The Shared Services and Outsourcing Week (SSOW) is Europe’s premier learning and networking forum for shared services and outsourcing professionals. The 13th Annual SSOW promises to bring together visionaries and outsourcing practitioners on a common knowledge-sharing platform. The event aims to capture the full potential of shared services and outsourcing – beyond mere cost advantages.

WNS’s Presence at SSOW Europe

Pre-conference Workshop – Travel / Transport Roundtable: May 21, 2013 - 5:55 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Topic: Mobile workforce and communication needs, Working and Travelling, The outsourcing chain, Logistics: distributing your costs?

Co-Moderators:

• Nimesh Akhauri, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales for the European region
• Roman Tesar, Managing Director, GTS Group
• Leela Lepik, Head of Shared Services, Finnair

Main Conference Day 2- Key Note Session: May 23, 2013 - 10:05 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Topic: How Well Can You Access Off-The-Shelf Tools and Create Value?’

Moderator: Nimesh Akhauri, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales for the European region

Panelist:

• Guus Klaas, Director - Finance & People Services, PostNL
• Ben Chapman, former Finance Director, Tate and Lyle
• Isabel Montesdeoca, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Concur EMEA

WNS is a Keynote Sponsor at the event, and will showcase its end-to-end integrated offerings in Technology, Analytics and Process Solutions at the booth # 23.

WNS is Exhibiting at Ariba LIVE 2013 - Berlin

Ariba LIVE is a high-octane, collaborative business event offering audiences exciting opportunities to network, share best practices with peers, meet sellers / providers and learn from the industry experts.

As WNS and Ariba share a strategic partnership in offering Cloud-based collaborative commerce solutions, WNS will be showcasing WNS-Ariba’s market-leading, multi-lingual Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions at Ariba LIVE 2013.

Senior leaders from the global team will represent WNS at the conference

Modern-day finance executives are confronted with meeting the twin agendas of addressing strategic demands and operational challenges of an organization. In this context, ‘The Finance Directors’ Forum’ is the ideal platform to give senior finance professionals access to new ideas, solutions and innovations to help take their departments and companies forward.

WNS will be present at the event, and will be showcasing its integrated offering of Technology, Analytics and Process Solutions covering the entire value chain, including Source-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Record-to-Report, Corporate Functions and Risk Management Solutions.

WNS is an Event Partner
Professor Leslie Willcocks, Professor of Work, Technology, and Globalisation at the London School of Economics, will deliver the key-note address for this seminar that will address ten vital lessons for companies considering South Africa as a BPO location. The address is informed by Professor Willcocks’ white paper: South Africa’s BPO Service Advantage.

Overview

Opening Statement: The South African Value Proposition introduced by Yusuf Timol,
Minister (Economic) of the South African High Commission in London

Success Story: A British Multi-national Energy and Utilities Provider’s use of BPO in South Africa presented by Prof. Leslie Willcocks and Andrew Craig, London School of Economics

Key BPO Lessons presented by Johann Kunz, Managing Director,
WNS Global Services South Africa

Concluding Observations by Gareth Pritchard, CEO of BPeSA Western Cape

WNS is a Sponsor at the NAPCP European End-User Corporate Card Conference

This one-day conference lays the platform for organizations with highly effective B2B payment strategies that leverage a broad range of corporate card and payment solutions. NAPCP European End-User Corporate Card Conference offers educational sessions, networking opportunities and demonstration sessions that showcase products, technology and services that support payment optimization and efficiencies worldwide.

Represented by its senior officials, WNS will showcase at the event its ERP-Card technology solution – Xponential, which provides seamless integration with the organization’s ERP business processes, functions and data elements. Our solution specialist will also present a demo at the event.

With technology and innovation continuing to infuse vigor into the air transport industry, this year’s Air Transport IT Summit traverses on the theme of “The potential of collaboration”. The theme sets the stage to determine the future of the industry and enumerates on the way to create the ideal journey for the end customers - the passengers. This high-octane event offers focused access to a dynamic environment of the world’s leading aviation CEO’s and CIO’s through a combination of industry insight sessions and networking events.

WNS is a bronze sponsor and exhibitor at The 2013 Air Transport IT Summit. WNS will showcase its vertically-led Business Process Management Solutions – driven by the Technology, Analytics and Process Excellence. Our senior domain experts from the global team will represent WNS at the Summit.

WNS is a Sponsor of the NRF 102nd Annual Convention & EXPO 2013

Like it does every year, the NRF 102nd Annual Convention & EXPO 2013 — also called Retail’s BIG Show — will bring together the retail community to network, trade ideas and announce new ground-breaking solutions. This year, the event will be held from Jan 13-16, 2013 in New York City, U.S.

WNS is a Sponsor, and will be showcasing its integrated offering of Technology, Analytics and Process Solutions for the retail industry. WNS will be exhibiting at Booth # C636, and will be represented by its senior domain experts from the global team.

WNS to Participate in the 2013 Outsourcing World Summit

Year after year, the Outsourcing World Summit brings together outsourcing customers, providers and advisors on a common platform. Game-changing ideas are shared. The latest trends and opportunities are identified. The 2013 Outsourcing World Summit scheduled on Feb. 18-20, 2013, at the JW Marriott in Phoenix, Arizona, continues this tradition of excellence with over 100 leading industry visionaries and thought leaders to steer more than 50 educational sessions.

Jay Venkateswaran, Executive Vice President - Retail and CPG will represent WNS in Track Session Three, which will focus on outsourcing as a management science. Jay will put forth an industry perspective on the topic ‘Maturity in Outsourcing Models to Tackle the New Normal’.

WNS is exhibiting at booth # 45, and will be represented by its senior representatives from the global team.

WNS is a Sponsor at the 12th Annual ITAS 2013 - International Transfer Agency Summit

International Transfer Agency Summit, Europe’s biggest and premier Transfer Agency and Fund Operations event, will host more than 60 eminent speakers, comprising experts and business partners of the fund distribution world. The summit will lay the platform for interesting and interactive presentations and panels for critical business and industry issues to be addressed.

Lilly Prasad, Senior General Manager - Banking and Financial Services, will moderate the track session on the second day of the conference (Feb. 28, 2013). Lilly leads the Capital Markets practice at WNS, and will put forth an industry perspective on the topic, ‘Outsourcing Update – Still Gathering Momentum in the Current Climate?’

Mark Braddock, Senior Vice President - Sales for Banking and Financial Services, along with other domain experts, will represent WNS at the event. We will be exhibiting at booth no. 1.

Like every year, this year’s Annual North American Shared Services & Outsourcing Week 2013 sets the pace for industry players to keep up with the change and growth in the Shared Services and Outsourcing industry. The theme for this year’s summit is ‘Accelerating Global Growth and Delivering Business Insights to the Board’.

The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) provides the roof under which key industry experts and organizations share their experience, knowledge and tools, and practitioners connect with their peers from all over the world, face-to-face and online.

WNS is a Sponsor at the event, and will showcase its end-to-end integrated offerings of Technology, Analytics and Process solutions.

Yogendra Goyal, Corporate Vice President – Sales would be moderating a panel discussion on topic “Operationalizing Social Media Within Your Shared Services Organization” on March 5 at 4.30 PM and on March 6,  Mike Garber Chief of Sales and Marketing would be moderating a panel discussion on topic Process Enabled Technologies (Pet) at 2:40 PM.

WNS is a Sponsor at the NAPCP 14th Annual Commercial Card and Payment Conference

The NAPCP Commercial Card and Payment Conference is a premier event of the commercial card and payment industry, bringing together end-users and providers who develop and support the payment infrastructure. The conference covers all commercial card and payment vehicles, including Purchasing Card, Travel Card, Fleet Card, Ghost Card, Declining Balance Card, ePayables and other electronic payment options.

Represented by its senior officials, WNS will showcase at the event its ERP-Card technology solution – Xponential. Our solution specialist will also present a demonstration at the event on April 16 from 3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. The topic of the demo will be ‘Maximize the Power of ERP with the Financial Benefits and Ease-of-Use of a P-Card.’

WNS to participate in The Retail Forum 2013.

The Retail Forum is the ideal platform for senior retailers and suppliers to explore and know the latest and innovative concepts, products, technology and services in the field of retail.

Paul Maiden – Vice President, Retail and CPG will represent WNS at the event and will be showcasing integrated offering of Technology, Analytics and Process Solution for Retail Industry

WNS Invited to Speak at the VIII Polish Outsourcing Forum in India

This year, the VIII Polish Outsourcing Forum has landed in India, the hub of the global outsourcing industry. With a clear purpose to highlight the key drivers behind Poland being the strategic location for Outsourcing in Central Eastern Europe (CEE), this prestigious event brings together a select team of government, public sector and private sector representatives from both the geographies on a common platform.

WNS has been invited to the forum to share its experience of setting up a delivery center in Poland. Sitesh Thadani, Senior General Manager, will represent WNS, and will put forth his thoughts on Poland being an excellent outsourcing destination, as well present a case study on how the delivery center in Poland is of strategic importance to WNS.

WNS is a Sponsor at HfS dreamSource 2013

HfS dreamSource 2013 is one of the most prestigious events in the calendar of the global services industry, and is renowned for high-quality discussions, debates and networking opportunities among the global services elite. The 3-day event promises dedicated ‘buyers-only’ sessions and participation from chosen executive leadership from provider organizations.

WNS is a Sponsor at the event, and will showcase its integrated offering of Technology, Analytics and Process Solutions. Mike Garber, Global Head - Sales and Marketing and Yogendra Goyal - Corporate Senior Vice President and Head of Sales, US, will represent WNS at the event.

WNS is Exhibiting at CS week 2013

CS Week is the premier educational event for professionals involved in the customer service and customer information technology aspects of utility, co-operative and municipal management. The event is focused on the full spectrum of business processes from meter-to-cash. CS Week is an ideal platform for professionals to gain insights from knowledge-based speaking sessions, profit from solutions and ideas shared amongst peers and expand their awareness of the latest trends and technologies.

WNS will be showcasing its integrated offering of Technology, Analytics and Process Solutions for the Utilities industry. WNS will be exhibiting at Booth #811, and will be represented by the company’s senior domain experts from the global team.