{"id":1170,"date":"2014-03-07T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/the-ultimate-robotic-automation-debate_030714\/"},"modified":"2014-03-07T19:50:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T19:50:00","slug":"the-ultimate-robotic-automation-debate_030714","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/the-ultimate-robotic-automation-debate_030714\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for the ultimate robotic process automation debate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At long last&#8230; this April we have everything you&#8217;ve ever wanted to know about Robotic Process Automation and never\u00a0<em>dared<\/em>\u00a0to ask, in a sponsor-free, puff-free hour of open, undiluted interactive argument, debate, tomfoolery an enlightened nonsense, from the most knowledgeable group of robotics junkies we could muster.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve heard the hype and the bravado, and listened to the whining doubters&#8230; so surely it&#8217;s time to get to the\u00a0<em>real<\/em>\u00a0issues around Robotic Process Automation (RPA) on the table. So, without further ado, HfS has assembled the ultimate panel of robotic genii to ramble rambunctiously about the realities of robotics.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.gotomeeting.com\/register\/803282438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15355\" title=\"Dodgy_Robot_Dancing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Dodgy_Robot_Dancing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #ff6600;\">Up for Discussion:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What, exactly, <em>is<\/em> robotic process automation?<\/li>\n<li>Does RPA really have potential to be the next &#8220;game changer&#8221; for the outsourcing business, or is this just a few rogue process junkies chasing a quick buck?<\/li>\n<li>Can RPA really displace humans in the outsourced back office, or just add some incremental efficiencies?<\/li>\n<li>If RPA lives up to its potential, will it rapidly reduce the reliance on offshore labor in outsourcing engagements?<\/li>\n<li>Is RPA the key to breaking the FTE model and shifting to a non-linear approach for business and IT services?<\/li>\n<li>Will a new crop of service providers emerge which target outsourcing contract renewals promising to drive 20%+ savings on existing labor arbitrage arrangements through RPA?<\/li>\n<li>Can some enterprises actually bypass outsourcing by going down the RPA path &#8211; and how much can RPA add value in shared services and GBS environments?<\/li>\n<li>And why are we here &#8211; do we matter?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Your Referee:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Phil Fersht, Founder and CEO, HfS Research<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: large;\"><strong>Your Panel of Robotic Genii:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charles Sutherland, Executive Vice President, HfS Research<\/li>\n<li>Lee Coulter, CEO Shared Services, Ascension Health<\/li>\n<li>Pradip Khemani, Director, Global Business Services,\u00a0Blue Shield of California<\/li>\n<li>Alastair Bathgate, CEO, BluePrism<\/li>\n<li>Chetan Dube CEO, IPSoft<\/li>\n<li>Ian Barkin Global Head of Innovation, Sutherland Innovation Labs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So join us next month, where we have buy-side executives piloting robotics projects, the CEOs of the two most prominent software firms actually developing RPA solutions, a service provider actually rolling out robots with its clients and &#8211; of course &#8211; analysts who have a point of view on the whole thing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.gotomeeting.com\/register\/803282438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Click to Register: April 7th at 11am EST, 4.00pm BST<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We hope you can join us \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At long last&#8230; this April we have everything you&#8217;ve ever wanted to know about Robotic Process Automation and never\u00a0dared\u00a0to ask,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,63,78,80,81,90,92,832,830],"tags":[661],"ppma_author":[19],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ready for the ultimate robotic process automation debate? 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