Brian Breen, SVP & Treasurer at Simmons Bedding and Sam Poston, Senior Vice President at ScottMadden will keynote The 12th Annual Shared Services Summit taking place September 22-25, 2008 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. On Tuesday, September 23rd they will address "What an Economic Recession Means for Shared Services Organizations." The session will include topics on:

• How you can ADD value during a downturn economy
• Staff Retention
• Why recruiting during this time is critical
• Selling your value-add successfully to the "C" suite

Shared Services Summit is designed for organizations in the evaluation stages through advanced stages of maturity. Themes include Performance Measurement & Management, SSO Scope & Scale, Talent Management, Leveraging Technology, Outsourcing, Onshore vs. Captive Offshore SSC, Structure & Strategy for your SSO.

Extended site tours will be held at Amazon and MGM Grand for a deeper understanding of their shared services operations.

Featured Speakers Include:

• Michael Jones, AVP Accounting services, Yahoo
• Antonia Watson, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
• Manish Sahai, VP Service Network Partners, American Express
• Debra Cox, Managing Director, Shared Services, Tesoro Companies
• Troy Evans, Director of Shared Services Accounting, CH2M.