If you're in the mood to travel in March, Shared Services Week 2009 awaits you in Orlando.

• Its key themes include Planning & Launching, Globalized & Multi-functional, Measurement & Process Excellence and more!
• Companies that will be in attendance include BT Group, Washington Gas, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, KPMG, Lego and Kraft Shared Services to name but a few.
• The event's Excellence Awards' deadline isn't until the end of January; see what you can nominate your company for here - http://www.sharedservicesweek.com/awards.php#categories
• Click here to download a full agenda: http://www.sharedservicesweek.com/requestabrochure.php.

BPM Enterprise readers can take advantage of a special registration rate: 30% discount when you quote "BPME" when you register!

The Balanced Scorecard Masters: Define, Implement and Advance Strategy & Planning with the Balanced Scorecard is taking place November 17-19, 2008 in Washington, D.C.

For two days, speakers from Hilton Hotels Corporation, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Services, Merck & Co. and KeyBank are only a few of the corporations who will be speaking about:

• Incentives and compensation programs,
• Reporting and monitoring BSC performance,
• Key measures and metrics, and
• The role of leadership in implementing a BSC initiative.

Go to the event link to learn more about attending, including the full brochure and registration details: http://www.asmiweb.com/events/B242.html

BPM Enterprise readers receive a 15 percent discount with code "PRTOT"!

Process excellence will be the topic of the day at the 4th Annual Lean Six Sigma Improvement Week 2008 in Chicago, September 16-19, 2008.

Featured speakers include executives from Eastman Kodak Co., Wachovia and Rockwell Automation. There will also be sessions geared to companies with less than 3,000 employees – process excellence can improve at any and every level.

For more information, go to http://www.iqpc.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=83860&details=83892.

BPMEnterprise.com readers can attend the 4th Annual Lean Six Sigma Improvement Week 2008 at a 10 percent reduced rate! Just quote "BPME" upon registration.

This year's Shared Services Exchange's theme is "driving further improvements and efficiencies in shared services and creating additional value for business units and shareholders." Speakers include representatives from Wal-Mart, Deloitte, Monster and P&G to name only a few.

In Florida, this executive-level event will include interactive Brain Weave™ discussions, networking and consultations along with discussion on best practices for managing people, processes and technology and devising strategies for delivering optimal value through shared services.

For registration and more information, go to: http://www.sharedservicesexchange.com.

If you live near Seattle and would like to hobnob with the areas finest business process improvement practitioners in a casual after-work setting, attend the iSixSigma Live! Social and Networking Party at the Rock Bottom Brewery in Bellevue. (iSixSigma.com is a sister website to BPMEnterprise.com.)

Thursday, May 1, from 6 to 8 PM. Rock Bottom can only hold so many process improvement gurus so hurry and register today. The full details for the event can be found at: http://live.isixsigma.com/seattle.