13 14 december 2004 bedford hotel rue du midi 135 brussels seminar proceedings annex speeches & slide presentations plenary sessions 2 1 odile quintin director general for employment social affairs and equal opportunities european commission l externalisation dans les technologies de information french original outsourcing in icts english translation thomas dowd deputy assistant secretary training administration department of labour us offshoring services ict related opening remarks 3 loren yager government accountability office gao linking key concepts to available data 4 sharon brown bureau statistics usa mass layoff domestic overseas relocation 5 barbara gerstenberger foundation the improvement living working conditions dublin monitoring centre on change a proactive approach industrial 6 ursula huws analytica uk status report eu part i recent evidence scale nature 7 ii state art possible future trends 8 robert bednarzik georgetown university restructuring informational