Mountain View, California — June 1, 2017 — Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Best Association Event or Meeting category in the 15th Annual American Business Awards for the debut of Collaboration in the Gig Economy, a game-changing new conference that brings together the entire talent supply chain to take on the rapidly evolving workforce solutions ecosystem.

The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the US are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. More than 3,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories. More than 190 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s Stevie Award winners.

“Each year the judges find the quality and variety of the nominations to be greater than the year before. The 2017 competition was intense and every organization that has won should be proud,” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards.

“We saw a real need for deeper collaboration in addressing the gig economy and the new paradigm of work impacting the talent supply chain.” said Ursula Williams, SVP Global Strategy & Marketing at SIA. “Uniquely positioned, Collaboration in the Gig Economy utilizes the vast knowledge of the workforce solutions industry to break down walls and create, define and optimize the future of talent. It is an honor to be recognized.”

Collaboration in the Gig Economy returns this year with presentations and thought leaders from across the workforce solutions ecosystem, including SIA President Barry Asin taking on the State of the Revolution around work in an opening keynote and Paul Oyer, Fred H. Merrill Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, speaking to Future Shock: The Gig Economy and Labor Market Disruption in the Digital Age. Leading suppliers and market intermediaries will also share insights as they explore the challenges and solutions facing the ecosystem in a featured title keynote panel Connecting and Optimizing the Talent Supply Chain, moderated by SIA’s Bryan Peña, SVP Contingent Workforce Strategies.

Collaboration in the Gig Economy:Connecting and Optimizing the Supply Chain will be held September 13th and 14th at The Omni Dallas Hotel, Dallas, TX, following the 13th Annual CWS (Contingent Workforce Strategies) Summit. The CWS Summit is the largest North American peer-to-peer networking event for contingent workforce professionals.

For more information, full program agenda and registration, please visit www.collaborationgigeconomy.com. | @SIAGigE

About Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA)

SIA is the Global Advisor on Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Elevating the Workforce Solutions Ecosystem
Founded in 1989, SIA is the global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions. Our proprietary research covers all categories of employed and non-employed work including temporary staffing, independent contracting and other types of contingent labor. SIA’s independent and objective analysis provides insights into the services and suppliers operating in the workforce solutions ecosystem including staffing firms, managed service providers, recruitment process outsourcers, payrolling/compliance firms and talent acquisition technology specialists such as vendor management systems, online staffing platforms, crowdsourcing and online work services. We also provide training and accreditation with our unique Certified Contingent Workforce Professional (CCWP) program.

Known for our award-winning content, data, support tools, publications, executive conferences and events, we help both suppliers and buyers of workforce solutions make better-informed decisions that improve business results and minimize risk. As a division of the international business media company, Crain Communications Inc., SIA is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in London, England.

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