Conference Sessions

Kick off SAPinsider 2026 with pre-conference gatherings designed to connect you with peers navigating similar priorities, decisions, and challenges. These facilitated roundtable conversations create space for candid exchange, shared experience, and practical insight in a relaxed setting before the main agenda begins. Choose a discussion aligned to your interests and walk away with fresh perspectives and new connections that set the tone for the rest of the week.

Kick off SAPinsider 2026 with pre-conference gatherings designed to connect you with peers navigating similar priorities, decisions, and challenges. These facilitated roundtable conversations create space for candid exchange, shared experience, and practical insight in a relaxed setting before the main agenda begins. Choose a discussion aligned to your interests and walk away with fresh perspectives and new connections that set the tone for the rest of the week.

Kick off SAPinsider 2026 with pre-conference gatherings designed to connect you with peers navigating similar priorities, decisions, and challenges. These facilitated roundtable conversations create space for candid exchange, shared experience, and practical insight in a relaxed setting before the main agenda begins. Choose a discussion aligned to your interests and walk away with fresh perspectives and new connections that set the tone for the rest of the week.

Kick off SAPinsider 2026 with pre-conference gatherings designed to connect you with peers navigating similar priorities, decisions, and challenges. These facilitated roundtable conversations create space for candid exchange, shared experience, and practical insight in a relaxed setting before the main agenda begins. Choose a discussion aligned to your interests and walk away with fresh perspectives and new connections that set the tone for the rest of the week.

Kick off SAPinsider 2026 with pre-conference gatherings designed to connect you with peers navigating similar priorities, decisions, and challenges. These facilitated roundtable conversations create space for candid exchange, shared experience, and practical insight in a relaxed setting before the main agenda begins. Choose a discussion aligned to your interests and walk away with fresh perspectives and new connections that set the tone for the rest of the week.

Kick off SAPinsider 2026 with pre-conference gatherings designed to connect you with peers navigating similar priorities, decisions, and challenges. These facilitated roundtable conversations create space for candid exchange, shared experience, and practical insight in a relaxed setting before the main agenda begins. Choose a discussion aligned to your interests and walk away with fresh perspectives and new connections that set the tone for the rest of the week.

Kick off SAPinsider 2026 with pre-conference gatherings designed to connect you with peers navigating similar priorities, decisions, and challenges. These facilitated roundtable conversations create space for candid exchange, shared experience, and practical insight in a relaxed setting before the main agenda begins. Choose a discussion aligned to your interests and walk away with fresh perspectives and new connections that set the tone for the rest of the week.

The difference between isolated pilots and sustainable AI at scale lies in the foundational architecture that supports data, governance, platforms, and operating models. In this deep-dive session, we explore how to architect an AI-enabled organization, with practical, hands-on architecture design. The session will begin with a concise overview of AI foundations, covering key AI building blocks such as model lifecycles, inference patterns, orchestration, observability, and responsible AI considerations. We then dive into key data concepts like modern data platforms, data products, metadata, data quality, lineage, and governance patterns required to reliably fuel AI workloads. Finally, the we’ll break into small groups to work through a real-world AI and Data architecture use case, using a provided case study and architecture toolkit. Each group will design a fit-for-purpose target architecture, making trade-offs across data platforms, AI services, integration patterns, governance, and scalability. Key Takeaways: Understand the core architectural foundations required to operationalize AI at scale. Understand how data architecture and AI architecture must evolve together. Gain hands-on experience designing an enterprise-grade AI + Data architecture.

Organizations preparing to move from the classic General Ledger to SAP S/4HANA face a series of strategic, technical, and business value decisions. With multiple transition paths available, including transition of SAP General Ledger, SAP S/4HANA Finance adoption, or a phased implementation of SAP Central Finance, leaders must understand how each option shapes process redesign and future flexibility.   This session will equip you with the information to select and prepare for the right SAP S/4HANA Finance deployment, including insight into the key differences between SAP S/4HANA Finance-based financial solutions and SAP General Ledger, and the classic version of the general ledger in SAP R/3. Learn how SAP S/4HANA enables process simplification, unlocks business-value opportunities, and reduces pain-points, as part of a finance process transformation. Get a practical overview of recent developments in SAP S/4HANA Finance, and proven practices to avoid common pitfalls, as you plan for an SAP General Ledger migration.  You will: Examine the key differences between SAP S/4 HANA Finance-based financial solutions and SAP General Ledger and the classic version of the general ledger in SAP R/3. Realize process simplifications and leverage business-value opportunities to reduce your pain-points as part of Finance process transformation with SAP S/4HANA.  Learn how recent developments in SAP S/4 HANA Finance can influence your plans for SAP General Ledger migration. Unearth hidden tips and tricks to ease the SAP S/4 HANA Finance Migration challenges and learn from the hard-won successes and lessons from other customers for a much smoother migration. Carefully review the strategic, business-value and technical considerations one must consider for planning the SAP General Ledger or SAP S/4 HANA Finance deployments.

As enterprises accelerate adoption of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Ariba, and SuccessFactors, the complexity of managing cybersecurity, risk, and compliance across this fragmented ecosystem increases dramatically. This workshop provides a deep dive into how to operationalize the Shared Responsibility Model (SRM) across SAP cloud platforms. Attendees will be guided through a structured methodology to clarify ownership boundaries, embed security and compliance into SAP programs, and define a unified governance model. Interactive exercises and real-world case studies will equip participants with practical tools to identify control gaps, align cyber strategies with enterprise risk frameworks, and drive compliance across hybrid SAP environments. This session is designed for security, risk, and IT executives who want to go beyond theory and return with a blueprint ready to apply across their SAP cloud landscape. You will learn how to: Apply the Shared Responsibility Model to SAP cloud applications to clarify ownership and reduce risk.  Design a unified cyber, risk, and compliance strategy across SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Ariba, SuccessFactors, and more.  Identify control gaps and implement governance models that scale across hybrid SAP environments.  Align SAP cloud security operations with enterprise risk frameworks and regulatory expectations.

As SAP landscapes evolve across cloud and hybrid models, customers have asked: Where does SAP Cloud ALM fit in my organization and how should we use it for implementation, operations, and ongoing transformation?  This session clarifies the role SAP Cloud ALM plays in driving innovation, managing change, supporting testing, and maintaining visibility from planning through post-go-live operations. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of when SAP Cloud ALM is needed, the problems it is designed to address, and how it has become the execution platform for SAP’s integrated transformation toolchain. Key learning objectives: Identify the business and delivery drivers that support establishing SAP Cloud ALM as the central platform for implementation and operations. Distinguish the core use cases SAP Cloud ALM supports across delivery governance, testing, change, and operational visibility. Recognize how SAP Cloud ALM bridges the gap between implementation and operations for both new implementations and migrations (conversion / selective data transfer). Understand how SAP Cloud ALM connects with SAP Signavio and SAP LeanIX as part of the integrated transformation toolchain, and how each is used across transformation planning, execution, and operations.

Before embarking on your technical migration and implementation plans, it’s essential to take a step back and evaluate the strategic decisions that shape your SAP S/4HANA journey. This session provides concrete evaluation criteria and actionable guidance to align your SAP S/4HANA strategy with business transformation goals.  Attend to: Evaluate and the pros and cons of Greenfield, Brownfield, Selective Data Migration approaches, including differences based on system readiness, business priorities, and technical complexity. Identify key pre-migration considerations, including custom code strategy, third-party compatibility, and data retention policies. Assess key differences between SAP S/4HANA deployment models and understand how your choice impacts long-term scalability, integration, and total cost of ownership.

The CIO Program convenes senior technology leaders on Pre-Conference Day for a focused experience centered on the decisions that define SAP direction, investment tradeoffs, and execution. It creates space to move beyond day-to-day execution and into direct engagement with others who set enterprise direction and are accountable for turning strategy into business results. Through interactive panels, facilitated discussions, and fireside conversations, leaders share practical approaches, pressure-test decisions, and engage with leaders who navigate board expectations, influence capital decisions, and shape partnerships that accelerate transformation at scale. Grounded in the issues CIOs are actively managing, the experience brings together leaders facing similar mandates to compare strategies, challenge assumptions, and refine direction. Attendees will leave with the insights and relationships that support bold, aligned, and timely decision-making at the highest levels of the organization. **Registration limited to CIOs and other senior IT Leadership at end-user organizations.  Participation subject to approval.

This session provides a comprehensive overview of how new version of SAP GRC for SAP HANA 1.0 operates, equipping participants with the essential knowledge to plan, implement, and optimize GRC functionalities on this new release. We will highlight new capabilities,  improvements, and discuss prerequisites, deployment considerations, and common challenges. Attendees will gain clarity on how Access Control, Process Control, and Risk Management leverage HANA’s in-memory capabilities, as well as the implications for upgrades, integrations, and future scalability. By the end of the session, participants will understand the key benefits, technical impacts, and best practices for running SAP GRC for SAP HANA 1.0.

Threat intelligence indicates that threat actors have been evolving in recent years to target and exploit SAP applications to deploy ransomware, perform financial fraud, access SAP information, and use SAP application infrastructure. Join this session to review the threat actors that target SAP applications and understand their tactics, techniques, procedures, and motivations. This session will incorporate a deep dive into the latest zero-day exploitation of CVE-2025-31324, which led to the compromise of hundreds of SAP applications worldwide. Additionally, you will learn from practical examples of techniques used by real threat actors. Understand how to assess, detect and prevent these attacks through practical security measures that organizations must take to secure their SAP landscape, including SAP S/4HANA and applications exposed through SAP BTP. This session will cover: Known exploited vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and indicators of compromise that can help organizations detect security incidents affecting SAP applications. Practical mitigations and controls to secure SAP applications against known attacks. Simple steps to improve the security of SAP applications across on-premise and cloud environments.

SAP’s cloud portfolio continues to evolve, introducing new deployment options, commercial models, and naming conventions that can be difficult to interpret across planning, execution, and post-go-live phases. This pre-conference session offers a comprehensive review of SAP’s cloud landscape and examines similarities and differences across delivery models, commercial frameworks, and operating responsibilities.  Key learning objectives:  Clearly differentiate SAP Cloud ERP Public and SAP Cloud ERP Private, including architecture, extensibility boundaries, innovation cadence, and standardization expectations. Understand what RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP represent from a commercial and operating model standpoint, and how each aligns to specific deployment paths. Translate legacy and informal terminology into SAP’s current naming conventions used in contracts, delivery models, and product roadmaps. Identify the organizational, regulatory, customization, data, and integration factors that typically drive one cloud option over another. Understand how operational responsibilities shift across cloud models, including ownership of upgrades, maintenance, security, and system availability.

This session walks through how to activate and use the core components of SAP Business Data Cloud, showing attendees how to move from first activation to real usage by covering environment setup, core service configuration, and common implementation patterns that accelerate time to value.

Note: This lab session is BYOD (bring your own device). A limited number of devices may be available to borrow if needed. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   During this hands-on lab, we’ll explore how SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) empowers teams to visualize data, plan strategically, and predict future outcomes using advanced analytics and machine learning. From interactive dashboards to collaborative planning tools, you’ll discover how businesses can break down data silos, streamline decision-making, and drive performance across the organization. We’ll explore how SAC empowers end users to create, adjust, and submit their own plans within a guided workflow. Instead of relying on manual spreadsheets or disconnected systems, users can enter data directly into the platform, collaborate with team members, and move their plans through structured approval steps. Managers can then review, provide feedback, and approve submissions—all within the same environment. Whether you’re a business leader, analyst, or operational user, this session will provide practical insights into how SAP Analytics Cloud enables you to plan with confidence, submit your forecasts seamlessly, and contribute to a more agile, data-driven organization. This session will cover: All-in-one platform for analytics and planning: SAP Analytics Cloud combines business intelligence, planning, and predictive capabilities in a single, unified environment. Collaborative, workflow-driven planning: End users can create, adjust, and submit plans within structured workflows, improving transparency, accountability, and speed. AI-powered, data-driven decisions: Embedded artificial intelligence and tight integration with SAP data platforms enable more accurate forecasts, scenario analysis, and real-time insights.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

SAP Joule is quickly becoming a core part of SAP’s AI strategy, yet many customers remain unclear on what Joule is designed to do, where it fits within the SAP landscape, and which teams it is intended to support. The session examines where Joule is embedded across SAP applications today, how it supports insight and action without replacing existing tools or roles, and how platform capabilities on SAP BTP enable extension, control, and governance. Attendees will get a clear understanding of who Joule is for, what it enables out of the box, what requires deeper technical engagement, and how to evaluate its relevance for their organization. Learn how to:  Define what SAP Joule does and does not do, including how it differs from analytics tools, workflow engines, and traditional automation. Identify which Joule components are relevant to business users, IT teams, developers, and consultants. Differentiate how embedded Joule experiences, Joule for Developers, and Joule Studio are used in practice based on role, responsibility, and depth of engagement. Evaluate where SAP BTP capabilities, including extensibility and orchestration, become necessary to move beyond standard Joule usage.

New this year, SAPinsider is spotlighting the women driving innovation in technology and the allies who support them. This program brings their achievements into focus with interactive experiences that recognize bold leadership, celebrate progress, and ignite the ideas that will shape tomorrow. By bringing these voices together, we shift celebration into action. Engage in conversations that spark inspiration and accelerate progress. Connect with peers transforming how technology powers business and society. Participate in panels, roundtables, and networking designed to turn shared passion into new opportunities and lasting collaboration. With every connection made here, female leadership takes another step forward. And remember, you are not here by chance. You are here because you earned it. Leading Through Change: Session 1: Culture and inclusion evolution, AI and skills, and navigating adversity as leaders​. Session 2: Coaching & Mentoring: building networks, finding mentors, nurturing relationships, boosting critical thinking, and countering imposter syndrome. Session 3: (Active Workshop) The 5 Skills to Move When you Are Stuck. Session 4: Personal branding, social media to make an impact.

This session examines what it takes to move AI from early prototypes through pilots and into scalable, measurable business value across SAP environments. Attendees will learn how organizations assess which early ideas are worth advancing, sequence AI initiatives as maturity increases, and establish clear ownership as solutions move into live operations. Explore where organizations are seeing the strongest returns today, what differentiates high-impact initiatives from stalled efforts, and how adoption, trust, and governance shape AI outcomes at each stage. Gain practical insight into applying guardrails, managing risk as AI scales, and building the business case for continued investment using results that resonate with both technical and business stakeholders. Walk away with a clearer, end-to-end understanding of how to progress AI initiatives from experimentation to sustained enterprise value.

Threat intelligence indicates that threat actors have been evolving in recent years to target and exploit SAP applications to deploy ransomware, perform financial fraud, access SAP information, and use SAP application infrastructure. Join this session to review the threat actors that target SAP applications and understand their tactics, techniques, procedures, and motivations. This session will incorporate a deep dive into the latest zero-day exploitation of CVE-2025-31324, which led to the compromise of hundreds of SAP applications worldwide. Additionally, you will learn from practical examples of techniques used by real threat actors. Understand how to assess, detect and prevent these attacks through practical security measures that organizations must take to secure their SAP landscape, including SAP S/4HANA and applications exposed through SAP BTP. This session will cover: Known exploited vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and indicators of compromise that can help organizations detect security incidents affecting SAP applications. Practical mitigations and controls to secure SAP applications against known attacks. Simple steps to improve the security of SAP applications across on-premise and cloud environments.

Note: This lab session is BYOD (bring your own device). A limited number of devices may be available to borrow if needed. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   SAP Business Data Cloud is SAP’s strategic product for data warehousing in the cloud. This hands-on workshop delivers a series of activities focused on SAP Business Data Cloud. In this beginner session, you will learn to use the different components in SAP Business Data Cloud and how to get started leveraging your corporate data and creating your first data model. The session will provide you with hands-on experience in multiple areas of SAP Business Data Cloud. Key takeaways: The ability to get your hands on SAP Business Data Cloud. Understanding of the different components of SAP BDC. Knowledge of how to get started creating your first BDC data model.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

Whether you're on ECC or SAP S/4HANA, innovation can and should happen now. In this session, you’ll learn 10 practical strategies that unlock S/4HANA-style benefits (including enhanced financial insights, better analytics, and smarter planning), without waiting on a full migration.  This session will cover:  Native enhancements like Material Ledger, COGS splitting, and modern asset accounting.  Cloud extensions (SAC, Ariba, IBP, BTP/Fiori) that integrate directly with ECC or S/4. Strategic use of Central Finance for real-time Universal Journal reporting, bridging ECC to S/4.

SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance (IAG) extends SAP’s governance capabilities into hybrid and cloud landscapes, complementing - and in some scenarios modernizing - processes traditionally implemented in SAP Access Control (GRC). This instructor-led session walks through IAG architecture and the configuration building blocks needed to get value quickly: master data and repository setup, connecting target systems, synchronizing repository objects, and designing roles and access requests. You will see guided demonstrations of role design and simulations, workflow and custom field concepts, and the request lifecycle. The session concludes with a practical view of periodic reviews and privileged access governance concepts, supported by take-home exercises. By the end of this session, you will be able to: Explain IAG architecture and positioning relative to SAP Access Control (GRC). Identify key integration touchpoints (including identity and provisioning patterns commonly used with IAS/IPS). Configure foundational master data and repository synchronization required for risk analysis and access requests. Demonstrate role design concepts, run simulations, and understand access request workflow configuration. Describe how IAG supports periodic reviews and privileged access governance at a high level.

Drawing on firsthand experience guiding some of the world’s largest SAP Cloud ERP transformations, David Robinson, President of SAP North America, SAP Americas, will share how SAP is helping customers turn years of technical debt and customization into a launchpad for end-to-end, cloud-first ERP modernizations that emphasize clean core principles and AI adoption. He will exemplify why organizations must move from one-time projects to IT operating models that allow for persistent innovation rather than “go live” as an end state.

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept in Accounts Payable - it’s already redefining what “efficient” looks like in SAP. In this session, learn how AI-powered invoice automation with xSuite is moving AP teams closer to truly touchless processing - without compromising control, compliance, or SAP Clean Core principles. We’ll show how AI-driven invoice recognition and advanced capture lay the foundation for scalable, future-proof AP processes embedded directly in SAP. You’ll see how higher automation rates, better data quality, and fewer exceptions translate into faster cycle times and measurable operational gains. A special highlight is the Copilot of the future: an intelligent assistant that doesn’t just react, but actively supports AP teams - guiding decisions, handling routine tasks, and helping users focus on what really matters. Experience a live walkthrough of AI-enabled, end-to-end invoice processing with minimal manual touchpoints - and see how organizations are freeing up AP teams for higher-value, strategic work. Key takeaways: How AI enables higher automation rates and more consistent, touchless AP processes. How intelligent capture improves data quality and reduces exceptions. How an AI Copilot can actively support AP users and eliminate routine work. What measurable efficiency gains look like in AI-driven AP operations.

In this workshop, participants are guided through the process of building a clear and defensible business case for an SAP S/4HANA transformation, including the key financial, operational, and strategic decisions that shape program success. Attendees will come away equipped with the knowledge to: Build a clear and defensible SAP S/4HANA business case that aligns scope, deployment model, costs, risks, and expected outcomes. Evaluate deployment options, cloud incentives, subscription models, and key contract terms using structured decision criteria. Assess readiness gaps, risk factors, and operational impacts associated with different transformation choices. Develop a concise, board-level readout that communicates value, justifies decisions, and frames the transformation in outcome-driven terms.

Creating a data model within SAP Analytics Cloud or any SaaS Analytics tool is the hardest part of building stories or dashboards. This technical session provides actionable techniques and tips for developing data sets for your Analytics platforms that won't be found in any manual. You will learn: Why building a good model is the hardest part of any BI project. The concept of  ‘dimensionality of data’ and why it’s so important for building a good model. A little-known trick to reduce the size of large data sets. Some essential SQL functions you won't find anywhere else. When it’s better to use standard reporting tools like Business Objects or others.

Note: This lab session is BYOD (bring your own device). A limited number of devices may be available to borrow if needed. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   This hands-on lab guides attendees through building a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) scenario using SAP HANA Vector Engine to ground generative AI responses in trusted enterprise data. Participants will work through a guided, end-to-end exercise that demonstrates how semantic search and vector-based retrieval improve accuracy, relevance, and explainability for AI-driven applications. By attending, you will learn how to: Prepare and store vector embeddings in SAP HANA Vector Engine. Perform semantic search to retrieve contextually relevant enterprise data. Connect retrieved results to a generative AI workflow using RAG patterns. Evaluate how grounding improves response quality, trust, and usability in business scenarios. This lab emphasizes practical implementation and leaves participants with a working RAG prototype they can adapt to real-world use cases across analytics, operations, and application development.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

AI is everywhere, including your SAP solutions.  Line of Business leaders are under pressure to deliver business results and leverage AI.  Hear from customers who have implemented unique and innovative AI business use cases including Embedded AI in SAP Cloud solutions, and custom AI use cases leveraging BTP.  This session will be informative for organizations that are moving forward with SAP AI, deciding on their SAP AI strategy, or even live with a few SAP AI use cases and looking for what’s next for their innovation journey.  Questions this session can help answer include: How did these customers work with their business to identify AI use cases? What were the immediate benefits from their innovative implementation? What best practices were considered as part of their program? What’s next on these customers’ innovation road maps?

Norfolk Southern knew from the start that clean, reliable data would be the cornerstone of a successful SAP S/4HANA transformation. This session shares how the organization made data cleansing a strategic priority, from implementing scalable data profiling, cleansing, and validation processes to establishing sustainable governance models to ensure lasting data integrity. Understand the business impact of clean data in SAP S/4HANA and get tips to resolve common data quality issues in the ECC environment pre-migration. Plus, discuss key metrics the company used to measure data quality improvements and support continuous monitoring. Key takeaways: An understanding of how to make data cleansing a strategic priority. Real-world insight into our data cleansing project and processes. Key metrics that you can use to monitor and measure your data quality.

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, effective data management is crucial for organizations aiming to integrate their systems and leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to drive innovation and efficiency. Join us for an insightful session where we will explore how Boomi can seamlessly connect everything—from SAP systems to AI applications—enabling our customers to unlock new opportunities and enhance operational performance through robust data strategies. Key takeaways: Integration Made Easy: Discover how Boomi's low-code integration platform simplifies the process of connecting SAP with various applications and data sources. This ensures a smooth flow of information across your organization, enhancing data accessibility and integrity. Harnessing AI Capabilities: Learn how to effectively manage and leverage AI technologies within your SAP environment. Gain deeper insights, automate processes, and enhance decision-making through intelligent data utilization. Importance of Data Organization: Understand the critical need for well-organized and managed data before embarking on AI initiatives. Proper data governance and structure are essential for maximizing the effectiveness of AI applications and ensuring reliable outcomes. Live Demo: Experience a live demonstration of Boomi Agents that process overdue/unpaid invoices. Witness how automating manual and error-prone processes can lead to efficient data management and improved collection of payments from customers. Future-Proof Your Business: Understand the critical role of a connected ecosystem in driving digital transformation. Learn how Boomi can help you stay ahead in a competitive landscape by ensuring your data is integrated, accessible, and actionable.

ERP modernizations fueled by SAP S/4HANA migrations, cloud adoption, and hybrid strategies often uncover access risks that threaten compliance, security, and project timelines across the full SAP ecosystem and beyond. This session showcases authentic customer success stories illustrating how Saviynt Application Access Governance (AAG) along with Accenture's expertise delivers unified protection and accelerates transformations across the enterprise.   You will learn how to: Assess access governance solutions to address risks in dynamic ERP modernization efforts spanning SAP and non-SAP applications. Apply AI-powered modern tools to proactively detect, visualize, and resolve risks across diverse landscapes. Execute smooth migrations and capture measurable value through effective partner implementations.

As SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC) approaches end of life, finance teams are reassessing whether their planning and consolidation environments can meet today’s operational and reporting demands. In this session, Cirrus Logic shares its experience moving off SAP BPC and modernizing finance processes using CCH Tagetik. Attendees will dive into Cirrus Logic's finance transformation journey and:  Understand the factors that led Cirrus Logic to move off SAP BPC, including the need for an SAP-centric solution that reduced IT dependence and combined planning and consolidation in a single EPM platform See how CCH Tagetik integrates with Cirrus Logic’s SAP environment and why that mattered to the team Take away lessons from a nine-month implementation focused on improving speed, accuracy, and flexibility

As SAP landscapes evolve with more frequent updates, cloud services, and SAP S/4HANA innovations, traditional testing approaches often struggle to keep pace. Test automation is no longer optional; it is foundational to protecting business continuity, reducing risk, and enabling faster, more confident change. This session explores what has changed in SAP testing and what actually works today, using AI-powered test automation as a practical enabler—not a buzzword.  Attendees will examine key capabilities from Worksoft Connective Automation Platform 2026 in the context of proven SAP quality strategies and come away with: An understanding of how modern automation approaches support resilient test design, smarter execution, and sustainable maintenance across complex SAP business processes. Clear, actionable guidance for integrating automation into your SAP delivery pipeline. Actionable guidance to reduce test debt and scale testing with confidence as change accelerates.

As SAP environments move to the cloud—whether through RISE with SAP Private Cloud Edition (PCE) or on hyperscalers—security teams face a larger attack surface and added complexity, while still needing to protect user experience and performance for SAP users. In this session, Zscaler leaders will explain how a Zero Trust approach helps secure high-value SAP investments during and after cloud migration, featuring real-world customer perspectives from Siemens, Volkswagen, and Deutsche Börse.

This session examines how Loparex recovered from a challenging SAP S/4HANA go-live across four manufacturing sites, when adoption gaps, master data issues, and planning misalignment pushed teams back to manual workarounds and undermined confidence in the system. Learn from Loparex’s experience and come away equipped to: Recognize early indicators that post–go-live SAP S/4HANA value is eroding before issues become entrenched. Distinguish between technical stabilization issues and execution breakdowns driven by adoption, data, and planning gaps. Move beyond a deployment-focused mindset by reinforcing education, behavior change, and execution discipline after go-live. Protect the expected return on SAP S/4HANA investments by addressing execution risks during planning and correcting breakdowns in live operations.

Hear how the senior leadership team at Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) guided an SAP modernization initiative that brought SAP S/4HANA, SAP Service Cloud, SAP Business Technology Platform, Fiori UX, and a new customer portal live in a single coordinated deployment. Learn how they aligned business and IT around a shared vision; structured project teams and decision rights across functional leads, IT, and system integrators; and used a disciplined change management model with regular leadership engagement to keep people, processes, and technology in sync. Find out why they chose to implement multiple capabilities at once, how that decision shaped their target-state architecture and future platform plans, and what outcomes they achieved, so you can apply similar practices to your own SAP modernization initiative. Key Takeaways: Real-world strategies for aligning business and IT around a shared modernization vision. Insights on how to keep people, processes, and technology in sync through a disciplined change management model. An understanding of how key decisions shaped architecture and future platform plans.

Note: This lab session includes laptops for attendee use, available on a first-come, first-served basis.  You are welcome to bring your own device if preferred. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   This hands-on lab explores a modern enterprise IAM (Intelligent Access Management) scenario spanning complex SAP and non-SAP landscapes. Participants will work through an identity lifecycle in which Microsoft Entra, ROI iAM running on SAP BTP, and SAP GRC Access Control are used together to provision access to Salesforce, from user creation and automated provisioning to AI-driven access requests and traceability across systems. By attending, participants will learn how to: Enable Microsoft Entra to act as a central IAM for SAP and non-SAP applications. Create users in Microsoft Entra to trigger automated provisioning to SAP BTP applications. Configure identity lifecycle steps using ROI iAM as an access management accelerator for Entra. Submit self-service access requests for Salesforce using natural language with SAP Joule. Execute risk evaluation for non-SAP permissions using SAP GRC Access Control and review end-to-end traceability in Microsoft Entra and SAP Joule.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

If your SAP core isn’t steady, nothing else sticks. Attend this session to see how Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a consistent, disciplined foundation for running SAP systems reliably through change.  You will learn how to: Standardize SAP environments using consistent Red Hat Enterprise Linux builds to enable steadier day-2 operations and reduce configuration drift. Establish migration-safe maintenance rhythms that improve reliability while minimizing downtime during change. Apply practical high availability and disaster recovery patterns that balance resilience with operational simplicity. Identify where targeted, light automation delivers measurable time and cost savings by reducing outage windows before, during, and after SAP migrations.

Attend this session for an up-to-date look at SAP Integration Suite and its role in supporting scalable, governed integration across hybrid SAP landscapes.  By attending, you will:  Get a guided tour of SAP Integration Suite's current capabilities, architectural positioning, and product roadmap, including how SAP is evolving support for APIs, events, and messaging. Gain clarity on where SAP is investing and what that means for shaping future platform and integration plans. Understand how SAP Integration Suite fits into broader transformation initiatives, including cloud adoption and clean core strategies.

This session from SAP provides an overview of the latest news, enhancements, and strategic roadmap for SAP Security. It highlights recent innovations, key capability improvements, and upcoming developments designed to strengthen security, compliance, and resilience across SAP landscapes. Attendees will gain insight into SAP’s security direction and how these updates support evolving business and regulatory requirements.

Ensuring your SAP S/4HANA system is still secure and compliant with your licensing agreements after a brownfield upgrade can be a challenge. While the introduction of Fiori can be a tremendous UI improvement for end users, an uncontrolled introduction of Fiori functions can lead to a nightmare of unauthorized access and SOD violations. Join this session to gain insight into a holistic approach to securing a brownfield SAP S/4HANA upgrade using GRC Access Control to maximize compliance while minimizing effort and RISE license costs. In this session, you will learn how to: Reengineer granular, SOD-compliant security roles to simplify the upgrade process. Harmonize Fiori catalogs with security in a holistic approach to reduce work significantly. Optimize RISE license fees as part of the reengineering."

Join this session to understand the latest AI innovations and roadmap for the Accounting and Financial Close and area within the SAP Financial Management portfolio of applications including SAP Advanced Financial Closing, SAP Universal Journal, SAP Universal Revenue Recognition, Value Chain Analysis, Universal Parallel Accounting, and SAP Accounting Automation by BlackLine. Learn high level strategies to tackle IFRS 18.  Understand how SAP is bringing together apps, data, and AI into the SAP Business Suite creating a virtuous flywheel utilizing SAP Business AI, Joule, and SAP Business Data Cloud.  By attending this session, you will: Understand SAP’s Business Suite and AI strategy. Learn about the key AI Innovations and roadmap for the SAP Accounting and Financial Close and area within the SAP Financial Management portfolio of applications. Understand the latest Agentic AI strategy for Accounting and Financial Close. Understand the latest product updates for SAP Advanced Financial Closing, SAP Universal Journal, SAP Universal Revenue Recognition, Value Chain Analysis, Universal Parallel Accounting, and SAP Accounting Automation by BlackLine.

Explore how Agentic AI is transforming SAP S/4HANA by autonomously executing, orchestrating, and optimizing business workflows.  Step through real-world use cases and demos for insight into:  Practical use cases across the line of business that deliver measurable business value. How to design, build, and embed SAP AI agents seamlessly into SAP S/4HANA to accelerate intelligent enterprise outcomes.

As AI becomes increasingly embedded in SAP landscapes, it becomes essential to understand where different Joule capabilities apply across application development, extensibility, and automation, including how responsibilities shift across teams.  Attend this session to:  Distinguish between Joule for Developers and Joule Studio, including differences in purpose, timing, and ownership across development and extensibility scenarios. Understand how Joule for Developers is embedded into tools such as SAP Build and ABAP Cloud to accelerate design-time development tasks without changing application architecture. Examine how Joule Studio enables SAP teams to create, structure, and govern AI-powered skills and agents that execute business actions across SAP and non-SAP systems. Identify which roles and use cases are best suited for development.

The future of work is evolving at unprecedented speed, and organizations that harness AI-powered transformation are pulling ahead. A new model is emerging—the Frontier Firm—where human ambition is amplified by AI agents to unlock entirely new levels of productivity, agility, and value creation. In this session, we explore how AI agents are moving beyond automation to become active contributors within the enterprise, augmenting human capabilities and enabling outcome-based work models that replace rigid hierarchies. Frontier Firms are organizing around results, not roles, empowering dynamic teams that adapt in real time as business needs change. Attendees will learn why fragmented AI tools limit scale, and how integrated AI ecosystems accelerate adoption across functions while maintaining trust. We’ll also examine why governance, security, and responsible AI are no longer back-office concerns, but strategic enablers of sustainable transformation. Key takeaways: AI agents are redefining productivity by augmenting human work and removing traditional capacity limits. Outcome-based work models enable faster, more adaptive teams aligned to business results. Integrated, secure AI foundations are essential to scale innovation responsibly and competitively. Frontier Firms aren’t waiting for the future of work - they’re building it now.

The 2027 SAP ECC deadline is fast approaching, but it’s more than a compliance milestone. Successful migrations require clarity, shared ownership, and the foresight to treat transformation as a business strategy. In this session, we’ll share real-world case studies showing how organizations have avoided common pitfalls, strengthened operations, and built a future-ready digital core. You’ll leave with practical lessons to navigate your own journey with confidence and turn migration into a launchpad for growth. In this session, you will: Understand how to approach migration as a catalyst for growth. Hear how to avoid common pitfalls that hold organizations back. Review customer examples for insight into migration best practices.

CIOs and CFOs are capital allocators – they have a finite budget and multiple demands for transformation, innovation, and keeping things running. Businesses are looking to start their Transformation journeys but are facing significant budget challenges in initiating critical large projects like S/4HANA, Cloud migration, re-defining supply chains, and improving customer experiences. Technology rationalization can help organizations free up budget by identifying and eliminating redundant, dated, or underutilized tech. components. In this session, you will understand how you can conduct a successful application rationalization program in a structured manner and maximize value from your IT investments. We will cover how to identify candidates for rationalization, how to unearth shadow IT, using LeanIX to do application rationalization, and a clear 4-week action plan for the attendees to take back. Key Takeaways: Expert insight into the budget challenges facing leaders on critical large projects. Critical advice for maximizing value from your IT investments. A 4-week action plan for technology rationalization.

Still manually entering data into SAP systems? It’s time to let AI take over. This interactive session explores how AI-powered automation can convert complex, human-readable documents into structured data ready for SAP, eliminating the need for manual input across key business areas such as finance, supply chain, and compliance.  In this session, you will: Gain insights into how to start small, scale effectively, and identify high-impact use cases that make AI adoption practical and valuable. Understand how AI can automate manual data entry tasks across SAP processes by transforming complex documents into structured, system-ready data. Explore real-world examples of AI-driven automation in global trade, finance, and customer service operations using SAP BTP. Discuss strategies to implement a flexible, scalable framework that works with ECC, SAP S/4HANA, GTS, and third-party systems without requiring RISE. Discover a practical approach to AI adoption, starting with a single use case and expanding based on ROI and operational impact. Examine technical requirements, integration options, and best practices for maintaining high data accuracy and compliance in automated workflows.

From reactive to proactive. This session will show how Siemens Healthineers protects his critical SAP assets proactively in a global environment on its transformation to SAP Cloud ERP Private (RISE with SAP). We'll explore how the company ensures resilience and robustness against evolving cyber threats and maintains operational continuity and regulatory compliance. This session will explore SAP Cloud ERP Private (RISE with SAP) Security Strategy: Explore the specific security challenges and considerations of a large-scale migration and how a global company like Siemens Healthineers is addressing them.  The Role of Onapsis: Learn how a specialized security platform helps to protect critical SAP systems by providing continuous vulnerability management, threat detection, and compliance monitoring.  Ensuring Business Resilience: Discover the strategies and best practices Siemens Healthineers uses to maintain operational continuity and minimize disruption during its digital transformation.  Maintaining Regulatory Compliance: Understand how a proactive security strategy helps to meet and sustain compliance with global and industry-specific regulations, such as those in the healthcare sector.  Protecting a Global Environment: Gain insights into the complexities of securing SAP assets across a large, distributed, and global organization.

As SAP landscapes become more complex and hybrid, teams are under pressure to modernize integrations and operating models without destabilizing systems that must remain available and compliant. This session examines how integration modernization and operational readiness can be sequenced using Red Hat as a stable runtime foundation, enabling teams to move away from legacy middleware without introducing unnecessary risk or architectural sprawl. Attendees will learn how to: Establish and maintain operational stability as integration architectures evolve, ensuring readiness before change and resilience during modernization. Apply clear decision criteria for targeted automation, focusing on where automation reduces downtime and operational risk during migration and cutover activities. Shift integration and orchestration responsibilities away from PI/PO-style middleware, using edge-based patterns that preserve a clean SAP core and support SAP BTP adoption. Translate demonstrated patterns into action, using reusable checklists and decision templates to guide integration and operational decisions in complex, hybrid SAP environments.

This session shares a real‑world SAP S/4HANA transformation approach focused on reducing cost, risk, and complexity through early data archiving and legacy system decommissioning. Learn how a clean, cloud‑based content strategy supports a lean SAP S/4HANA core while preserving compliant access to historical data. You will learn how to: Clean up and archive before migration to reduce SAP S/4HANA cost, risk, and timelines. Decommission ECC safely using SAP‑certified, cloud‑based archiving. Preserve business access to legacy data without burdening the SAP S/4HANA core.

As Alberta’s largest financial services provider, ATB Financial doesn't just compete with the "Big Banks"—it outmaneuvers them. The secret? A relentless focus on agile, advanced IT infrastructure. In this session, join ATB Financial’s Ben Fleming, Senior member of IT staff, for an inside look at how they successfully deployed S/4HANA and SAP BTP to drive business-wide automation. Discover how ATB designed an advanced on-premises environment that balances the power of S/4HANA with the flexibility of SAP BTP and the Integration Suite. You’ll learn how their strategic partnership with SUSE created a rock-solid foundation that delivers: Maximum Availability: Achieving "always-on" status for critical banking applications. Operational Simplicity: Reducing the overhead of administration and maintenance. Fortified Security: Proactively shielding the SAP landscape from emerging vulnerabilities. Get a first-hand account of the architectural choices, the challenges faced during the transition, and the lessons learned from one of Canada’s leading SAP early adopters.

As finance organizations plan their move to SAP S/4HANA, one critical question remains: What can you do now to prepare your Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) processes for the future? This session examines how finance teams are modernizing EPM as part of their SAP S/4HANA journey to reduce complexity and accelerate value. Attendees will see how CCH Tagetik delivers a unified, AI-enabled platform running natively on SAP HANA to support core finance processes within SAP-centric environments. By attending, you will learn how to: Accelerate time to value using a unified platform for consolidation, planning, ESG, and tax. Run EPM natively on SAP HANA to reduce integration complexity and IT overhead. Enable a phased, low-risk approach without disrupting evolving SAP systems. Apply agentic AI to improve data preparation, forecast accuracy, and data interrogation.

This session will equip you with a practical view of how The Andersons navigated their SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting 2023 upgrade, transforming financial close processes, modernizing reporting, and stabilizing new workflow capabilities. Get an in-depth look at how they validated updated journal entry workflows, resolved complex authorization issues, and redesigned CDS-based reporting to improve performance and support quarterly and year-end requirements. Also see how they refined Analysis for Office outputs, clarified Consolidation of Investments logic, implemented a structured transport strategy, and established comprehensive documentation to keep environments aligned. Gain actionable insights on how coordinated testing and cross-functional troubleshooting eliminated reporting bottlenecks and prepared the business for full adoption of the latest SAP Group Reporting features. Key takeaways include: Lessons learned from implementing the new Group Reporting journal workflow. Approaches to optimizing CDS-based reporting for performance and flexibility. Coordination strategies for client-side testing, security roles, and documentation. How targeted consulting support can complement in-house S/4HANA upgrade efforts. Limitations and challenges encountered during the transition, and how they were addressed collaboratively.

This SAP GRC for SAP HANA 1.0 Roadmap Session will provide a forward-looking view of SAP’s evolving Governance, Risk, and Compliance portfolio as organizations face rising regulatory complexity and digital risk. The session highlights key innovations across Access Control, Process Control, Risk Management, and Audit Management, with emphasis on cloud transformation, AI-enabled capabilities, and tighter integration with SAP ecosystem. Attendees will learn what’s coming in SAP’s roadmap, how it impacts current landscapes, and the practical steps needed to modernize GRC processes. Participants will leave with clarity on future direction and actionable guidance to prepare for the next generation of intelligent, connected GRC.

This session provides an overview of the core capabilities of SAP Business Data Cloud and a forward-looking view of how the platform is evolving across data management, analytics, and AI. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of which capabilities are available today, what's coming in the next 12 months, and how BDC supports their data and AI priorities.

In February, SAP Business Suite marked its first anniversary. This session uses that milestone as a starting point to examine how the integration of applications, data, and AI within SAP Business Suite cloud capabilities supports business efficiency, intelligence, and innovation, and how the journey to SAP Business Suite can reshape operations while helping organizations maximize their technology investments. Attend this session to: Understand why SAP Business Suite matters to you as an SAP customer. Get an understanding of its building blocks. Obtain an overview of how to plan for your journey to the SAP Business Suite. Understand key tools, services, and enablers that SAP provides to ensure customer success in this journey.

This session provides an overview of SAP Cloud ALM and its role as SAP’s strategic application lifecycle management platform for cloud and hybrid SAP landscapes.  By attending, you will:  Understand the role of SAP Cloud ALM within SAP’s ALM portfolio and how it differs from SAP Solution Manager and third-party ALM tools. Explore Cloud ALM capabilities across implementation, testing, deployment, and operations using a lifecycle-driven perspective. See how SAP Cloud ALM integrates with SAP S/4HANA Cloud ERP, SAP BTP, and SAP Integration Suite to support end-to-end visibility. Gain insight into the Cloud ALM roadmap, including upcoming enhancements and strategic innovation themes shaping future releases.

Explore how SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) is evolving as the central hub for planning, analytics, and intelligent decision-making. As business environments become more complex, organizations need connected data, advanced planning capabilities, and AI-driven insights to stay ahead. This session will cover the future direction of SAP Analytics Cloud, with an emphasis on three key areas: Core Planning, Artificial Intelligence, and the data platform that underpins planning. This session will cover:  All-in-one platform for analytics and planning: SAP Analytics Cloud combines business intelligence, planning, and predictive capabilities in a single, unified environment. Collaborative, workflow-driven planning: End users can create, adjust, and submit plans within structured workflows, improving transparency, accountability, and speed. AI-powered, data-driven decisions: Embedded artificial intelligence and tight integration with SAP data platforms enable more accurate forecasts, scenario analysis, and real-time insights.

AI is moving from experimentation to execution inside SAP environments, and organizations need clearer visibility into what is working today. This session showcases real-world examples of SAP Business AI across finance, supply chain, and cross-industry processes in ECC and SAP S/4HANA landscapes, highlighting how teams are improving outcomes without disrupting stable processes. Attendees will gain practical clarity on where AI fits, how to prioritize use cases, and how to approach adoption with commercial and technical confidence. Key Learning Objectives: Identify practical starting points for SAP Business AI that deliver measurable value with minimal process disruption, and evaluate potential use cases using straightforward value versus cost logic. Understand how SAP Business Technology Platform enables orchestration, integration, and responsible adoption of SAP Business AI. Gain a clear understanding of AI consumption and licensing basics to support planning, budgeting, and scaling decisions. Recognize how Joule embeds AI within SAP business processes to drive measurable, day-to-day impact.

Despite years of investment in SAP-led digital supply chains, many organizations continue to operate in fragmented, reactionary modes, with planners constrained by disconnected data, manual intervention, and delayed responses to disruption. In this session, KPMG explores how it is helping clients shift from human-initiated, system-supported decision-making to AI-initiated, human-supervised orchestration using SAP-native capabilities. Attendees will: Understand the architecture and governance model for deploying agentic AI across SAP environments, including the role of human oversight. Learn how to embed autonomous agents into SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform to support real-time supply chain orchestration. See how to shift from manual firefighting to AI-initiated, human-supervised decision-making within SAP supply chain processes. Step through a consumer goods case study to see how AI agents monitored inbound risk, forecast deviations, and production performance, cutting planning cycle time by 50% and improving fulfillment KPIs.

SAP S/4HANA migrations are routinely under-delivered — not because the technology fails, but because the business case is developed too late, the roadmap is built in isolation, and C-suite buy-in is secured on cost rather than value.  In this session, Resulting’s Head of Growth challenges that model by showing how a structured, strategy-first roadmapping approach reframes the conversation, positioning a technology migration as a board-level driver of growth. Attendees will learn:  Why most S/4HANA business cases fail the boardroom — and how to fix that. How to map strategic priorities directly to SAP S/4HANA capabilities. How to reframe migration from an IT cost to a board-level growth investment. How to build a roadmap the C-suite will actually champion. How to phase your migration to reduce risk and avoid the big-bang trap. What CFOs, COOs, and CIOs need to see to give and sustain sign-off. How to align competing executive agendas around a single coherent plan. Why value realization must be designed in from day one vs bolted on after go-live. How to ensure your SAP investment delivers value within the timeline the business expects. How tools and accelerators like Resulting IT's agentic AI architect S4SensAI fast-tracks your roadmap, scoping, and value identification.

Finance transformation often stalls when planning and close are spread across fragmented ERPs, disconnected teams, and spreadsheet-heavy processes that slow decisions and limit scalability. In this session, NTT DATA Business Solutions shares its journey to establish an integrated Enterprise Performance Management foundation using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and SimpleFi Solutions' EPM Applications to unify planning, reporting, and financial consolidations in a single platform.  You will hear how the team prioritized speed-to-value by leveraging SimpleFi's expertise and application content (without “starting from scratch”). The session will walk through a practical roadmap that sequences capability rollout across consolidations and global planning design, headcount planning, pipeline and revenue planning, expenses and direct costs, and ultimately CapEx, balance sheet, and cash flow to deliver an end-to-end finance view for the CFO.Beyond the architecture, the speakers will outline their execution “compass”: design for expansion, ensure finance-led ownership, keep clarity of vision, and accelerate responsibly with IP, reinforced by lessons on sequencing, cross-functional collaboration, and early data quality readiness.Finally, the session will quantify why this matters: reducing manual extraction and spreadsheet risk, enabling automated synchronization, improving transparency of assumptions, and delivering real-time analytics and cost-center-level planning with consolidated views. In this session, you will: Learn how to deliver SAP Enterprise Performance Management using SimpleFi’s EPM Applications (with SAP Analytics Cloud) to unify planning, reporting, and Financial Planning and Consolidations in one platform. Identify why finance transformation stalls in fragmented ERP and spreadsheet-heavy environments, and what to change to regain speed and scalability. Understand a pragmatic rollout roadmap across consolidations, global planning design, headcount, pipeline and revenue, expenses and direct costs, and ultimately CapEx, balance sheet, and cash flow. Discover how to accelerate speed-to-value by leveraging proven application content and expert delivery, avoiding “start-from-scratch” implementations. Take away execution principles and measurable outcomes: design for expansion, finance-led ownership, data readiness, reduced manual extraction and spreadsheet risk, automated synchronization, transparent assumptions, and real-time analytics.

Note: This lab session includes laptops for attendee use, available on a first-come, first-served basis.  You are welcome to bring your own device if preferred. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   This lab teaches participants how to use Joule Studio to turn application logic, services, and workflows into AI-powered capabilities that execute structured business actions.  Attendees will learn how to:  Build a custom Joule skill in Joule Studio by packaging application logic, services, and workflows into a working business action. Configure and test a Joule agent and determine when agent-based execution is appropriate compared to a skill. Apply grounding, input controls, and execution constraints to produce consistent, predictable results. Connect skills and agents to SAP and non-SAP systems to execute an end-to-end business scenario.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

As organizations move to SAP S/4HANA and adopt cloud-first strategies, achieving a Clean Core—across custom code, configuration, and business processes—has become essential to reducing complexity and minimizing technical debt. Yet finding the right balance between standardization and the flexibility your business needs can be challenging. AI is changing the equation. By applying AI to analyze customizations, streamline processes, and guide modernization decisions, organizations can accelerate their path to a Clean Core and sustain it more effectively. This approach goes beyond ABAP code remediation, enabling a broader transformation of both technical and operational layers of the SAP environment. In this session, you will: Understand how AI accelerates progress toward achieving and maintaining a Clean Core. Discover Practical ways to use AI to identify, manage, and minimize custom code. Learn how AI can streamline and standardize end to end business processes. Discover techniques to future proof your SAP landscape with AI while keeping technical debt low.

As organizations pivot toward becoming "intelligent enterprises," Enterprise Architects are at the forefront of AI-driven transformation. This session addresses the challenge of integrating AI capabilities—not as isolated features, but as foundational elements—across the enterprise technology stack to create truly adaptive and responsive business environments. You’ll learn how to embed AI across architecture layers using SAP tools like Joule, Knowledge Graphs, and Business AI — enabling adaptive, intelligent enterprises ready for the next wave of innovation. Learn how to: Embed AI across enterprise layers using SAP tools. Develop resilient, flexible architectural blueprints that accommodate continuous AI innovation and future technological shifts. See real-world use cases driving AI-first transformation.

Ask the Experts sessions provide an informal setting to connect one-on-one with subject matter experts and experienced end users on specific areas of expertise. Bring your pressing questions and be ready to discuss your key challenges and priorities. Topics Covered: SAP Business AI, AI Consumption and Licensing, and SAP BTP.

Attend this session for insight into why many SAP S/4HANA and AI initiatives fail to deliver the agility, visibility, and business value organizations expect, and how common execution breakdowns undermine outcomes despite significant investment. Key learning objectives:  Identify the most frequent failure points that limit value realization in SAP S/4HANA and AI programs. Prevent issues such as incorrect configuration, inconsistent master data, and process behaviors misaligned with standard SAP S/4HANA functionality. Align processes, data, and planning practices to support stable execution and operational agility. Apply a practical blueprint to position SAP S/4HANA as a business asset that delivers measurable operational and financial results.

In today’s data-driven world, organizations that lack a well-defined data and analytics strategy risk falling behind their competition. But what does a strong strategy look like, and how can companies develop one that drives business value? This session will explore the critical components of a successful data and analytics strategy, why it is essential for modern enterprises, and how organizations can approach its development. We will break down key elements, including data governance, integration, analytics enablement, cloud strategy, and AI/ML adoption. Additionally, we’ll discuss common pitfalls, best practices, and actionable steps to align data initiatives with business goals. Whether you are starting from scratch or refining an existing strategy, this session will equip you with the tools to drive data-driven transformation in your organization. In this session, you will: Gain insights into real-world implementation approaches.  Learn how to measure the success of their strategy. Leave with a roadmap to build a data and analytics foundation that delivers tangible business outcomes.

This interactive session examines a challenge familiar to managers and budget holders across industries: enterprise workflows fragmented across inboxes, portals, and applications that slow execution and reduce visibility. Through guided discussion and live demonstrations, attendees see how SAP workflows such as approvals, notifications, and data capture from systems such as SAP S/4HANA can be handled directly within Microsoft Teams, simplifying day-to-day work while improving control and decision speed.  By attending, you will:  See live demonstrations of SAP workflows, including approvals, notifications, and data capture, executed directly within Microsoft Teams. Learn how in-context workflows reduce inbox overload and eliminate delays caused by fragmented tools. Explore practical patterns for simplifying enterprise workflows while maintaining visibility and accountability. Engage with peers and experts to ask questions, compare approaches, and identify realistic next steps for modernizing SAP-driven work.

As organizations accelerate their SAP S/4HANA transformations, maintaining compliance across access controls, audit requirements, and stakeholder alignment becomes increasingly complex. In this session, KPMG and Chevron reveal how they successfully navigated these challenges by incorporating intelligent systems for risk identification into the digital core build process. By engaging key stakeholders—including Internal Controls, Corporate Audit, and External Audit—from the onset, the team enabled real-time coordination with the build team and proactively mitigated access and SOD risks through AI-driven insights before they could become systemic. Discover how the entity’s compliance strategy uncovered hidden risks, aligned cross-functional teams, and integrated controls throughout the transformation lifecycle. Attendees will gain practical insights into how to apply similar strategies to their own SAP initiatives. In this session, you will: Integrate compliance with stakeholders including audit functions—into the build process for real-time alignment. Design a proactive access control strategy that prevents issues before go-live. Leverage cross-functional collaboration to embed compliance into every phase of SAP S/4HANA transformation. Apply AI techniques to identify and mitigate SOD risks early in the transformation lifecycle.

Organizations are accelerating their SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) and SAP Datasphere implementations by adopting an AI-augmented development strategy. This approach enabled the organization to automate the creation of tailored Core Data Services (CDS) views and SQL logic, dramatically reducing manual effort and increasing development speed. The result was a significant boost in productivity, faster delivery timelines, and improved adaptability to unique business needs. This session will explore how AI-powered development techniques can streamline SAP data projects and unlock new value. Attendees will gain insight into how automation can simplify complex tasks, improve scalability, and support integration with platforms like Microsoft Fabric. The discussion will also cover best practices in SAP data modeling and de-normalization, offering practical guidance for teams looking to enhance agility and deliver more impactful outcomes from their SAP investments. In this session, you will: Discover how AI-driven tools can automate the creation of tailored CDS views, streamlining SAP BDC and Datasphere implementations. Learn how our clients are leveraging innovative development approaches to enhance productivity and reduce project timelines. Explore best practices in SAP data modeling and de-normalization for improved accuracy and integration with Microsoft Fabric. Understand how adopting AI techniques can unlock new business value and drive faster, impactful outcomes from SAP data initiatives.

Join major UK retailer, Sainsbury’s, and SAP Cybersecurity leader, SecurityBridge, as they share how embedded security safeguarded Sainsbury’s SAP S/4HANA transformation from planning through go-live. Discover how proactive controls, automated checks, and real-time visibility eliminated blind spots and strengthened compliance and resilience.  Speakers Sushil Barai and Elizabeth Murphy bring decades of enterprise security experience, offering practical lessons for SAP teams, architects, and CISOs looking to build security and trust into their digital core. In this session, you will: Learn how SecurityBridge's embedded security safeguarded Sainsbury’s SAP S/4HANA transformation from planning through go-live. Discover how proactive controls, automated checks, and real-time visibility eliminated blind spots and strengthened compliance and resilience. Understand how native SAP security support can change the game for the SAP enterprise sector.

Find out how Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) made clean core enforceable within its SAP S/4HANA program by establishing clear governance, decision criteria, and escalation paths for application development teams. Attendees will learn how the company evaluated extensibility versus custom enhancements, managed deviations based on business value and risk, and worked with SAP to resolve edge cases while protecting long-term system integrity. By attending, you will:  Understand how JLR embedded clean core as an enforced design principle across its SAP S/4HANA program. Hear how they leveraged an SAP Activate–aligned “SAP Standardization Board” to govern design, extensibility, and enhancement decisions. Explore real examples where SAP extensibility tools reduced the number of enhancements, and where deviations were necessary to deliver business outcomes. Learn how tiered design authority and direct collaboration with SAP helped maintain long-term system integrity.

As American Industrial Transport (AITX) evaluated its path to the cloud, leadership needed a clear, data-backed way to assess options and justify a potential move forward. In this session, learn how AITX used SAP Signavio process intelligence and AI-driven analysis to uncover inefficiencies, quantify value opportunities, and replace assumptions with objective insight. Hear how those findings were translated into a business case that aligned stakeholders, prioritized investments, and supported informed decision-making around cloud ERP and RISE with SAP. Attendees will come away with practical guidance for using process data to evaluate cloud transformation options and structure more effective executive-level discussions.

Printing remains mission critical to SAP business operations, yet cloud-based SAP services do not have direct visibility into printers secured behind corporate firewalls. As organizations adopt RISE with SAP and SAP BTP, this disconnect introduces new challenges for delivering business-critical output.  This session examines how to ensure printing reliability as SAP landscapes evolve. Key learning objectives: Assess printing dependencies within SAP landscapes to identify mission-critical output. Understand printing challenges introduced by RISE with SAP and SAP BTP. Evaluate the relevance of emerging standards such as IPP Everywhere and Microsoft Modern Print. Identify common failure scenarios affecting SAP printing in cloud and hybrid environments. Design reliable and secure printing architectures for SAP landscapes.

AI is redefining how finance operates. From accelerating the close to enabling predictive planning and real-time liquidity decisions, AI is creating a new standard for speed, accuracy, and insight. This session will cover findings from SAPinsider’s State of the Market: Finance Technology and Automation Report, revealing how leading organizations with SAP environments are deploying AI to transform core processes and what’s next for the intelligent finance function. Join this session to understand how to: Apply insights about the AI revolution in finance to your own strategic roadmap. Identify key trends in AI and automation adoption within finance operations in SAP environments. Explain how AI-driven solutions improve efficiency in financial close and record-to-report processes. Analyze the impact of predictive analytics and scenario modeling on planning and forecasting. Evaluate strategies for leveraging automation to enhance cash management and liquidity visibility in SAP environments. Compare your organization’s finance technology maturity against SAPinsider community benchmarks. Develop an action plan for prioritizing AI and automation use cases in finance transformation.

As SAP customers move toward cloud-centric landscapes, transitioning from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM requires more than replacing one tool with another. This session examines the fundamental differences in architecture, operating model, and scope that require teams to rethink how application lifecycle management is delivered in cloud-first SAP landscapes. Attendees will:  Identify which common SAP Solution Manager use cases map to SAP Cloud ALM and which require changes in approach or continued use of other tools. Learn how organizations typically phase the transition by lifecycle use case, including parallel operation across implementation, testing, and operations. Evaluate organizational, process, and governance impacts that teams should plan for when moving to SAP Cloud ALM.

SAP Treasury is evolving fast—and staying current is the key to staying competitive. This session will cover the latest innovations across SAP S/4HANA Treasury and Risk Management, including newly released features, embedded intelligence, real-time analytics, and SAP Fiori apps that are changing the way Treasury operates. Whether you're just starting your SAP S/4HANA journey or looking to optimize your existing setup, this session will give you a practical, no-fluff rundown of the tools, features, and capabilities that matter most. Delivered with real-world client examples, this session is a must for Treasury, Finance, and IT leaders who want to lead the curve, not chase it. In this session, you will learn to: Identify the most impactful new features across SAP S/4HANA Treasury.  Leverage the latest Fiori apps for payments, cash visibility, and deal execution. Take advantage of recent innovations in bank connectivity, acknowledgments, and security.  Understand SAP’s Treasury roadmap and how to align it with your digital strategy.  Avoid common missteps when activating new functionality post go-live.

SAP environments generate security signals that are hard for traditional SOC and MDR services to interpret because the “why” often lives in identity, authorizations, and business context - not just logs. As a result, teams face alert fatigue, slow triage, and containment steps that stay outside SAP in tickets and spreadsheets instead of becoming verified, auditable actions.  In this session, we’ll show how an AI-driven SOC as a Service (SOCaaS) purpose-built for SAP connects SOC workflows with Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) to enrich detections with relevant context, automatically build evidence packs, and guide analysts from investigation to decision.  You’ll learn how guardrail-based automation can handle SOC1/SOC2 tasks end-to-end while keeping SOC3 in control for high-impact approvals - so response actions remain governed and compliant. Finally, we’ll walk through a pragmatic adoption model that starts small (critical alerts and high-risk identities), proves measurable MTTA/MTTR improvements, and scales across on-prem and cloud SAP landscapes with an audit-ready trail from alert to verification. In this session, you will: Understand why SAP security alerts require identity and authorization context - and why generic SOC playbooks often miss the real risk. Learn how to connect SOC operations with IGA to enrich detections with entitlements, role changes, SoD/critical access signals, and user lifecycle events. Discover an agentic triage flow that assembles an evidence pack automatically (timeline, correlated signals, and decision-ready proof). Learn how to reduce alert fatigue by automating SOC1/SOC2 tasks (deduplication, enrichment, investigation steps) while escalating only high-signal cases to SOC3. Explore a guardrails-first response model (recommend → approval → execute) that keeps actions governed, explainable, and compliant. See how to drive SAP-native response actions through your IGA or IAM applications - such as locking/logoff, deprovisioning, workflow approvals, and risk checks - rather than stopping at tickets.

As financial operations grow more complex, the need to support multiple accounting principles, currencies, and valuation methods simultaneously has become a strategic imperative. Universal Parallel Accounting (UPA) delivers a transformative approach to financial management by enabling seamless, real-time parallel postings across ledgers within a unified data model. This session will unpack why Universal Parallel Accounting is one of the most impactful innovations in SAP S/4HANA. You’ll learn how UPA simplifies configuration, enhances compliance, and eliminates traditional reconciliation challenges by integrating core functions such as Asset Accounting, Overhead Management, Product Costing, and Revenue Recognition with the Universal Journal.  Attend this session in order to:  Gain a clear understanding of UPA and its role in transforming finance and compliance in SAP S/4HANA.  Learn how to configure multiple ledgers and valuation views to support legal, group, and management reporting.  Explore how UPA integrates with core SAP modules (FI, CO, AA, ML, Margin Analysis) to reduce duplication and improve accuracy.  Understand reporting impacts and how UPA supports real-time insights across multiple dimensions and accounting principles.

AI is flooding SAP access governance, but most implementations amount to little more than chatbots with big promises. This session draws from Pathlock research and highlights three AI use cases that are delivering real business value today. You’ll see how agentic AI can recommend access risk remediation in seconds and detect high-risk privileged activity up to 5 times faster than human review. Key learning objectives: Accelerate Privileged Activity Reviews: Leverage agentic AI to detect high-risk activity during Firefighter sessions up to 5 times faster than human review. Automate Remediation with Intelligent Recommendations: Use AI-driven Access Risk Analysis to generate remediation suggestions in seconds.  Optimize User Access Reviews (UAR) with Predictive Insights: Transition from manual, spreadsheet-based reviews to risk-aware automation.

2025 was a dramatic wake-up call for business-critical application security, marked by critical zero-days, public exploits, and a significant rise in sophisticated, targeted attacks against SAP systems globally. Security Operations Center (SOC) teams are struggling to keep pace, frequently lacking the deep SAP threat insights and specialized exploit detection necessary to defend these complex, mission-critical assets effectively. This session will provide security professionals with an in-depth, educational look at the new threat landscape, detailing the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by threat actors to directly compromise SAP applications. You will learn: Key Lessons from 2025: Analysis of the most impactful SAP vulnerabilities, exploits, and breaches, including the anatomy of zero-day attacks and ransomware infiltration vectors. Next-Gen Methodologies: The essential tools and specialized threat insights required to overcome the knowledge gap and achieve effective, rapid defense for SAP. The Power of Unification: How Onapsis Defend (for specialized SAP context and exploit detection) and Microsoft Sentinel for SAP (for centralized SIEM, AI, and SOAR capabilities) integrate to provide a unified, accelerated incident response workflow that protects your critical business systems. Walk away with a clear roadmap for leveraging specialized threat intelligence and automation to optimize your SAP incident detection and response processes.

Discover how companies are adopting and deriving value from SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) as an extension to their SAP application landscape. Learn how SAP’s BTP Adoption Framework can help enable you to be a future-ready enterprise and what leading companies around the globe are doing to drive process innovation.

Organizations implementing SAP face unique challenges where system readiness directly influences end-user involvement, regulatory compliance, and operational continuity. This session explores how a structured pre-implementation health check can mitigate risks and improve outcomes by identifying gaps in governance, testing, data migration, and security before go-live. Attendees will learn how independent reviews can align stakeholders, improve outcomes, and build confidence across Business and IT leadership. Whether you're preparing for an SAP S/4HANA deployment or optimizing an existing roadmap, this session will equip you with practical strategies to reduce disruption, improve outcomes, and ensure your transformation delivers on its promise. In this session, you will: Understand the unique risks and readiness challenges organizations face when implementing SAP. Learn how a structured pre-implementation health check can uncover gaps in governance, testing, data migration, and security. Explore a proven framework for assessing system readiness before go-live to reduce disruption and improve outcomes. Gain practical strategies to align Business and IT stakeholders and build confidence in your SAP transformation roadmap.

In this interview-style session, the CFO of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest global AIDS organization, and Nagarro share a candid, behind-the-scenes look at how a global healthcare nonprofit modernized its finance and operational foundation to scale with confidence. Serving over 2.7 million patients across 45 countries, AHF embarked on a transformation to strengthen global visibility, governance, and executive decision-making through a unified cloud-based finance core, without slowing down the organization’s mission.   The discussion explores how implementing the SAP Business Suite helped AHF standardize processes across geographies, enhance real-time insights, and streamline procure-to-pay, enabling faster and more informed leadership decisions. Rather than focusing on technology features, this session highlights executive priorities, key lessons learned, and practical guidance for organizations navigating similar complexity, regardless of industry or size. Attendees will walk away with clear perspectives on: How modern cloud ERP can elevate finance from a back-office function to a strategic enabler, ensuring every dollar saved through efficiency can be redirected to what matters most. How real-time visibility and smarter decision-making empower finance leaders to drive sustainable business value.

Ask the Experts sessions provide an informal setting to connect one-on-one with subject matter experts and experienced end users on specific areas of expertise. Bring your pressing questions and be ready to discuss your key challenges and priorities. Topics covered: SAP S/4HANA Value Realization, Production Planning in SAP S/4HANA, Supply Chain Management

Ask the Experts sessions provide an informal setting to connect one-on-one with subject matter experts and experienced end users on specific areas of expertise. Bring your pressing questions and be ready to discuss your key challenges and priorities. Topics covered: Material Ledger, Margin Analysis, Universal Journal, Universal Parallel Accounting

Embarking on the path to SAP S/4HANA is a transformative decision, but what does the planning phase really look like in practice? In this dynamic panel discussion, leaders from Moog and Upstate Niagara Cooperative will share key lessons and takeaways from the early stages of SAP S/4HANA planning. Learn about the critical factors they evaluated, the “Aha!” moments that shifted their strategy, and the roadblocks they encountered along the way. Panelists will share the tools and resources that proved most helpful, how they built internal alignment and secured executive buy-in, and what they wish they had known before they started.

This session draws on Vistaprint’s SAP S/4HANA production experience and examines how on-stack extensibility was applied using an upgrade-proof, clean core–aligned approach to reshape financial operations and reporting while accelerating access to critical insights. Hear how the company combined Fiori app variants and in-app data model extensions to adapt standard SAP applications for role-specific usage without modifying the core. Explore how they created custom analytical queries that delivered deeper visibility into financial performance and trends using a combination of standard and extended data. Take away proven patterns for evolving SAP S/4HANA using standard extensibility to improve usability, insight, and flexibility.

Grab a coffee and join an intimate, Experts Café conversation hosted by HGS, featuring insights from Michael Svolos and Srinivas Balasubramanian from Kyocera International. We’ll dig into how leaders are reshaping their data and analytics foundations as they evaluate SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) as part of their future enterprise architecture.  In this fast‑paced session, we’ll break down: Why today’s SAP data and planning environments are hitting a wall — and what’s driving leaders to rethink tools, architecture, and processes.  How to balance harmonized, governed data with the agility your business teams demand.  The emerging BDC capabilities that matter now, including Seamless Planning and the potential they unlock for end‑to‑end enterprise planning. A practical look at AI readiness — what’s real today, what’s not, and what CIOs should be asking before committing to a platform path.  Clear guidance on when BDC actually makes sense (and when it doesn’t), plus how your peers are approaching these decisions.  You’ll leave with actionable insights, field‑tested perspectives, and a sharper understanding of how leading enterprises are navigating the next generation of SAP‑enabled analytics and planning. All in a candid, conversational café‑style setting designed for real talk.  Come for the coffee. Stay for the insights. Leave with clarity.

Across industries, SAP leaders are under pressure to modernize analytics and adopt AI, yet many remain constrained by fragmented data estates, slow analytics cycles, and disconnected platforms. These challenges do more than delay insights — they limit the real business value AI can deliver. Without clean, unified, and governed data, even advanced AI initiatives struggle to scale. In this session, we explore how SAP-driven organizations are rethinking their data strategy to break down silos, accelerate insight, and build an AI-ready foundation - without disrupting core SAP investments. We’ll share a practical data narrative focused on unification, governance, and usability rather than tools alone, drawing on real-world patterns seen across SAP-centric enterprises. We’ll also examine the growing alignment between SAP and Microsoft data platforms, including how SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) and Microsoft Fabric are shaping a more integrated analytics and AI roadmap. Attendees will learn how modern data platforms enable SAP organizations to converge analytics, real-time intelligence, and AI into a trusted data estate, reduce ETL complexity, and improve productivity through embedded AI assistants - while positioning for tighter, future-ready integration across SAP and Microsoft ecosystems. Key Takeaways: Why fragmented data remains the #1 barrier to SAP analytics and AI success. How unified, governed data estates accelerate insight and reduce analytics cycles. The role of embedded AI copilots in improving productivity across technical and business teams. How SAP customers can build custom, trusted AI experiences grounded in enterprise data.

Sun Chemical’s relationship with Serrala is a story of real-world transformation, not a polished fairy tale. In this candid fireside chat, Sun Chemical will share how they built a robust treasury and AR architecture using a suite of Serrala solutions while navigating the ever-evolving SAP landscape. This session will spotlight Sun Chemical’s real-world decision-making. How the team navigated challenges, learned from both successes and setbacks, and prioritized what worked best for their organization. Attendees will gain practical insight into the considerations that shaped Sun Chemical’s treasury and AR strategy, emphasizing flexibility, efficiency, and partnership in a dynamic SAP environment. The discussion will be honest about legacy challenges, the realities of integrating multiple platforms, and the importance of partnership and feedback in shaping the roadmap ahead. In this session, you will: Discover practical insights from Sun Chemical’s treasury and AR transformation journey, including key decision criteria and outcomes. Understand how flexibility, efficiency, and partnership shaped Sun Chemical’s approach to evolving SAP challenges. Learn from real-world experiences with legacy systems, transitions, and adapting strategies for future SAP directions. Appreciate the value of candid feedback and collaboration in driving continuous improvement.

Organizations moving from ECC to SAP S/4HANA face two simultaneous mandates: preserve a clean core while modernizing business processes, including those in tax and finance. In this session, you'll learn how Tech Mahindra achieved seamless, scalable tax and e-invoicing transformation with Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE solutions and SAP S4/HANA. Discover how you can redesign your financial and tax operations during your SAP S/4HANA transformation—from real-time determination to automated sales tax return preparation and filing—and how AI can automate repetitive steps, flag anomalies, and strengthen audit trails.​ ​You will:​ Unpack pragmatic approaches to migration and financial transformation and how to minimize ABAP/user exit customizations. Learn how to relieve IT and tax stakeholders from ongoing maintenance and facilitate a more agile tax and e-invoicing workflow.​ Leave with ideas on a project blueprint to accelerate SAP S/4HANA adoption while elevating your team from compliance processors to strategic advisors.

Note: This lab session includes laptops for attendee use, available on a first-come, first-served basis.  You are welcome to bring your own device if preferred. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   This hands-on lab explores a modern enterprise IAM (Intelligent Access Management) scenario spanning complex SAP and non-SAP landscapes. Participants will work through an identity lifecycle in which Microsoft Entra, ROI iAM running on SAP BTP, and SAP GRC Access Control are used together to provision access to Salesforce, from user creation and automated provisioning to AI-driven access requests and traceability across systems. By attending, participants will learn how to: Enable Microsoft Entra to act as a central IAM for SAP and non-SAP applications. Create users in Microsoft Entra to trigger automated provisioning to SAP BTP applications. Configure identity lifecycle steps using ROI iAM as an access management accelerator for Entra. Submit self-service access requests for Salesforce using natural language with SAP Joule. Execute risk evaluation for non-SAP permissions using SAP GRC Access Control and review end-to-end traceability in Microsoft Entra and SAP Joule.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

This session provides a comprehensive review of the latest features, functions, and capabilities of SAP BTP, including planned enhancements across development, integration, automation, data, and AI. Attendees will gain clarity on how SAP BTP services fit together and how roadmap priorities influence architecture decisions and platform planning. Key learning objectives: Understand how SAP BTP capabilities are organized across core service categories. Identify platform components most relevant to modern SAP landscapes. Assess roadmap priorities and their impact on adoption sequencing and architecture planning.

This session provides an essential overview of SAP's Business AI strategy and capabilities as we move into 2026. Obtain a holistic understanding of how SAP is transforming every enterprise through intelligent & AI-powered innovation.  Emerge with: A solid grasp of how SAP embeds AI across business processes. Understanding of how Generative AI applications & capabilities including SAP Joule & Joule-based applications such as Joule for Consultants, Joule for Developers, & Joule Agents helps companies run at peak performance. A primer of the powerful technological enablement framework for Generative AI including SAP AI Foundation, AI Core, Generative AI Hub, Joule Studio, & Knowledge Graph. An overview of how customers can kickstart and/or accelerate their SAP AI journeys. A glimpse of the upcoming AI attractions in 2026.

As SAP customers embark on or plan for an SAP S/4HANA transformation, SAP security professionals must prepare for this new frontier. With the Clean Core approach, the SAP landscape is shifting toward an API-first model where SAP BTP, specifically SAP Integration Suite, is central. For organizations coming from the SAP PI/PO world, this this is a new environment with its own limitations and challenges. As SAP Integration Suite becomes the hub for both SAP-to-SAP and SAP-to-non-SAP integrations, the granular RBAC controls familiar from the ABAP/Java world are no longer available in the same way.   Join this session to: Gain clarity on how SAP Integration Suite reshapes integrations with a Clean Core. Learn about process and architecture considerations to secure and govern SAP Integration Suite. Walk away with guidance on tenant strategy, CPI security, API security, policy and identity and access management.

Jabil successfully migrated its Access Violation Management (AVM) solution to the latest AVM Cloud platform, enabling standardized and scalable governance across multiple global SAP S/4HANA systems. This session explores how the organization executed this transformation to support continuous controls monitoring across its diverse manufacturing subsidiaries. Attendees will learn how Jabil approached the migration with a focus on planning, risk management, and adaptability to regional operational needs. The session will highlight how the new cloud-based AVM solution improved governance frameworks, enhanced compliance, and delivered operational efficiencies. Real-world insights will be shared on how the team overcame challenges during the transition and leveraged advanced analytics to support better decision-making across business units. In this session, you will learn: How to plan and execute a multi-system AVM Cloud migration with effective risk management. Key challenges and solutions for deploying AVM across diverse global manufacturing operations. How the cloud-based AVM platform improved governance, compliance, and continuous monitoring. Ways to leverage AVM analytics to drive operational efficiency and informed decision-making.

Note: This lab session is BYOD (bring your own device). A limited number of devices may be available to borrow if needed. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   This hands-on workshop is designed for practitioners who already have a foundational understanding of SAP Analytics Cloud and want to elevate the quality, performance, and impact of their stories. Participants will work through a series of guided, practical exercises focused on dashboard design and story design, effective use of SAP Analytics Cloud components, and proven best practices for building high-quality dashboards and data visualizations. The session goes beyond introductory concepts to explore design patterns, layout strategies, interaction techniques, and practical tips drawn from real-world project experience. By the end of the workshop, you will have the skills and confidence to design, build, and deliver scalable, business-ready SAP Analytics Cloud stories that drive insight, adoption, and decision-making across the organization. Key takeaways: Proven best practices for building high-quality dashboards and data visualizations. Practical story design tips drawn from real-world project experience. The skills and confidence to design, build, and deliver scalable, business-ready SAP Analytics Cloud stories.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

Norfolk Southern’s journey to modernizing enterprise reporting is driven by strategy, innovation, and a commitment to deeper insights. This session explores how we integrated SAC, Datasphere, and Databricks into a seamless, scalable architecture that meets evolving business needs while laying the foundation for a smarter, faster, and more connected future. Hear how our evolution began with the successful implementation of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), which delivered intuitive dashboards, real-time analytics, and self-service reporting to our business users across key functions, including finance, operations, and supply chain. We’ll share how our transformation continues as the demand for unified, intelligent data grows.  Key takeaways: Real-world insight into how the adoption of SAP Datasphere and Databricks marks a strategic shift for our organization.  An understanding of how we moved beyond a technical upgrade to break down data silos, enhance AI-driven analytics, and establish a single, governed source of truth for enterprise-wide reporting. A look at where what’s next in our data transformation journey.

Large, complex, global multinational companies often face significant challenges in managing lease accounting due to multiple SAP instances, lack of integration with leasing software, decentralized processes, and off-system activities. These challenges can lead to inefficiencies, manual work, increased audit findings, and difficulty maintaining consistent controls across the enterprise. In this session, attendees will learn: How to design a scalable financial foundation that supports business growth without operational burnout. Proven frameworks for forecasting and cash flow planning used by high-performing entrepreneurs and executives. Leadership and delegation strategies that transform financial data into actionable growth decisions.

Are you curious how to better navigate and leverage the underlying financial (FI) data structures in both ECC and SAP S/4HANA? Join this session to discover how to locate where FI data is stored and link the raw SAP data with what your end users see to ultimately enhance financial reporting.  You will:  Identify the key tables where FI data is stored in both SAP S/4HANA and ECC Understand the consolidation of ECC tables in SAP S/4HANA Link the data behind the scenes to the data that your end users can display.  Expand your ability to quickly write specifications for custom report development using Report Writer, ABAP or BI by leveraging your knowledge of tables.  Learn to quickly troubleshoot complex FI process by going behind the scenes to investigate the raw SAP data, without being hindered by the limitations of standard FI reports.  Understand how to cross reference the tables using the key fields of SAP-GL.

The strategic mandate for SAP enterprises has transitioned from technical migration to the pursuit of the autonomous enterprise. While the move to SAP S/4HANA or Cloud ERP provides the foundation, many organizations find the path to operational AI obstructed by legacy technical debt, fragmented data silos, and a widening security perimeter. Success in this next phase requires an architectural shift that treats security and governance, integration, and a modern data foundation not as secondary IT tasks, but as the primary drivers of business intelligence. This session brings together leadership from across the SAP ecosystem including the CEOs of Boomi and Onapsis, Microsoft’s Global Head of SAP, and the CIOs of Blue Diamond Growers and Mattel. These luminaries will cover topics such as reducing the risk of cloud migrations, managing complex relationships with software and infrastructure providers, and the best ways to activate and manage data essential for future AI use. Key takeaways from the keynote include: Managing the relationships between SAP, cloud providers, and SIs to prevent project drift and control the hidden costs of cloud-based ERP. Moving beyond traditional perimeter defense to integrate SAP-specific vulnerability and compliance monitoring directly into the cloud landing zone to ensure continuous audit-readiness without slowing delivery. Using modern integration platforms to bridge the gap between SAP and non-SAP data, creating the activated, real-time data streams needed to feed analytics and AI with trusted content. Practical insights from Mattel and Blue Diamond Growers on transitioning from stabilization mode to a culture of driving continuous innovation.

As enterprises accelerate their transformation journeys, the role of the SAP Enterprise Architect is rapidly evolving; from maintaining system integrity to enabling innovation at scale. This session explores how to unlock agility, extensibility, and intelligence across the enterprise without compromising the clean core. Through real-world design patterns, we’ll examine how to leverage SAP BTP, composable architecture principles, and AI-enablement including SAP Joule to architect resilient, future-ready systems. You’ll gain practical insights into balancing side-by-side extensibility with on-stack stability, embedding automation into business processes, and enforcing innovation guardrails that scale. Whether you're navigating RISE with SAP, enabling modular business capabilities, or shaping your enterprise AI strategy, this session offers a blueprint for advancing the enterprise while staying grounded in architectural discipline. Key Takeaways: Frameworks for clean core extensibility and composable architecture. Use cases for embedding agentic AI, SAP Build, and automation in business workflows. Strategies for governing innovation without slowing it down. Integration design patterns for hybrid, event-driven, and cross-platform ecosystems.

Ask the Experts sessions provide an informal setting to connect one-on-one with subject matter experts and experienced end users on specific areas of expertise. Bring your pressing questions and be ready to discuss your key challenges and priorities.  Topics covered: SAP Financials, Order-to-CASH, SAP S/4HANA, FI/CO modules, Complex Data Conversions, Reporting, AR, ML, Currency Conversion

Note: This lab session is BYOD (bring your own device). A limited number of devices may be available to borrow if needed. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   Get real world experience developing transactional SAP Fiori apps using ABAP capabilities in SAP Joule for Developers, including predictive code completion, unit test generation for ABAP CDS and ABAP code, and code explanation to speed up your development with ABAP Cloud.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

Join this session to discover the highest-impact SAP S/4HANA Finance enhancements your organization can activate immediately after moving from ECC. You will learn how the Universal Journal simplifies financial and managerial reporting, and how the unified G/L eliminates FI-CO reconciliation. See how SAP S4/HANA Finance streamlines document splitting, enhances ledger capabilities, and delivers richer profitability insights with account-based CO-PA. The webinar will unpack key improvements in Asset Accounting, and multilevel COGS split. Attendees will leave with practical guidance on which features to prioritize, how to realize measurable business value, and what it takes for a smooth SAP S/4HANA Finance transformation. You will: Gain deep understanding about the top ten major finance enhancements offered in SAP S/4HANA. Evaluate the key considerations to get the most out of these enhancements. Explore major process simplifications and leverage business-value opportunities as part of finance transformation. Learn how to plan for deploying these processes carefully in your organization for smooth transition.

As Broadcom’s new licensing models fundamentally shift the cost landscape for virtualization, SAP leaders are facing a critical inflection point: absorb unprecedented infrastructure price hikes or find a certified path to independence.  This session provides a strategic roadmap for reclaiming your IT budget by migrating mission-critical SAP workloads—including SAP HANA—to SUSE’s KVM-based virtualization. We will move beyond the hype to examine the technical architecture and financial logic of an open-source, SAP-certified hypervisor.  Learn how to eliminate "vTax" while maintaining the extreme high availability and performance required for enterprise-scale SAP landscapes. Key takeaways: The Economics of Exit: Break down the TCO of moving from per-core VMware licensing to a SUSE-integrated KVM environment, often delivering 50% or more in infrastructure software savings. Beyond the Hypervisor: Understand why SUSE KVM is a Tier-1 choice for SAP HANA, featuring built-in, SAP-tailored High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) that meets rigorous enterprise SLAs. Strategic Consolidation: Discover the operational benefits of a "Single Vendor Stack." Reduce support silos and management friction by aligning your hypervisor with the Linux distribution preferred by over 70% of SAP customers.

CFOs of multinational enterprises often face a persistent challenge: maintaining a balance between the autonomy of local operations and the need for centralized oversight, compliance, and financial efficiency. This session will explore how technology, seamlessly integrated into SAP, can support finance leaders in addressing this tension by improving visibility into value creation and intercompany transactions across global operations. A common tension emerges between commercial teams, often incentivized by revenue and local profit targets, and the finance organization, which must ensure consolidated profit margins of value chains and simultaneously consistency in intercompany pricing, service cost allocations, and statutory compliance across jurisdictions. We will examine practical approaches for enhancing transfer pricing consistency, automating cross-border service allocations, and reducing audit exposure—while supporting statutory, tax, and management reporting requirements. Attendees will also learn how rules-based, scalable frameworks can replace manual processes, strengthen internal controls, and support audit readiness. Join us to discover how greater transparency across the value chain—from creation to reporting—can help finance teams gain a more integrated, strategic view of intercompany operations. You will: Discover methods to achieve multilevel, end-to-end visibility into the value chain at the product level, enabling more informed decision-making and operational transparency.  Learn how to construct a unified, legally accurate, and consolidated view of intercompany transactions to support compliance, reporting, and strategic planning.  Explore how to enhance profitability through the optimization of operational transfer pricing strategies.

Metrie—the largest manufacturer and supplier of solid wood and composite molding in North America—has been transforming homes since 1926. In this candid case study session, we’ll walk through how the team modernized sales and procurement reporting by migrating a legacy SAP HANA solution to SAP Business Data Cloud, using SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). You’ll see the end-to-end journey: why Metrie chose to modernize, the target data architecture, how semantic models and data products were designed in Datasphere, and how business-ready dashboards in SAC now drive faster decisions across sales and sourcing.  Key takeaways: Lessons learned from our analytics modernization journey. Performance tips and the operating model that keeps IT and business aligned. A preview of what’s next: evaluating SAP Databricks to power forecasting and broader ML scenarios—all while preserving governance and trust.

As enterprises grow through acquisitions and extended supplier ecosystems, integrating new brands and partners without disrupting operations or governance becomes increasingly difficult. This session examines how organizations are using a 2-tier ERP strategy to support connectivity, control, and scalable growth across complex business networks. Attendees will learn how to: Apply a 2-tier ERP strategy to integrate acquisitions, suppliers, vendors, and subsidiaries within an integrated business network. Use RISE with SAP and SAP Cloud ERP together to enable real-time data flow and operational alignment across diverse operating models. Maintain enterprise governance and data consistency while enabling midmarket partners and high-growth brands to adopt scalable, cloud-based ERP. See how to apply this model across consumer goods, food, and other industries where enterprises rely on acquisitions and partner ecosystems using solutions from SAP.

As SAP organizations adopt SAP S/4HANA and modern operating models, traditional process visibility and point-in-time controls are no longer sufficient to manage scale, complexity, and risk. Fragmented reporting, manual monitoring, and after-the-fact analysis leave teams reactive to process breakdowns, compliance issues, and performance leakage across critical end-to-end processes such as Customer-to-Cash (C2C). This session examines how enterprises are operationalizing AI-enabled process intelligence to establish continuous monitoring across SAP-centric business processes. By combining process mining with AI-enabled machine learning, organizations gain real-time insight into actual process execution, surfacing control gaps and high-risk deviations without added manual effort. Attendees will learn how this approach shifts oversight from reactive analysis to proactive, continuous governance that strengthens audit readiness and drives sustained operational improvement. Key learning objectives: Learn how to design and implement continuous monitoring across end-to-end C2C processes. Discover how process intelligence exposes control gaps, deviations, and inefficiencies in real time. Understand how to operationalize ongoing process oversight without increasing manual workload. Explore how organizations can move from reactive controls to proactive compliance and performance management.

As governments around the world mandate real-time tax compliance, multinational enterprises like Brown-Forman are under pressure to modernize their SAP environments. For Brown-Forman, a global spirits company with operations in 160+ countries, regulatory change in Portugal, UK, Brazil, and Mexico posed a serious risk to IT bandwidth, finance operations, and business continuity. In this session, Brown-Forman’s SAP leader and Sovos will share how they partnered to integrate real-time tax compliance directly into SAP across multiple jurisdictions. You'll hear how Brown-Forman redeployed IT and finance resources away from manual regulatory updates, eliminated the burden of ongoing SAP upgrades, and ensured always-on compliance in two of the world’s most complex tax environments. Whether you're expanding globally or just trying to keep up with change, this is a must-attend for SAP customers who want to reduce audit risk, improve operational resilience, and simplify compliance at scale. Join this session to learn how to: Build a scalable compliance strategy that keeps pace with real-time tax mandates in SAP Reduce internal IT burden by embedding e-invoicing and e-accounting compliance into SAP workflows Minimize business disruption through automation and proactive support for jurisdictional changes Justify compliance investment by quantifying risk avoidance, resource optimization, and operational gains Collaborate with tax and IT stakeholders to align on a unified compliance approach across global SAP landscapes

What does AP automation in SAP look like in the real world, beyond the hype? Join xSuite for a customer case study session, featuring Lutron Electronics, Altenloh, Brinck & Co., and Century Aluminum. Hear first-hand why each organization started its AP automation journey, what they automated first, and how they scaled toward more touchless processing while maintaining control, compliance, and visibility. The panel will share practical lessons on handling exceptions, approvals, adoption, and governance, plus how AP automation can support broader SAP modernization and transformation priorities. Join this session to learn: A practical “start here” playbook for AP automation in SAP. Strategies to reduce manual effort without sacrificing compliance or control. How to build momentum and scale automation across teams, sites, or regions. A clearer way to measure progress and value beyond “processed faster". Ideas you can apply immediately to your AP roadmap, regardless of where you are starting".

Winning in the next era requires more than a series of one-time projects and siloed tools — it requires an enterprise-wide approach that's built for change. In this session, discover how SAP’s Business Transformation Management solutions empower you to architect a business that learns, adapts, and improves continuously. We’ll reveal how SAP LeanIX, SAP Signavio, and WalkMe come together to unify strategy and execution, and enable seamless adoption of new technology and ways of working in a connected and collaborative way.

As SAP landscapes move toward clean core and cloud-first architectures, application teams are reassessing how low-code tools fit into modern SAP development. This session examines SAP Build and how its capabilities are evolving to support extension and automation across SAP-centric application landscapes. Key learning objectives: Understand the purpose and use cases across SAP Build Apps, SAP Build Process Automation, and SAP Build Work Zone. Learn how SAP Build fits into clean core–aligned architectures alongside ABAP Cloud, SAP Integration Suite, and other SAP BTP services. Determine when SAP Build is appropriate versus pro-code approaches for SAP extensions. Explore the SAP Build roadmap and the capabilities shaping future extension and automation scenarios.

Note: This lab session is BYOD (bring your own device). A limited number of devices may be available to borrow if needed. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   Experience how SAP Cloud ALM helps you adopt the SAP intelligent enterprise and accelerate your implementation projects. This hands-on training explores how SAP Cloud ALM supports implementation and transformation activities aligned with clean core, RISE with SAP dashboard and best practices. Through focused, hands-on exercises, participants learn how to manage project execution, governance, and quality. Key learning objectives:  Get an overview of SAP Cloud ALM capabilities for implementation and transformation scenarios. Understand Clean Core governance and RISE with SAP dashboard outcomes across the transformation lifecycle. Learn how SAP Cloud ALM supports test management and quality assurance during implementation. Confidently use SAP Cloud ALM to support implementations, enforce clean core adoption and track RISE with SAP dashboard metrics.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

Explore SAP Cloud ERP as an AI-powered SaaS ERP application designed for organizations that rely on technology to support efficiency, innovation, and growth. Understand how SAP is evolving traditional ERP through business best practices, intelligent automation, embedded analytics, and cloud-native architecture that supports scalability, resilience, and security. Attend this session to: Explore key business capabilities and innovations based on the latest 2602 release. Get a guided tour of its key technological aspects, including the multi-tenant SaaS foundation. View demos to see how SAP Joule is reshaping the user experience and supporting improved productivity across SAP environments. Get guidance on whether and how to leverage a 2-tier Cloud ERP model underpinned by SAP Cloud ERP.

Explore the details of functionality, differentiators, and important platform aspects in the latest SAP GRC On Premise and Cloud provisioning and compliance solutions. Gain detailed insights into the SAP Compliance applications of SAP GRC Access Control 12.0 and SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance and consider which application, platform, and functionality is best for current and long term compliance and provisioning requirements. You will: Learn about the GRC evolution and why it is important to progress and plan ahead.  Discover how to identify where you are on the evolution roadmap, define where you want to be, and what it takes to get there through time and effort estimates.  Learn about SAP GRC application functionality through the lens of real customer examples of success and pitfalls at different stages of the GRC evolution.

In this session, JLR shares lessons from their evolving SAP S/4HANA initiative and discusses the benefits of anchoring decisions in business outcomes versus technical milestones.  Attendees will:  Understand where business ownership impacted priorities and outcomes, including key differences compared to a traditional IT-led SAP S/4HANA program. Hear how lessons from the initial production rollout are being applied as the transformation scales across the business. Get tips to evaluate implementation partners against evolving program needs, including when and how to reset expectations or change system integrators. Discuss proven strategies to drive business change and adoption through training models, superuser networks, and frontline user support.

Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT concern — it’s a business imperative. In a world of increasing regulatory pressure, AI-powered threats, and complex digital ecosystems, SAP environments remain high-value targets for cyberattacks. Yet many organisations still struggle to translate technical risks — such as unpatched vulnerabilities, excessive user access, and insecure integrations — into board-level conversations that drive action. Learn how to reframe SAP security from reactive protection to proactive value creation. Explore how to quantify risk in business terms, align with executive priorities, and build security strategies that support trust, compliance, and business continuity. With real-world insights from global operations and transformation programs, you'll leave with a practical framework for elevating cybersecurity to a strategic conversation. You will learn how to: Speak the language of the business: Learn how to communicate SAP cyber risks to senior executives with impact — linking technical threats to financial, reputational, and operational outcomes. Prioritize what matters most: Discover how to assess and rank SAP vulnerabilities using likelihood and business impact — helping teams focus on what really drives risk reduction. Stay ahead of emerging risks — from AI-enabled threats to data sovereignty and new compliance pressures.

SAP Business Data Cloud provides the trusted data foundation required for enterprise AI. In this session, you’ll learn how SAP brings together governed data products, the SAP Knowledge Graph, and SAP Databricks to enable AI use cases for end-to-end business processes.

Many companies have standardized on Microsoft Active Directory user authentication (Kerberos) for Windows workstation logon as well as for application authentication and single sign-on (SSO). For example, SAP GUI SSO is often implemented using a Kerberos SNC library. In recent years, Microsoft has made enhancements to its products so that customers can gradually remove their dependency on Kerberos and Active Directory, and use Entra ID instead. The challenge has been how to support thick client applications (e.g., SAP GUI) when Kerberos is no longer available. Often SAML is used with web-based applications, but this doesn’t work with thick client applications. In this session, SecurityBridge will explain how recent innovations in their popular TrustBroker product now allow it to provide SSO and MFA using OpenID Connect (OIDC), without requiring any BTP service or additional infrastructure. You will: Learn how to address the challenge of seamlessly moving away from Microsoft Active Directory authentication to Entra ID with thick client applications such as SAP GUI.  Understand how MFA can be enforced during (and after) logon based on a per-SAP system policy.  Discover how risk based and context aware authentication can be implemented; e.g. MFA might be enforced when a user tries to log on and that user has previously been identified conducting suspicious activity on that system.

See how PwC and Lam Research used LLMs in their SAP S/4 HANA implementation to automate enterprise role design, reduce manual mapping by weeks, improve accuracy, and drive compliance. Get AI-driven best practices, key insights, and strategies to speed up ERP role-based access and scale effectively. In this session, you will: Reframe enterprise role design as a data-led governance problem: Learn how Lam Research and PwC turned raw process and requirement data into “decision-grade” role intelligence by structuring 70,000+ process items into a governed L1 to L5 BPML foundation. Use LLMs to shift workshops from discovery to validation: See how evidence-linked, confidence-scored recommendations produced workshop-ready role proposals, moving stakeholder time from “what do we do?” to “is this right?” and compressing cycle time from weeks to days. Scale role mapping across SAP and non-SAP with traceability: Understand a practical approach to map activities to entitlements across a heterogeneous landscape (SAP plus non-SAP) while keeping every recommendation traceable back to a source activity or requirement. Strengthen governance, risk, and compliance in access management: Discover how AI-driven insights supported more consistent role definitions, improved segregation-of-duties considerations, and enhanced visibility across the access model.

In many SAP programs, significant time and cost are absorbed by documentation, implementation alignment, testing preparation, and iterative review cycles. Functional requirements are often translated inconsistently, technical artifacts vary across teams, and manual validation introduces delays and rework that increase delivery risk and inflate development costs. See how an AI-driven Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) platform designed for SAP environments embeds structured intelligence directly into development workflows to standardize requirement analysis, generate consistent technical documentation, support disciplined code review, and streamline test preparation while improving traceability across the lifecycle. Understand how to apply these capabilities within existing governance models by walking through use cases such as translating functional specifications into structured technical artifacts and accelerating interface modernization, including migrating from MuleSoft to SAP Integration Suite. Attendees will learn how to: Introduce structured, AI-assisted requirement-to-technical translation within SAP projects. Standardize documentation and technical artifact generation across teams. Embed guided review and validation workflows into SAP development cycles. Automate test case creation and traceability documentation • Reduce rework by enforcing consistent SDLC checkpoints. Support structured interface migration from MuleSoft to SAP Integration Suite. Track improvements in cycle time, quality, and development cost efficiency.

Ask the Experts sessions provide an informal setting to connect one-on-one with subject matter experts and experienced end users on specific areas of expertise. Bring your pressing questions and be ready to discuss your key challenges and priorities. Topics Covered: SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Datasphere, SAP Business Data Cloud, Data & Analytics Strategy, and Business Intelligence.

Ask the Experts sessions provide an informal setting to connect one-on-one with subject matter experts and experienced end users on specific areas of expertise. Bring your pressing questions and be ready to discuss your key challenges and priorities. Topics covered: Cybersecurity, Authentication (SSO and MFA), Threat detection, Audit and Compliance, and Patch Management.

Finance leaders from telecommunications, banking, and other industries will share specific examples of how they are embedding AI into their SAP finance organizations and the measurable value these initiatives are generating. Panelists will discuss the business problems they targeted, the decision criteria guiding their AI investments, and key outcomes emerging from deployed use cases across reconciliation, forecasting, controls, and operational accounting. The conversation will also explore how AI is redefining roles, skills, and governance expectations within finance teams as intelligence becomes embedded in daily work. Attendees will walk away with real customer roadmaps, lessons learned, and practical guidance for accelerating AI adoption in SAP finance environments.

This session examines how SAP Integration Suite fits into the broader SAP architecture as an enabler for AI-driven innovation, particularly in landscapes where data timeliness and connectivity directly influence business outcomes. Attendees will: Understand how SAP Integration Suite enables reliable access to business data required for AI-driven use cases. Examine how data latency, connectivity models, and execution choices affect the quality and responsiveness of AI outcomes. Review practical scenarios that demonstrate how integration design decisions influence intelligent automation and real-time insights. Learn how to design SAP Integration Suite–based integration approaches that support scalable AI initiatives while maintaining control and simplicity across SAP environments.

SAP S/4HANA migration is often viewed as a necessary technology upgrade. But leading organizations are transforming this moment into strategic opportunity—using complementary solutions to not only modernize their systems but fundamentally improve how they operate. This session features real customer case studies demonstrating dramatic efficiency gains, from analytics that transcend native SAP limitations and automation leveraging 1,900+ pre-built templates to financial close processes reduced from hours to minutes. Discover the "execution engine" framework that helps organizations turn major system transformations into advantages, improve SAP S/4HANA instance quality during migration, and achieve rapid ROI during complex implementations. You'll leave with a practical roadmap for migration optimization that goes far beyond technical cutover. In this session, you will: Hear about real-world transformation stories from diverse industry leaders navigating SAP S/4HANA migration. Understand the "execution engine" framework for turning system upgrades into competitive advantages. Discover proven automation and analytics strategies using pre-built SAP templates and advanced reporting. Learn practical approaches to achieving rapid ROI while improving system quality during migration.

Hear from Jill Notz, PwC US/MX Controller as she shares how PwC and SAP transformed PwC’s finance ecosystem with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Analytics Cloud. Learn why PwC chose a cloud-first, fit-to-standard strategy and gain insights to help SAP teams drive public cloud success. Attendees will learn how to: Evaluate readiness for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud based on business and operational priorities. Navigate key governance, controls, and decision points in a public cloud implementation. Balance standardization with flexibility while maintaining compliance and scalability. Apply real-world lessons to reduce risk and accelerate value from public cloud programs.

In this session, Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) shares how they approached SAP modernization with a strong focus on day-one stability, execution confidence, and long-term operational simplicity. Representing the technology perspective, EWEB will discuss how RunMyJobs by Redwood supported go-live preparation through fast agent generation and installation, seamless integration with SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition and on-premise systems, and the ability to pre-schedule workflows and jobs ahead of cutover. Attendees will learn how these capabilities helped EWEB reduce technical debt, streamline daily platform management, and ensure critical processes were ready to run from the moment the system went live. In this session, you will: Learn how to prepare automation for day-one SAP go-live by pre-scheduling jobs and workflows to minimize cutover risk and post–go-live disruption. Understand how rapid agent deployment supports hybrid SAP environments, including SAP S/4HANA PCE and on-premise systems. Discover how to simplify day-to-day automation management while reducing technical debt and operational overhead. Learn how centralized dashboards and alerting improve operational visibility, reliability, and confidence after go-live. Understand how to build a scalable automation foundation that supports current SAP operations and future innovation.

As part of the RISE with SAP methodology, learn how you can leverage this powerful approach to minimize risk on an accelerated migration timeline by ensuring that quality is embedded at every stage. Hearing directly from our customers, we will walk you through the key capabilities that Tricentis offers as part of SAP’s integrated toolchain that can help you scale, adapt and thrive in the cloud:​ Tricentis empowers SAP transformations through:  AI-powered test automation for faster releases and fewer disruptions. Visual business process modeling for optimized planning and execution. Early, autonomous testing, including support for SAP Fiori and custom apps.

Join this session to understand how Dodge modernized their Data & Analytics strategy with SAP Datasphere during an SAP S/4HANA migration. You’ll see how, after a comprehensive initial assessment, Dodge adopted SAP Datasphere to centralize and streamline our data management process. Learn how we significantly simplified our architecture with a more agile approach while simultaneously getting more access to SAP data than ever before. You will: Learn how a shift from BW to Datasphere enabled a more accurate, stable, and scalable data landscape. Understand how Dodge approached the complete rewrite of our ERP data pipelines using a combination of Datasphere and SAP S/4HANA native Extract Load Transform (ELT) functionalities. Hear how Dodge was able to achieve a single version of the truth, with increased governance and increased delivery agility.

Dive into dashboard design and data visualization in a detailed, practical, step-by-step, and ready-to-use way. Understand the key dashboard design rules, such as the usage of different visualization, colors, and text, as part of an overall dashboard design process and find out what to avoid. This best practice, hands-on lab will enable you to take your dashboards to new heights. In this session, you will: Start with a complete run down of best practices for building easy to consume dashboards. Get detailed, step-by-step material that you can apply right away as part of your next dashboarding project. Uncover the key dos and don’ts that will make your data visualization projects shine.

Don't miss the opportunity to take part in a high-energy, escape room–style experience designed to simulate the real-world pressures of a cloud transformation. Working through deadline-driven scenarios that reflect the complexity of cloud decision-making, participants will practice collaboration, prioritization, and change leadership under pressure. Key learning objectives: Navigate cloud transformation scenarios that require rapid decision-making and cross-functional coordination. Apply proactive change management techniques to address evolving requirements and constraints. Collaborate effectively across business and IT roles to resolve cloud-related challenges. Build confidence and clarity to lead cloud transformation initiatives more effectively.

Accounts Payable is no longer just about automation - it’s becoming a strategic lever for finance transformation. In this session, discover how next-generation AP automation powered by AI and SAP-native technology is redefining efficiency, accuracy, and visibility across finance organizations. Join xSuite as we break down what truly defines a modern AP solution today - from global e-invoicing compliance to AI-driven capture, prediction, and analytics. You’ll see how intelligent, SAP-embedded automation enables faster processing, fewer errors, and real-time insights. Through practical examples, we’ll show how finance teams are moving beyond manual work and fragmented tools toward scalable, future-ready AP processes that support better decisions and stronger compliance. Key takeaways: How to simplify global invoice processing with SAP-embedded e-invoicing and compliance. How LLM-based intelligent capture improves accuracy and reduces manual effort. How AI predictions automate coding, approvals, and exception handling. How modern AP reporting turns transaction data into actionable insights. Why native SAP integration is critical for performance, security, and Clean Core alignment.

Upgrading to SAP S/4HANA presents a unique opportunity to address long-standing segregation of duties (SoD) and compliance challenges—but timing matters. This session explores how a global organization evaluated whether to redesign roles in ECC prior to migration or modernize during the SAP S/4HANA transition. Attendees will hear practical considerations, tradeoffs, and lessons learned from each approach, and how those decisions impacted security, controls, and project outcomes. The discussion offers guidance for organizations balancing speed, risk, and compliance during SAP S/4HANA programs.

As SAP landscapes transition toward hybrid architectures and cloud-native environments, the traditional perimeter of SAP security is disappearing. To protect the core of your business, organizations must move beyond simple compliance and adopt a proactive, enterprise-wide cybersecurity mindset. Join authors Gaurav Singh, Manager, SAP Cybersecurity, Under Armour and JP Perez-Etchegoyen, CTO, Onapsis for an exclusive "Meet the Authors" session. Drawing from their comprehensive SAP Press book, "Cybersecurity for SAP," the authors will explore how to evolve your defense strategy to meet modern threats. In this session, you will: Focus on System-Level Focus: Addressing vulnerabilities isn't just about patching; it's about understanding real-world threat scenarios—how an attacker might actually move through your landscape. Understand the importance of Cross-Functional Roles: Whether you are an Enterprise Architect or a Developer, security is now a core part of the job description to ensure "secure by design" principles.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) functions are under pressure to adapt to a rapidly changing regulatory landscape while managing complex SAP environments. AI and automation are transforming what organizations must look for and do to lower risk, strengthen controls, and enable predictive compliance. This session explores findings from SAPinsider’s State of the Market: GRC Report, looking at how organizations in SAP environments are leveraging intelligent technologies to modernize governance frameworks, automate compliance, and proactively manage risk. Join this session to learn how to: Apply insights about the AI revolution in GRC to your own strategic roadmap. Identify key trends in AI adoption for GRC processes within SAP environments. Explain how AI-driven tools enhance risk management and predictive analytics. Describe best practices for automating governance and compliance workflows. Analyze strategies for implementing continuous controls monitoring and SoD management using intelligent technologies. Evaluate the impact of AI on audit readiness and regulatory compliance. Develop an action plan to prioritize AI and automation initiatives for GRC transformation.

Join us for an insightful customer story detailing our complex SAP S/4HANA migration that initiated our enterprise-wide digital transformation. This session will dive into the architectural decisions that enabled the deployment of the new digital core with both cloud-based (SAP Sales Cloud, SAP BTP) and critical on-premises systems. We’ll share critical lessons learned about the practical hurdles faced, from managing a complex legacy landscape with third-party integrations to the decisions we had to make around master data governance. Understand the ‘what and the why’ of our architectural design, what we got right, what we might do differently next time, and how we delivered a scalable platform for continuous innovation that meets the needs of the business and positions our company for the future. Key takeaways: Insight into the architectural decisions around the deployment of both cloud and on-prem systems. The key architectural decisions we had to make and the outcomes from those decisions. Lessons learned from what we got right and what we’d do differently next time.

This dynamic discussion session examines recent high-profile cybersecurity breaches to highlight how threats evolve, how attackers exploit vulnerabilities, and how impacts extend far beyond the breached organization. Attendees will learn how disruptions to systems, sensitive data exposure, and compromised third-party relationships can trigger financial losses, regulatory scrutiny, reputational damage, and supply chain instability. The session will also explore broader economic implications, including market volatility and increased operational costs for organizations that were not directly breached. Join this session for an interactive discussion on: Strengthening security posture. Improving vendor risk management. Building resilience to mitigate far-reaching effects of modern cyberattacks.

This session provides practical guidance for leveraging AI capabilities in SAP Business Suite to drive automation across finance, supply chain, HR, and customer operations.  Attendees will:  Step through examples of how machine learning, natural language interfaces, and predictive analytics can be layered onto existing SAP landscapes, even before a full migration to SAP Cloud ERP. Understand how AI augments traditional SAP workflows by uncovering patterns hidden in transactional data and proactively recommending actions to improve business outcomes. Gain actionable guidance and next steps to start adopting AI within your existing SAP ecosystem—balancing innovation with stability while preparing for a future-ready intelligent enterprise.

Note: This lab session includes laptops for attendee use, available on a first-come, first-served basis.  You are welcome to bring your own device if preferred. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   As SAP application development teams modernize their landscapes, productivity, quality, and extensibility must improve without compromising clean-core principles.  In this hands-on lab, participants will work in ABAP Cloud and SAP Build using Joule for Developers and:  Review existing code logic using Joule for Developers. Generate extension logic using Joule for Developers while maintaining clean-core principles. Use Joule for Developers in SAP Build to assist with application and automation logic creation. Improve code quality with AI assistance. Identify where AI meaningfully boosts developer productivity and where engineering judgment remains essential.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

Note: This lab session is BYOD (bring your own device). A limited number of devices may be available to borrow if needed. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   Join us for an interactive hands-on lab where you'll explore the most in-demand capabilities of SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance (IAG) from intuitive role design to automated access requests and intelligent access reviews. This session will guide you through how IAG integrates seamlessly with SAP Cloud Identity Services, creating a unified identity lifecycle across your enterprise landscape. You’ll learn how to extend IAG to support key business applications, both within and beyond the SAP ecosystem, enabling centralized policy enforcement and risk analysis. Experience firsthand how to configure critical features like access risk analysis, role provisioning, and cross-system workflows, all while using real-world scenarios that mirror today’s governance challenges. By the end of this session, you’ll walk away with actionable best practices for optimizing access governance in a hybrid environment, strategies to scale IAG adoption effectively, and insights into building a future-proof, intelligent governance model.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

Ask the Experts sessions provide an informal setting to connect one-on-one with subject matter experts and experienced end users on specific areas of expertise. Bring your pressing questions and be ready to discuss your key challenges and priorities. Topics covered: SAP S/4HANA Migrations, SAP Cloud ERP, Joule, Finance Transformation

Ask the Experts sessions provide an informal setting to connect one-on-one with subject matter experts and experienced end users on specific areas of expertise. Bring your pressing questions and be ready to discuss your key challenges and priorities. Topics Covered: SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Datasphere, SAP Business Data Cloud, Data & Analytics Strategy, and Business Intelligence.

Ask the Experts sessions provide an informal setting to connect one-on-one with subject matter experts and experienced end users on specific areas of expertise. Bring your pressing questions and be ready to discuss your key challenges and priorities. Topics Covered: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), S/4HANA & New G/L Migrations, SLO and SAP Data Re-organization, Complex Integration & Conversion Engagements.

Explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the order-to-bill-to-cash process for high-volume, subscription and usage-based business models. Hear from industry leaders as they share how they achieve end-to-end visibility using AI-powered capabilities, including intelligent order and billing agents, agentic dispute resolution, machine-learning-driven cash application, and customer behavior insights to improve payment collections. In this panel discussion, you will learn how to: Streamline order, billing, and cash operations with AI-powered, intelligent agents. Enable flexible subscription and usage-based monetization to drive recurring revenue. Accelerate cash application and collections with intelligent, data-driven decision-making. Resolve billing disputes faster through agentic decision-making and automation. Improve visibility and customer satisfaction with a unified, 360° view of financial interactions.

Most AI-enabled SAP Supply Chain programs fail not because of technology—but because of unreliable master data. Before demand sensing, predictive planning, or automation can deliver value, organizations must fix foundational data gaps. Learn how leading enterprises are reducing risk, accelerating adoption, and building AI-ready supply chains by prioritizing master data readiness. In this session, you will learn: Why SAP IBP, SCM, e-PPDS, EWM, SD and MFG and advanced planning programs fail due to hidden master data gaps. How preventive master data correction reduces cost and implementation risk. Why AI and demand sensing collapse without trusted data. How to shift from reactive data cleanup to preventive intelligence. A proven framework to build an AI-ready SAP Supply Chain foundation.

What can organizations do to reduce the cost and complexity of transitioning to SAP S/4HANA? Discover practical strategies for managing data and documents that give your S/4HANA journey a first class upgrade and streamline your move to the new platform. Explore how implementing targeted process improvements now can maximize the benefits you’ll realize from SAP S/4HANA.  In this session you'll learn: Why data archiving is the key to a fast and cost-effective transition. When you can begin incorporating capabilities such as machine learning, AI, and cloud-based services to elevate process automation. How real time data can increase visibility into cash flows and empower better financial decision making as you upgrade to a first-class financial operation.

Agentic systems are taking on tasks from cash positioning to FX execution. Hear how MassMutual and RSM are applying supervised autonomy in treasury: where it worked, where humans must stay in the loop, and what measurable outcomes they’re tracking. Discover how to vet, validate, and continuously supervise these agents: what to automate, what to escalate, and how to prove outcomes are explainable and reversible. You’ll leave with a playbook for safe autonomy in finance. You will learn how to: Identify which treasury activities are ready for agentic autonomy (cash positioning, FX workflows, exception handling) versus which should remain human-controlled and define clear escalation triggers. Apply a practical validation and supervision framework to continuously monitor agent performance, manage drift, and ensure every recommendation and action are explainable and reversible. Establish the governance controls required to operationalize agentic AI in finance—policy guardrails, approval workflows, and audit-ready evidence—so automation scales safely across the organization.

Healthcare organizations depend on always-on, highly secure systems to deliver life-saving services at scale. In this session, learn how McKesson, one of the largest healthcare distributors in the U.S., executed one of the largest SAP migrations ever completed to a hyperscale cloud - moving hundreds of servers and petabytes of data to Microsoft Azure in under four months. Facing end-of-support for on-premise hardware, McKesson accelerated its cloud timeline while maintaining zero disruption to patient care, pharmacy operations, or supply chain continuity. Attendees will gain insight into the migration strategy that balanced speed with uncompromising security and compliance, including automated failover, high-availability architecture, and rigorous testing. The transformation delivered 30–40% SAP performance improvements, enhanced reliability, reduced infrastructure costs, and unlocked advanced capabilities such as AI-driven analytics and real-time scalability. This session goes beyond technical execution to highlight how cloud modernization can establish a future-ready foundation for innovation in highly regulated industries like healthcare. Key learning objectives: Learn how to accelerate large-scale SAP migrations without disrupting mission-critical operations. Understand proven architectures for high availability, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance. Discover strategies to achieve rapid time-to-value while minimizing operational risk. See how SAP on Azure enables performance gains, cost optimization, and AI-driven innovation.

Post-SAP S/4HANA migration, legacy data retention is a requirement for compliance, audits, and business continuity.  Depending on your migration choice, standard SAP archiving may not be sufficient for a complete ECC system retirement. PBS data archiving experts will compare compliant data retention options for your choice of migration approaches.  Prepare for a complete legacy system shutdown, preserve historic data integrity, and reduce costs with the right solution for your organization. In this session, you will: Learn the difference in SAP Data Archiving vs System Decommissioning Technology. Understand how your S/4HANA migration approach affects your legacy data retention. Learn best practices to ensure compliance for your legacy SAP data needs.

Hear how Victrola, a leading manufacturer of audio products, replaced its legacy SAP ECC 6.0 system with SAP Cloud ERP. This session will cover why Public Cloud was the strategic fit, how scope was defined using SAP’s Digital Discovery Assessment, and why Reply was selected as the implementation partner. In this session, you will: Explore project structure, key challenges, and how Victrola is driving the transformation internally while leveraging SAP Cloud ERP for rapid, scalable success. Learn practical insights and lessons from launching a greenfield Cloud ERP implementation. Understand the importance of internal alignment, and how to maximize Cloud ERP for companies seeking agility, innovation, and rapid time to value.

SAP Cloud ERP is more than a technical migration — it’s a financial transformation. As organizations move to SAP S/4HANA and RISE, contracts now extend beyond software to infrastructure, services, SLAs, and AI, increasing cost complexity and long-term financial impact. In this session, Ferromex shares how it approached its SAP S/4HANA transition through a FinOps strategy — reviewing 46 contracts and addendums, identifying unfavorable terms, and strengthening executive readiness for negotiation. Learn how to bring transparency, financial governance, and cost control into your SAP Cloud ERP decision — and turn migration into a strategic advantage. Key learning objectives: Understand the financial impact of SAP Cloud ERP contracts — including infrastructure, services, SLAs, and AI — and why traditional license thinking no longer applies. Apply a FinOps framework to SAP S/4HANA and RISE decisions to gain transparency, improve governance, and strengthen negotiation readiness. Turn migration into strategic advantage by aligning IT, finance, and executive leadership around long-term cost control and value optimization.

Get real-world lessons from Eneco to modernize integration by replacing traditional interfaces and ABAP proxies with standard APIs and event-driven connectivity in SAP S/4HANA. Examine the architectural decisions and governance practices that enabled faster innovation, reduced integration complexity, and improved operational reliability, and come away with the knowledge to:  Replace traditional interfaces and ABAP proxies with standard APIs and event-driven connectivity in SAP S/4HANA. Reduce manual effort and complexity by moving away from custom interfaces toward standardized approaches. Identify architectural decisions that improve operational reliability across SAP integrations. Inform integration planning and design decisions within your own SAP landscapes.

India’s updated financial record-keeping requirements under the Companies (Accounts) Rules have created new data residency obligations for global organizations operating in the country. These regulations require financial data to be backed up daily and stored on servers physically located within India, a challenge for companies whose SAP landscapes are hosted in Europe or the United States. In this session, HARMAN shares how it met these requirements without re-architecting its global SAP environment or relying on costly full-system backups. With a large, globally distributed SAP footprint, HARMAN needed a way to isolate and store only the India-relevant financial data required for compliance while avoiding excessive storage growth, network strain, and production impact. Using EPI-USE Labs’ Data Sync Manager, HARMAN implemented a selective, automated approach that extracts only the required company code data and stores it locally in India. This approach delivered massive storage savings, significantly shrinking the compliance-related backup footprint while also cutting backup runtimes by nearly 90% and eliminating manual effort, all within a secure and auditable process. Attendees will gain insight into how HARMAN turned a regulatory requirement into a scalable SAP data strategy that balances compliance, cost control, and operational stability. This session provides a practical model for global SAP teams navigating India’s evolving financial data residency rules. In this session, you will: Learn how HARMAN met India’s SAP financial data residency requirements without moving its entire SAP landscape. Understand how selective SAP data copying can deliver massive storage savings, reducing compliance-related backup footprints by more than 90%. Discover how to automate daily, auditable backups while avoiding production system impact. See how regulatory compliance can directly translate into lower storage costs and operational efficiency gains. Take away a repeatable approach for global SAP environments facing regional data residency regulations.

Learn how Team Liquid is unlocking AI-driven analytics using SAP Business AI on SAP BTP with SAP AI Core and SAP HANA Cloud to support real-time competitive decision-making. Understand how large volumes of historical match data are used to train models, creating a scalable foundation for AI-driven insight generation. Explore how Team Liquid designed AI agents in Joule that translate natural-language questions into repeatable analytical workflows across historical match data. Gain insight into the company's plans to extend Joule-based AI agents and what this reveals about scaling AI use cases beyond initial deployments.

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In many companies, the security team is often the last to be notified about user on-boarding, off-boarding, or position changes that require adjustments to users' system access and security permission levels. These delays, coupled with high volumes of manual provisioning tasks, create significant inefficiencies, leave employees without the necessary access, and introduce risky Segregation of Duty -conflicting permissions.  This session explores how SAP GRC Access Control HR Triggers, alongside SAP SuccessFactors or SAP HR streamlines provisioning through timely event-driven automation of the access request and provision process and how to leverage HR Triggers day-to-day SAP Security provisioning operations. You will: Examine key SAP access provisioning challenges when HR-driven events are not integrated, including inefficiencies, security risks, and high-volume manual workloads. Explore SAP GRC Access Control 12.0 and SAP Cloud IAG HR Trigger capabilities for automating provisioning through HR event–based actions integrated with SAP SuccessFactors or SAP HR. Analyze how Arizona’s Salt River Project implemented SAP GRC HR Triggers to enable consistent, timely, HR-driven SAP access provisioning. Highlight key customer and consulting partner insights, including recommendations, challenges, and pitfalls to avoid for a successful and value-driven SAP GRC HR Trigger implementation.

As organizations face increasing complexity in financial and operational structures, static master data hierarchies can no longer keep pace. This session introduces Flexible Hierarchies in SAP S/4HANA, which is a powerful, adaptable framework that allows finance and controlling teams to design, manage, and maintain hierarchies for cost centers, profit centers, and more without IT involvement. This session provides real-world implementation tips and best practices to help you simplify hierarchy management and improve reporting flexibility, whether you're centralizing shared services, managing frequent org changes, or supporting global consolidation.   You will: Understand how Flexible Hierarchies support dynamic, attribute-based financial structures. Learn to use SAP Fiori apps to create and manage hierarchies with ease. Discover how to streamline reporting and reduce manual effort using tagging and automation. Explore how to incorporate custom fields for company-specific needs.  Gain practical tips for implementing and maintaining hierarchies across financial areas.

Faced with the challenge of modernizing a fragmented data landscape, Caleres built a scalable, cloud-native architecture that unified SAP and non-SAP data sources for a future-ready data platform. In this session, we’ll share how we achieved seamless integration across SAP S/4HANA, legacy ECC, and non-SAP systems using SAP Datasphere and Microsoft Fabric. You’ll learn how SAP Datasphere’s ELT capabilities accelerated the creation of our business models, how native data lineage and impact analysis supported governance and transparency, and how maintaining Microsoft Power BI as the reporting layer enabled unified analytics without disrupting our existing workflows. Join us to discover how the strategic architectural choices we made, and the synergy between SAP Datasphere and Microsoft Fabric, delivers near real-time insights, ensures governance, and optimizes cloud spend while minimizing disruption. You’ll Learn: How we integrated SAP S/4HANA, ECC, and non-SAP data into Microsoft Fabric for unified analytics. Techniques for accelerating time to value using ELT modeling and real-time data availability. Ways to leverage SAP Datasphere’s advanced features to enhance data quality and usability. Strategies we deployed for ensuring reliability and cost efficiency in daily operations and cloud architecture.

Strap in for a journey through the vast, often chaotic universe of Enterprise Data Architecture. In this session, we’ll demystify core architectural principles that every organization must grasp to navigate data complexity at scale.  From legacy gravity wells to cloud-native wormholes, we’ll explore the real-world patterns and learn how to design resilient data architecture that evolves with your business - not against it. We will weave together stories and characters from Douglas Adam’s book ‘The Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy’ and cover topics that are top of the mind for SAP customers like navigating BW modernization and maximizing the value from their business data with AI and ML.  Get ready for the for the ride! In this session, you will: Discover core architectural principles essential for navigating data complexity at scale in today’s enterprise environments. Learn how to build resilient data architectures that adapt and evolve with your business instead of working against it. Gain practical insights from real-world SAP use cases on legacy modernization, cloud-native design, and future-ready data platforms. Explore how to maximize business value from data by integrating AI and ML into your enterprise data architecture strategy.

This session provides a first look at findings from SAPinsider’s SAP ERP Migration and Transformation Research Report and offers a forum to benchmark key decisions against current market data as 2027 approaches. Discover how organizations are navigating timing pressure and making deployment tradeoffs as timelines tighten.  By attending, you will:  Understand where organizations currently stand in SAP S/4HANA adoption and how those positions are influencing near-term decisions.  Examine how RISE with SAP and SAP Cloud ERP are affecting existing SAP ERP customers, including impacts on scope, timing, and deployment approach.  Identify the most common challenges and roadblocks organizations report as they plan or execute their move to SAP S/4HANA . Use research insights to assess risk exposure and extended maintenance expectations.

Migrating to SAP S/4HANA isn’t optional, it’s inevitable for ECC users. And if you haven’t started, you’re already behind given these projects can take well over a year. So it’s a must to plan sooner rather than later – not just due to inflated costs, but also because you’ll harness more strategic opportunities out of the gate. This session addresses six unvarnished truths about migration, from the hidden costs of dirty data to missing out on the power of tax process automation and integration. We’ll also explore why leveraging SAP Document and Reporting Compliance with natively integrated U.S. return generation is essential for global statutory reporting and adapting to ever-changing regulations. Don’t just migrate—transform. What you’ll learn: The tip of the iceberg: 6 truths about migrations that are MUSTS to consider. How SAP DRC with natively integrated U.S. tax automation unlocks efficiency, audit readiness and the ability to adapt to ever-changing regulations around the globe.

Tax is no longer a back-office function—it is a strategic driver of value during SAP S/4HANA migrations. Yet many organizations struggle to embed tax requirements into system design, resulting in fragmented data, manual processes, and compliance risk. This session provides a comprehensive roadmap for integrating corporate income tax, operational transfer pricing, indirect tax, and sales and use tax into your SAP transformation strategy. Whether you are planning your migration or seeking to maximize post-go-live value, this session will equip you with actionable steps to make tax a catalyst for business performance—not an afterthought. You will: Gain practical insights into building a tax data strategy aligned with enterprise finance transformation. Learn how to enable predictive analytics and improve operational efficiency. Explore how leading organizations leverage SAP capabilities, AI, and real-time analytics to automate tax processes and optimize global compliance.

This session explores how intelligent agents can interact, negotiate, and execute decisions in real time, reducing manual intervention and enhancing agility. We’ll dive into the technical architecture for enabling agentic interoperability using SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and SAP Joule, alongside non-SAP agents and platforms. You’ll learn how to design secure APIs, event-driven microservices, and shared data contracts that facilitate seamless cross-agent communication across organizational boundaries. Key topics include multi-agent orchestration, reinforcement learning for decision alignment, and governance frameworks that ensure trust, auditability, and human oversight. Real-world use cases span from autonomous planning agents to cross-system negotiation and dynamic resource allocation—demonstrating how agentic ecosystems can enable agility at scale across any enterprise domain. You will:  Understand the architecture and principles of Agentic A2A across SAP and non-SAP systems. Learn how to leverage A2A to enable autonomous agent collaboration. Explore event-driven and API-based frameworks for scalable, interoperable for communication. Examine governance, security, and audit models for multi-agent decision-making and oversight.

Hear how Merck, a global leader in healthcare, science, and technology, has developed a cyber resilience strategy for their SAP S/4HANA Cloud environment using Zero Trust principles in the S/4HANA Private Cloud. Lessons learned emphasize collaboration, proactive security, SAP and partner technologies, user engagement, and an understanding of shared responsibilities. By attending this session, attendees will leave with ideas to strengthen their security posture and address evolving cyber threats in the SAP S/4HANA environment.