SAPinsider EMEA 2023 | CIO Strategy

Join this interactive Q&A session with the head of information management of Festo’s global factories. Festo is a diversified multi-billion Euro organization who specializes in automation and technical training solutions for over 35 industries. Festo recently completed its upgrade to SAP S/4HANA and will share some of their key lessons and insights from this critical project.

You will:

• Understand why they chose the selective data migration option and are deciding to keep their implementation on premise.
• Discover how they are applying the fit-to-standard approach and eliminating 70% of their customizations without having to go greenfield.
• Learn how they completed 49,000 test scenarios globally using a combination of technology and dedicated staff.
• Know how Festo dealt with the business case and what specific benefits they hope to achieve as well as their measures for success.

Christian Kammerer Festo Head of Information Management, Global Factories Since October 2018 Christian is responsible for the global manufacturing systems and applications of Festo, the world’s leading supplier of automation technology and technical education. The Festo Group registered sales of €3.81 billion in 2022. Festo is deploying its products and services to meet the challenge of smart production for the future in the course of digitalization. The company also relies on artificial intelligence and machine learning. 300,000 customers worldwide in factory and process automation put their trust in the company’s pneumatic and electric drive solutions. In addition, Festo Didactic provides state-of-the-art training solutions for 56,000 industrial companies and educational institutions throughout the world. As of April 2023 Festo is represented at 250 locations throughout the world with a total of 20,800 employees.

Dive into the world of workplace dynamics, where age is more than just a number. We will discuss how the younger generation is viewed, how five distinct age groups collaborate, and ways to bridge the gaps.

You will

• Delve into the personal story of a young professional who made a significant global impact, highlighting essential lessons that attendees can directly apply to their careers.
• Discover the undeniable power of networking, along with essential connections everyone should forge for success.
• Receive easy-to-use tips to improve your work life.

Vivien Boche SAP Senior Director at the Center of Excellence for SAP BTP Vivien is a Senior Director at the Center of Excellence for SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) in EMEA North at SAP. She provides expert knowledge about extending applications with the SAP Business Technology Platform with a particular focus on application development, hyper-automation and AI. Vivien also acts as a corporate influencer for BTP, women in tech and young work professionals by holding keynotes, hosting panel discussions and offering workshops. Connect with Vivien on her LinkedIn.

This presentation is all about boosting your self-belief and communication skills. Discover why confidence matters and get simple tips to grow it.
You will:

• Explore what makes a presentation shine.
• Find out how to spot the sneaky signs of imposter syndrome and how to tackle them head-on.
• Feel ready and excited to present confidently, no matter the setting.

You will:
Gain a deep understanding of the core concepts of the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP) to harness its capabilities effectively.

Vivien Boche SAP Senior Director at the Center of Excellence for SAP BTP Vivien is a Senior Director at the Center of Excellence for SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) in EMEA North at SAP. She provides expert knowledge about extending applications with the SAP Business Technology Platform with a particular focus on application development, hyper-automation and AI. Vivien also acts as a corporate influencer for BTP, women in tech and young work professionals by holding keynotes, hosting panel discussions and offering workshops. Connect with Vivien on her LinkedIn.

Dive into a two-part journey focused on mastering your brand. The first phase involves introspection, helping you pinpoint your unique professional identity.

You will:

• Explore practical tools, notably LinkedIn, to amplify and showcase your professional brand.
• Walk away with a clear roadmap to brand authenticity and visibility.

Vivien Boche SAP Senior Director at the Center of Excellence for SAP BTP Vivien is a Senior Director at the Center of Excellence for SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) in EMEA North at SAP. She provides expert knowledge about extending applications with the SAP Business Technology Platform with a particular focus on application development, hyper-automation and AI. Vivien also acts as a corporate influencer for BTP, women in tech and young work professionals by holding keynotes, hosting panel discussions and offering workshops. Connect with Vivien on her LinkedIn.

In this session, you will explore how the recent advances in development tooling, frameworks and runtime come together to enable an unprecedented level of extensibility for SAPs flagship product. As the adoption of S/4HANA Cloud continues to climb and customers continue to extend the solution for individual use cases, a number of different approaches have emerged. This session will demonstrate how to extend S/4HANA Cloud end-to-end, and outline the overall development process, putting a spotlight on highlights and pitfalls along the way.
You will:

• Stay up-to-date with the latest extensibility tools and startegies for S/4HANA Cloud, public edition
• Grasp the potential of meta data driven, tool supported UI development and its impact on time-to-value and TCO
• See how different tools and frameworks work hand-in-hand to provide a best-in-class user experience

Katja Zoch SAP

We will do everything the “wrong” way with ABAP and see if it ends up in a full end-to-end DevOps approach. We’ll examine whether ABAP can be combined with DevOps and how to keep the core moving.

You will:

• Explore traditional software development approaches.
• Understand ABAP’s uniqueness.
• Witness the possibilities of combining ABAP with DevOps methodologies.
• Behold the tools and technologies used in non-ABAP software development such as Open Source.

Lars Hvam Petersen Heliconia Labs ABAP Specialist Open source ABAP, and custom ABAP development for ~20 years.

Whether it’s supplier performance, defective materials, or an unexpected natural disaster that bottlenecks your supply chain, data automation can help you adapt to changing market conditions and make business decisions. Simplify processes like changing material orders through automation and uploading new data to SAP. By utilizing software that understands the complexity of SAP, your team can keep pace with a quick-moving market. Join us to learn how to quickly make changes to your SAP data to ensure operational efficiency.

You will:

• Download and update SAP supply chain data.
• Quickly validate and change bill of materials data.
• Update your material purchasing records in SAP.

Tony Cregg insightsoftware Senior Solutions Engineer Tony has over 30 years’ experience working in software across a number of companies in various roles from programmer/consultant through to Sales Director! He has been at insightsoftware since 2016 and uses his expertise in financial & operational reporting together with analytics and planning to provide value to our customers on a daily basis

Understand the tremendous capabilities of SAP Advanced Event Mesh. The speaker will demonstrate how you can enable event communication outside of SAP by leveraging configurations and existing SAP tools. By highlighting this simplified approach, we aim to provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to streamline event handling and facilitate communication between SAP and external systems.

You will:

• Learn how to make data available in SAP via REST endpoints.
• Understand how to expose Change Pointers and Business Object Events to SAP Advanced Event Mesh via low code tools.
• See how to combine data and events to send out customized events real time to SAP Advanced Event Mesh.

Peter Kreiner-Sasady Invixo Consulting A/S CTO Defining the digital foundation: Integration (Boomi, Sap, Azure), API management (Boomi, Kong, Gravitee, Sap), event driven architecture (Solace, Google, Confluent) and micro services (Azure, Aws, Sap, Gcp). Trusted Advisor. Have been the client’s trusted advisor as technical lead on several SAP and large IT projects, ensuring the right design, level of quality and handover governance whilst handling the technical project management part of complex projects with many integrations.

Higher education institutions face challenges in delivering a modern, flexible, and mobile-friendly experience while complying with regulations and program structures. For the past 12 years, TED University has leveraged SAP to transform its academic business processes, streamline operations, and enhance the student and faculty experience.

You will:

• Hear best practices for leveraging SAP to streamline academic business processes, improve operational efficiency, and enhance the student and faculty experience.
• Learn strategies for integrating SAP with best-of-breed solutions to create a seamless user experience across all touchpoints and eliminate duplication of data.
• Understand lessons learned from 12 years of experience in using SAP to transform the higher education experience including practical tips for optimizing implementation.
• Comprehend real-world examples of how TED University has leveraged SAP to create a mobile-friendly environment that meets the needs of students, faculty, and administrators.

Umut Rodoplu TED University Director of Information Technology Umut Rodoplu is currently carrying out Director of Information Technology role for TED University, Ankara, Turkey and holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering. Within TED University he is managing a large-scale SAP ERP landscape (SLCM, Fiori, BPC, CRM, BO/BI, CO, FI, MM, SD and HR), integrated with other enterprise business systems required within the higher education domain. As an IT professional with more than 21 years of business experience in higher education, telecommunication, oil & gas, manufacturing and defense sectors and with 17 years of experience in program/project management (certified PMP since 2010, certified PSM I since 2019), Umut has designed, developed and managed many large scale enterprise digital transformation projects, ERP transformation and upgrade projects and service delivery operations which have been listed as local and global success stories. At TED University, he is also acting as Digital Transformation Lead.

Discuss the benefits of using SAP Fiori Elements in creating apps. Fiori Elements provides developers with ready-to-use templates speeding up the creation of apps from weeks to hours. We will delve into how Fiori Elements simplifies complex features like saving drafts and organizing data in columns removing custom coding. Fiori Elements ensures uniformity in app design, promoting a consistent user experience across apps.

You will:

• Learn what Fiori Elements are.
• See how to use Fiori Elements.
• Understand when to use Fiori Elements.
• Comprehend things to be cautious about with Fiori Elements.

Marian Zeis IT Consulting Marian Zeis SAP Developer & Independent Consultant Marian Zeis is a independant SAP Developer and Consultant. His expertise spans from backend development with ABAP and RAP to Front end Development with Fiori and UI5. He is also very involved in the SAP open source space to make life easier overall for developers. As spokesman of a working group in the German speaking SAP user group he represents the interests in the technology frontend area of SAP.

Follow up on the Breakout Session on “How to Speed up Your Application Development with Fiori Elements” and discuss pros and cons, use cases, obstacles, and success stories in a small group setting.

You will:

• Hear how other users approach Fiori Elements.
• Learn about the successes and failures of others.
• Understand the best practices to follow.

Marian Zeis IT Consulting Marian Zeis SAP Developer & Independent Consultant Marian Zeis is a independant SAP Developer and Consultant. His expertise spans from backend development with ABAP and RAP to Front end Development with Fiori and UI5. He is also very involved in the SAP open source space to make life easier overall for developers. As spokesman of a working group in the German speaking SAP user group he represents the interests in the technology frontend area of SAP.

Breakout Session IT Infrastructure + Operations Application Development + Automation

Learn how to leverage SAP Build Apps and SAP Build Work Zone to visually build apps and business sites that seamlessly integrate with SAP solutions, such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, and other third-party solutions.

You will:

• Utilize SAP Build Apps to design user-centric and feature-rich solutions for web and mobile platforms.
• Explore what’s new in SAP Build Work Zone and SAP Start.
• Gain insights into the best practices and integrated scenarios across the SAP Build portfolio to foster collaboration and optimize application development outcomes.

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Gain insights into SAP Build’s roadmap ahead with a focus on understanding enterprise automation and fusion development use cases.

You will:

• Learn how SAP Build is reshaping the application development landscape. /li>
• Sneak peek into the roadmap of SAP Build.
• Hear about the customer success with SAP Build.
• Delve into Enterprise Automation and fusion development use cases understanding how they integrate with SAP Build to empower businesses.

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Dive into SAP’s pro-code tools tailored for SAP developers, aimed at both amplifying efficiency and upholding system integrity to create high-quality business applications. Discover a comprehensive suite of development tools, frameworks, services powered with generative AI.

You will:

• Revolutionize your development process with SAP’s Pro-Code tools featuring built-in guidance and best practice recommendations by SAP.
• Create complex full stack applications and develop powerful end-to-end business solutions using your programming language of choice.
• Optimize developer efficiency with generative AI, productivity tools, and application lifecycle management.
• Learn about fusion development and enhance collaboration between business and tech, aiding citizen, and pro-developer collaboration for scalable, high-performance apps.
• Gain insights into extending ERP applications without altering the core functionality of the ERP system enabling seamless customization and innovation within your SAP landscape.

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Examine the roadmap for SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) Pro-Code offering. Delve into upcoming features, technology integrations, and experience enhancements. Gain insights into how these advancements will revolutionize your projects ensuring maximum developer productivity.

You will:

• Gain an understanding of the roadmap for SAP BTP Pro-Code offering with insights into the features and integrations.
• Explore the improvements planned for SAP BTP Pro-Code discovering how they will enhance the developer experience and streamline processes.
• Learn how the advancements in SAP BTP Pro-Code will influence future development projects enabling you to achieve developer productivity.
• Get a peek into the impact of SAP BTP Pro-Code on application development within diverse organizations and industries.

SAP

In this session you will learn how to maximize the automation rate and efficiency of your business processes. Discover our unique, AI-powered solution that will help you future-proof your journey to become an intelligent and automated enterprise.

You will:

• Learn how SAP Signavio enables you to monitor, analyze, and benchmark process performance to define process improvements.
• Understand how SAP Integration Suite connects processes and data across SAP and non-SAP applications.
• [newline][bullet] See how SAP Build Process Automation enables everyone to quickly automate workflow processes and tasks without writing code.

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Impact 20 IT Infrastructure + Operations Application Development + Automation Data Analytics + BI

Whether it’s supplier performance, defective materials, or an unexpected natural disaster that bottlenecks your supply chain, data automation can help you adapt to changing market conditions and make business decisions. Simplify processes like changing material orders through automation and uploading new data to SAP. By utilizing software that understands the complexity of SAP, your team can keep pace with a quick-moving market. Join us to learn how to quickly make changes to your SAP data to ensure operational efficiency.

You will:

• Download and update SAP supply chain data.
• Quickly validate and change bill of materials data.
• Update your material purchasing records in SAP.

Tony Cregg insightsoftware Senior Solutions Engineer Tony has over 30 years’ experience working in software across a number of companies in various roles from programmer/consultant through to Sales Director! He has been at insightsoftware since 2016 and uses his expertise in financial & operational reporting together with analytics and planning to provide value to our customers on a daily basis.

In today’s rapidly evolving world, the convergence of technology and business functions has become the key driver of success for organizations seeking to thrive in a dynamic landscape. Let’s delve into three pillars that are crucial to the success of any automation journey: Convergence of Technology and Business Functions; Self-sufficient, Safe, and Reliable Testing; and Scaling with Ease and Ensuring Robust Capability. Join us as we transform the automation landscape and redefine possibilities.

You will:

• Learn how to harness the power of automation to streamline processes and optimize operations.
• Hear best practices for building a resilient testing framework and fostering a culture of quality assurance.
• Delve into practical strategies on how to tackle complex automation projects and scale at ease.

Julian Bond Hillary’s Blinds Head of ICT Julian is Head of ICT for Hillarys, the UK’s largest retailer of made-to-measure residential window coverings, blinds, shutters and awnings. He has worked in business-focussed IT management for UK and global enterprises for the last 20 years, predominantly using ERP solutions in supply chain sectors (including Rolls-Royce, Heineken, Laporte), but most recently retail.

Learn the necessary skills for your Fiori journey from 50+ S/4HANA projects focusing on value creation, rollout strategy, user experience aspects, change management, architecture, performance, and development approaches.

You will:

• Understand the role of SAP Fiori in SAP’s user experience strategy.
• Learn how to build your Fiori roadmap for your S/4HANA migration project.
• Discover how to increase adoption of SAP Fiori and S/4HANA.
• Understand how to make your Fiori architecture scalable, performant, and secure.
• Get advice how to build the necessary skills.

Tamas Szirtes SOA People Group Innovation Director Group Innovation Director at SOA People, SAP Mentor, SAP HANA Distinguished Engineer, Chairman of VNSG User Experience, Lead of the Center of Excellence for S/4HANA at United VARs, Lecturer of Business Processes based on S/4HANA at the University of Mannheim and for an international group of students, 25 years in the SAP business, 150+ customer projects in 10+ countries.

This session will explore why SAP has adopted a user-centric approach that revolves around gathering insights and feedback from its user base. By closely observing user interactions and preferences, SAP can identify pain-points and opportunities for improvement. This continuous learning process serves as the foundation for enhancing the user experience throughout SAP’s cloud journey.You will:

• Learn about solutions that can leverage data to make informed decisions and streamline operations effectively.
• Discover how a user-centric approach can improve user experience.
• Discover how continuous learning will allow for observation into user interactions and preferences.

SAP

Explore the cutting-edge modular architecture on ABAP and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and experience the transformative power of their composable architecture to integrate and orchestrate applications within their digital ecosystem. Moreover, this session will present the revolutionary extensibility options that allow businesses to maintain a clean core, enabling tailor-made customizations of SAP S/4HANA Cloud to suit unique and evolving business needs.

You will:

• Explore the cutting-edge modular architecture on ABAP and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
• Use composable architecture to integrate and orchestrate applications within their digital ecosystem.
• Open new avenues for growth and efficiency.

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Breakout Session IT Infrastructure + Operations Application Development & Automation SAP S/4HANA

In the rapidly evolving realm of enterprise technology, the latest announcement by SAP has catalyzed a significant shift, compelling organizations to embrace the cloud for their SAP landscapes. As businesses adapt to this new reality, a pressing challenge arises: how can we ensure a seamless transition to the cloud while maintaining user satisfaction and operational efficiency? Join us to discover how Neptune Software can be a beacon of light for SAP users, ensuring that your journey to the cloud is not just a necessity but an opportunity for innovation. Learn how to leverage the power of No-Code, Low-Code, and Pro-Code approaches to craft tailored solutions that align perfectly with your organization’s unique needs. Let’s collectively pave the way for a future where SAP users can confidently embrace the cloud while optimizing their operations and user experiences.

You will:

• Explore how Neptune DXP supports No-, Low- & Pro-Code development in hybrid SAP landscapes.
• Learn how Neptune DXP leverages the power of AI for efficient enterprise app development.
• Discover how Neptune DXP integrates with SAP BTP and SAP S/4HANA.
• Gain insights into how to develop hybrid mobile offline apps with Neptune DXP.

Martin Fischer Neptune Software Head of Prodcut Martin brings more than 20 years of know-how and expertise in the SAP ecosystem and 15 years of experience in SAP consulting to Neptune Software. With roots as an ABAP developer, he is passionate about enterprise software, SAP, software development, and architecture. Martin is active in the SAP community as a speaker, author, and podcaster. For him, bringing together people, processes, and technology to find the most effective way of working means that DevOps is always part of the SAP conversation. When Martin is not working, he is raising two great kids and enjoying the great outdoors.

The session will explore the optimal strategies for implementing extensions in SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP S/4HANA. Manage extensions efficiently while transitioning towards ABAP Cloud using the clean core principles. This model ensures flexibility and empowers users to tailor their systems without the need for deep technical knowledge. On the other hand, the on-stack developer extensibility option allows tightly coupled extensions to be directly executed on the SAP S/4HANA technology stack. This approach is ideal for more complex and specialized extensions requiring deeper integration with the core system. Developers can utilize ABAP to implement these extensions, enabling seamless interactions with the underlying SAP S/4HANA environment.

You will:

• Learn about the key user extensibility, on-stack developer extensibility, and side-by-side extensibility model.
• Understand key user extensibility, classified as low-code/no-code extensions.
• Learn about a user-friendly approach for non-technical users to customize and extend SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP S/4HANA according to your specific needs.

SAP

Learn how the largest global snack company is automating and simplifying their SAP DevSecOps processes. This session will cover the design and rollout of a global SAP DevSecOps transformation, including organizational transformation to adopt DevSecOps culture and define product-oriented delivery teams. Discover how this organization was able to drive DevSecOps adoption across global teams, leveraging scaled Agile frameworks for SAP, Salesforce, Cloud and SaaS applications. Gain an understanding of the end-to-end DevSecOps engineering toolset automation selection process along with the newly established policies and procedures to deliver CI/CD pipelines. A key component of this organization’s SAP DevSecOps processes is Rev-Trac – the leading SAP DevSecOps orchestration platform. Briefly learn about Rev-Trac’s central role in this organization’s DevSecOps transformation from their Senior Director Global DevSecOps. Obtain a quick overview of Rev-Trac’s “3 Steps for Successful SAP DevSecOps”: Control the SAP ABAP core using the Rev-Trac SAP DevSecOps platform Unify your cloud-based, non-ABAP systems under the same centralized point of control Integrate best of breed, 3rd party ALM tools into Rev-Trac’s DevSecOps platform for a seamless DevSecOps process.

You will:

• Learn about real-world SAP DevSecOps success.
• Understand the internal cultural transformation requirements.
• Gain insight into realistic timelines and objectives involved.
• Obtain a brief overview of Rev-Trac’s “3 Steps for Successful SAP DevSecOps”

Mohan Singh Mondelez International Senior Global IT Leader Mohan is a Master’s qualified and accomplished senior IT leader with 22 years of experience across various roles in the global FMCG industry, in large business transformation programs and technology migrations. His senior stakeholder management abilities encompass key decision making on IT strategy, release roadmap delivery and operations excellence. He also has demonstrable experience leading and developing large high-performing multi-functional teams (up to 250+), driving vision, establishing actionable solutions, achieving goals and maximizing value. His key expertise includes: Enterprise Digital Transformation, Enterprise IT Program/Project Management, Enterprise IT Delivery & Operations (ERP, SaaS, Cloud & Integration), Intelligent Automation (AI, RPA), DevSecOps & Agile Transformation, Digital Strategy, Roadmap & Execution, Organisational Transformation, Cloud Strategy & Migration, D&I, Team Building & Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership

RevTrac

The ABAP Cloud programming language serves as the foundational framework for crafting applications and add-ons within the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), specifically the ABAP environment. This language seamlessly facilitates the construction of various types of applications, including transactional ones developed using the ABAP RESTful application programming model, analytical applications, as well as integration-centric scenarios. This abstract provides insights into common application scenarios and offers guidance on the development of multitenant Software as a Service (SaaS) applications.

You will:

• Develop a solid understanding of the core principles and functionalities of the ABAP Cloud programming language.
• Master the utilization of the ABAP RESTful application programming model to construct transactional applications.
• Acquire proficiency in crafting analytical applications within the ABAP Cloud framework.
• Learn effective strategies for seamlessly integrating diverse elements within the ABAP Cloud environment, enabling the creation of resilient and comprehensive applications.
  

  Frank Jentsch SAP

Join this roadmap session to learn more about SAP BTP Pro-Code tools. Dive into forthcoming features, technology integrations, and enriched user experiences. Discover how our imminent advancements will mold your upcoming development projects, optimizing productivity.

You will:

• Gain an understanding of the roadmaps for SAP Cloud Application Programing Model, SAP UI5, SAP Mobile Services.
• Learn how the advancements will enhance your future development projects, enabling you to achieve greater developer productivity.
• Get a glimpse of the impact of SAP Pro-Code tools on application development across diverse organizations and industries.

Yuval Anafi SAP

Learn how to accelerate development and automation without writing code. See how to leverage simple drag-and-drop capabilities to solve complex business problems and build solutions and extend or improve standard business processes in business solutions such as SAP S/4HANA. The combination of the SAP Build Process Automation solution, the SAP Build Apps tool, and SAP Build Work Zone makes the difference. Use this opportunity to ask questions and complete exercises at your own pace.

Evgeniy Gorbunov SAP Product Manager Evgenii is a Product Manager for SAP Build Process Automation with more than 10 years of experience in implementing SAP solutions and improving them together with the customers. Evgenii worked as a presales specialist and implementation consultant covering wide variety of data warehousing, analytics solutions, and process-centric tools. Being a passionate enthusiast and evangelist of Hyperautomation topic, Evgenii is driving multiple outbound product management, customer adoption and go-to-market activities within SAP Build Process Automation organization.

Pedro Iranzo Egea SAP BTP Solution Advisor BTP, SFSF expertise. Based on Barcelona, Spain