Program

8:00 am - 8:55 am

Come-Together & Breakfast

Break Sessions
8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Networking

Onsite
9:00 am - 9:30 am

On a mission with a vision with Felix Neureuther

Plenum

"We want to make an active contribution! It's about taking responsibility and showing morality. Each of us can do our part for a healthier world." - Felix Neureuther

Speaker
Felix Neureuther
former World-Class Alpin Ski Racer
9:30 am - 10:15 am

SAP Partner Ecosystem – The Supercharger for AI

Plenum
  • Business Technology Platform
  • Ecosystem solutions
  • Artifical Intelligence/AI
Speaker
10:55 am - 11:25 am

SAP Signavio Key & LeanIX Messages

Connect Session 1

How can partners best benefit from working with SAP Signavio & LeanIX? This slot covers strategic topics, value aspects, securing projects, and commercial topics of the partnership.

  • SAP Signavio
Speaker
Markus Loebus
SAP
Global VP SAP Signavio Partner Business Management
Oliver Klein
LeanIX GmbH
Oliver Klein is responsible within LeanIX for Global Strategic Alliances including GSI, technology partnerships and strategic alliances. Prior to LeanIX, he played multiple business development, and practice leadership roles with global consulting and information services firms.
10:55 am - 11:25 am

Pitch Perfect – Customer and Competitor Insights to win the Cloud ERP opportunity

Connect Session 2

What if you knew SAP's market opportunity for Cloud ERP in MEE, the prospective customers currently driving the opportunity, the competition you will face when selling it, and how to pitch to successfully close your deal? Understand how you can efficiently realize the potential based on market data, purchasing intent signals, and competitive insights that support prioritization and fine tuning of your sales activities.

  • Cloud ERP
  • Market Insights
Speaker
10:55 am - 11:25 am

How to Drive with Sustainable Procurement

Connect Session 3

Sustainable procurement is the gateway to drive sustainability across your supply chain – e.g. complying with supply chain regulations and controlling Scope 3 emissions. Learn about the Sustainable Procurement sales play (key solutions for partners to resell) and available enablement to upskill your team. Discover how partners can extend the SAP portfolio and address new use cases with SAP BTP, hearing it from an endorsed sustainable procurement partner: Ecovadis.

  • Spend Management & Business Network
  • Sustainability
Speaker
Damien Buatois
SAP
Trusted advisor to partners. Passionate about co-innovation in IE and Sustainability areas. Extensive background at SAP in the Intelligent Spend and Business Network line of business. Strong background in Procurement solutions field consulting. Based in Geneva, Switzerland. Glad to connect in French, English, and Spanish.
10:55 am - 11:25 am

Let‘s kick-off the future of logistics with SAP and Kinexon

Innovator Stage

Be part of our upcoming business roundtable discussion, where we'll be diving into the exciting world of logistics cloud technology and AI. Join us as we explore how cloud-based logistics could empower customers with greater agility and scalability. And how AI can revolutionize the way we handle logistics, leading to increased automation and efficiency. This is your chance to connect with industry experts and discuss the power of AI for a more streamlined and effective logistics operation. Don't miss out on this valuable opportunity!

  • Digital Supply Chain
Speaker
10:55 am - 11:25 am

How Tricentis SAP QA Solex Solutions drive Innovation & support with Risk Mitigation

Roundtable 2

Explore essential strategies to embed a leading QA approach in your SAP transformation, minimizing risks, accelerating delivery, and slashing IT QA expenses. Supported by an independent Forrester and SAP study, Tricentis Solutions showcased a remarkable 300% acceleration in application release, a 90% change de-risk, and a substantial 50% cut in QA costs for enterprise clients. Discover how leveraging Tricentis SAP Solex Solutions can propel your organization towards agility and differentiation.

  • Business Technology Platform
  • Software Partners
Speaker
Ronald Tetteroo
Tricentis GmbH
10:55 am - 11:25 am

Deliver employee experience and unique client value with SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone

Roundtable 3

Experience how SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone delivers a consistent cross solution interface for all tasks employees will require at work. At the same time it provides partners unique opportunities to build industry and client specific functionalities on BTP to solve unique customer problems and differentiate themselves.

  • Human Experience Management
Speaker
Mohammed Fadili
SAP
An 25 years HRIS veteran, always on the edge of HRIS evolution. Now fully committed to support SuccessFactors partners in making the best of SAP Business Technology Platform for their innovations.
Uwe Hafner
SAP
Since 2014 active in multiple SAP SuccessFactors roles and projects.
Steffen Retz
MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH
10:55 am - 11:25 am

Non Commercial Licensing | Test, Demo, and Development

Speak up Zone

As an SAP partner you have exclusive access to Test, Demo and Development Licenses. Meet our Non-Commercial Licensing Experts, exchange, and ask your questions about our Non-Commercial License Offerings.

  • Partnering - Partner Tools & Programs
Speaker
Kai Mueller
SAP
Being part of the Non-Commercial Licensing team of the SAP Corporate Transformation Organization, our team provides SAP partners with an end-to-end service portfolio for partner exclusive licenses enabling them to test & demo SAP Cloud and on-premise solutions to increase their sales potential and build cloud-native 3rd party solutions complementing the SAP portfolio.
Ralf Wagner
SAP
Being part of the Non-Commercial Licensing team of the SAP Corporate Transformation Organization, our team provides SAP partners with an end-to-end service portfolio for partner exclusive licenses enabling them to test & demo SAP Cloud and on-premise solutions to increase their sales potential and build cloud-native 3rd party solutions complementing the SAP portfolio.
10:55 am - 11:50 am

Lead with industries - powered by SAP Business AI solutions

Master Class

Industry expertise has been SAP's key differentiator on the business software market for the past 50 years. We look at the latest trends in industries and SAP's industry cloud solution offerings empowering our customers' cloud transformation. You’ll see how the most exciting, transformative technology development in artificial intelligence is offering SAP partners a new way of unleashing industry innovations via SAP's latest Business AI portfolio.

  • Industries / Industry Cloud
Speaker
Sami Helin
Coveo Solutions Inc.
Passionate about business improvement with AI. Over 25 year experience in IT (e.g. SAP, Microsoft). Ex-volleyball player, now a keen Rower.
10:55 am - 12:25 pm

Use Case Evaluation of Side-by-side scenarios on SAP BTP

Business Modeling

The participants will get a brief introduction about the classification of use cases on SAP BTP, criteria pro/con Side-by-Side development of Add-Ons for SAP S/4HANA on SAP BTP and a methodology to evaluate those use cases with the OSconomy SaaS Solution Canvas. The group will then generate example cases out of the participants and perform an examplary evaluation of one of the examples and deduct cornerstones for a possible architecture on SAP BTP.

  • Business Technology Platform
  • Software Partners
Speaker
Oliver Schreiber
OSconomy GmbH
Founder and MD of Osconomy as SAP Build Partner for BTP based SaaS services, as SAP Mentor with BTP focus and co-founder of KildeQ AG as SAP OEM partner providing THE trade finance platform LiquidityHub as part of the SAP industry cloud for Banking.
Jari Pietsch
OSconomy GmbH
11:40 am - 12:10 pm

OpenEcoSystem to SAP Store - "Monetize your own IP"

Connect Session 1

Leveraging PartnerEdge for revenue share models and Navigating your path from Use Case to commercialization via Industry Cloud and SAP Store 

  • Business Technology Platform
  • Partnering - Customer Success
  • Software Partners
Speaker
Adela Bosakova
SAP
I am a member of the SAP Store team, where she focuses on driving internal business development initiatives in 2 regions - EMEA south and MEE. It includes facilitating connections between partners and AEs, through sessions and 1:1
11:40 am - 12:10 pm

Customer Value Journey: from initial customer interest to the order​ and beyond

Connect Session 2

Get to know the whole sales process and all the partner related SAP apps from Pricing, Deal Registration, Pipeline Management, Quote Creation, Ordering and Renewal, in order to provide your prospects and customers with a great value journey.

  • Partnering - Partner Tools & Programs
Speaker
Markus Fuchs
SAP
Being part of the Partner & Ecosystem Processes team, Markus is managing the opportunity to order processes for partner-driven deals, in particular for VAR Resell and CCFlex. As such he is also the process owner for the Partner Deal Management tools, such as Deal Registration and Place Order.
11:40 am - 12:10 pm

Future-proof your Supply Chain with SAP

Connect Session 3

Supply chains have been hit badly in the last few years by various factors. They are in the center of attention. The next crisis affecting your supply chain is coming – sooner or later! How can you prepare for it now? How can supply chain management solutions from SAP help? What have other customers achieved while leveraging our solutions? How do you balance a sustainable supply chain and profitable growth? How does SAP use Al today and what is planned?

  • Digital Supply Chain
Speaker
11:40 am - 12:10 pm

Accelerate Value Analysis and Realization with Plug and Gain by SAP Signavio and Value Accelerators

Innovator Stage

The SAP Signavio practice in projects has largely evolved with new capabilities and options and new tools being available. The plug and gain approach enables deep and rapid value insights for SAP installed base customers (SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA). SAP Signavio Process Explorer, SAP Signavio Process Navigator, and the Value Accelerators are additional examples. We provide an overview and show how this is used by partners.

  • Cloud ERP
  • SAP Signavio
Speaker
Anastasiya Guba
SAP
In my current role at SAP Signavio Product & Engineering, Value Accelerator Delivery unit, my responsibilities include leading strategic initiatives, specifically Partner Value Accelerators. My focus lies in ensuring the success of Partner content on our channels. I strive to play a key role in content development, implementing innovative strategies, and and strengthening our partner network.
11:40 am - 12:10 pm

HXM innovation roadmap - learn how SAP invests to meet customer needs

Roundtable 1

The HXM technology market is dynamic and driven by innovation. SAP SuccessFactors keeps investing to meet current and future customer needs. Skills management and AI are hot topics we are adressing in our HXM suite. At the same time we invest into core HR to further strenghten our fundation.

  • Human Experience Management
Speaker
11:40 am - 12:10 pm

Partner Collaboration & Support for BTP & Partner Feedback

Roundtable 3

In this Session we will discuss how SAP & Partners can collaborate to bring Business Technology Platform to all our customers.

  • Business Technology Platform
Speaker
Abassin Sidiq
SAP
Helping our ecosystem and customers in transforming their businesses with the SAP Business Technology Platform.
Dennis Mayer
SAP
Vertrieb für SAP Business Technology Platform in der Fertigungsindustrie (Mittelstand) in Deutschland. Sales for SAP Business Technology Platform in Discrete Manufacturing Industry (Midmarket) in Germany.
11:40 am - 12:10 pm

Accelerate the implementation of cloud solutions with SAP Preferred Success services

Speak up Zone

Get support from a wide range of out-of-the box services to improve the user experience and to optimize solutions throughout the product lifecycle so that business goals can be achieved through tailored roadmaps for success.

  • Partnering - Partner Tools & Programs
Speaker
Mario Moser-Wanek
SAP
Solution Advisor for SAP Preferred Success - MEE
11:40 am - 12:10 pm

What are the economic advantages of using SAP DSC solutions?

Pavilion Germany

The recognizable added economic value is the basis for every IT investment decision. In this “Pavillion Session” we will describe which value drivers and KPI`s can be used to prove the economic benefits of introducing the latest SAP DSC solutions. SAP's methodical approach is
complemented by practical experience and other KPI`s of one of our long-standing DSC partners. As part of this lecture, we will present this common approach and will discuss it with interested partners.
Session will be in German language.

  • Digital Supply Chain
Speaker
Marc-Oliver Wiedemann
SAP
Partner Solution Adoption MEE
11:40 am - 12:10 pm

Winning Net New Names in Switzerland

Pavilion Switzerland

Discover effective client acquisition strategies in Switzerland and gain valuable insights into successful Swiss scale-up endeavors.

  • Partnering - Customer Success
Speaker
11:40 am - 12:10 pm

Post-sales get together

Pavilion CEE
  • Partnering - Customer Success
Speaker
Alexander Cronenberg
SAP
Responsible for the indirect Post-Sales business in MEE. Ensuring customer and partner success in the cloud.
Dragos Petrea
SAP
As the Regional Head of Ecosystem Delivery Success at SAP, I bring together SAP teams and partners to ensure cloud adoption, quality of delivery, and capacity of our ecosystem across Middle and Eastern Europe.
12:25 pm - 1:05 pm

Let's Connect Germany

Plenum
Speaker
Sven Mulder
SAP
Sven Mulder is managing director of SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG. He is responsible for SAP’s sales, operations, and strategic business development in Germany, and reports to Alexander Kläger, president of the Middle and Eastern Europe region.
12:25 pm - 1:05 pm

Let's Connect Switzerland

Pavilion Switzerland

Let's come together to reflect on the current year and look ahead to the future. Discover the exciting partnering opportunities and gain insights into what 2024 has in store for us. This session is expected to be an engaging and informative dialogue that we hope you won't want to miss.

Speaker
Florian Dreifus
SAP
+15 years SAP Experience in various fields - FSI, SuccessFactors, Value Engineering. Consistently developing new methods to showcase how IT can provide business value to existing processes or rethink them completely. University lecturer since 2013 covering focusing on Design Thinking, Business Model Innovation and New Work approaches.
12:25 pm - 1:05 pm

Let's Connect CEE

Pavilion CEE

Roundtable with CEE Management - CEE go to market strategy & business review

Fireside chat with SAP Sales Teams from Austria, Poland and Czech - market & growth opportunities

Speaker
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch

Break Sessions
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Understanding and efficiently capturing SAP’s market opportunity for SAP BTP

Connect Session 1

What if you knew SAP's market opportunity for SAP BTP in MEE, the prospective customers currently driving the opportunity, the competition you will face when selling it, and how to pitch to successfully close your deal? Understand how you can efficiently realize the potential based on market data, purchasing intent signals, and competitive insights that support prioritization and fine tuning of your sales activities.

  • Business Technology Platform
  • Market Insights
Speaker
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Next level experience: Introducing SAP for Me to Partner sales and post-sales employees

Connect Session 2

Explore a game-changing digital companion, enhancing Partner lifecycle transparency. Attendees will discover how this innovation provides seamless access to essential information through an intuitive user interface, enabling rapid and informed business decisions.

  • Partnering - Partner Tools & Programs
Speaker
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

News in the Automotive and Discrete Manufacturing Industries

Connect Session 3

In this session you will get an update on the latest industry strategy and go-to-market priorities for automotive and discrete manufacturing. You will learn about portfolio news, customer successes and partner opportunities in Industry Cloud, S/4 HANA Cloud, CX and Business Networks.

  • Industries / Industry Cloud
Speaker
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Experience the Power of Composability with SAP Commerce Cloud and Coveo

Innovator Stage

Adapt quickly to drive profitable growth with a feature-rich foundation and curated partners.
The example of Coveo’s leading search & recommendation cloud solution shows how over 18 years of AI experience can unlock vast opportunities for e-commerce business by increasing profitability, decreasing costs, and delivering 1:1 relevant recommendations that really work!
Give your customers the best version of relevance: Everywhere, every time, to everyone by using powerful AI and machine learning from Coveo integrated with SAP Commerce Cloud.

  • Customer Experience Management
  • Artifical Intelligence/AI
  • Software Partners
Speaker
Cliff Reichardt
Coveo Solutions Inc.
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

What’s the right PLM solution for your customer and what’s in for you?

Roundtable 1

Your customers are redesigning their products to be more sustainable. A Product Lifecycle Management solution (PLM) is the key to success for this. Learn how you can help your customers on their journeys and let’s see what’s in for you.

  • Digital Supply Chain
Speaker
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

How to boost your practice with SAP Signavio as a partner?

Roundtable 2

Many SAP partners do successfully use SAP Signavio. More partners are joining and existing partners are expanding their SAP Signavio knowledge and teams. We will discuss how to start getting acquainted with SAP Signavio and how to deepen the integration of partner and SAP Signavio methodology and fully benefit from the substantial power of the integrated SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite approach.

  • SAP Signavio
Speaker
Paul de Wildt
SAP
I'm a true process transformation expert with long time strategic and hands-on experience in business process management, improvement and automation. I have worked in various international roles supporting customers and partners in defining process transformation journeys by focusing on value and leveraging innovative solutions. Currently I support our partners to Sell & Deliver Signavio solutions
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

ERP Clean Core - An Overview and what is behind

Roundtable 3

The Clean Core concept, within the context of SAP, represents a fundamental shift in how organizations approach their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
It revolves around the idea of simplifying and optimizing the ERP landscape by removing customizations and simplifying processes. The Clean Core approach promises benefits such as increased agility, reduced maintenance costs, and enhanced scalability. The SAP Clean Core Roundtable is a place that brings together experts and practitioners from various industries to explore the transformative potential of SAP's Clean Core concept.

  • Business Technology Platform
  • Cloud ERP
  • Software Partners
Speaker
Jens Schönwitz
SAP
I am part of a team which is globally responsible for the Partner ecosystem GTM strategy and portfolio management for S/4HANA Private Cloud and S/4HANA Customer Evolution.
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

„Ask me anything“

Pavilion Germany

Ask our Managing Director anything you want to ask via our

Interaction tool

The session is in German language.

  • Market Insights
Speaker
Sven Mulder
SAP
Sven Mulder is managing director of SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG. He is responsible for SAP’s sales, operations, and strategic business development in Germany, and reports to Alexander Kläger, president of the Middle and Eastern Europe region.
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Embracing success: Navigating the Swiss post-sales landscape

Pavilion Switzerland

Connect with our Swiss Post-Sales Management team to understand the vital role of post-sales support in your business growth. Explore collaborative opportunities and discover how we can enhance your operations in Switzerland.

  • Partnering - Customer Success
Speaker
Alexander Cronenberg
SAP
Responsible for the indirect Post-Sales business in MEE. Ensuring customer and partner success in the cloud.
Dragos Petrea
SAP
As the Regional Head of Ecosystem Delivery Success at SAP, I bring together SAP teams and partners to ensure cloud adoption, quality of delivery, and capacity of our ecosystem across Middle and Eastern Europe.
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Partner experience roundtable

Pavilion CEE
  • Partnering - Customer Success
Speaker
Michal Zatopek
Zatopek Consulting
Andreas Dörner
CNT Management Consulting AG
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

Farewell with Susanne your Channel Heads & CONNECT Partner Advisory Board

Plenum

Join us as we bid farewell to the guests of CONNECT 2023 SAP Partner Summit in Duesseldorf, accompanied by the CONNECT Partner Advisory Council. Let us celebrate the power of partnership and look forward to a future filled with shared success and continued collaboration.

Speaker