This session examines SAP Business Suite and the integrated applications that support core processes across finance, supply chain, procurement, human resources, and customer operations. Learn how these applications relate to one another, the roles they play in an SAP environment, and the structure they provide for managing enterprise operations. Understand how RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP serve as guided paths into SAP Business Suite and how they support a structured move to SAP Cloud ERP. Review customer success stories to see how companies have approached adoption, the results they achieved, and the lessons you can apply when planning or optimizing your own landscape.

As global supply chains grow more complex and data-centric, Agentic A2A (Agent-to-Agent) intelligence is emerging as a transformative paradigm for autonomous collaboration across SAP and non-SAP ecosystems. This session explores how intelligent agents—representing suppliers, logistics providers, and planners—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 Integrated Business Planning (IBP), SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and SAP Joule , alongside Non-SAP agents and platforms. Attendees will 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 using Joule, reinforcement learning for decision alignment, and governance frameworks that ensure trust, auditability, and human oversight. Real-world use cases—such as autonomous supplier negotiations, dynamic shipment routing, and adaptive demand-supply matching will show how SAP-native agents can collaborate with external systems to create a resilient, intelligent, and self-regulating supply chain.

In this session, 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.

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.

In this interactive workshop, you will work in a small group to build a clear and defensible business case for an SAP S/4HANA transformation. You will walk through the core components of an effective case, including scope decisions, deployment models, cloud incentives, cost categories, risk factors, readiness gaps, and expected outcomes. The facilitator provides practical prompts to help you evaluate subscription models, key contract terms, and the operational impacts of different choices. The session concludes with a concise board readout, giving you practical experience communicating value, justifying decisions, and framing the transformation in strategic, outcome-driven terms.

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.

This session will cover:

• 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.

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.

The reality of managing data across disparate systems often results in a fragmented, siloed data landscape that hinders agility and decision-making. This session presents a detailed case study of Dodge Industrial’s comprehensive data integration journey, offering practical insights into how we transitioned from significant data disconnection to a harmonized, integrated environment with Datasphere at the center. We’ll discuss our scenario before the integration project, detailing pain points, data quality issues, and inefficiencies we faced. Then we’ll walk through the project and share with you how we arrived at our current state, sharing lessons learned along the way.

You’ll get:

• A transparent review of the critical choices we made along the way.
• Key takeaways from our experience connecting SAP and various non-SAP data sources.
• How we stitched it all together - the approach we used to create a unified data fabric.
• Actionable insight into enabling bi-directional data feeds.
• Insight into the specific integration platforms, ETL tools, and middleware that enabled our solution.

Join this session to hear the story behind one of the largest financial transformations in John Deere’s history. This session will highlight challenges of scale, harmonizing master data as the foundation, handling complex business requirements, and innovative strategies used to drive adoption across over 1K users located at over 200 business units around the globe. Attendees will gain insight into how John Deere modernized its financial backbone using SAP S/4HANA & SAP Central Finance paired with AI and automation strategies to successfully implement changes with lasting impact.

Modern business demands faster delivery, reliable data, and the ability to adapt without disruption. In this session, see how Eneco modernized SAP integration by replacing traditional interfaces and ABAP proxies with standard APIs and event-driven connectivity in SAP S/4HANA to accelerate innovation, reduce manual effort and integration complexity, and improve operational reliability. Learn the architectural decisions, governance practices, and lessons that enabled these results, and take away guidance to simplify integration and scale performance across your SAP landscape.

Get practical insights from Woodstream’s enterprise-wide SAP Cloud ALM rollout, including how they tied it directly into their SAP S/4HANA program for smoother execution across all workstreams. Discover how the team set up lifecycle management early to support testing, integration oversight, and clean-core discipline during a complex transformation. Hear how they navigated challenges with adoption, coordination, and visibility as they introduced new processes and tools across the organization. Learn which parts of their approach delivered the greatest impact and how those insights can guide your own ALM planning and execution.

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.

Join us as we explore how KPMG leverages Joule for Consultants (J4C) to help drive transformative success. As a major user of J4C, KPMG enhances its consulting services by streamlining processes and optimizing resources. This session will provide insights into J4C's impact on boosting agility and efficiency, showcasing real-world applications that empower speed to value within cloud transformation. Discover how J4C can be your catalyst for innovation and rapid organizational change.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

What does it take to successfully adopt SAP Cloud ERP Private as part of an enterprise modernization journey? In this candid customer panel, business and IT leaders from Kyocera, Naturipe Farms, and Woodstream share insights on what worked, what didn’t, and what they’d do differently. Get practical guidance to strengthen program governance, manage RISE service tickets effectively, resolve issues before they escalate, and use SAP Cloud ALM insights to support performance and business continuity as your environment evolves. Come away with the clarity and confidence to make informed decisions, reduce risk, and drive lasting business impact from cloud ERP.

This session explores how to leverage SAP AI Core and SAP BTP to enhance analytics and intelligence within your SAP S/4HANA landscape. Walk through a live demo to see how to build and operationalize machine learning models using tools like Python and R on SAP HANA data. Get actionable insights to integrate these models into operational workflows to enable intelligent automation, support smarter decision-making, and drive continuous improvement across your SAP S/4HANA environment.

SAP S/4HANA is no longer just an ERP upgrade, it is the operational backbone for supply chains that must sense, respond, and adapt to constant disruption. When configured correctly and integrated with planning, scheduling, and execution processes, SAP S/4HANA becomes the digital core that simplifies complexity, stabilizes operations, and enables more autonomous, AI-supported decision cycles. This session will demonstrate how industry leaders are connecting SAP S/4HANA with IBP, EWM, PP/DS, and real-time analytics to create a resilient, data-driven supply chain that operates with greater speed, precision, and reliability.

Key Takeaways

• What it takes to operate with SAP S/4HANA as a true digital core beyond transactional processing and into end-to-end orchestration.
• How to connect planning, scheduling, and execution layers to improve responsiveness and reduce disruption-driven variability.
• The role of accurate master data, capacity models, and ATP/MRP configuration in driving stable, resilient operations.
• How advanced analytics, agentic applications, and automation reduce manual intervention and push the supply chain toward more autonomous performance.

As your global supply chains face increasing complexity, volatility, and macro-economic events, your organization can respond with agility by leveraging new features and capabilities that change decision-making in new ways. This session showcases how Supply Chain and Analytics leaders are deploying new ‘Ways of Working’ to quickly react to unexpected challenges, predict and score future events, and bridge the IT and business chasm for greater business outcomes.  Through practical examples leveraging SAP BDC (but not specifically requiring SAP BDC), you will gain insight into how analytics-driven strategies can improve responsiveness, reduce costs, and support more resilient supply chain operations across mission-critical supply chain events, with freight optimization and chargeback avoidance as examples in this session.

Tariff volatility, geopolitical shocks, and supply chain disruptions are eroding margins across global manufacturing and distribution. Yet most SAP-driven organizations still struggle to quantify exposure, respond quickly, or translate risk into actionable decisions. This session explores how leaders are using the SAP capabilities they already have in S/4HANA, IBP, MRP, and embedded analytics to anticipate cost impacts, stabilize planning, and protect profitability. Attendees will gain practical guidance on using SAP as a real-time engine for resilience, enabling faster scenario modeling, better sourcing decisions, and more agile supply and operations planning.

Key Takeaways:
How to assess tariff and disruption risk using SAP data and model financial and operational impact in real time.
How to reduce manual work and spreadsheet-driven firefighting by leveraging SAP’s integrated planning and execution tools.
Practical resilience strategies that improve service reliability, protect margins, and strengthen cash flow in volatile markets."

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.

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.

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.

Moving enterprise data to the cloud presents a transformative shift in the way data is managed, accessed, and leveraged. However, there are a number of challenges to understand and overcome. This session will move beyond the hype to explore the top five tangible opportunities and associated challenges that data professionals must navigate to ensure a successful cloud data strategy. We’ll dig into the opportunities, like how the cloud unlocks scalability and flexibility and enables real-time analytics, and then dive into the critical challenges that come with this evolution including security and compliance, cost, governance, and more. We will also address crucial considerations associated with migrating to SAP S/4HANA on the cloud that may provide a strategic advantage.