You know it already, but you need no more indicator of the growth of the cloud at SAP and for enterprises in general than to gaze at the session catalog for Sapphire 2016, May 17-19 in Orlando, Florida.
As of this writing, there are 1600 total sessions listed in the catalog, of which 338 are classified as Cloud Platform sessions. Over 20% of all Sapphire sessions have to do with Cloud Platform.
Since 338 sessions is too much for any one mere mortal to take in, we are providing you a list of selected HCP highlights to check out below and take along if you’re going. Thanks to Dan Kearnan of HCP product marketing for putting this list together, which is one of the sources of inspiration for these highlights.
Enjoy, and engage with @saphcp on Twitter to tell us what we've missed!
12 Don't-Miss Sessions
| Session Type and ID | Speaker(s) | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Presentation - 34390 | Eamon Kearns Sr Dir, Emerging Solutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Meet Your Business Needs with Agile Cloud Applications | Speed your path to business agility with innovative cloud solutions. Learn why the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is using SAP HANA Cloud Platform and cloud solutions from SAP to quickly build new applications and processes needed to address growing needs across the organization. |
| Customer Presentation - 34844 | Steven Carter CIO C&J Energy Services | Accelerate Digital Transformation with SAP HANA Cloud Platform | Improve data accuracy and reduce sales outstanding with digital technology. Discover how C&J Energy Services used SAP HANA Cloud Platform and Capgemini’s EnergyPath solution to build ticketing apps for its 1,000 field users. Learn how the application synchronizes with the SAP S/4HANA Finance solution to capture job data regardless of connectivity. |
| Customer Presentation - 34967 | Jeff Fox Mgr, Supply Chain and Quality Systems Moen Inc.
Marc Geall SVP, Head of Platform Partner Ecosystem SAP | Bolster Business Agility by Moving to the Cloud | Become a more responsive organization in meeting the needs of your customers and employees. Learn how companies such as faucet and fixture manufacturer Moen Inc. are benefitting from SAP HANA Cloud Platform and from SAP's extensive partner ecosystem to more quickly respond to needs across the organization. |
| Interactive Session - 34401 | Cloud Platform Evangelist SAP | Build, Extend, and Integrate Cloud Applications | Unlock new business possibilities by rapidly building, extending, and running enterprise-class cloud applications. Hear case studies spanning a variety of industries serving consumers and enterprises to see how SAP HANA Cloud Platform enables powerful cloud application development. |
| Interactive Session - 34405 | VP, Product Management SAP
Senior Director Product Management SAP Labs | Extend On-Premise Applications to the Cloud with Surprising Ease | Discover how connecting your business to the cloud may be far easier than you thought. Learn how you can take your SAP on-premise applications to the cloud using SAP HANA Cloud Platform |
| Interactive Session - 33927 | Learning Strategist SAP | Explore the New Nature of Work in a Social and Collaborative Enterprise | Benefit from the transformation in the learning industry with the rise of trends such as curation, gamification, and flipped classrooms. Find out how to incorporate both traditional and social learning to develop talent through game-based learning and storytelling. |
| Interactive Session - 34398 | Dir, Go-to-Market HANA Cloud Platform SAP
Senior Director Product Management SAP Labs | Design Cloud-Based Applications for Today’s World | Explore ways to create new cloud applications that meet the demands of today's mobile, social, and real-time world. Learn about the innovative cloud development features that make SAP HANA Cloud Platform an ideal choice for creating cloud applications. |
| Demo Theatre Session - 34408 | Sr Dir, Marketing, SAP HANA Cloud Platform SAP | Get Started with the Cloud in 15 Minutes | See how quickly you can get started with building cloud applications. Learn how you can use SAP HANA Cloud Platform to build your first application. Sign up for a free trial of SAP HANA Cloud Platform in just minutes. |
| Demo Theatre Session - 34407 | Dir, SAP HANA Cloud Platform SAP | Integrate On-Premise and Cloud Solutions to Improve Customer Experience | Explore ways to integrate popular on-premise and cloud solutions without the need for on-premise technology. See how you can integrate cloud applications, incorporate social sentiment into SAP S/4HANA software, and provide tailored application programming interfaces securely to business partners with SAP HANA Cloud Platform. |
| HANA Cloud Platform Sessions at ASUG - A3847 | Senior Director Product Management SAP Labs
Vice President, Product Marketing SAP | Road Map: Now and the Road Ahead with SAP HANA Cloud Platform | SAP HANA Cloud Platform serves as a platform as a service to help organizations develop, deploy, and operate applications in the cloud. It has powerful standards-based services that help developers quickly extend existing applications or create new enterprise-level, cloud-based applications. This session outlines current, planned and future capabilities. |
| HANA Cloud Platform Sessions at ASUG - A4289 | VP, Product Management SAP
VP R&D SAP SE | Road Map: Update on the Cloud Platform Extensions Strategy for SAP HANA | SAP HANA Cloud Platform (HCP) is the extension platform for SAP's line of business (LoB) applications such as SuccessFactors and S/4HANA. As companies move to cloud applications, there's a big shift for the business and IT in how they address continuous needs and requirements. Hear the latest update on the current, planned and future capabilities of HCP |
| Internet of Things Sessions at ASUG - A5790 | Senior Director Product Management SAP Labs
VP R&D SAP SE | Road Map: Internet of Things (IoT) Applications and Technology | Wondering what’s coming up next for the Internet of Things (IoT) for SAP software? Join this session to learn about the solution portfolio for IoT and SAP software and get an update on the road map for IoT applications and technologies for SAP software. In this session, we welcome business and technical focused audiences. |
Preconference Highlight
Get an overview of IoT at the pre-conference session on Monday: "This informational workshop will discuss SAP’s IoT strategy and the future roadmap of SAP’s offerings in this arena that will enable customers to succeed in transforming their business."
Keynote Highlights
All the keynotes are of course don't-miss, but here are places to listen most for a focus and inspiration on HCP:
- Get ready to be inspired when our CEO Bill McDermott officially kicks off Sapphire with the opening keynote Tuesday at 9am.
- On Wednesday, prepare for a technology deep-dive and listen for a healthy dose of HCP from member of SAP Executive Board in charge of Products & Innovation, Bernd Leukert
- On Thursday, you never want to miss SAP co-founder and Supervisory Board Chairman Hasso Plattner
Show Floor Demo Station
Finally and importantly for your HCP experience, you can meet us on the show floor. The floor opens at 10:15am on Tuesday after the opening keynote and closes on Thursday at 5:30pm. For the duration of the show floor hours, visit the HCP demo station to meet HCP experts, see demos, learn about use cases, and get your questions answered. Find us at the Digital Enterprise Platform Campus on the show floor where you’ll be able to engage with experts in three HCP Expert Stations:
- SAP HANA Cloud Platform - Start your cloud journey DE34415
- Develop New Cloud Applications DE34414
- Extend On-Premise and Cloud Applications DE34413
Fun
PS: After you’ve wrapped up your Cloud Platform #SAPPHIRENOW experience, celebrate all that you’ve learned about HCP together with your friends in the band Coldplay on Thursday night. A sky full of stars after a conference full of clouds! Have a great time!