S/4HANA Symposium - London 16/04/24 | SAP User Group Event

We're excited to announce that the S/4HANA Symposium is taking place on Tuesday 16th April 2024 in London.

This event is for you if you are keen to learn about:

Best practices and recommendations by customers who are part-way through or have made the transition, from a legacy ECC system
How our partners are helping to plug the gaps for customers who are not in a position to adopt RISE / GROW
Ways to ensure you are not losing value from S/4HANA transitions as an on-premise customer

EXHIBITION
Apart from the keynotes and breakout sessions, there will be 10 exhibitors joining us on the day in Whittington Suite.

Have a look at this year's S/4HANA Symposium agenda to see what you can expect at this upcoming event.

Download the Full Agenda Here

Download the Breakout Session Agenda Below
Business Change | Landscape and Data Transformation | Innovating on S/4HANA

Please note if you are not currently a member but are looking to attend, this event will be a charge of £125+VAT per person. You can use the guest booking button to secure your place.

Event Speakers

Julie Weir

Head of Community Development

UKISUG

Emma Chambers

S/4HANA Focus Group Co-lead

UKISUG

Emma has over 25 years’ experience in technical and business roles, linking business strategy to technical programme outcomes & ensuring service delivery meets operational needs. For the last 8 years she has focused on ERP transformation & service delivery.

Sue Parsons

SAP Applications Manager/S/4HANA Focus Group Co-lead

Harrods

Sue has 27 years’ experience of working with SAP ERP solutions. Starting as a SAP End User in the business, moved into a technical role in IT configuring many modules in SAP, then moved into project management roles running technical & business transformation projects.

Lale Kof

Group Chief Information Officer

Croda International Plc

Neil Start

Co-founder and CEO of Rapid

Rapid ERP

Neil brings 25 years of deep SAP experience to his role as co-founder and CEO of Rapid, specialising in SAP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and enterprise agile methodologies.

Stephen Jerram

Solution Director

NTT DATA Business Solutions

As a technology evangelist, Stephen has worked as an IT professional helping businesses transform themselves through the use of technology. Stephen is an SAP consultant with over 20 years’ experience in the professional service industry providing SAP services to the SME and LE market.

Richard Bourne

Digital Transformation Principal

NTT DATA Business Solutions

Richard has been a trailblazer in the digital transformation realm for the last 5 years, known for driving innovation & operational excellence throughout the SAP eco system. He is a visionary & skilled in utilising BTP to transform business models and processes into tangible results.

Javier Porro

SoftwareOne

Laurel Phelan McKerrow

Senior Solutions Engineer

LeanIX

Omar Syed

IBM

Omar leads the SAP business for Consumer Products in IBM Consulting UKI. He has been working with SAP since the 1990s, and led some of IBM’s largest global and European SAP-enabled business transformation programmes in the Consumer Products industry.

Paolo Zanca

Programme Manager of Unify

Imperial Brands

Paolo is the Programme Manager of Unify at Imperial Brands, the business transformation programme that aims to harmonise and standardised key processes in Finance, Commercial and Supply Chain for all the markets and factory of the group, enabled by S/4 HANA.

Sunil Kumar

Imperial Brands

Arndt Hoffmann

Chief Customer Officer

smartShift Technologies

Arndt joined smartShift in 2002 as one of the founding team members of smartShift. He is responsible for the overall Customer Experience with smartShift, the customer Council, leveraging customer input for Marketing, Product and Solution decisions, and for selected key accounts.

Clare Campbell-Smith

Director

Deloitte

Clare is a Director in Deloitte’s SAP+ practice with over 30 years of consulting business experience. Her main focus is on architecting S/4HANA enabled finance transformation programmes, with experience across a wide range of industry sectors.

Karthik Shivaram

SAP Technical Architect

Deloitte

Karthik is an SAP Technical Architect who architects and delivers SAP transformation programmes in the Cross industry, with strong experiences in Retail and TMT industries.

Marc Auró

Managing Director of CUVIV UK LTD

CUVIV UK

Marc is the MD of Cuviv UK LTD, where throughout his 6 years in Technology Consulting, he has carried out more than 20 SAP rollouts on the 5 continents, as well as full life-cycle SAP projects, Cash Management & Controlling implementations, while also the coverage of non-SAP solution projects.

Ben McGrail

Managing Director

Xmateria

Ben is a specialist in SAP data migration and data management. He is the managing director of Xmateria which provides the expertise and data transformation technology to guide companies through the challenges of modernising and migrating their SAP landscapes.

Helen Collinson

Resulting IT

Nick Coburn

Resulting IT

Jenny Hopkins

Asda

Simon Carpenter

GTM Lead. RISE with SAP. EMEA North

SAP

Simon has 39 years of broad experience in the IT industry, 27 of which have been with SAP in several leadership positions. He is proud to have worked with some of the world’s best organisations helping them to understand how SAP solutions can contribute to their growth and ongoing success.

Cliff Pennycate

Principal Business Transformation Value Advisor

SAP

Cliff is a Principal Business Transformation Value Advisor at SAP Signavio, who is passionate about helping organisations improve their business and fully maximise the value from their investment in SAP technology. He has worked with a large number of customers across various industries.

Event Location

Cavendish Conference Centre
22 Duchess Mews
London
W1G 9DT

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09:30 - 10:00

Registration and Exhibition

Connect with industry professionals and explore the latest products and services at our exhibition in Whittington Suite.

10:00 - 10:20

Introduction & Welcome and User Group Update

Emma Chambers

S/4HANA Focus Group Co-lead - UKISUG

Sue Parsons

SAP Applications Manager/S/4HANA Focus Group Co-lead - Harrods

Julie Weir

Head of Community Development - UKISUG

Get an overview of the latest developments at UKISUG and understand the upcoming events within your community.

10:20 - 11:00

How is SAP helping customers transition to a Cloud-centric IT Operating model for ERP?

Simon Carpenter

GTM Lead. RISE with SAP. EMEA North - SAP

As the pace of innovation continues to accelerate and greater complexity and volatility are the new normal for all of us, cloud computing and artificial intelligence are two technologies with great potential to help organisations thrive. Both are central to SAP’s strategy. 2024 kicked off with a number of announcements from SAP about programs and initiatives to help SAP customers move to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. In this session we dive into the major elements of SAP’s strategy and the reasons for them. We will also look at the ways on which SAP and it’s ecosystem are transforming to help customers transition to a cloud-centric IT operating model that will allow them to be more agile and resilient.

11:00 - 11:35

Coffee & Networking

Great opportunity to connect with other professionals while enjoying some refreshments

11:35 - 12:15

How Asda went live with S/4HANA and Ariba

Helen Collinson

. - Resulting IT

Jenny Hopkins

. - Asda

Following its divestment from Walmart in 2021, find out how Asda has set itself up for ERP success with the successful deployment of S/4HANA Finance and SAP Ariba. Learn about the decisions behind this Greenfield S/4 implementation, what will happen next, and the role Resulting IT played as an Agile Delivery Partner managing key vendors to support programme success.

12:15 - 12:55

Succeeding with SAP S/4HANA: Navigating the Journey to Transformation

Neil Start

Co-founder and CEO of Rapid - Rapid ERP

Lale Kof

Group Chief Information Officer - Croda International Plc

Join us for a focused session on SAP S/4HANA transformation, led by Rapid ERP. This insightful discussion zeroes in on Croda, a global Life Science and Consumer Care company, and their ongoing transformation journey, underpinned by Rapid's strategic advisory. From meticulous planning to effective vendor collaboration, discover how Croda is navigating its S/4HANA implementation towards achieving its transformation goals. This session offers a deep dive into practical strategies and lessons learned, providing valuable takeaways for those embarking on or currently navigating their S/4HANA journey.

12:55 - 14:15

Lunch and Networking

14:15 - 14:45

Breakout Session 1

14:45 - 14:50

Session Changeover

14:50 - 15:20

Breakout Session 2

15:20 - 15:55

Coffee & Networking

Great opportunity to connect with other professionals while enjoying some refreshments

15:55 - 16:25

Breakout Session 3

16:25 - 16:30

Session Changeover

16:30 - 17:00

Breakout Session 4

17:00 - 17:30

Drinks Reception and Networking

17:30

Event Resources

S/4HANA Symposium

Business Transformation - from Strategy to Execution with SAP Signavio - Cliff Pennycate - SAP

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Sponsor Resource: CUVIV UK