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BTP Symposium - Manchester

Tuesday 25th June 2024 - 9:30am - 5:30pm

etc.venues, Manchester

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Thanks to the outstanding response we received from our members, partners and SAP at last year's event, we are excited to announce the return of the BTP Symposium this year.

**Please note the agenda and session timing are subject to change.

After listening to your feedback we noticed the demand for such an event and we are now more determined to create an all-rounded agenda that covers all the burning topics around BTP. The symposium will be held at the same venue as last year and we are confident that it will be just as successful, if not more.

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

Glenn Bamford

Head of Business Systems

Watches of Switzerland

Dean Dawes

SAP Technical Consultant

Associated British Ports

Dan Barton

COO and Co-Founder

Bluestonex

Co-Founder at Bluestonex & SAP BTP Practice lead. Seeking value for Enterprises through BTP health check and human centered design. Passionate about game changing business technology with a focus on business outcomes. BTP Diamonds Game & LEGO® Serious Play® facilitator.

Shantanu Goswami

VP – SAP Regional Customer Advisory Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

SAP

Shantanu is a dynamic keynote speaker and corporate storyteller with over 25 years of expertise in sales, delivery, and consulting. As an Innovation Evangelist and Sustainability & AI enthusiast, he passionately advocates for Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace.

Ruth Harrison-Swift

Mindfulness Practitioner

Thrive

Ruth's earlier career began in the corporate world, specifically IT, in the Communications, Finance and Banking sectors. Ruth is a Certified Professional NLP Practitioner (ANLP, INLP) and a Specialist Transition Coach with her main focus on transitioning into parenting and menopause.

Gary Jackson

CEO & Founder

Aliter Consulting Ltd

Gary Jackson is the Founder & CEO of Aliter Consulting, with 30+ years' experience in the technical SAP space. Aliter offer expert services across RISE with SAP, BTP and ALM, as well as Security and Support.

Prasad MVSR

Director

YASH Technologies

SAP Technology & Innovation, the pioneering force behind YASH Technologies' transformative solutions leveraging SAP BTP, S/4HANA, RPA, CAI, and AI.

Antonio Valladares Fernandez

CEO and Technological partner - SAP Integration

Code 10 IT Consultants, S.L.

Antonio is Managing partner of the area of integration at Code10. With a more than 15 years career as Integration Architect, Antonio has participated in some of the most demanding international implementations, in 3 continents and for S&P500 companies.

Saad Sarwar

Associate Partner

IBM

Saad's role at IBM is responsible for delivery of large scale Digital Transformation / Analytics projects and Business Development / Go-to-Market activities and thoroughly enjoys coaching and mentoring people and teams.

Mihir Gor

IBM Distinguished Engineer

IBM

Luke Parker

Partner, SAP Service Area leader

IBM

Luke is leading IBM’s world class SAP consulting capability in the UK and Irish markets

Karthik Shivaram

Technical Architect

Deloitte

Karthik is a Senior Manager with 20+ years of SAP technology experience in defining and helping organisations and CIO's/CTO's define IT strategy and roadmaps.

Jon Baukham

Director

Deloitte

Jon is the NSE (North South Europe) - One SAP Technical Transformation capability lead and SAP BTP Go-to Market lead covering SAP cloud architects, SAP Developers, Integration Developers and promotion Deloitte’s Business Technology Platform capability.

Richard Bourne

Digital Transformation Principal

NTT DATA Business Solutions

Manel Sanromà

Executive Manager

Stratesys

Manel is a distinguished leader with expertise in various data-related areas such as planning, modeling, analytics, and consolidation. With extensive experience in guiding companies through the data transformation process, he has successfully overseen more than 30 projects of diverse nature.

Inés Avello

Senior Functional Consultant

Stratesys

Inés is an industrial engineer who transitioned from sales at AWS to IT consultancy. With a focus on data-driven decision-making dashboards, she brings extensive expertise in SAP BTP solutions such as SAP Analytics Cloud.

Vivien Boche

Senior Director - Business Technology Platform

SAP

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 BTP with a particular focus on application development, hyper-automation and AI.

Keith Grayson

Senior Director, Office of the BTP COO

SAP

Keith is responsible for the AppDev, Automation and Integration portfolio, working with product and solution management teams on commercialization and communication. He has been with SAP for 16 years and been solution management teams on commercialization and communication.

Paul Huston

IT Delivery Manager - Finance |Finance Focus Group Co-lead

Princes

Paul worked in several Finance roles over a period of 17 years before switching to a career in IT. Paul has spent 12 years working as an IT Business Analyst supporting Finance Teams using SAP ECC, SAP BPC, and SAP BW. Paul currently works as an IT Delivery Manager at Princes.

Rohan Parikh

SAP Architect

Maersk

Rohan has over 16 years of SAP experience across technical and product areas specialising in ALM, SAP Operations and public Cloud technologies. He is passionate about innovating with SAP products, simplifying Operations and SAP best practices enabling customers to run world class SAP lifecycle stage

Claire Trew

SAP Team Leader | Real Estate Focus Group Lead

Sanctuary Group

Claire has 20 years’ experience in the affordable housing sector and has been working with SAP since 2014. She is currently working as the Lead Functional Architect for RE-FX at Sanctuary Housing.

Event Location

etc.venues
11 Portland St
Manchester
M1 3HU

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Event Sponsors

09:30 - 10:00

Registration & Coffee

10:05 - 10:15

Welcome and UKISUG Group Update

Rohan Parikh

SAP Architect - Maersk

Claire Trew

SAP Team Leader | Real Estate Focus Group Lead - Sanctuary Group

10:15 - 10:45

BTP Partner Support & Innovation: A Bluestonex and Watches of Switzerland Case Study

Glenn Bamford

Head of Business Systems - Watches of Switzerland

This presentation will explore how Bluestonex Partner Managed Cloud Service is revolutionising Watches of Switzerland. As Watches of Switzerland embraces a cloud mindset, we’ll delve into how Bluestonex enhanced their standard processes for a more focused user experience (UX) and optimised use of technology. Hearing of the transformation of goods receipt processes of Watches of Switzerland using BTP Ui5 and where BTP Health Checks will now align their business strategy with BTP.

10:45 - 11:20

Coffee & Networking

11:20 - 11:50

Successful SAP Business AI innovations driven by SAP BTP

Shantanu Goswami

VP – SAP Regional Customer Advisory Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) - SAP

In this session, Shantanu will highlight why SAP BTP is the cornerstone behind successful SAP Business AI initiatives. The session will cover SAP’s strategy with Business AI and SAP BTP, and touch upon the latest innovations SAP foresees in the space.

11:50 - 12:20

Panel Discussion on AI & BTP

Vivien Boche

Senior Director - Business Technology Platform - SAP

Paul Huston

IT Delivery Manager - Finance |Finance Focus Group Co-lead - Princes

Glenn Bamford

Head of Business Systems - Watches of Switzerland

Dan Barton

COO and Co-Founder - Bluestonex

Shantanu Goswami

VP – SAP Regional Customer Advisory Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) - SAP

12:20 - 13:30

Lunch

12:50 - 13:20

Mental Health meets Change and Transition

Ruth Harrison-Swift

Mindfulness Practitioner - Thrive

Join Ruth in person to explore what happens to our mental health when work, or life in general, throw changes our way, how we typically respond, and how we can create strategies to navigate the transitions that follow every change. Through open conversation, a mindfulness experience, and top tips for self-care, we will find solutions to support ourselves, our colleagues, and our employees through the journey of metamorphosing.

13:30 - 14:00

Breakout Sessions 1

Gary Jackson

CEO & Founder - Aliter Consulting Ltd

Vivien Boche

Senior Director - Business Technology Platform - SAP

Manel Sanromà

Executive Manager - Stratesys

Inés Avello

Senior Functional Consultant - Stratesys

14:00 - 14:05

Session Changeover

14:05 - 14:35

Breakout Sessions 2

Richard Bourne

Digital Transformation Principal - NTT DATA Business Solutions

Keith Grayson

Senior Director, Office of the BTP COO - SAP

14:35 - 15:10

Coffee & Networking

15:10 - 15:40

Breakout Sessions 3

Antonio Valladares Fernandez

CEO and Technological partner - SAP Integration - Code 10 IT Consultants, S.L.

Luke Parker

Partner, SAP Service Area leader - IBM

Saad Sarwar

Associate Partner - IBM

Mihir Gor

IBM Distinguished Engineer - IBM

Vivien Boche

Senior Director - Business Technology Platform - SAP

15:40 - 15:45

Session Changeover

15:45 - 16:15

Breakout Sessions 4

Prasad MVSR

Director - YASH Technologies

Dean Dawes

SAP Technical Consultant - Associated British Ports

Jon Baukham

Director - Deloitte

Karthik Shivaram

Technical Architect - Deloitte

16:15 - 17:30

Drinks Reception and Networking

17:30

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BTP Symposium - Manchester - Richard Bourne from NTT DATA Business Solutions

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BTP Symposium - Manchester - Antonio Valladares Fernandez from Code10

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BTP Symposium - Manchester - Mihir Gor and Saad Sarwar - IBM

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BTP Symposium - Manchester - Associated British ports

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