ASUG Minnesota Chapter Meeting–April 2023
Thank you for your interest in the ASUG Minnesota Chapter meeting on Tuesday, April 4 at the Marriott Minneapolis West!
If you have any questions, please email Chapter Manager Gwendolyn Glasner.
View the presentation slides below!
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. — Registration Open (Waterford Pre-Function)
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. — Attendee Breakfast (Donegal Ballroom)
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. — Champions Breakfast (Galway Ballroom)
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. — ASUG Minnesota Chapter Welcome
9:15 – 9:25 a.m. — ASUG Overview — Presented by: Ron Gilson, CIO, Organic Valley
9:25 – 10:10 a.m. — Protera Keynote Presentation: Why Cloud, Why Now with The Tile Shop — Presented by: Eric Pawlowski, Director of Infrastructure and Architecture, The Tile Shop
10:10 – 10:30 a.m. — Networking break
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. — Breakout Sessions
- Track 1 — Digital Transformation — Waterford I: Automate Anything. Change Everything! No-Code
Presented by: Steven Branch, President, Configurable Management, LLC - Track 2 — Digital Twin — Waterford II: Discover the Value of Digital Twins
Presented by: Robb Neuenschwander, Principal Architect, Mindset Consulting - Track 3 — Database Management — Waterford III: Next Generation SAP Analytics: Embedded v. Enterprise Analytics
Presented by: Michael DiGiandomenico, CEO and President, Savantis - Track 4 — HANA/S/4HANA — Galway Ballroom: Kodak’s Journey to S/4HANA and the Cloud: Enhancing the SAP back office to help enhance what the world sees and creates
Presented by: Jeffrey Lough, Central Region Sales and Solutions Executive, SNP Transformations
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. — Networking Break Activity
11:45 a.m.- 12:15 p.m. — Breakout Sessions
- Track 1 — Digital Transformation — Waterford I: You’ve Paid For It, So Let’s Use It!
Presented by: Oliver Hid Arida, Senior Director, SAP - Track 2 — Digital Twin — Waterford II: Accelerate and De-risk Enterprise Transformation with SAP Signavio Process Optimization
Presented by: Pattabhi Peddinti, Vice President, SAP Signavio Center of Excellence, North America - Track 3 — Database Management — Waterford III: Leveraging SAP Enterprise data for Analytics Use Cases
Presented by: Matthew Hayes, VP SAP Business, Qilk - Track 4 — HANA/S/4HANA — Galway Ballroom: Enabling web partners with custom SAP RESTful APIs
Presented by: Matt Olson, SAP Developer, Room and Board
12:15 – 1:15 p.m. — Lunch
1:15 – 1:45 p.m. — Breakout Sessions
- Track 1 — Digital Transformation — Waterford I: SAP Hybrid Cloud Solutions for the Digital Enterprise
Presented by: Paul McCann, Sales Manager, IBM - Track 2 — Digital Twin — Waterford II: Why SAP automation is crucial when adopting SAP S/4HANA
Presented by: Rob Crane, Solutions Specialist, Basis Technologies - Track 3 — Database Management — Waterford III: SAP Enterprise Support Reporting Cockpit
Presented by: Oliver Hid Arida, Senior Director, SAP - Track 4 — HANA/S/4HANA — Galway Ballroom: Accelerate your SAP S/4HANA Migration and Safeguard your SAP S/4HANA Environment with AWS and SUSE
Presented by: Patrick Swartz, PreSales Engineer, North America, SUSE
Donegal Ballroom
1:45 – 2:00 p.m. — Wrap-up and Giveaways
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. — SAPpy Hour
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