Thank you for your interest in the ASUG Minnesota Chapter meeting on Thursday, October 26 at Marriott Minneapolis West.

If you have any questions, please email Chapter Manager Gwendolyn Glasner.

Agenda: 

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - Attendee Breakfast (Donegal Ballroom)

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. - ASUG Minnesota Chapter Welcome (Waterford Ballroom) 

9:15 - 9:30 a.m. - Community Partner (Waterford Ballroom)
Presented by: Dinah Swain, Chief Development Officer, Open Arms of Minnesota 

9:30 - 10:15 a.m. - Platinum Keynote Speaker: Customer Panel on BTP (Waterford Ballroom)
Presented by: Jonathan Bragg, BTP Evangelist, Mindset Consulting with guest panelists from Patterson Companies and CHS

10:15 - 10:30 a.m. - Networking Break

10:30 - 11:15 a.m. - Breakout Sessions 

Track 1 - Data Analytics - Waterford I: Navigating Macroeconomic Trends and Optimizing Treasury
   Operations in the Era of Digitalization

   Presented by: John Min, Chief Economist, MONEX USA, Rob Jackson, Principal Solutions Architect, Serrala
Track 2 - Automation - Waterford II: Generational Performance & Innovation from Dell/AMD/RedHat - “I feel       the need, the need for speed…”
   Presented by: Vinny Lee, Business Development Sales Executive, Dell Technologies, Rickey King, Advisory Systems Engineer, Dell Technologies, and Jim O'Donnell, Senior SAP Specialist Solutions Architect, Red Hat
-Track 3 - Talent/Training/Process Management - Waterford III: One Skill, Two Skill, Upskill, New Skill!
  Presented by: Oliver Hid Adria, Director - Customer Evolution, U.S Midwest, SAP
- Track 4 - HANA/S/4HANA - Galway A: S/4HANA Cloud 2023 Release In a Nutshell
   Presented by: Zach Vernon, Regional Executive Advocate, S/4HANA Center Of Excellence, SAP

11:15 - 11:45 a.m. - Networking Break

11:45 - 12:15 p.m. - Breakout Sessions 

- Track 1 - Data Analytics - Waterford I: Automatic, Tool-Aided Business Analysis of SAP Systems - Easy and     Quick System and Process Efficiency Wins
  Presented by: Ken Kiefer, VP Customer Success, and Dr. Heiko Hecht, President, IBIS America 
Track 2 - Automation - Waterford II: Applying the Principles of Hyperautomation to drive business success
   Presented by: Chris Clexton, Strategic Account Executive and Scott Lewis Account Executive, Precisely 
Track 3 - Talent/Training/Process Management - Waterford III: Future-Ready Your SAP Teams 2.0
   Presented by: Tom Frederick, Senior Director, GlobalSource IT
- Track 4 - HANA/S/4HANA - Galway A: Using SAP Data Archiving to Prepare for Migration to S/4HANA
   Presented by: Ann Bichler, Sr. Data Archiving Consultant, PBS Software Americas

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. - Lunch (Donegal Ballroom)

1:15 - 1:45 p.m. - Breakout Sessions 

- Track 1 - Data Analytics - Waterford I: How Automation De-Risks Code Remediation
   Presented by: Caitlin Christopher, Account Executive, smartShift 
- Track 2 - Automation - Waterford II: Build Process Automation Use Case: Vendor Onboarding with SAP BTP
   Presented by: Kerstin Deutner, SAP IT Architect, CNT Management Consulting
- Track 3 - Talent/Training/Process Management - Waterford III: SAP Enterprise Data Integrity Testing,
   a new approach to verifying SAP data integrity

   Presented by: Curtis O'Dell, Global Business Manager, Tricentis
Track 4 - HANA/S/4HANA - Galway A: Actionable Insights to Speed S/4HANA Modern Migration
   Presented by: Brian Albertelli, Principal Solution Engineer, Worksoft, Inc

Donegal Ballroom

1:45 - 2:00 p.m. - Giveaways 

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. - SAPpy Hour


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