Opening Remarks and Keynotes

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM PDT

Fireside Chat with SAP Executive

Michael O'Donnell - National VP, Utilities, SAP

Brian Roach - Senior Vice President and Managing Director Regulated Industries, SAP

Geoff Scott - CEO, ASUG

Join us as we kick off the second day of the SAP for Utilities conference with a fireside chat featuring Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Regulated Industries at SAP, Brian Roach, the national vice president of utilities; Michael O’Donnell and ASUG’s CEO, Geoff Scott. The three will have an in-depth discussion on key topics like sustainability, climate change and carbon reduction, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and what the future looks like for the utilities industry.

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

Future-Proofing Your Workforce: Attracting, Retaining and Supporting Talent in #thenewnormal

Steven Hunt – Chief Expert, Technology & Work, SAP

Jim McArdle -VP Sales Utilities- Platform and Technology, SAP

The events of 2020/2021 radically changed how we work and forced organizations to make changes in weeks that in the past would have taken years. Jobs, where we work, how we live, what we do, who we do it with…have all changed. The methods companies used to attract, develop and retain talent no longer work in a world characterized by growing labor shortages, shifting legal regulations and accelerating social and economic change. We explore key priorities for leaders as they look to technology to enable new models of work going forward including insights from our recent study of 200+ CIOs, CTOs and IT executives.

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT

Resource Constraints vs. Sustainability, Equity, & Impact – A Practical Conversation On “Where do we go from here?”

Kenny Coleman, CIO at CenterPoint Energy

Laurie Dowling – Executive Director, National Utilities Diversity Council

Emma Lawrence – VP Utilities Central, SAP

Moderated by: Jennifer Beason- Global Program Director, SAP Corporate Social Responsibility, SAP

Speakers

• Brian Roach, Senior Vice President and Managing Director Regulated Industries, SAP
• Steven Hunt, Chief Expert, Technology & Work, SAP
• Jim McArdle, VP Sales Utilities- Platform and Technology, SAP
• Kenny Coleman, CIO, CenterPoint Energy
• Laurie Dowling, Executive Director, National Utilities Diversity Council
• Emma Lawrence, VP Utilities Central, SAP
• Jennifer Beason, Global Program Director, SAP Corporate Social Responsibility, SAP