Though you wouldn’t know it from the weath­er, fall is quick­ly approach­ing. All of us at ASUG will mark the chang­ing of the sea­sons with ASUG Best Prac­tices: SAP for Oil, Gas, & Ener­gy, our first fall con­fer­ence, on Sep­tem­ber 14 – 15 in Dal­las, TX.

To pin­point hot top­ics for this event, we lis­tened to your feed­back from past con­fer­ences and con­tin­ued the con­ver­sa­tion with var­i­ous SAP users in the oil, gas, and ener­gy indus­tries. From this col­lab­o­ra­tion with our mem­bers, we curat­ed over 35 excit­ing ses­sions to answer your burn­ing ques­tions and ease your orga­ni­za­tion­al pain points. 

Dis­cov­er Ener­gy Tran­si­tion and Hydro­car­bon Management

With new gov­ern­ment reg­u­la­tions emerg­ing and the cli­mate cri­sis pos­ing an urgent chal­lenge to our world, plan­ning for a more sus­tain­able future can’t wait. We see sus­tain­abil­i­ty as the num­ber one chal­lenge fac­ing the oil, gas, and ener­gy indus­tries today. 

In Dal­las, we will dis­cuss the hur­dles of mov­ing to new busi­ness mod­els to reduce car­bon emis­sions and tak­ing the lead on sus­tain­able ener­gy tran­si­tion while keep­ing costs low and prof­itabil­i­ty top of mind. Through­out the con­fer­ence, atten­dees will gain valu­able insights about trans­for­ma­tion jour­neys from cus­tomer sto­ries, thought lead­er­ship dis­cus­sions, peer-to-peer mind melds, and solu­tion-ori­ent­ed pan­el discussions. 

Per­son­al­ly, I can’t wait for the pan­el on sus­tain­able ener­gy tran­si­tion led by John Mar­tin, Nation­al Prac­tice Lead in Sus­tain­abil­i­ty at SAP, and Neena Brandt, Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Lead for SAP North Amer­i­ca at Accen­ture. Both speak­ers will kick-start a con­ver­sa­tion about new and exist­ing reg­u­la­tions while out­lin­ing ini­tia­tives and solu­tions for a sus­tain­able future along­side experts from the front­lines at Par Pacif­ic, Den­bury, and Cres­cent Energy. 

Gain Insights, Tips, and Tricks from Sto­ries Told by SAP Users Like You

Con­nect­ing SAP users through a col­lab­o­ra­tive com­mu­ni­ty and shar­ing sto­ries of tech­nol­o­gy progress and trans­for­ma­tion from our mem­bers is what ASUG does best. 

Through lis­ten­ing to these real-life sto­ries of adver­si­ty, suc­cess, resilience, and mod­ern­iza­tion, you can learn how to avoid obsta­cles, nav­i­gate your SAP tech­nol­o­gy land­scape, and get the most out of your tech­nol­o­gy invest­ment. Such insights can help you save time and trou­ble in your own imple­men­ta­tions and help you keep pace with the accel­er­at­ing rate of indus­try­wide change. 

Join Chevron, Mus­tang Fuel, Eco­bat, Mess­er Group, Pem­bi­na, and oth­er SAP cus­tomers as their tech­nol­o­gy lead­ers detail the tri­als and tribu­la­tions of imple­men­ta­tion, the tri­umphs of inte­gra­tion, and key strate­gies unlocked along the way. Speak­ers will dive into how they’ve used SAP S/4HANA, RISE with SAP, SAP Sig­navio, and oth­er SAP tools and process­es to opti­mize their operations.

Active­ly Cre­ate Solu­tions and Unlock New Per­spec­tives 

Anoth­er high­light of the ASUG Best Prac­tices: SAP for Oil, Gas, & Energy con­fer­ence is the oppor­tu­ni­ty to explore our ​“Deep-Dive Learn­ing Lab,” fea­tur­ing unique ses­sions that focus on col­lab­o­ra­tive learn­ing and engaged conversations. 

Join inti­mate round­table dis­cus­sions and ​“Ask the Expert” chats where you can get answers to all your spe­cif­ic imple­men­ta­tion ques­tions! Whether you’re upstream or down­stream, these ses­sions are designed to help you explore inno­v­a­tive solu­tions and enable bet­ter deci­sion making. 

Pow­er past your road­blocks and learn to nav­i­gate every aspect of SAP Sig­navio, Shut­downs, Turn­arounds, and Out­ages (STO), and SAP Dig­i­tal Board­room in hands-on demos. Try them out in a guid­ed work­shop set­ting, led by spe­cial­ists from SAP, so you can see first­hand how these solu­tions can be most use­ful to you and the needs of your business. 

Inno­va­tion is not only a nec­es­sary process to under­go. It’s an impor­tant mind­set to adopt. And some­times you need to see your indus­try from a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive to be able to think cre­ative­ly about the best way to move for­ward. On the con­fer­ence’s sec­ond day, we’ll mix it up at the Deep-Dive Learn­ing Lab by fea­tur­ing three start­up com­pa­nies, who will divide atten­dees into teams and role-play real-world problems.

Make the Most of Your Invest­ment with SAP Support

Ever won­der what you are get­ting for the mon­ey you spend on SAP Sup­port? Are you curi­ous about how to get more val­ue from your SAP invest­ment uti­liz­ing enti­tle­ments that you already own for your on-premise and cloud land­scape? Are you won­der­ing when your sys­tems will reach end of main­stream main­te­nance, and if your sys­tem data is accu­rate? How about the num­ber of inci­dents you are log­ging, their sta­tus, and his­to­ry? Would you like to see a per­son­al­ized real-time view of your land­scape that you can access at any time? Did you know that you have options when it comes to plan­ning and prepar­ing for your dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion journey?

Only at the ASUG Hub will we deliv­er on all of this and more! Come by the ASUG Hub and meet with SAP Cus­tomer Evo­lu­tion experts to see demos, dis­cuss your SAP goals, and receive guid­ance! We can help you opti­mize, inno­vate, and evolve… at no charge.

Make Con­nec­tions, Get Inspired, Fuel Your Mind (and Fill Your Stomach)

Whether you take advan­tage of our guid­ed speed net­work­ing ses­sions, make a new con­nec­tion through role-play­ing in our Deep-Dive Learn­ing Lab, meet a like-mind­ed indi­vid­ual sit­ting next to you dur­ing a pan­el, or bump into an old col­league at the cof­fee sta­tion, we will have a vari­ety of oppor­tu­ni­ties avail­able for atten­dees to net­work with oth­er peo­ple in their fields.

It’s our goal for you to leave the ASUG Best Prac­tices: SAP for Oil, Gas, & Ener­gy con­fer­ence refreshed, reju­ve­nat­ed, and ready to take on any chal­lenges at work. To fuel your moti­va­tion, we will wrap up the con­fer­ence with a rous­ing keynote address from the great Amer­i­can author and col­lege ath­lete Rudy Ruet­tiger, whose career at Notre Dame inspired the 1993 sports dra­ma Rudy. Atten­dees will feast on a deli­cious Texas-style bar­be­cue, with all the fix­ings, while Rudy lifts our spir­its and leads us in con­tem­plat­ing the true mean­ing of victory.

I sin­cere­ly hope to see you all in Dal­las. Check out the full con­fer­ence line­up on our live agen­da and don’t delay. Reg­is­ter now, and make your reser­va­tions today.

Heather Lima is a Con­tent Pro­duc­er at ASUG, focused on the oil, gas, and ener­gy industries.