#SAPPHIRENOW 2016: Your SAP HANA Cloud Platform Recommendations
You know it already, but you need no more indicator of the growth of the cloud at SAP and for enterprises in general than to gaze at the session catalog for Sapphire 2016, May 17-19 in Orlando, Florida.
As of this writing (updated: 16 May), there are 1872 total sessions listed in the catalog, of which 382 are classified as Cloud Platform sessions. Over 20% of all SAPPHIRE NOW 2016 sessions have to do with Cloud Platform.
Since 382 sessions are too much for any one mere mortal to take in, we are providing you a list of selected HCP highlights to check out below and take along if you’re going. Thanks to Dan Kearnan of HCP product marketing for putting this list together, which is one of the sources of inspiration for these highlights.
Enjoy, and engage with @saphcp on Twitter to tell us what we’ve missed!
(All times Eastern time – local Orlando time)
Your #SAPHCP Plan, Including 13 Don’t-Miss HCP Sessions
| Date / Time / Location | Session Type and ID | Speaker(s) | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 9am Keynote: Bill McDermott Live, SAP CEO : Run Live, Run Simple. Watch: http://tinyurl.com/h6zgbj6 | ||||
| Tuesday 10:15am: Show Floor Opens | ||||
| Tuesday, 10:30am, DE425 | Demo Theatre Session – 34408 |
Sr Dir, Marketing, SAP HANA Cloud Platform SAP – @joebink on Twitter |
Get Started with the Cloud in 15 Minutes | See how quickly you can get started with building cloud applications. Learn how you can use SAP HANA Cloud Platform to build your first application. Sign up for a free trial of SAP HANA Cloud Platform in just minutes. |
| Tuesday, 11am, DE425 | Interactive Session – 34401 |
Cloud Platform Evangelist SAP – @steinermatt on Twitter |
Build, Extend, and Integrate Cloud Applications | Unlock new business possibilities by rapidly building, extending, and running enterprise-class cloud applications. Hear case studies spanning a variety of industries serving consumers and enterprises to see how SAP HANA Cloud Platform enables powerful cloud application development. |
| Tuesday, 12pm, Theater 3 | Customer Presentation – 34390 |
Eamon Kearns Sr Dir, Emerging Solutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
Meet Your Business Needs with Agile Cloud Applications | Speed your path to business agility with innovative cloud solutions. Learn why the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is using SAP HANA Cloud Platform and cloud solutions from SAP to quickly build new applications and processes needed to address growing needs across the organization. |
| Tuesday, 12:30pm, DE425 | Demo Theatre Session – 34407 |
Dir, SAP HANA Cloud Platform SAP – @michaelhill_sap on Twitter |
Integrate On-Premise and Cloud Solutions to Improve Customer Experience | Explore ways to integrate popular on-premise and cloud solutions without the need for on-premise technology. See how you can integrate cloud applications, incorporate social sentiment into SAP S/4HANA software, and provide tailored application programming interfaces securely to business partners with SAP HANA Cloud Platform. |
| Tuesday, 1pm, Theater 1 | Customer Presentation – 34844 |
Steven Carter CIO C&J Energy Services |
Accelerate Digital Transformation with SAP HANA Cloud Platform | Improve data accuracy and reduce sales outstanding with digital technology. Discover how C&J Energy Services used SAP HANA Cloud Platform and Capgemini’s EnergyPath solution to build ticketing apps for its 1,000 field users. Learn how the application synchronizes with the SAP S/4HANA Finance solution to capture job data regardless of connectivity. |
| Tuesday, 1:45pm, S330G | Lecture Presentation – A4146 |
Cloud Platform Evangelist SAP – @steinermatt on Twitter |
Leveraging SAP HANA Cloud Platform to Build On-Premise Extensions | While the advantages of cloud computing are widely acknowledged, some companies are still hesitant to leverage the cloud for various reasons. In this session, you will learn how SAP HANA Cloud Platform enables you to develop custom extensions to your core business systems while keeping your sensitive data where it is: on premise. |
| Wednesday, 11am, DE425 | Interactive Session – DE4405 |
VP, Product Management SAP – @misovski on Twitter |
Extend On-Premise Applications to the Cloud with Surprising Ease | Discover how connecting your business to the cloud may be far easier than you thought. Learn how you can take your SAP on-premise applications to the cloud using SAP HANA Cloud Platform. |
| Wednesday, 12:30pm, Theater 5 | Customer Presentation – 34967 |
Jeff Fox Mgr, Supply Chain and Quality Systems Moen Inc.
Marc Geall SVP, Head of Platform Partner Ecosystem SAP |
Bolster Business Agility by Moving to the Cloud | Become a more responsive organization in meeting the needs of your customers and employees. Learn how companies such as faucet and fixture manufacturer Moen Inc. are benefitting from SAP HANA Cloud Platform and from SAP’s extensive partner ecosystem to more quickly respond to needs across the organization. |
| Wednesday, 1:10pm, SUSE mini-theatre booth #655 | SUSE mini-theatre presentation |
Senior Director Product Management SAP Labs – @jenny_SAP on Twitter |
SAP HANA Cloud Platform Overview and Q&A | Get an overview of SAP HANA Cloud Platform and get your questions answered with Jenny in the SUSE mini-theatre. |
| Thursday, 11am, ASUG HUB (Show Floor) – Education Theater | HANA Cloud Platform Sessions at ASUG – A4289 |
VP, Product Management SAP – @misovski on Twitter
VP R&D SAP SE – @basenach on Twitter |
Road Map: Update on the Cloud Platform Extensions Strategy for SAP HANA | SAP HANA Cloud Platform (HCP) is the extension platform for SAP’s line of business (LoB) applications such as SuccessFactors and S/4HANA. As companies move to cloud applications, there’s a big shift for the business and IT in how they address continuous needs and requirements. Hear the latest update on the current, planned and future capabilities of HCP |
| Thursday, 12:30pm, S210D | HANA Cloud Platform Sessions at ASUG – A3847 |
Senior Director Product Management SAP Labs – @jenny_SAP on Twitter
Vice President, Product Marketing SAP – @danlahl on Twitter |
Road Map: Now and the Road Ahead with SAP HANA Cloud Platform | SAP HANA Cloud Platform serves as a platform as a service to help organizations develop, deploy, and operate applications in the cloud. It has powerful standards-based services that help developers quickly extend existing applications or create new enterprise-level, cloud-based applications. This session outlines current, planned and future capabilities. |
| Thursday, 2pm, S210D | Internet of Things Sessions at ASUG – A5790 |
Senior Director Product Management SAP Labs – @jenny_SAP on Twitter
VP R&D SAP SE – @basenach on Twitter |
Road Map: Internet of Things (IoT) Applications and Technology | Wondering what’s coming up next for the Internet of Things (IoT) for SAP software? Join this session to learn about the solution portfolio for IoT and SAP software and get an update on the road map for IoT applications and technologies for SAP software. In this session, we welcome business and technical focused audiences. |
| Thursday, 3pm, LB336 | Interactive Session – 33927 |
Learning Strategist SAP – @enzofsilva on Twitter |
Explore the New Nature of Work in a Social and Collaborative Enterprise | Benefit from the transformation in the learning industry with the rise of trends such as curation, gamification, and flipped classrooms. Find out how to incorporate both traditional and social learning to develop talent through game-based learning and storytelling. |
Preconference Highlight
Get an overview of IoT at the pre-conference session on Monday: “This informational workshop will discuss SAP’s IoT strategy and the future roadmap of SAP’s offerings in this arena that will enable customers to succeed in transforming their business.”
Keynote Highlights
All the keynotes are of course don’t-miss, but here are places to listen most for a focus and inspiration on HCP:
- Get ready to be inspired when our CEO Bill McDermott officially kicks off Sapphire with the opening keynote Tuesday at 9am.
- On Wednesday, prepare for a technology deep-dive and listen for a healthy dose of HCP from member of SAP Executive Board in charge of Products & Innovation, Bernd Leukert
- On Thursday, you never want to miss SAP co-founder and Supervisory Board Chairman Hasso Plattner
The live broadcasts begin at 9am (Eastern Time, local Florida time) Tuesday. Go here to watch live, starting with Bill’s keynote:
Show Floor Demo Station
Finally and importantly for your HCP experience, you can meet us on the show floor. The floor opens at 10:15am on Tuesday after the opening keynote and closes on Thursday at 5:30pm. For the duration of the show floor hours, visit the HCP demo station to meet HCP experts, see demos, learn about use cases, and get your questions answered. Find us at the Digital Enterprise Platform Campus on the show floor where you’ll be able to engage with experts in three HCP Expert Stations:
- SAP HANA Cloud Platform – Start your cloud journey DE34415
- Develop New Cloud Applications DE34414
- Extend On-Premise and Cloud Applications DE34413
Fun
PS: After you’ve wrapped up your Cloud Platform #SAPPHIRENOW experience, celebrate all that you’ve learned about HCP together with your friends in the band Coldplay on Thursday night. A sky full of stars after a conference full of clouds! Have a great time!
Great summary of the must-attend events for those interested to learn more about HCP - thanks Moya for compiling this nifty list!
Thanks for the summary Moya Watson
Great to see HCP has generated so much interest! Thanks for the summary Moya!