I love attending conferences, because I can access and learn from so many experts all in one place. Most conference attendees have a plan or a system they use to ensure they do what they set out to do, and optimize their time at the event.
For those of you attending SAP TechEd Phoenix with a goal of learning more about SAP BusinessObjects, I've taken the liberty of designing an agenda to give you a ‘full-dose' of SAP BusinessObjects.
Note that many of the activities such as the SAP BusinessObjects Solutions Test-Drive are available anytime the Community Clubhouse is opened. However, to attend Insight Night at TechEd 2009 Phoenix and Vienna, you must first sign up to receive access to the event. Locations for Educational Sessions are "TBD" at the moment. Register for the sessions first with the links I provide, and I'm sure you'll be given this information during TechEd registration check-in.
Monday, October 12, 2009
When | What | Who | Where | Why |
2 pm | Registration Check-In | You | Exhibit Hall Foyer, 300 Level, North Building | Beat the morning rush next day |
4 pm | Hotel Check-In | You | Phoenix | Chill-out and get ready for exciting next few days |
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
When | What | Who | Where | Why |
7am - 8am | Breakfast buffet | You | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building | Fuel up for a big day |
8am - 9:45am | Attend keynote | Speakers: Vishal Sikka and Rya Kurzweil | West Ballroom, Level 300, West Building | Vishal Sikka and Rya Kurzweil |
10am - 11am | Explore Community Clubhouse; Swing by SAP BusinessObjects activities area to sign up and pick up pass to Insight Night at TechEd 2009 Phoenix and Vienna | Jason Cao at SAP BusinessObjects area | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building | Get your access pass (wristband) for Insight Night on Wed, Oct 14; Technology and Ecosystem Pods |
11am - 11:30am | Expert Networking Session: "How to get the most from the BusinessObjects Community" | Host: Jason Cao - BOC Community Strategist | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building, Community Clubhouse, Networking Lounge #2 | Learn how others are deriving value, what contribution you can make and voice your opinion about BOC. |
11:30am - 12:30 pm | Attend Exhibit Hall | SAP Partner Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Buiding |
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12:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch | You | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building | Fuel up |
1:30pm-2pm | Tweet and post with #sapteched09 and #businessobjects | You | Access "TechEd" wireless network anywhere at the conference center | Share your first impressions of TechEd 2009 Phoenix |
2pm-4pm | Educational Session: "Introduction to SAP's Business Intelligence Solutions" | Speakers: Kathleen Beavers, Ingo Hilgefort - SAP | TBD | Fast-paced session giving hands-on "road-time" with SAP's latest BI products. |
4:30pm-6:30pm | Educational Session: "Best Practices for SAP BusinessObjects Data Federator and SAP NetWeaver BW" | Speakers: Hansen Chen, Martha Levi - SAP | TBD | Get practical info about design and implementation of multi-source relational Universes. |
6pm-8pm | Networking Reception | Sponsors: Exhibiting partners | Exhibit Hall, North Building | Meet the partners and SAP experts. Wear your badge! |
8pm-9:15pm | Attend Demo Jam | 2009 Demo Finalists (see list) | West Ballroom, Level 300, West Building | Cheer on your favorite demos. |
Wednesday, October 14
When | What | Who | Where | Why |
7am-8am | Breakfast buffet | You | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building | Fuel up for a big day |
8am-9am | Educational Session: "Introduction into SAP BusinessObjects Explorer" | Speaker: Ty Miller - SAP BusinessObjects | TBD | Get an intro, how it works, technical stuff, and different uses of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer. |
9:15am-10:15am | Educational Session: "Product Overview for EPM for Financials Products (FC, EA, IC, and FIM)" | Speaker: Sheldon Edelstein - SAP | TBD | Get a good overview of SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management products. |
10:30am-11am | Join the SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Treasure Hunt | SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Team | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building, Community Clubhouse, BusinessObjects Activities area | See how fun and easy it is to use Explorer, and win a cool prize. |
11am-11:30am | Expert Networking Session: "BusinessObjects Community Strategy Discussion" | Host: Kuhan Milroy -BOC Team Lead | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building, Community Clubhouse, Networking Lounge #3 | Influence the future of the SAP BusinessObjects community |
12pm-1pm | Lunch | You | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building | Fuel up |
1pm-2pm | Test-drive BusinessObjects solutions | SAP BusinessObjects Portfolio Demo Team | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building, Community Clubhouse, BusinessObject Activity Area | Take the driver's seat with any of the BusinessObjects solutions, or let an attending Expert guide you. |
2pm-3pm | Meet SAP Mentor and SCN Top Contributor - Ingo Hilgefort | Ingo Hilgefort - SAP Mentor, SAP BusinessObjects Product Manager of Embedded Analytics | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building, Community Clubhouse, BusinessObject Activity Area | Learn why he contributes to SCN. Ask for a deep-dive on one of his session topics. Get him to do an impromptu demo on SAP BusinessObjects products. |
3:15pm-4:15pm | Educational Session: "SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management Overview and Roadmap" | Speaker: Brian Katis - SAP | TBD | EPM roadmap revealed. See products for reporting, admin, and data management capabilities first hand. |
4:30pm-6:30pm | Educational Session: "Consolidating Master Data Using SAP NetWeaver MDM and SAP BusinessObjects Data Services" | Speakers: Karen Comer, Matthias Kretschmer - SAP | TBD | Learn how to overcome challenge of migrating huge data volumes to SAP NetWeaver MDM with SAP BusinessObjects Data Services. |
6:30pm-7:30pm | Eat light dinner with others you met at TechEd | You | Some suggestions | Network and share your SAP BusinessObjects experiences. |
7:30pm - 9pm | SAP BusinessObjects Community and BusinessObjects Demo Team | Lecture Room 11 | See a prototype solution developed and demo'd for a real-life business insight challenge submitted by fellow TechEd attendee | |
9pm on | Go next door to RIA Hacker Night or Process Design Slam | You | Lecture Room 9 and 10 | See what the other groups next door are up to! |
Thursday, October 15
When | What | Who | Where | Why |
7am-8am | Breakfast buffet | You | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building | Fuel up for a big day |
8am-9am | Education Session: "Integrated Lifecycle Management of SAP BusinessObjects Systems in SAP Landscapes" | David Brockington - SAP BusinessObjects Product Manager | TBD | Gain insight into lifecycle management capabilities of SAP BusinessObjects applications from an administator's perspective. |
9:15am-10:15am | Educational Session: "Introduction into SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator and SAP BusinessObjects Explorer" | Speakers: Jens Doerpmund, Uddhav Gupta | TBD | Learn how the breakthrough combination of these solutions bring value to your business. |
10:30am-12:15pm | Educational Session: "Enterprise Performance Management Solutions Integration with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligen..." | Speakers: Sean Johnson; Ron Siberstein | TBD | Learn how to perform ad-hoc analyses, create highly formatted reports, and generate interactive dashboards on top of your EPM applications. |
12:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch | You | Exhibit Hall, 300 Level, North Building | Fuel up |
2pm-4pm | Educational Session: "Business Intelligence Roadmap" | Speakers: Michael Eacrett, Dan Kearnan - SAP | TBD | Get latest integration status of SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects. |
4:30-6:30pm | Educational Session: "SAP BusinessObjects Data Services Based Data Acquisition for SAP NetWeaver BW" | Speakers: Josh Djupstrom, Giri Mandava | TBD | Get firsthand experience with latest releases of SAP BusinessObjects Information Management portfolio. |
6:30-8:30pm | Round up some fellow attendees for dinner | You and other TechEd attendees | Some suggestions | Share impressions of SAP TechEd so far. |
9pm-10:30pm | Attend concert | Train | West Ballroom, Level 300, West Building | Grammy Award-winning Train rocks the house! |
Friday, October 16
When | What | Who | Where | Why |
7am-8am | Breakfast buffet | You | TBD | Fuel up for a half-day |
8am-10am | Educational Session: "SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Performance Best Practices" | Paul Ekeland, Jolene Jonas, Patrice Le Bihan, Tanner Spaulding - SAP | TBD | A must for anyone deploying SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence on their SAP NetWeaver environment. |
8am-10am | Education Session: "Embedded Analytics for SAP Business Suite Customers" | Ingo Hilgefort, SAP BusinessObjects Product Manager | TBD | Learn how SAP BusinessObjects products will be integrated into the SAP Business Suite |
10:30am-12:30pm | Educational Session: "Getting the Most out of Crystal Reports with your SAP System" | Ingo Hilgefort and Julie Ingram, SAP BusinessObjects Product Managers | TBD | Learn how to leverage CR in combination with SAP ERP data |
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