Community Magic: Real-World Sessions for Your Consideration at SAP TechEd Las Vegas

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Every year, SAP provides an opportunity for 10 community members (non-SAP employees) who have made outstanding contributions within the SAP ecosystem to deliver a session at SAP TechEd. It’s been my high honor for a few years to collaborate with active SAP Mentor, SAP user extraordinaire, and Kansas Jayhawk fan tammy.powlas3 in this process.  Community sessions will also be offered at SAP TechEd in Barcelona this year, with SAP Mentors Peter Langner and Katarina Fischer curating and Jason Cao writing the summary post on that.

This year a collection of SAP Mentors, Mentor alums, and/or everyday community heroes will be taking the stage in Las Vegas in September to present what they do with a broad array of SAP technologies. Each speaker has worked hard to make a difference with their topics and here on the SAP Community. Regardless of your interest with SAP, all sessions are worth your while to check out.

Herewith, we present to you the complete list of 2017 community sessions at SAP TechEd Las Vegas along with a little bit about each of the speakers who have made the magic happen. We hope you add them to your SAP TechEd Las Vegas agenda today and connect with the speakers here or while you are there!

Thanks for your engagement and see you there!

 

Speaker	Session
Michelle Crapo Crazy SAP ABAP Programmer at Furst-Mcness Company, Community Enthusiast, Owned by Animals. SAP Mentor Alumnus @MichelleCrapo	Personas or Not Really Personas: Old Version Trick to Create a Nice Layout https://sessioncatalog.sapevents.com/go/agendabuilder.sessions/?l=157&sid=49702_470901&locale=en_US Michelle took the opportunity to overachieve and write not one but two not two -- but three! blogs introducing her and her session, so this is a great tip that this is something you really want to check out. Head to her blogs to find out more: https://blogs.sap.com/2017/06/30/personas-in-sap-gui-it-is-possible/ https://blogs.sap.com/2017/07/20/a-teched-speaker-michelle-crapo-the-answer-to-is-she-crazy/ https://blogs.sap.com/2017/09/01/sapteched-2017-the-fun-is-about-to-begin-one-more-look-at-dx133/ Do not miss.
Eshwar Venkatadri BI Solutions Specialist Visual BI https://www.linkedin.com/in/eshwar-venkatadri-b5b88718/	SAP Analytics Cloud: An Independent Expert's Guide https://sessioncatalog.sapevents.com/go/agendabuilder.sessions/?l=157&sid=49766_470903&locale=en_US This one provides you another opportunity to get an inside look at the real world of using SAP. Check out the abstract itself, which promises that Eshwar cuts through all the hype around SAP Analytics Cloud and provides easy-to-understand guidelines to assess how it might enhance your analytics landscape and strategy, what data can be accessed and how, and technical considerations for deployment. A must-see if you’re working with analytics!
rcpulliam Richard Pulliam Sr. Business Data Analyst Raytheon rcpulliam	Beyond a Dashboard: Predictive Analytics for a Smarter Factory https://sessioncatalog.sapevents.com/go/agendabuilder.sessions/?l=157&sid=50249_470904&locale=en_US Richard also took the time to drop a blog about his session: https://blogs.sap.com/2017/05/14/beyond-a-dashboard-predictive-analytics-for-a-smarter-factory/ If you’re interested in dashboards and predictive analytics, Richard will show you practical real-world applications and help you do more with them. Check this one out!
Erik Ebert SAP SuccessFactors Solutions Director GP Strategies Happy Husband and father of FOUR! @ErikEbertDK	Customizing SAP SuccessFactors Solutions with SAP Cloud Applications https://sessioncatalog.sapevents.com/go/agendabuilder.sessions/?l=157&sid=49747_470905&locale=en_US Erik’s session talks about his work in the realm of one of SAP Cloud Platform’s key differentiators: extensibility. He blogs about what he’ll focus on his session -- SAP CP’s promise of helping companies build cost-effective applications on a secure platform, without disrupting core business applications: https://blogs.sap.com/2017/08/02/customizing-successfactors-solutions-with-sap-cloud-applications A must-see for anyone embarking on digital transformation work with SAP Cloud Platform.
John Patterson Relentless sharer, passionate learner, pragmatic developer, tragic golfer. Specializes in integrating SAP people, process and technology. SAP Mentor. @jasper_07	Ten tips from Using the ABAP Programming Model for SAP Fiori on AnyDB https://sessioncatalog.sapevents.com/go/agendabuilder.sessions/?l=157&sid=49973_470906&locale=en_US While preparing for this session, John dropped an interesting tweet: https://twitter.com/jasper_07/status/893414074746142720 In which: “Working on a quick demo of SAP OVP and Fiori Elements for my #SAPTechEd talk  - wrote no javascript just CDS + annotations #AnyDB” touched off a fairly epicTwitter thread. He also talked a bit about what he’s up to in this blog. https://blogs.sap.com/2017/06/19/restoring-fiori-application-state/ Definitely check this one out!
Srinivas Tanikella Dir, IT Solutions SMART Modular Technologies Inc. Enterprise Architect, Technology Thinker, SAP Mentor, ASUG volunteer. @stanikella	Transitioning to SAP HANA? Best Practices for a Successful Journey https://sessioncatalog.sapevents.com/go/agendabuilder.sessions/?l=157&sid=49904_470907&locale=en_US Active SAP Mentor Srini has a thing or two to say about transitioning to SAP HANA. Would you believe his company and their hosting partner were able to accomplish the migration to SAP HANA in just eight weeks? Come hear how this got done including challenges and planning tips, and what the results were in terms of efficiency and productivity. Go for it.
Jelle de Bruijn, Martin Jaspers SAP Integration Consultants Q for IT B.V. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jelle-de-bruijn https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-jaspers-6739b51/	Experience with SAP Cloud Platform Integration https://sessioncatalog.sapevents.com/go/agendabuilder.sessions/?l=157&sid=50166_470908&locale=en_US Jelle is one of our newest bloggers on the SAP Community and we love that he’s taking the time to share his fresh look at SAP Cloud Platform Integration, SuccessFactors, and more. He'll be joined by colleague Martin Jaspers for the session and he blogged about what to expect here: https://blogs.sap.com/2017/08/22/experience-sap-cloud-platform-integration-with-qforit-b.v.-at-sap-t... Check them out!
Manuel Blechschmidt FarmFacts GmbH Incentergy GmbH Hasso-Plattner Institut alum @Manuel_B	Optimizing an SAP Fiori Application Based on a Real World Example https://sessioncatalog.sapevents.com/go/agendabuilder.sessions/?l=157&sid=49370_470909&locale=en_US Did we mention we love community perspectives because they come from the real world? Manuel’s session also delivers on that promise – and he wrote more about it and about himself: https://blogs.sap.com/2017/06/27/sap-teched-las-vegas-optimizing-an-sap-fiori-application-based-on-a... Since it has something to do with farming, I have a feeling Michelle and Manuel should meet up while in Las Vegas, since she seems to live in a farm.
Paul Hardy Senior ABAP Developer Hanson Australia Person who has sat in the Queen’s throne. SAP Mentor. @hardyp180	Real-World Example of Preparing ABAP Code for SAP S/4HANA https://sessioncatalog.sapevents.com/go/agendabuilder.sessions/?l=157&sid=49303_470910&locale=en_US “Like it or not, if you want to stay with SAP, sooner or later you are going to have to make the jump to S/4 HANA.” I think you just have to hear Paul tell this story himself: https://blogs.sap.com/2017/07/18/the-s4-hana-splits-hit-las-vegas/ Do not miss.