SAP Connect Day UAE
12 May 2026 | 08:30 | Dubai Exhibition Centre
AI is rewriting the rules.
YOU are rewriting expectations.
The market is moving faster than ever — and slowing down isn’t an option.
SAP Connect Day UAE will take place at the heart of innovation – Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai, on the 12th of May 2026, where we’ll redefine the rules of the game together. Whether you’re a CEO, CIO, CFO, CPO, CHRO, CSCO, or CMO, this is your pathway to the future of your industry and your organization. Join like-minded pioneers from across the region to explore bold ideas, exchange hard-won lessons, and chart a course for intelligent, sustainable, and resilient enterprises. Come ready to challenge conventions and spark the next wave of growth.
Keynotes that challenge your assumptions — not the usual comfort-zone storytelling.
6 parallel events each dedicated to a core business functions (Procurement, Finance, IT, Management, Supply chain, Human Resources, Sales and Marketing).
Live AI and cloud demonstrations that challenge your impossible.
Peer to peer conversations about what’s working, what’s failing, and what’s coming next.
A showfloor built to provoke, inspire, and push you forward — whether you’re ready or not.
Industry and Line-of-Business sessions that cut out the fluff and focus on real challenges and outcomes.
Keynote Agenda
SAP Connect Day
for Data and Analytics
SAP Connect Day
for Finance
SAP Connect Day for
Spend Management
SAP Connect Day
for Supply Chain
HR Connect
SAP Connect Day
for CX
Keynotes Speakers
Manos Raptopoulos
Chief Revenue Officer, SAP APAC, SAP EMEA & MEE, and Member of the SAP Extended Board
Marwan Zeineddine
Managing Director, SAP UAE
Irfan Khan
President & Chief Product Officer, SAP Data & Analytics
Jan Bungert
Chief Revenue Officer for Business Data Cloud and Business AI, SAP
Jesper Schleimann
Head of Business AI, SAP EMEA
Parallel Events Speakers
Stef De Mulder
Chief Revenue Officer BTP, Data & AI EMEA, SAP
Egemen Yilmaz
Head of Middle East and Africa South Data & AI and Business Technology Platform, SAP
Pavlos Panagiotidis
Head of EMEA Data & AI Solution Advisory, SAP
Maher Al Shishani
Solution Advisory Manager, Business Technology Platform, SAP Middle East South
Mohammed Abdo
Parts General Manager, Al Masaood Automobiles
Julian Fischer
Partner at McKinsey & Company
David Inskip
Vice President - EMEA, SmartRecruiters
Sinan Serpicioğlu
Sales Director, UAE, NTT DATA
Naseema Kadher
Director- HR Technology, Chalhoub Group
Gilbert Abi Zeid
Vice President Logistics at GMG
Karim El Alaili
Head of eCommerce & IT, AVANTCHA
Ernesto Schmitz
Business Transformation Lead EMEA, SAP
Jan Duthoo
CRO SAP SuccessFactors EMEA
Sergio Congia
Solution Advisor Expert, SAP
Basel Alshawa
VP Head of Finance & Spend Management, SAP Middle East & Africa (South)
Alexej Huebert
CFO MEA South, SAP
Sven Bauszus
SVP, Global GTM Lead, FP&A & EPM, SAP
Farhan Ashfaq
Director Office of CFO Solutions, Customer Advisory, EMEA, SAP
Jack Clark
Senior Solution Advisor, SAP
Nadin Sadek
Regional Solution Sales Executive, SAP Concur
Mine Ecevit
Vice President, Global Services Sales, SAP
Abdelmajid Bekhti
BDC Solution Advisor, SAP
Shahzaib Shah
HCM Solution Advisory Expert, SAP
Irfan Kapadia
Senior Advisor & Partner, SAP Procurement
Said Ezeldin
Customer Success Manager, SAP SuccessFactors
Paul Hodgson
SAP Finance and Spend Solution Advisor, SAP
Jyoti Nair
Head of HCM Solution Advisory, Middle East & Africa, SAP
Stephen Simmons
Services solution Advisor, SAP
Dina Sallam
Senior Solution Advisor, Finance & Spend Management, MENA, SAP
Ameera Alnejaim
Head of Solution Advisory - Finance & Spend Management, MEA, SAP
Nabil Eldib
Head of Solution Advisory - Finance & Spend Management, MEA, SAP
Alexey Gavrilov
Head of Supply Chain Management, Middle East & Africa, SAP
Dr. Suresh Jagannathan
Sr. Solutions Advisor, SAP Supply Chain Management
Stamatia Betsi
Global Sustainability Principal, SAP
Heba AlHimairee
SAP Supply Chain Solution Advisor
Nicky Johar
Platform & Technology, Center of Excellence, EMEA-S, SAP
Khaldoun Al Najjar
Solution Advisory Supply Chain Management, SAP
Manishwar Tiwary
Executive Sales Director & Head of SAP HCM, MEA South
Shahzad Naseem
Global VP | Product Strategy, SAP
Raheel Khan
Sr. Solutions Advisor, Data & AI, SAP
Omar Hanafy
Senior Sales Specialist - Cloud HCM, SAP
Sridhar Rajakumar
Strategic Solution Advisor, SAP
Mudar Kadah
Solution Advisor Specialist, SAP Business Technology Platform
Robert Lightfoot
Global Unified Data & Analytics Solution Advisory Hub Lead, SAP
Niveen Farhat
Solution Customer Success Manager, SAP
Harish Kintali
Business AI Head, MEA, SAP
Abhishek Parmar
Senior Solutions Advisor Specialist, SAP
Samer Mansour
Head of Solution and Architect Advisory MENA, SAP Customer Experience
Bipin Pappachan
Senior Solution Advisor - CX, SAP
Matt Whitehart
SAP CX Architect Advisor
Fasil Shah
Senior Solutions Consultant, SAP
Mohamed Elbadry
Senior Solution Advisor, SAP
Levent Altunyurt
Solution Advisor, SAP
Wayne Haw
Regional Director, SAP CX Customer Success Middle East and Africa
Mehryar Entezari
Strategic Value Advisor, SAP
Jamie Taylor
EMEA Regional Leader, Spend Management Solution Advisory, SAP
Selin Türkmenoğlu
Reginal Partnerships & Strategic Alignments, NTT DATA
Ahmed Askar
Group Digital & Information Technology Director (CIO), GBM
Francesco Penza
Global Domain Advisory, Supply Chain – Make & Delivery, SAP
Ahmed Khalifa
Localization PM, Product Expert | SAP Globalization, SAP
Venue
Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai
Sponsors
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