Basel Alshawa - VP Head of Finance & Spend Management, SAP Middle East & Africa (South)

Procurement is evolving fast, and Next-Gen SAP Ariba is built for the AI era. we’ll explore how the new procurement platform helps teams move from reactive to proactive, manual to autonomous, and siloed to orchestrated.
Join us to see how AI, a modern user experience, and seamless suite integration can simplify Source-to-Pay processes and help procurement teams work smarter and faster.

Nabil Eldib - Head of Solution Advisory - Finance & Spend Management, MEA, SAP
Ameera Alnejaim - Senior Director, Market Development & Strategy – Procurement, SAP

Procurement intake today is often fragmented and confusing. Users are unsure where to start—email, forms, or unfamiliar systems—so many bypass the process entirely, leading to poor visibility, compliance risks, and reactive spend management.

Learn how SAP Ariba Intake Management solves this with a single, intuitive front door for all procurement requests. Powered by Joule, SAP’s AI copilot, users can submit requests in natural language while the system intelligently routes them to the right stakeholders and systems, resulting in a guided, automated process that improves visibility, ensures compliance, reduces manual effort, and streamlines procurement.

Dina Sallam - Senior Solution Advisor, Finance & Spend Management, MENA, SAP

Discover how SAP Ariba Strategic Procurement solutions enable organizations to fully digitize category profiling and market insights for smarter demand analysis. Learn how AI-infused insights support contextual decision-making to develop tailored category strategies—while seamlessly integrating with source-to-pay systems for unified execution and tracking.

Paul Hodgson - SAP Finance and Spend Solution Advisor, SAP

Discover how SAP Business Data Cloud and Joule, turn procurement data into AI-ready insights to power smarter sourcing, supplier risk detection, and savings opportunities. You will also see how AI agents and governed data products can automate operational tasks, augment buyer decisions, and accelerate time-to-value for procurement teams in the UAE and beyond.

Abdelmajid Bekhti - BDC Solution Advisor, SAP

Abhishek Parmar - Senior Solutions Advisor Specialist, SAP

Achieve Procurement excellence by driving continuous improvement, refining your processes to unlock efficiency, reduce costs, and align your operations with strategic goals

Duaa AlHajjar - Data Specialist Solution Advisor, SAP

The SAP Success Plan for Spend Management is a strategic roadmap that helps procurement leaders turn their SAP investment into measurable business value. Designed to drive adoption, accelerate value realization, and strengthen operational excellence, the plan provides structured guidance ensuring that SAP solutions are fully leveraged to achieve strategic and financial objectives.

Irfan Kapadia - Senior Advisor & Partner, SAP Procurement