As a business community, we have seen significant advances in innovations during this past year. From enabling transactions, SAP is now helping businesses turn vision into reality with AI directly embedded into business processes. Amid this landscape, how can business leaders harness breakthrough technologies and ecosystems to strengthen the core of their organizations, accelerate innovation, and unleash the full potential of their businesses? Learn more about the technical revolution that will allow SAP and SEA businesses to co-create an empowered future. 

Speaker:

• Verena Siow, President & Managing Director, SAP Southeast Asia​

The SAP inspirational story from SEA perspective – from enabling transactions to AI-driven business outcomes, and what the future will look like. Give glimpses of the power of Joule.​

Panelists:​

• Athikom Kanchanavibhu, Executive Vice President, Digital & Technology Transformation, Chief Information Security Officer, Mitr Phol Group
• Craig Turrell, Head of SAP Design & Application Architecture, Aspire Data & Analytics, Standard Chartered

Multiple forces are converging – the AI revolution, climate change, geopolitical crises, and market unpredictability. These forces are changing the norms of doing business. To navigate complex challenges and create a thriving business that is future-proof and sustainable, business leaders need to rethink how to capitalize on innovative strategies and emerging technologies as market forces continue to evolve.​

• Accelerating innovation and AI adoption to be future-ready​

• Transforming and upskilling with a cloud-first mindset​

• Best practices for co-creating a better, more sustainable future

Host:

• Paul Marriott, President, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan ​

Panelists:​

• Khoo Kok Yeow, Chief Information Officer, SinarMas​

• Peerapong Krinchai, Executive Vice President - Central Engineering, Charoen Pokphand Foods

• Tan Shui-Min, Chief Information Technology Officer, National University of Singapore 

The rise of AI has generated growing excitement about its potential to revolutionize the business world. But how exactly can businesses and users consume AI to become more productive and maximize benefits? In this session, you will learn about SAP’s approach to embedding AI and implementing Joule across the SAP cloud portfolio to simplify the growing complexity of business and make life easier for millions of users.​

• The vision of SAP Business AI​

• Existing use cases and how they are helping businesses increase productivity ​

• The way forward with a look at the SAP Business AI roadmap 

Speaker:

• Dr. Philipp Herzig, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, SAP​

Explore how AWS fosters a culture of innovation that prepares enterprises for the future. This session explores AWS's key principles: embracing change, continuous learning, and customer obsession, while also highlighting the synergy between AWS and SAP that drives rapid innovation and sustainable growth. Hear directly from the customers about their cultural transformation journeys and how they leverage AWS and SAP to build resilient, forward-thinking enterprises.

Moderator: 

• Haydn Sallmann, Head of SAP GTM, APJ Amazon Web Services

Panelists: 

• Casey Kwan, Vice President & Head of Enterprise Cloud, SAP Southeast Asia
• Harjanto Heri, Director & Chief Financial Officer, PT Sampoerna Agro
• Wong Mei Khuen, Head of Finance IT, Maxis

As enterprises continue to drive their transformation and bring out your best, we at SAP continue to celebrate businesses and partners that lead the way — SAP Customer Excellence Awards SEA acknowledges and applauds the accomplishments of dynamic organizations throughout Southeast Asia, leveraging SAP Solutions to drive business transformation and we wrap up with a cocktail reception, so you can relax and mingle freely while indulging in a variety of hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and a live band.