In the last few years, the CIO’s role has shifted significantly from being a technology provider and part of a delivery unit to operating as a strategic advisor, business partner, and enabler of new business models. Learn how SAP is planning to help IT leaders fulfill these new responsibilities with SAP innovation. 

Speaker:

• Peter Moore, Chief Revenue Officer, Enterprise Cloud, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan 

Cloud ERP Suite and Business AI — lets enterprises solve some of the challenges they’re facing today, plus build a foundation for future transformation into fully digital businesses powered by AI. Discover why moving from on-premise to cloud is no longer optional in today’s complex environment – it’s business-critical. 

Speaker:

• Casey Kwan, Vice President & Head of Enterprise Cloud, SAP Southeast Asia

With emerging technologies such as AI creating much fanfare, there is a sense of urgency for CIOs to make critical decisions related to IT to future-proof the business. That includes finding business value in AI, improving the ROI of cloud infrastructure, mulling the value of new digital twin tools, quantum computing, and more. ​

• Amid competing top agenda items, what is critical?​

• Which technologies do CIOs think they should place their emphasis on next, and why?​

• Beyond the emerging tech we see today, how should CIOs position themselves to thrive?

Moderator: 

• Casey Kwan, Vice President & Head of Enterprise Cloud, SAP Southeast Asia

Panelists: ​

• Ismail Mifrah, Chief Information Officer, State Trading Organization plc
• Lalit Patil, Chief Technology Officer, RISE with SAP, Enterprise Cloud, SAP 
• Sean Coppinger, Chief Information Officer, Global Functions, Standard Chartered

The role of the CIO has evolved dramatically – from being a tech enabler to becoming a strategic partner in business transformation. What does that mean to how the C-suite works together as a whole to orchestrate the rest of the business? How can CIOs better partner with other C-suite functions in view of the continued rapid advances in technology? Hear from three C-suite heavyweights from across industries and discover valuable insights to help you rethink how you work. 

Moderator:

• Cécile Anglada, PwC SEA SAP Alliance Director, PwC South East Asia Consulting

Panelists:

• Anthony Huang, President & Chief Executive Officer, SSI Group, Inc.
• Benoit De Saeger, Regional Director - Chief Financial Officer, Terumo Asia Holdings
• Chan Hse-Ming, Director (IT Applications), National University of Singapore 
• Yeong Keat Yaw, Head of Digital & Technology, DIALOG Group

In this fireside chat, ABeam, an implementation partner, hosts Visa to discuss the success of their collaboration in streamlining and simplifying business-to-business (B2B) payments through the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). The partnership aims to highlight how technology can be used to overcome business challenges and drive innovation. They will emphasize the importance of onboarding more companies to this new future of B2B payments and showcase ABeam's capabilities as an implementation partner to innovate with customers.

Moderator:

• Arun Rajamani, Vice President & Head of SAP Business Technology Platform Customer Engagement, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan

Panelists: ​

• Lee Moowon, Vice President, Head of Visa Commercial Solutions, Asia Pacific, Visa
• Tomokazu Yano, Head of Southeast Asia Region and Managing Director of Singapore, ABeam Consulting

SAP BTP allows organizations to unleash digital innovation across business functions in an efficient and collaborative manner – all while minimizing costs. Discover how SAP BTP powers RISE with SAP to accelerate the ERP journey to the cloud. Plus, how you can ignite innovation with Business AI, ensure data security and compliance, achieve seamless integration across functions through BTP's powerful capabilities.​

Speaker: Badhri Narayan Sriram, Head Business Technology Platform, SAP Southeast Asia​

Business AI has the potential to revolutionize the way enterprises operate and solve their technology challenges. This is especially so when you add SAP BTP as easy-to-use AI capabilities deeply integrated with SAP BTP services enable, for example, faster applications development, among a whole host of benefits. Hear how these IT leaders are exploring AI in their IT landscapes, and how they plan to scale AI across business applications.​

• Leveraging innovations such as AI and/or SAP BTP – current use cases​

• How emerging tech has impacted IT thus far – a glimpse into the future IT organization ​

• Tips and advice for IT leaders

Moderator:

• Badhri Narayan Sriram, Head Business Technology Platform, SAP Southeast Asia​

Panelists: ​

• Doni Syamsurianto, Chief Information Officer, ABM Investama
• Shivram Ramakrishnan, Chief Digital Information Officer, Olam Agri

AI today is a key boardroom discussion. Hear some real-life examples and scenarios of where customers are using AI, how are they finding value and approaching this strategic topic to impact top line bottom line and green line.

Speaker:

• Varun Thamba, Regional Director, Business AI & Technology Strategy, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan